January 2015 - Wk 1: And so it begins!

 Welcome to the New Year!!

January 1-10, 2015

Jan. 6~

Noodle & Company

- Elk Grove

Appetizer

~ Fig & Pig Flatbread: 

toasted flatbread topped w/ caramelized onions, braised pork, crumbled feta, Parmesan cheese and then drizzled with balsamic fig-infused oil, more feta cheese and a mix of lettuce

~ Caesar Salad

Entrée
~ Sm. Steak Stroganoff

Jan. 8~

Field Inspection Day

Tacos El Grullense Jal. No. 2

108 Carlyle Way
- Chowchilla, CA

~ Taco - Asada (beef):

∙ meat ∙ onions ∙ cilantro ∙ salsa

~ Sopes - Pollo (chicken):

∙ meat ∙ cheese ∙ onions ∙ cilantro

∙ salsa ∙ lettuce ∙ sour cream

Panera Bread - Elk Grove

~ Pick 2:

    ∙ Steak & Blue Cheese Salad

    ∙ Chicken & Wild Rice Soup

Jan. 9~

Field Inspection Day

Hilmar Cheese

Company Visitor Center

- Hilmar

~ sample of their Squeaky Cheese (aka: Cheese Curd)

Jan. 10~

 Mother - Sacramento

Side

~ Roasted Cauliflower

    w/ harissa, fried capers, & green olives

 Entrée

~ Chicken Fried Mushroom Po-Boy

    w/ shaved lettuce, pickles, & hot sauce (on the side)

~ Squash Latkes (*my entrée) w/ roasted and glazed root vegetables, baby kale, sage & créme fraiche

United Artist

Movie Theater

- Elk Grove

Went to go see 'Into the Woods'

~ ♥ Movie Theater Popcorn w/ lots of butter!

Leatherby's

Family Creamery

- Elk Grove

~ Mother Sally's Small Dish (2 scoops of Ice Cream)

    ∙ Swiss Milk Chocolate Ice Cream

    ∙ Chocolate Mint Ice Cream