Pineapple Paradise

In spite of getting to sleep long after 3am – due to a combination of difficult homework, frivolous blog reading, and annoying insomnia – I knew I needed an early morning to finish my assignment on time.  I knew it, but unfortunately Adam’s reflexes didn’t, and he turned off my alarm before I even woke up.  Thankfully my little bad influence’s own alarm was set for 8:30 so not too much time was lost.

I got right to work and managed to finish up by 10am, 2 whole hours before the due date 😉  I will say that I’m pretty darn nervous for my Chemistry final.  And more than a little bit ticked off; the amount of material (and degree of difficulty) they are trying to squeeze into the last week of class is a bit ludicrous.  I would feel a lot more comfortable if we had some review of the concepts, but sadly the final will be the first time we are tested on them.

I have ZERO complaints about this morning’s breakfast though.

1/2 cup plain, fat free yogurt with Crofter’s Superfruit Spread stirred in.  Which isn’t exciting at all.

But it becomes exciting rather quickly when topped with this –

We have some leftover canned pineapple rings from a recipe last week that weren’t exactly thrilling me.  So I sprinkled them with brown sugar and roasted those bad boys!  Everything is better roasted, period!

I ate three tasty rings atop my yogurt.

Perfection.  The pineapple ended up not being too sweet or too tangy, and finding carmelized bits in your yogurt is pretty exciting.  Plus the texture was perfect, almost a bit chewy like dried fruit.

On the agenda for the rest of the day?

  • Anthropology studying (ya know, for my test tomorrow)
  • a swim work out at the UB pool
  • putting away the dry cleaning we picked up more than a week ago
  • some baking fun; fingers crossed!

Do you have any pineapple recipe recommendations for me?  I’ve still got half a can left!

3 thoughts on “Pineapple Paradise

  1. Oh holy yum. Roasted everything is better, I agree. But when it gets all caramelized…I die. Grilled pineapple is just about my favorite thing on earth. Also with pineapple, I will chop/crush it up and use it like applesauce in baking things. Adds a nice little citrus zing. Good luck with your test tomorrow!

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