Author Archives: Emily

Falling for You

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Don’t even ask me how I managed to make it to 8pm today with accomplishing or eating a single thing, but that’s what I did.  Fortunately from 8 on I managed to squeeze in a days worth of fun!

We had to go out to Kohls on an errand for my mom and we went to a spur of the moment dinner at Panos.

Yes, I did rock this hair-do at a nice restaurant.

There were lots of choices on the menu, and the lobster mac and cheese! really caught my eye but the in the end I went with a healthy salad.

It was Cesar with blackened chicken, grilled veggies, and smoked gouda.

Yums!  I love smoked gouda so much and I liked how fresh and healthy the whole thing felt.  I ended up with tons of leftovers to box home though.

For dessert Adam ordered the chocolate peanut butter pie.

This was to die for, I ate about 30% and I couldn’t stop swooning!

After dinner we weren’t ready for the fun to stop so we ran by her house and picked up our friend Danielle and we all went up to ….. Niagara Falls!

This was my first time on the American side and it was gorgeous.  We took a long(ish) walk and even got to see the river run up to the fall.

So much fun!  Adam has school off for Martin Luther King day tomorrow but I’ve still got volunteering so it’s time for bed.

Have you ever been to Niagara Falls?  American and/or Canadian side?  This was only my second time; I went to Canada with my parents when I was 13 and I’m dying to get back.]

P.S. Brandi’s had her blog for a year now!   and Janetha has some jewlery to share.  or you could win some chocolate.

Stupid Squared

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It was a fun day, but not a very successful one 😦  Adam’s poor time management actually caused me to miss the gym, for the second day in a row.  I now have 50 – 2 days until my half and I’m freaking out.  But I guess I can’t criticize the hubby about watching the clock as I’ve been a major instigator in the fact that it’s after 1am and we’re still up.  And I still have to shower!

Hanging out this afternoon I snacked on a serving each of these guys –

Cedar’s makes the best Spinach Dip I think I’ve ever had.

Dinner was a “Cooking Light” recipe, Mao Pao Tofu.

The only substitution I planned was subbing turkey for pork.  Unfortunately I’m an idiot and I used double the meat called for but now at least we have extra leftovers.

It was good but not great; the texture was there but the seasoning was off.

Adam brought home his dessert – Brownie Obsession – from dinner last night and it ended up being so tasty that I ate more than half of it, whoops!  We devoured so quickly I didn’t get a picture so I pulled one from the website.

Delish!  Between SNL, Modern Family, and Scrubs we laughed hard it’s a wonder I managed to swallow my food 🙂

What is your favorite tv comedy?  Scrubs is near and dear to my heart (I mentioned it in my wedding vows!!!) but Modern Family has really blown me away.

Coffee and Coconut

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Today has been the perfect kind of Saturday!  Cuddling up with Adam in front of the tv with funny shows and plates of food?  Count me in!

My parents gave us a purple french press for Christmas and we finally got to try it out.

Besides the fact that it makes me feel cool and European, the coffee (Kona, by the way) was much tastier and less bitter; win.  Per usual, I had mine with skim milk.

Alongside the joe we made eggs with turkey and cheddar sausage mixed in.

It made for a very nice breakfast.

Choking laughter at “Modern Family” worked up my appetite and I shared some of Adam’s Brushetta Chicken Pasta leftovers from last night.

But the real piece de resistance of lunch was this guy.

That guy is a Young Thai coconut.  I drank a little coconut water in the usual way,

but ultimatly I decided to do a smoothie.

1 medium banana, juice + meat from the coconut, 6 ice cubes, a little bit of honey, and a bunch of cinnamon went into the blender.

The result tasted like the coconut chai from Bonobos, LOVE!

My plans for the rest of the day include a work-out, some laundry, and a tasty dinner.  Happy Saturday!

Have you ever drank directly from the coconut?  Love it or hate it?

Meow What is So Funny?!?

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We’ve passed into Saturday at this point so I’ll keep it quick.  Unfortunately no work-out took place today; Adam treated beer buying like it was a life altering decision and he ate up all our time.  I am a major perfectionist and I’m super into dates and numbers so not running on my *1st day back of 50* in training was definitely frustrating for me.  Part of  me wants to go ahead and skip it tomorrow since I’m already “behind” but my rational side knows I need to grow away from that.

