Baby shower sweets and a visit to my favorite Taiwanese restaurant in this week's food diary!
{Monday}
12pm: A super bowl yogurt with frozen berries, sliced banana, hemp seed, flaxseed, coconut flakes, and granola.
6pm: I make myself a salami, goat cheese, cucumber, and tomato sandwich with the leftover French bread from yesterday.
![LA food blogger weekly food diary](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G820r46nDOk/WA_swOCBetI/AAAAAAABCPI/8gLyCz_JWsAerz8pJFPtOF3hwNDODjaVwCPcB/s1600/20161010_180741.jpg)
![LA food blogger weekly food diary](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G820r46nDOk/WA_swOCBetI/AAAAAAABCPI/8gLyCz_JWsAerz8pJFPtOF3hwNDODjaVwCPcB/s1600/20161010_180741.jpg)
8pm: A handful of Whole Foods cheese curls that taste like wet socks and half of a banana. Listen learned. If I'm going to splurge on junk food, go for the gold like Cheetos Cheese Puffs.
{Tuesday}
1pm: Same super bowl as yesterday.
7pm: Homemade mapo tofu and sauteed kale with onions and mushrooms with a side of rice.
![what I ate this week food blog](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VSQaa8EX47c/WA_swLpnK3I/AAAAAAABCPA/d8QTjBz06HcO8_tofVP7ErwWC93Y6257gCPcB/s1600/20161011_190548.jpg)
10pm: A slice of banana bread and some grapes.
{Wednesday}
12pm: Another yogurt super bowl.
7pm: Fish tacos with a side of cheese fries from Island's in Sherman Oaks. In high school, I used to get their cheese fries all the time as the fries are crispy and the cheese so stringy. But a whole plate of cheese fries seems so wrong now that I don't have my teenage metabolism. The fish tacos are actually really good and I can't wait to come back and get this combo again.
![third trimester pregnancy food diary blog](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IplyLn09XIw/WA_swN8J46I/AAAAAAABCO4/XC_UN66t-vcX9pQOkt6l3P2gMnyvHmt_ACPcB/s1600/20161012_195547.jpg)
9pm: Grapes.
{Thursday}
11am: I've been craving porridge so I make a batch in my slow cooker. It has mung beans, black rice, and steel cut oats with just a little bit of sugar. I add some goji berries and eat it with Chinese pickles and a salty duck egg. This is a typical Shanghainese breakfast and reminds me of my childhood.
![food diary of a pregnancy woman](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ngg4EFIU694/WA_swAh7n1I/AAAAAAABCOw/AXeVx3XEucoI4zWPE8uPZs1ylFnXSFBPACPcB/s1600/20161013_110140.jpg)
3pm: Coffee at Carrera Cafe, a new Instagram friendly coffee shop on Melrose with a strong Americano.
![LA blogger weekly food diary](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RaM6TJzsXlM/WA_swI7ioYI/AAAAAAABCOg/sd7DBirDXrYRQwh5-WqwGfdbilSjGWxjQCPcB/s1600/20161014_124627.jpg)
7pm: I make oyakadon, a chicken and egg Japanese rice bowl staple that literally translates into "the whole family." The easy recipe from AllRecipes turns out great and I can't wait to make it again soon. I have it with a side of cabbage salad and some suja drinking vinegar.
![weekly food diary of a pregnant blogger](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-omQ9fZLojjU/WA_swBod8tI/AAAAAAABCOo/QOFeok02GmEENnltgNyJSG8D29Z8EaseQCPcB/s1600/20161013_201124.jpg)
{Friday}
12pm: Porridge with Chinese pickles and hard boiled eggs.
4pm: Persimmon with a few pieces of Manchego cheese.
10pm: A late dinner at Hoy Ka after checking out our favorite improv team at UCB. I get a small spareribs noodle soup and share the BBQ pork with rice and papaya salad. By bedtime, I'm still feeling stuffed and make a mental note to not eat so late anymore.
{Saturday}
10am: A bottle of Suja drinking vinegar in strawberry balsamic. It's not as good as kombucha but I do like the mild strawberry flavor.
12pm: A bowl of sticky rice and mung bean porridge and two hard boiled eggs.
5pm: We have an early dinner at Sinbala in Arcadia, my favorite Taiwanese restaurant. I get the fried chicken leg rice plate with a side of oyster omelette and red bean slushie.
![LA food blogger sinbala review](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Knzg6E6Y98c/WA_swHrO5nI/AAAAAAABCOQ/S39yNK53fGE3SZDCh_1wfy7JN_chDLAZACPcB/s1600/20161015_171513.jpg)
![best Taiwanese food in LA blog review](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gApg6drey_g/WA_swMyYwjI/AAAAAAABCOY/Z0T__qpFOCcb3sFKRV-hJpkwyODMPmoIACPcB/s1600/20161015_171334.jpg)
{Sunday}
12pm: It's our baby shower! Playing hostess to fifty of our friends and family inevitably means forgetting to eat so M comes over to remind me from time to time. I have a few bites of our delicious Crateful catering, a mini Sprinkles cupcake, and two 'lette macarons.
