Author Archives: Emily

Chocolate Oats

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Ever since my lackluster bowl a week or so ago I’ve been dreaming of this breakfast –

Chocolate Overnight Oats!  Last night I combined 1/3 cup Skim Plus Chocolate Milk with 1/3 cup oats.  This morning I added in 1/3 cup plain fat free yogurt and 1/3 cup blueberries.  Finally, I added a tablespoon each toasted walnuts and cinnamon chips.

Too awesome!  This bowl made me happy x 10.

We almost never buy chocolate milk but Skim Plus tastes amazing and is a pretty healthy treat.

Today is going to be more busy than awesome.  I’ve got foot surgery follow-up at 10:10 and since it’s near school I’m going to eat lunch on campus.  Then I have class from 2 – 6:30 (there’s a two hour break in there but I packed work) before I come home and go to the gym.

P.S. Don’t forget to enter my Cedar’s giveaway.

Dinner

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I hope you entered my giveaway, because I’m be fawning over Cedar’s some more in this post!  Speaking of giveaways, here’s a healthy one.  I was super excited about this dinner, I’ve been planning my Mediterranean Fest for a week!

All of the individual components were fabulous, and they melded together perfectly.

Mini whole wheat pita from Wegmans.  A serving size was 2 for 110 calories but one was more than enough.  I loved how doughy these were.

Collards.  The absolute star of the dish!

I steamed a 16oz bag of frozen collard greens then mixed it with 1/3 cup toasted walnuts,a drizzle of  maple syrup, and 3.5oz of chopped blue brie cheese.  The flavors went together so perfectly, I was in heaven with every bite!  The cheese was from Saga, something I’ve wanted to try forever and I’m glad I did.

Falafel.

I used half of the box, mixed with H2O, but decided to ignore the package directions and bake instead of fry.  After 25minutes in a 350* oven they were perfect.  Tasty as they were, the falafels were a bit dense, I ended up only eating 2 of 3.

Cedar’s Garlic Tzatzika for dipping.

Everything went together so well, the mix of textures and tastes was kind of a dinner thrill.  Plus, after all the junk I ate this weekend it feels really good to eat something good.

After dinner it was time for my final to do: the gym.  37minutes on the treadmill; it was good to add to my training log.

What is your favorite kind of cheese?  I tie between blue and brie so the Saga blend was perfection for me!

P.S. Eating Bird Food is also doing a giveaway.

Great Giveaway

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Having a husband in medical school means that plans often get changed around.  It’s annoying, but considering that my only “job” right now is housewife I try to just roll with it.  Which is why I moved my gym trip to 9 this evening.  I will be going for certain, you can count on seeing a training update!

I did NOT, however, feel like moving my afternoon evening snack around!  Since 95% of my to-do’s are complete (the biggie was transferring my i-tunes files and I could not be happier that’s finished!) I gave myself 30minutes or so to read some magazines while I had a tasty snack.

Baked Pita Chips with Garlic and Artichoke Salsa; 1 serving of each; holy yum!

Now that you guys have heard me rave about Cedar’s products for 2+ weeks, I’m giving you a chance to do some raving of your own! 

Cedar’s sent me 12 free product coupons and I will be choosing 4 lucky readers to share my wealth.

  1. giveaway ends this Friday (1/29) at noon – Pacific time for my West Coast readers
  2. for a chance to win: leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite Mediterranean dish
  3. for a 2nd/3rd entry: link back to this post and/or tweet back and leave me a comment telling me you’ve done so

Late Lunch, Very Veggied

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The lateness of my lunch post is well worth it; more than half my to-do’s are complete!  My new laptop is already starting to feel like “home” –

Volunteering went well and on my way out I used my lunch voucher to grab a large coffee.

I made a tasty mix of amaretto coffee, toffee cappuccino, and 2% milk.

If I got my fruits at breakfast, I got my veggies at lunch!  I made a tasty, Southwestern stir fry of sorts.  3oz of okra were chopped and cooked with some evoo, and s&p (charred),

and then I added 1/2cup of black beans to the skillet,

and finally 1/2cup of Cedar’s Edamame Salad.

