Mate tea at Cafe International on Haight. I eat my breakfast here every weekend.

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Vegan wild mushroom barley soup.

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Slow cooker chicken and dumplings.

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Above is the results of my slow cooker chicken and dumplings experiment from yesterday. It turned out okay, but I probably won't make it again. It was way too rich and fattening. We both got a stomach ache and felt like fatty butterballs after eating a bowl.

The next thing I make in that slow cooker will be way less naughty.

Lavash wraps for lunch.

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Lunch today was lavash bread stuffed with mixed greens, tomatoes, sesame ginger dressing, sesame crunch thingies, carrots, and chicken breast. It was pretty good and a refreshing change from the standard turkey with mustard and spinach on whole wheat. 

Let's take this baby for a spin.

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My first attempt at making something in the slow cooker. I've been dreaming of chicken and dumplings for awhile and found a very highly rated recipe on Allrecipes.com that made me salivate. It's been a few hours and it seems pretty liquid-y. Maybe I did something wrong, I don't know. I guess we'll find out in four hours.

I would say comfort food is husband's favorite type of food, so I try to find recipes of that ilk.

The husband and I are lapsed vegetarians. We only recently started cooking with chicken. He's the one who is in charge of selecting it in the store, cleaning it, and cooking it. I am still pretty squeamish about dead animal flesh.

Last night we had chili I had frozen a few weeks ago. I forgot to snap a photo and post it. It was good. Usually husband makes the chili. It's always a little different each time. This most recent batch had sweet corn and sweet potatoes in addition to the usual tomatoes and various beans.