Monthly Archives: September 2009

Dinner Was Roasted and Orange

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Not exactly my proudest day, you can go ahead and just call me Super Sloth!  I felt like crap so I took a solid 2hour nap.  Plus I’ve been so. frickin. hungry. all. day.  I feel like all I did is eat and sleep but there was literally no reprieve from the hunger!  After the many meals I posted earlier I ate this before dinner.

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Healthy.  But I’d been wanting chips all day so I finally walked to the gas station and went with it.  And that was before dinner mind you!

Dinner was actually pretty good.  It started yesterday when I marinated 2blocks of tofu overnight.  Usually we make 1block at a time but then there is never leftovers for more than one person.  Since I have class tomorrow I decided to try a double batch.

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Asian Orange Tofu Bake, serves 6

  • 2blocks extra firm tofu, drained and lightly pressed
  • 2C orange juice
  • 4T cornstarch
  • 1T soy sauce
  • 4T rice vinegar
  • 2T chipotle oil (or any spicy oil; you could also use evoo and just add red pepper flakes)
  • 1T honey
  1. Slice each block of tofu into 7 pieces and set aside.
  2. In a large tupperware, stir together oj and cornstarch to mix.
  3. Add the rest of the marinade ingredients and stir to combine.
  4. Place the tofu slices in the marinade, making sure each piece is fully covered.  Cover and let sit for 2hours or overnight.
  5. Remove slices from marinade and place in a single layer on a foiled and sprayed baking sheet.
  6. Bake for 25minutes at 450*.
  7. ***Tip – we reserved our leftover marinade to cook with broccoli later this week.

I also roasted up some butternut squash with salt, pepper, and a bit of nutmeg.  I was so excited to see this convenient package at Wegmans.

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Finally, I used a sample from Annie Chun’s on the side.

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These rice bowls have two servings each and are quick, healthy, and tasty.

Dinner was very starchy and orange upon second glance, but rather good.

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I’m not gonna lie though, I’m still hungry.  The husband just said I was a fatty!!  I will most likely have a snack, even though I know that it’s probably unnecessary.  I am also still pretty sleepy, so in spite of the nappage, I will probably go to bed early tonight.  We’re wild and crazy around here 🙂

Tomorrow I must go to the gym, work on Chemistry, and go to class (duh).  What are your big goals for Hump Day?

*****Updated – You know ate more crap!  I used a Wholly Wholesome sample to bake cookies!

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Pizza Party Part Deux

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I haven’t gotten much work done but the rain was the perfect atmosphere for watching some “tv.”  In the hours after breakfast I was starving so I ate a Cookie Dough Balance Bar.

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These are seriously the best things on Earth!

Lunch was inspired by leftover pizza ingredients and these guys.

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I was excited about these Boca Spicy Chik’n Meatless Patties, but a little concerned by this warning –

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I read through all the ingredients and have no idea what this is about.  Does anyone else know?  I combined spice + pizza for one super sandwich.

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I rolled a patty in a Flat Out with ~2T each pizza sauce, shredded carrots, 2% colby jack cheese, and Anchor Bar Buffalo Sauce.

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I ate some leftover peppers from last night alongside.

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Quite a good lunch.

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Dessert was pretty good too.

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Purely Decadent Non-Dairy Blueberry Cheesecake ice cream with Crofter’s Superfruit North America Spread.

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The skies are looking a little less foreboding so I might make it to the gym today after all.  My other focus of the day is chemistry.  See you for dinner.

For Funsies – What is your favorite animal?  In no particular order, I love duckbilled platypuses, spiny echidnas, otters, and pigs.

Pizza Pity Party

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Rain, rain, go away, come again another day next year. 

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It is a dark, dank, and dreary day around here!  90% of my to-do’s had to be scrapped because Adam needed the car because of the rain.  And there’s the small matter of the giant leak!!!  Not only do I have to skip another gym session, but my job search (which is going poorly) is further impeded.  I’m going to focus on schoolwork and see if I can find some cocoa!

For breakfast I went college-style – leftover pizza.

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I guess it’s more grown-up style when you use homemade extra veggie pizza and reheat it in the oven. 🙂  Wish me luck with my work!

What do you like to do on rainy days?  I am all about Carebears movies.

