Author Archives: Emily

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?

Hit the Spot

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(Amazingly) it feels good to be home!  The husband and I spent several hours studying at The Spot and I’m happy to say I’m ready ahead for the Spring semester.  This semester I’ll be taking the Chem II course and lab, but also an Anthropology course and I want to make sure I’m prepared to be a little busier.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can get forced into another course (or find a job!) but for now I’m happy with what I’ve got.

The Spot has great coffee so I ordered a tasty Americano, with skim milk, to drink.

I actually packed a KIND bar to snack on but when I saw Adam’s sandwich I knew I had to order one too –

Spicy Tuna Panini with cajun sauce, spinach, and pepperjack; count me in!  And it came with a pickle.

Post-studying we went to Anderson’s for froyo.

We split a Dirty Snow, chocolate custard with Oreo, marshmallow, and sprinkles.

Adam actually went over to a guy friend’s house to kill zombies but my foot couldn’t handle being in a shoe any longer so I’m entertaining myself by my lonesome.  I hope everyone else had a great Saturday.

I’m Free!

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Can we talk about how excited I was to get out of the house today?  I spent Tuesday – Friday inside, all day, on the couch, with my foot up.  Ugh!  I can’t really walk normally but I could hobble well enough to do a grocery trip with the hubby.

I took my first foot-in shower this morning and it ate up breakfast time so we ended up getting lunch at Wegmans.

Udon veggie noodles,

and veggies.

I also had a tasty piece of Adam’s sushi.

Whilst grocery shopping I also spotted this –

I don’t think it’s quite what Angela had in mind 🙂

The plan now is to head to the Spot for some school work, be back for dinner!

What’s the longest time you’ve spent cooped up inside?  I’d say 5 days is definitely a record for me, one I hope never to break!

Chicken for Cookies

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Even though the cookies were great I kept myself from eating more because I knew dinner would be equally tasty.  I had another item to try from Suzanne’s Specialties –

so we made this Cooking Light recipe, Black Pepper and Molasses Pulled Chicken.  We didn’t have all the spices but we followed the basic idea.

Alongside we also made some baked green bean fries.

Delicious. 

I loved this recipe, pulled chicken is so hard to find and it is so tasty.  I burnt the green beans a bit but salvaged them with some Parmesan and Garlic Seasoning.

I’m a little bummed about still being in the house but Adam brightened my spirits when we drove out to UPS and came home with this –

expect an excited review this weekend!

P.S. Head over to Melissa’s site for some light (ha) reading.

*****Updated to add – is there any way you’d think I wouldn’t eat a 2nd cookie before bed?!?  🙂

Sweet Substitute

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There was no lunch post because there was … no lunch.  Sitting in the house all day makes me feel yucky, I took a nap.  When Adam got home there was still no eating but we did do lots of kitchen stuff.

Starting with making vanilla extract –

My aunt and uncle gave us this for Christmas, all you do is add vodka and wait for 4-6months.

The other side of the family gave us this adorable planter and we set him up as well.

And then finished with … cookies!  Suzanne’s Specialties sent me this Organic Agave Syrup and I wanted to try baking with it.

I followed this recipe for agave cinnamon blondies.

We tried to follow it exactly so we could get an idea of cooking with agave, but I did sub 1/4 t cinnamon for the vanilla extract.

The verdict?

Delicious!  They ended up tasting almost like cinnmon muffins.  I highly recommend this recipe!

I got the bad news today that I can’t register for any of the additional classes I wanted, boo.  Right now all I’m in is two classes and a lab so hopefully I will at least be able to find some sort of job.  For now, I’ll distract myself making dinner 🙂

MIA Migraine

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Good morning!  Sorry I went MIA yesterday; I occasionally get terrible migraines and they tend to erase days from my life 😦  It’s ok though, I discovered the trifecta of unhappiness.  1. Mid-migraine I thought it would be a fabulous idea to eat nachos for dinner.  2. My migraines get so bad I often throw up from the pain.  3. I still can’t step down on my foot.  All that adds up to me having to hop into the bathroom to throw up jalopenos; yikes!

Today’s morning is off to a much kinder start.

That pun was bad, but my KIND Strawberry Nut Delight Plus Calcium bar was great.

On the agenda for today

  1. try to register for the rest of my classes, fingers crossed!
  2. newest Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine
  3. Chemistry reading
  4. lots of random online tv watching
  5. actually healthy lunch and dinner
  6. some sort of strength training
  7. difficult shower

What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever eaten whilst sick?