8-9-12

On Thursday, the 9th, I went with a turkey and bacon wrap, an egg roll, and a cupcake for lunch:

The lady didn't offer to panini press it, so I just nuked it once I got it back to the office. It was ok, it needed something, maybe I'll see if they have some  honey mustard they can spread around the inside of it next time. The egg roll was pretty good, they're still not as good as they used to be. They're still making these evile cupcakes, and they're still stupidly tasty.

Didn't have dinner, but after the game, Jody, Grynner and I ventured to the old IHOP as we've not done in ages. I was fairly hungry, so I went with the country fried steak breakfast:

The pancakes were outstanding and finally quenched my pancake craving. I didn't even realize I was still having the pancake craving until I ate the first bite of them. The eggs were really good, and the hashbrowns were really good, for IHOP's. Still didn't hold a candle to Waffle House's. The country fried steak was the let down here, it was riddled with way too much connective tissue, so much so that I didn't eat much more than what you see in that pic. The flavor was good, but it was just a bad cut of meat, and I was so full off the other stuff on the plates (Jody got an appetizer sampler, so I had a chicken tender, a cheese stick and some onion rings off of it) I didn't finish it.

Olive Garden

On Tuesday afternoon / evening, I met Jody and Jesse at Olive Garden. Now, I don't see any pics from this, but I could've swore I took some.

I started off with a pick 2 appetizer of toasted ravioli and chicken tenders. I love both of these. The ravoli is usually a little tougher than I like but the flavors are great. Their chicken breading is outstanding. I love the flavor it imparts to the chicken and it gives it a nice crunch to go with it.

Next up I went with their zupa toscana soup, which is a creamy-ish chicken broth, with lots of Italian sausage, potatoes spices and some kind of greens in it. I nice zesty and slightly spicy soup. I went with 2 bowls of it, and should've only done 1.

For the main course, I went with their lasagna. It was good, meaty, cheesy and gooey. The sauce had a nice tangy-ness to go with the meats in it. I couldn't quite finish it, though, hence me saying I should've only gone with one bowl of soup. All in all, it was everything I wanted out of the trip.

Chicken and Waffles

On the 1st of August, one of my coworkers decided to get a platter of chicken tenders from Chick-fil-a. Some of the other coworkers brought some chips and I brought some Sister Schuberts rolls and we did a mini-pot luck lunch:

The tenders were pretty good. They weren't too cooled off by the time they got here, and their flavor was pretty good. The first batch of rolls came out fine, but I overcooked the second batch. The wavy lays chips were good, but those bbq chips in there ... OUTSTANDING. They're Lays Barbecue chips, no special flavor other than that. But best bbq chips I've ever had.

For dinner, I had a sweet craving, so I hit up the old Waffle House and went with the All Star Special:

Ham, scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, a waffle and some toast. The ham was really tasty and tender, the hashbrowns were cooked just right, as were the eggs. The waffle was cooked just shy of crunchy-ness, which is how I like it. A good dinner (breakfast).

Monday 7-23-12

I have no idea what I had for lunch on this Monday, if I even had lunch. I do know that I went with the easy peasy chicken tenders and tater tots for dinner:

The tenders were ok, as ok as premade/packaged tenders can be. The tater tots were really good, I ended up cooking them about the perfect amount.

A pattern emerges

Sunday after church, I stopped by the parents' house with the intent of taking (at least) Mom to see Spider-man. She wasn't there, so Sis and I went to get some lunch before catching the movie. We went to Chili's where I had the "Chicken Crispers" which is their battered chicken tenders. They come with a corn on the cob and another side, which I chose mashed potatoes and gravy (big surprise). The corn was ok, not as good as it usually is (needed more butter), but it was cooked very well and was surprisingly juicy (at one point as I took a bite a gout of juice shot across the table. The chicken was ok, a couple of the pieces were very well battered and cooked, but some of it was barely battered therefore almost over cooked. The potatoes were surprisingly good considering, and the gravy was merely ok. As you've probably gathered, I forgot to get a picture of it.

I had a kind of late dinner, and since it was running later in the evening, I decided to go with the somewhat quick (but very easy) fried rice. This one I did all myself, and managed to not screw it up too bad:

It could've used a bit more soy sauce or garlic, as I didn't have any salt (still) to add to it. Overall, though, it was good, especially considering I thought I over watered it in the rice cooker portion.

Trying to climb out of the hole

So, after Tuesday's wallowing in unhealthy tastiness, I went with a salad for lunch:

We've got 2 types of lettuce, some spinach, carrots, some purple stuff (not sure if it's lettuce or cabbage), ham, chicken, bacon bits and italian dressing. It was pretty good, I didn't get the dressing mixed around enough though.

For dinner, I finished off the chicken strips and supplemented it with a couple of nuggets and fries:

It was ok, the strips were pretty good, the nuggets are passable.

Not a very healthy day

On Saturday, I went in to work, in order to make some of the time I missed for my vacation up. I ended up being there for 11 hours that day. For lunch, the cafeteria had a lot of stuff that didn't look that good, and 2 things that did, beef and potatoes:

The roast was good, and had so much gravy it was almost like a beef stew. The flavor was nice, not too salty but very hearty. The potatoes were actually salted and the gravy just enhanced them, instead of making them just tasty.

For dinner, I was tuckered out, so I just went the easy route and tossed some more chicken tenders and fries in the oven:

Chicken and Salads

For lunch on Wednesday, I went with another salad. After the positive experience with the spinach on Sunday, I added them to the mix in this one. It was their generic salad mix, some spinach mix, eggs, chicken, ham, bacon bits and a drizzling of Italian dressing:

I hope it looks healthier than the last one did, it certainly tasted it.

For dinner that night, I had no idea what to have. So, I went with chicken tenders (not nuggets) and fries: