Nov 27, 11:39 PM by Steve | Thanksushi

Posted in Food

I had an idea a few days ago that I would make some “thanksgiving sushi”, where I would use all of the traditional thanksgiving foods as filling in a sushi-style wrap instead of the usual seaweed, fish & rice. I picked up some soy wrap yesterday and sat at the table at dinner and made my wrap while my curious family looked on. Turkey, stuffing, sweet potato, cranberry sauce, and green beans. The finished product seemed to be popular and it was eaten up fast. After it was gone I made another wrap with rice some rice added for good measure.

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Nov 15, 09:19 PM by Steve | More Sushi

Posted in Food & Pictures | Comments [1]

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Nov 14, 08:07 PM by Steve | Harvest

Posted in Miscellanea & Food | Comments [1]

Look Marco, I can grow stuff too! They may be small but they are pretty good for growing on my windowsill in my office :)

These tomatos are from the plant I started growing back in January

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Nov 8, 06:30 PM by Steve | Sushi Redux

Posted in Food

I made sushi again this afternoon, after my 100 mile ride around Lake Casitas. This time I used proper Nori sheets and prepared rice with rice vinegar. I think I used a little too much vinegar, but otherwise they are very good.

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Oct 27, 02:52 PM by Steve | Food Crime: First Degree Attempted Sushi

Posted in Food & Miscellanea

I got something at Gelson’s a while back that claimed to be sushi wraps, with the rice and the seaweed sheets, just add filling. I had also gotten a sushi “kit” at Borders that included the little mat, plates, chopsticks, and a book, but none of the food. I was in Gelson’s again last night, and had just picked up some prepared sushi, when I saw some nori sheets and it reminded me about making my own with the kit. I was about to pick them up but figured I should use the stuff I already had first. It turns out that the sheets were litty itty bitty things that you were supposed to make individual bite-sized wraps out of, instead of one big roll that you cut. so I tried to put a bunch together but it didn’t hold very well. I wish I had taken a picture, but I ate it for lunch…

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Mar 5, 10:17 PM by Kimberly | Happy Carbs

Posted in Food & Health

I’ve had a pretty bad migraine for the last few days. It started on Saturday at Baker to Death Valley while Steve was finishing. It wasn’t very hot, but it was very dry. I think I didn’t drink enough water, bright sun, travel, fatigue, hormones, etc., and the stars were all aligned correctly to produce a migraine. I started to feel pretty bad on the drive back to Baker, but we stopped at a cafe in Shoshone and got Gardenburgers, and I felt a lot better after that.

I felt ok Sunday, but I started to feel bad again Monday morning. I got some new injections for my headaches, so I tried it out, and it worked quite well. It works by increasing serotonin levels, which is believed to either cause or otherwise be strongly related to migraines. I took it again last night after it came back with a vengance. I read my book in bed while the meds kicked in. Steve was sleeping, and woke up about an hour and a half after I took the meds. He asked how I was doing, and I enthusiastically said ‘Great!’

My migraine started to come back again this afternoon, so I picked up my perscription and hung out at Steve’s office while it kicked in. My stomach was still not feeling too good, and I told Steve I needed some carbs for my stomach. He said we had plenty of carbs at home, and I said we didn’t have...

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Feb 5, 12:53 AM by Kimberly | The Steve Diet

Posted in Health & Food

The Steve diet has been working pretty well for me. I’ve lost a lot of the weight I put on after I had my tumor out & I started getting bad migraines. (Not necessarily related, but who really knows.) I stopped exercising and ate a lot of crap food to appease my migraine stomach. (Did you know that the gut has brain tissue of it’s own?)

I’m taking meds to help prevent migraines, but I still get them pretty bad. I’m still not ‘race-ready’ as I haven’t been on the bike for weeks. So I didn’t do Mothballs. But I think I’ll do Cantua Creek when I go out with Steve.

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Jul 12, 11:16 AM by Steve | I Expect You To Blog About This

Posted in Cycling & Food | Comments [3]

I ran into Dr. Kim on campus during my ride into work this morning. Almost literally—I was nearly squeezed into her as I approached by another cyclist coming from the other direction. I was on pace for a PR or I would have slowed down to chat. Its hard to go very fast through the campus with all the other slow riders, tight corners and broken pavement, and she was still with me at the road crossing out of campus. I pushed really hard for the last leg on the path from Goleta Beach, keeping my speed around 22-23mph the entire way (about 2 miles). I finished the 14 mile course with a road bike PR of 39:19 (21.5mph), over 40 seconds faster than my previous PR of 40:01 (21.1mph), and only 20 seconds slower than my TT bike PR of 38:57 (21.7mph).

As I was catching my breath and getting ready to carry my bike up to my office, Dr. Kim came up the bike path and asked if I got it. We talked for a few minutes before taking off to do repeats on OSM. “I expect you to blog about this” she said as she left…

I got a similar comment from Steve Nelson after Monday’s time trial. This was the month that coincides with Semana Nautica, and the time trial was both part of that series and the normal DMI monday night series. But for Semana Nautica, they gave age group...

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Jul 5, 02:27 PM by Steve | My New Favorite Drink

Posted in Food

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Jun 19, 11:57 PM by Steve | My Kryptonite

Posted in Food & Health

I love this stuff. But I can’t buy it and have it last through the night. 4 servings of 210 calories and 4.5g of saturated fat… 22%. The whole container is just over 800 calories and nearly 100% of the daily value of saturated fat. And that’s for the light version. But its sooooooo good.

I just bought another one this evening after my ride and so far I’ve had about a serving and a half’s worth. When I buy it, I know that I’ll probably eat the whole thing in one night, but tonight I’m going to try to not have any more.

Update: the ice cream was a casualty of my midnight snacking… didn’t make it through the night.

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