![what i ate last week pregnancy food diary](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qbLVa1guryI/WA_swCSFc3I/AAAAAAABCN4/ULzZhCnF3iw6DYBh4j5-UjKz6RuvpIuzACPcB/s1600/20161016_122128.jpg)
7pm: Famished and exhausted, I veg out at Souplantation and eat way more than I should. But it's just salad, right?
![LA food blogger what i eat in a week](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7UV8i3HL6k/WA_swPwjh7I/AAAAAAABCNs/5sy8Xtg-UzYkDNNQED8q56RVqCUZ5xfnQCPcB/s1600/20161016_194113.jpg)
10pm: M and I share a bag of kettle corn and I can barely keep my eyes open while watching Westworld.
![what I ate this week food blog](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VSQaa8EX47c/WA_swLpnK3I/AAAAAAABCPA/d8QTjBz06HcO8_tofVP7ErwWC93Y6257gCPcB/s1600/20161011_190548.jpg)
10pm: A slice of banana bread and some grapes.
{Wednesday}
12pm: Another yogurt super bowl.
7pm: Fish tacos with a side of cheese fries from Island's in Sherman Oaks. In high school, I used to get their cheese fries all the time as the fries are crispy and the cheese so stringy. But a whole plate of cheese fries seems so wrong now that I don't have my teenage metabolism. The fish tacos are actually really good and I can't wait to come back and get this combo again.
![third trimester pregnancy food diary blog](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IplyLn09XIw/WA_swN8J46I/AAAAAAABCO4/XC_UN66t-vcX9pQOkt6l3P2gMnyvHmt_ACPcB/s1600/20161012_195547.jpg)
9pm: Grapes.
{Thursday}
11am: I've been craving porridge so I make a batch in my slow cooker. It has mung beans, black rice, and steel cut oats with just a little bit of sugar. I add some goji berries and eat it with Chinese pickles and a salty duck egg. This is a typical Shanghainese breakfast and reminds me of my childhood.
![food diary of a pregnancy woman](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ngg4EFIU694/WA_swAh7n1I/AAAAAAABCOw/AXeVx3XEucoI4zWPE8uPZs1ylFnXSFBPACPcB/s1600/20161013_110140.jpg)
3pm: Coffee at Carrera Cafe, a new Instagram friendly coffee shop on Melrose with a strong Americano.
![LA blogger weekly food diary](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RaM6TJzsXlM/WA_swI7ioYI/AAAAAAABCOg/sd7DBirDXrYRQwh5-WqwGfdbilSjGWxjQCPcB/s1600/20161014_124627.jpg)
7pm: I make oyakadon, a chicken and egg Japanese rice bowl staple that literally translates into "the whole family." The easy recipe from AllRecipes turns out great and I can't wait to make it again soon. I have it with a side of cabbage salad and some suja drinking vinegar.
![weekly food diary of a pregnant blogger](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-omQ9fZLojjU/WA_swBod8tI/AAAAAAABCOo/QOFeok02GmEENnltgNyJSG8D29Z8EaseQCPcB/s1600/20161013_201124.jpg)
{Friday}
12pm: Porridge with Chinese pickles and hard boiled eggs.
4pm: Persimmon with a few pieces of Manchego cheese.
10pm: A late dinner at Hoy Ka after checking out our favorite improv team at UCB. I get a small spareribs noodle soup and share the BBQ pork with rice and papaya salad. By bedtime, I'm still feeling stuffed and make a mental note to not eat so late anymore.
{Saturday}
10am: A bottle of Suja drinking vinegar in strawberry balsamic. It's not as good as kombucha but I do like the mild strawberry flavor.
12pm: A bowl of sticky rice and mung bean porridge and two hard boiled eggs.
5pm: We have an early dinner at Sinbala in Arcadia, my favorite Taiwanese restaurant. I get the fried chicken leg rice plate with a side of oyster omelette and red bean slushie.
![LA food blogger sinbala review](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Knzg6E6Y98c/WA_swHrO5nI/AAAAAAABCOQ/S39yNK53fGE3SZDCh_1wfy7JN_chDLAZACPcB/s1600/20161015_171513.jpg)
![best Taiwanese food in LA blog review](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gApg6drey_g/WA_swMyYwjI/AAAAAAABCOY/Z0T__qpFOCcb3sFKRV-hJpkwyODMPmoIACPcB/s1600/20161015_171334.jpg)
{Sunday}
12pm: It's our baby shower! Playing hostess to fifty of our friends and family inevitably means forgetting to eat so M comes over to remind me from time to time. I have a few bites of our delicious Crateful catering, a mini Sprinkles cupcake, and two 'lette macarons.
![what i ate last week pregnancy food diary](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qbLVa1guryI/WA_swCSFc3I/AAAAAAABCN4/ULzZhCnF3iw6DYBh4j5-UjKz6RuvpIuzACPcB/s1600/20161016_122128.jpg)
7pm: Famished and exhausted, I veg out at Souplantation and eat way more than I should. But it's just salad, right?
![LA food blogger what i eat in a week](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7UV8i3HL6k/WA_swPwjh7I/AAAAAAABCNs/5sy8Xtg-UzYkDNNQED8q56RVqCUZ5xfnQCPcB/s1600/20161016_194113.jpg)
10pm: M and I share a bag of kettle corn and I can barely keep my eyes open while watching Westworld.