While we were scoping the beer I got a snowflake latte from the grocery store cafe.

Espresso, peppermint syrup, and skim milk; delicious.

Adam hogged the bathroom (you’ll see why in a second) and I didn’t have time to shower but wearing some new Christmas clothes helped me to feel gussied.

Gosh I ❤ J-Crew!

The party theme of the night was Super Troopers.  This is one of my top five favorite movies and I was super amped.  Somehow a movie and dinner took our crew from 6-midnight so we must have had a good time!  I got in spirit with a Natty Ice while we watched the movie.

Everyone had a great time but Patrick and Adam went all out.  The boys not only shaved off their beards to rock mustaches,

but they even redid the syrup scene!

Our manly men finished off their bottles in 45seconds!!

After the movie our dinner plan was all within the theme –

unfortunately they only had the late night menu so our goofy shit on the walls requirement lead us to TGIFridays.  You know we had to order mozzarella sticks.

I had two.

And Danielle and I both got Cosmos, poured over pink cotton candy.

My drink ended up being way too sweet for me to finish but it was certainly fun.

I ordered the Pecan Crusted Chicken Salad for dinner.

It had celery, dried cranberries, and blue cheese crumbles.

All the perfect ingredients were there but for some reason I just didn’t love it.  Look at how much I left for Adam to take home –

All in all we had a fabulous time.

P.S. I apologize to anyone who hasn’t seen the movie; everything I bolded was a movie reference.  However, if you have not seen it yet I highly recommend that you do!

Two Courses, Two Birds

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Post-posting this morning I got down to business.  My break felt like it wasn’t just from blogging, but from life, I have some catching up to do!  After cleaning up the house it was time for lunch –

The exciting box I referenced last week was actually from Cedar’s Mediterranean Inc.  Today’s lunch was based around these two selections:

Cucumber and Garlic Tzatziki spread on 2/3 of a cucumber,

and Spinach Dip on a serving of Flipsides crackers.

‘Twas a tasty first course.

My second course actually came from Amy’s Kitchen –

Heart Spanish Rice and Red Bean Soup.

The portion shown is the whole can but I only ate half.  This was delicious, I think I am a canned soup convert!

We are going to a fun, slightly themed party tonight and I’m getting excited.  Adam is doing some buying for it so he’s going to swing by to pick me up first so we can get next week’s grocery shopping out of the way too; two birds folks.  Right now the plan is grocery — gym — shower — party!

What kind of veggie is your favorite for dipping?  Sliced cucs are mine.  Baby carrots are actually my favorite food, but I prefer them plain.

Quickie Questions

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Are you back to blogging yet?

Yes!  And I am so sorry about my absence.  This was the longest blog break I’ve taken since I started and I’m not sure why I needed one so badly but I really did.  Besides, we literally did not cook a single thing this week (which is sort of sick) so I would have been pretty boring.

Are you still planning on running the Disney Princess Half Marathon?

Yes!!!  Today is officially 50 days before the race, as well as the day I am starting my training.  I realize 7 weeks isn’t really long enough to go from 0 to 13, but I’m too stubborn not to try.

Do you have any food pictures for this post?

No.  It’s possible Adam and I went on a Law and Order bender this week.  I haven’t gotten enough sleep at all and I basically just woke up.

Taking Some Day Breakers

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The movie and mall trip was good but then I kind of disappeared on you guys!  I’ve been feeling headache-y all weekend and I decided a small technology hiatus was in order.  No worries, I can’t stay away from the laptop long, I’ll probably be back for a dinner post.

Wish me luck on my first day of classes this afternoon!

Blackberry Pie Bowl

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Good morning all!  School start this week (even though I’m only in a couple classes) so this is finally a weekend rather than just another day of my work-less week.

I celebrated appropriately with some “blackberry pie” for breakfast.

Plain Low-Fat Stoneyfield Yogurt with .5cup blackberries and part of an agave cinnamon blondie.

Yums!  I sprinkled on more cinnamon a bite in and the results were de-lish-us!  I know blogland loves fancy oatmeal but I think I am more about loving creative yogurt bowls.

The rest of the day looks like lunch — movies — school work/organizing — dinner.

Have you caught blogland’s Oat Fever?  What other breakfasts get your creative juices flowing?