Rain Check

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The intense torrential downpour all day mucked up my plans, but I did find some fun substitutes!  I had so many crazy dreams last night that I ended up pressing snooze on the alarm this morning until after 9.  I ate a Cashew Almond Boomi Bar on the way to volunteering today.

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I liked the flavorbut I was running late so I only ate 3/4 of it.

For lunch at the hospital I used my voucher to get a sandwich from the cafeteria.

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Chicken salad in a jalopeno wrap with spring mix lettuce, bell peppers, banana peppers, sundried tomato and pesto sauce.  I ate 85% or so.

Adam had the day off from school (Yom Kippur) so he picked me up at the hospital to save me from the rain.  I had planned on going to the gym but once I saw the sky it didn’t take much convincing to get me to see a movie with him!  We went to a 3o’clock showing of “Surrogates,” which we both enjoyed.  We hit up Dairy Queen at the mall.

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I ordered a small oreo cookie dough blizzard.

I was very glad that Adam drove me to class because the rain was so bad you could barely see.  We ended up taking the (slow) main road home instead of the highway because it was so bad.

When we got home we made the perfect rainy day dinner – pizza!  I would say it was super veggie, but by the time the husband got done with it it was super cheesey!

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On a store bought crust we piled

  • 12oz pizza sauce
  • 2C reduced fat mozzarella cheese
  • 1 chopped red bell pepper
  • 1 chopped yellow bell pepper
  • 3/4pint mushrooms
  • 1/2 sliced yellow onion

We precooked the veggies for 15minutes at 475* before we put them on the pizza.  Look at how sweet our pizza sauce was –

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It was very tasty, but we definitely bought it because I fell in love with the can!

After it came out of the oven I ate 1/4 of the finished product.

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Yums.  We watched the new episode of “Bones” while we ate and towards the end I had a half serving of Lindt Sea Salt Dark Chocolate.

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Yums x2.

I’m disappointed that the gym didn’t happen because I have to go back to the doctor on Thursday, but such is life.  I always appreciate hang out time with the husband.  Have a great night everybody!

What do you like to put on pizza?  My favorite toppings are green olives and broccoli.  I also really like cheeseless pesto pizza.

Travel, Treats, Time

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Today was frustrating but fruitful (oh man, continuing with that alliteration!).  Everything took longer than planned and I have been crazy hungry all day but we did have fun and most of my to-dos are done.  I feel bad for the string of recap posts and/or quickie posts, but it’s almost midnight so I gotta do it.

I woke up early this morning to pack up so I could join my sister-in-law for church.  I ate half of this Lara Apple Pie Bar on the drive there.

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After some reflection, we met the boys at Shoney’s for breakfast.  This spot would not have been my pick, but my eating style is pretty different from my husband and his family.  We all did the breakfast buffet.

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I ate a plate of fruit,

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and potatoes, scrambled eggs, and a biscuit.

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I was annoyed by the lack of healthy choices, but the food actually did taste pretty good.  I haven’t had a biscuit (w/honey!) in years so that was fun.

After breakfast we set out – in the pouring rain – for home.  We stopped on the way for gas and I spotted this –

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I’m sorry, I realize I’m 24, but I’m not from the states and I think stuff like this is frickin’ thrilling!  I totally had to make myself a milkshake.

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Cookie Dough was tasty and I grinned for the next 80miles 🙂

Once we got home I started (still have to finish, whoops!) unpacking and snacked on a 100calorie Popchips sample.

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I think salt and vinegar is my least favorite flavor.

Adam and I ran out to Wegmans for a grocery mission around 5.  That meant I had food, but still no time, so we decided to get dinner on the drive home.  Husband’s choice was Boston Market.

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I got a half bbq rotisserie chicken sandwich on multigrain bread,

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and a side of green beans.

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I had never tried Boston Market before but I was pretty darn impressed.  The options were healthy (my meal had 475calories total) and tasty but quicker than you could do at home.  I thought the beans were delicious.

I had a serving of Lindt Sea Salt Dark Chocolate for dessert.

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This is my new favorite chocolate, the saltiness adds so much depth to the flavor.

And then I spent 7-11:30 working on my Chemistry homework.  Yes, you did read that right: it took me 4.5hours to complete one homework assignment.  This class is kicking my butt!  I was starving again during my work so I made a quick snack.