The end result was so delicious!

The mix of textures and flavors was so pleasing and the warmth felt comforting after my treck through the blustering winds to do my errands.  Is there anything better than okra???

Since I’m soooooo out of shape I need a bit more fuel for my gym trip this evening but luckily I’ve got an afternoon snack (and a giveaway!) already planned.  See you then.

Are you an okra fan?  What do you love/hate about it?

Front-Loading Fruits

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Isn’t she lovely?!?

It’s good to be back.  I missed you guys!  I’m not gonna lie though – the husband and I took advantage of the few camera free days and ate a bunch of crap (those of you who’re thinking “but you always eat a bunch of junk,” this was actually worse, gasp).  So this morning I front-loaded my day with antioxidant rich fruit.

First a tasty kiwi.

I love the taste of kiwis but eating them skin on makes me gag and removing the skin requires Iron Chef-like knife skills.  However, my Kiwi Bowl method works perfectly!

Next I tried this Siggi’s Pomegranate Passion Fruit.

The yogurt was disturbingly tart but topped with blueberries, half a minneola, and ~1.5t of agave syrup it was perfection.

A healthy start to the day is always energizing.

And I needed the energy.  Adam and I had lots and lots of fun this weekend, not limited to dinner at a new Vegan spot with Katie (me), purchasing/playing RockBand with friends (him), getting Adam hooked on Buffy reruns, purchasing my Bloggie Secret Valentine gift, and seeing “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.”  Whew!  All that didn’t leave much time for work so we actually set the alarms for 6am to finish homework this morning.

My homework is done but I have a long list of to-do’s for the day still:

  1. volunteering shift at the hospital
  2. errands – mail, bank, etc.
  3. a bit of blog business
  4. a bit of school business
  5. getting my new computer set up
  6. laundry
  7. a beyond necessary trip to the gym for training
  8. dinner

Yikes, I better get going!

it’s a 2fer day – 1. How do you eat your kiwi?  2. Did you see “The Imaginarium,” what’d you think?

Guess Who’s Back

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Me!  The husband, understandably, wanted to use his own computer the last few days and my blog has suffered.  However, as of today I am the proud owner of a new laptop – yippie!  As UB students we can download all the programming for free so it’s not quite ready for use yet, but by tomorrow afternoon blogging should be back to its regular schedule.

When was the last time you got a new laptop?

More Nachos!

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Don’t even ask if I’ve eaten nachos for the last 5 meals because you know I have!  Basically, the last two days have looked something like this –

Yum 🙂  I’m fat 😦

I would like to be posting breakfast right now but Adam left the car in a night only parking lot and I’ve got to scurry and move it.  As long as my coat is on I’m going to run to the grocery store too.  I guess I’ll have to make a big brunch when I get back.

On the agenda for today –

  1. gym
  2. tv watching (Community and Bones were on last night!)
  3. tip of the ice-burg on my reading for this weekend
  4. dinner with my friend Katie

Do you ever get a one-track stomach?

More Nachos?

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My burnt nachos were fabulous, but I just couldn’t get the idea of gooey cheese out of my head….So I made a second (smaller!) plate; hello tummy-ache!  I regret nothing!* (*said with a French accent)

I did NOT however, make nachos for breakfast 🙂  Ever since my fabulous overnight nog oats last month I’ve been dreaming about new overnight bowls.  I finally decided that chocolate milk would be the way to go.

Sadly, I bought this for nutritional stats and the flavor was lacking. 

(sorry about the janky images, I’m not happy about using the husband’s laptop for blogging)  I’ll trade a few more calories for more chocolate flavor next time.  Maybe soy milk?  Breakfast was still ok though –

1/3 cup each Almond Breeze and oats were put in the fridge last night and this morning 1/3 cup each plain nonfat yogurt and blueberries were added.

The plan for today includes housework, schoolwork, and some tv watching.  I want to make a real dinner tonight (you know, like a wife) so I’m moving the gym trip to earlier this afternoon.  Happy Hump Day!

What is your favorite kind of flavored “milk?”  I’m a skim-cow’s kind of girl, but nothing can beat Silk Soy Nog.