What I Ate: January 10, 2010 (Central Market Cafe)

Lunch: I had a slice of the lasagna which I prepared before my trip that Tina baked a few days ago. A couple interesting notes about the lasagna: I used Belgioioso brand ricotta which is much creamier after cooking than Precious brand. Also, the pasta I used was HEB store brand (precooked) which came out much softer than my regular brand (Ronzoni) which I haven't seen here in Austin yet.

Dinner: We had dinner at Central Market Cafe prior to grocery shopping. Tina ordered a Artichoke Olive Mushroom Pizza (Basil pesto, roasted artichoke hearts, roasted mushrooms and Feta cheese, $8) which was good, but only after we removed about half the olives. The overabundance of olives made the pizza much too salty to eat without scraping some of them off.

I had the Grilled Tuscan Flank Steak (Marinated flank steak with cannellini beans, roasted garlic, prosciutto ham and arugula tossed in a lemon-oregano vinaigrette, $11). The steak was a tad chewy, but very flavorful. Cutting smaller pieces of the beef and eating it with a couple beans and some dressed arugula made each mouthful quite delicious.