May 22, 2026 Breakfast - Granola Lunch - Leftover Spring Roll Dinner - Cream of Mushroom Soup and Lobster Salad

May 22, 2026 Breakfast - Granola  Lunch - Leftover Spring Roll Dinner - Cream of Mushroom Soup and Lobster Salad

I woke up at 7:00 and went back to sleep until 8:00.

I ate a bowl of granola with milk and tropical fruit salad at my desk.

At noon I made a tall glass of iced Vietnamese coffee, a cup of coffee infused with a heaping T. of condensed milk and filled with ice cubes.

I took the iced coffee to the garden table and ate a spring roll from Coda Bakery and read several pages of The Lover by Duras.

At 2:00 I checked the market and my portfolio was up .18% even though Nvidia was down $4.18.thanks to Apple, Cat, and AMD.

I then napped until 3:30 when I walked around the middle circle that helped me accumulate 3700 steps for the day.

When I returned home at 4:30 I made a stock with the leftover steak, steak bones, and chicken and chicken circus

Dinner - When Suzette arrived at 5:00 we decided to make cream of mushroom soup as we had discussed yesterday.  Suzette found this recipe.

I chopped two shallots, a head of garlic, and a lb. of portobello mushtooms that Suzette then sautéed with some flour in mutter and olive oil and then added Marsala wine, cream, and some of the stock.

Suzette picked a handful of lemon thyme and parsley that I minced for a garnish.

Then Suzette picked lettuce in the garden and we made a lobster salad  with lettuce, cucumber, and radish slices. I butterflied the South African  lobster tail and Suzette sautéed it.

I made a light Dijonnaise dressing with Spanish sherry vinegar, a heaping tsp. of seeded Dijon mustard, a squeeze of lemon juice and a tsp. of minced parsley and thyme.

I cut the tail in half and removed the two halves and we sliced them into segments and marinated them briefly in the dressing and then dressed the salad.

I fetched a bottle of Kirkland New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.

We enjoyed the soup and then the salad with its chunks of warm lobster.

At 8,00 we watched Washington Week and then Firing Line.

Around 8:30 we watched Colbert’s final show.and James Coburn drive around Liverpool and singl

At 10:30 we went to bed.

Bon Appetit