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I sliced a small potato, spritzed with evoo and sprinkled with dill and salt, and baked at 500* for 20minutes.  With ketchup.

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Yums.  Homemade oven “fries” beat real fries any day!

The husband stayed up until 3:30 last night playing x-box with his brother so I am super excited to snuggle tonight!  Sweet dreams.

What is your favorite brand of chocolate?  Do you prefer milk or dark?  I don’t mind milk chocolate but I like dark a lot better.

Queso Queasy

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I was starving this afternoon (my brunch really wasn’t enough food) so I ate a small plate of Chex Mix to tide me over until dinner.

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I love the crunch/spice of Chex Mix but I wouldn’t never buy it because it’s almost impossible to stick to a serving.  I was very proud of myself that I didn’t get another handful.

For dinner we hit up a local Mexican spot that the husband is obsessed with.  It was  very very typical American “Mexican” food.  Adam is a cheese-hound though so I could see why he was obsessed with it.  I ordered a vegetarian platter.

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Chile Poblano, cheese enchillada, rice and beans.  It was waaaaaaay too much cheese.  I adore peppers so I scarfed the Poblano but I left most of everything else on the plate.  I actually stopped eating way before fullness because I knew I would get sick from queso overload.

I’m still hungry and we will be hanging out until late tonight (and drinking) so I am sure some serious snacking will be done!  Tomorrow morning we are making the drive back to Buffalo so we can get our homework done for Monday.  I was planning on getting up to run but my left foot feels pretty bad (the warts, the insane shoe blister, and now the whole foot feels sore) so I think I’ll be smart and take a day off.  It’s tempting to (over)train because I had to take so many days off, but I know another injury will just mean more days off.  I’m going back to the doctor for more painanother treatment on Thursday so I know I’ll be out of commission again soon.  I’ve just got to do my best and stay positive.  See you Sunday!

What is your favorite Mexican food?  I love chile relanos; I always wish they were less cheesey but the chiles themselves are so tasty.

*****11pm Update

Crap eaten?  Check.  After I put my camera away I ate 2 jalopeno poppers and 3/4 of a bag of popcorn.

House in the House

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I don’t know how I managed to get Adam out of bed at 8am to run with me this morning, but I did.  He’s not the best running partner though, he made me laugh so hard I had to take a break!  His brother’s neighborhood had a loop, so I ran that 3x and walked in once.  The husband measured it afterwards and found out the loop was .75mile.  That means I did 3miles total, with my walk included.  39minutes, 273calories.

I played a rousing game of Hungry Hippos with my niece before I decided I was a hungry hippo and it was time for a shower.  Then I put together a random lunch plate.

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An apple and a few pieces of sliced turkey.

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Cheese and pizza bites.

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I actually ate another piece bite too, and when I realized I was still starving I got a bowl of cereal.

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I haven’t had Lucky Charms in years!

We were supposed to go to the fair today but it is raining buckets so we are just hanging out around the house.  And watching House, they have the newest episode on dvr.  Hope everyone else is having a sunny Saturday.

What are your Saturday plans?

I Was Just Brought a Bellini

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We made it!  I felt the need to bicker instead of pack, so we ended up slightly off schedule, but we made it to Ohio by 9o’clock. 

The drive up was pretty painless (especially for me because I was only in charge of the music!).  I ate a very late lunch once we got on the road.

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2% Fage with jam, sooooo good.  I do like fat free the best but these mixing ones are to die for.

Once we reached our family’s house and did some hanging out we ran out to pick up a late dinner.  Hardee’s was the best we could do, but it ended up being a good meal.

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I got a bbq chicken sandwich.

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I order it because it was the only nonfried chicken on the menu but it ended up being pretty good.  It was a grilled chicken breast with bbq sauce on a ww bun.

I supplemented with a popchips sample I brought from home.

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Salt and Pepper was a little spicy, but a great compliment to the sandwich.

For dessert I had an apple.

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And as I started blogging my sister-in-law delivered me a bellini!

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It’s family time, gotta drink run!

What do you pack for roadtrips?   I had it in my head that I was packing dinner but then I realized we had no food!  Popchip samples, Lara Bars, and apples seemed like a good idea to me.