Author Archives: Emily

Too Nice Spice

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I would like to say I’ve snapped out of my funk, but alas this will be another quickie post.  In addition to the ten-bazillion other things I’ve been complaining about, my left ankle really really hurts and I’m nervous about running tomorrow.

This afternoon I stayed home taking care of business until about 3.  I watched a Bones rerun during a break and ate some of the candy my parents sent me from San Francisco.

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They bought it because I call my husband bear, and I couldn’t read the packaging so I really didn’t know what to expect.  They ended up being strawberry flavored caramels, similar to Hi-Chews.

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I ate 4.

I got to school just in time for my advising appointment, which ended up being a total bust.  I have blocked out some time tomorrow to call people at other schools I am interested. 

After the meeting I went to the library to do some printing.  I snuck a snack while I was there.

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Um, YUM.  This was a sample of the new Lara Bar flavor and I am totally impressed.

I had some time between the library and my class so I ended up getting “dinner” at the school food court.  The quotes are a sign of disrespect.

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I got an Angry Tendercrisp from Burger King.  I am an avid BK hater, but it was one of few options and the “Angry” commercials are seriously the husband’s and my favorite thing on television; we say “waiting for harvest, waiting for vengeance” to each other regularly.  The commercial reminds us of the “Broodwich” episode of ATH and rocks our socks; here is a link to watch it.  Plus, I’m a sucker for spicy sandwiches.  This was pretty bland though, the jalopenos were somehow less spicy than usual.

And now class is over, my drive is over, and I am home again.  I will probably have a small snack at some point before bed but I will post it in the morning. {Snack reminded me actually – this afternoon I had a handful, about 1serving, unphotographed of blue corn chips}  Have a good night.

What kind of spice is your favorite?  Jalopenos are only ok to me, I much prefer wasabi.  My favorite flavor by far though is buffalo.

P.S. A walk was taken, candy was eaten.

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Hump Day

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Another true fact: I always thought that “Hump Day” was some sort of silly dirty joke that I didn’t get.  It wasn’t until a week or so ago that I put it together with “getting over the hump.”

In spite of not much sleep last night, I woke up at 7am this morning when Adam went to class.  I’ve been doing a little cleaning, i.e. putting away laundry from a week ago!  I also found time for breakfast.

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1/2 oats topped with brown sugar, raisins, and skim milk.  I loved this combo as a child; when I was in high school I often ate this as my tv watching snack.

I’ve got class tonight, and an appointment with an advisor on campus, so I’ll be headed to UB this afternoon.  I’ll probably see you for lunch first though.  Laters!

True Facts

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1. If you are having a migraine, a sure-fire way of not curing it is to bend down to get a yogurt and bash your head on the fridge.

2. Partly because of the headache, but mostly because it was identical to the night before and tonight, I did not do a dinner post yesterday.  Here is today’s leftovers for dinner photo –

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3. This morning I did not hit my head when I got out a yogurt for breakfast, I also didn’t hit my wallet too hard either – this yogurt was on sale for 40cents.

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4. I applied for waitressing jobs today, so we’ll see how that goes.  While I was out I bought a turkey sandwich for lunch.

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5. The second half of my lunch was a replay of the best smoothies ever –

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6. This was a super lame post and I apologize to my readers, I do love you guys!

Tell me some true facts from your day!

No Labor Day

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Arrgh, I feel like a zombie!  I didn’t even get to go to volunteering today 😦  I didn’t get in bed on time, which is my fault, but I also realized last night that our pillows are partially contributing to the laying awake for hours issue.  I looked at the clock at 4:56 last night and was still awake!  Needless to say, I didn’t get up to study, but when I did get up for volunteering I had such a bad migraine that I called in and went back to bed.  I feel really guilty not going in, but I would have been pretty useless.

Once I did get up, breakfast was an adventure.  I wanted to use this awesome looking egg-cooker my grandmother got me for my wedding shower.

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The plan was poached eggs.  The name of the product is “Henrietta Hen,” but 4 eggs in the trash later I was referring to Henrietta as more of a female dog than a bird!

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I think the cooker will work great for hard/soft boiled eggs, but poached will have to be gotten from restaurants.  My last ditch, 3rd effort at lunch ended up pretty big.

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Tuna salad sandwich on a hamburger bun,

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with the leftover salad in the bowl it was mixed in.  I used –

  • 1can tuna, rinsed and drained
  • 1.5T Miracle Whip
  • 2T + pickle relish
  • 1 chopped celery stalk
  • healthy shake paprika

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I also had a bowl of chopped pineapple and plumcot (a plum/apricot hybrid that rocked my socks).

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Adam and I have been cuddling and watching Bones and I ate two sugar cookies.

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MK sent these home with us from the bbq and they are pretty good, very soft (it’s possible that in between round 1 and 2 of the egg making I snatched one of these without photographing!).

Once Adam and I get sick of each other (just kidding!) I’m going to do some school work.  See you for dinner.

Did you get the day off for Labor Day?  Have any big plans?

Sunday Joes

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This afternoon Adam I decided that ice-cream was in order so we headed off in search.  We found a local spot on Elmwood that had Cioa Bella gelato, so you know I was all over that.

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I had a small cup of key lime pie, yums!  I said at least 4x whilst eating how good it was.  The store was super-cute, I’m glad we found it.

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On his way home, Adam dropped me off at The Spot to do some studying.  I ate lunch #2 while I was there.

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Iced Americano with skim milk (they call it “skinny moo” on the dispenser which makes me smile),

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and a whole wheat black bean and cheese quesadilla.

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I liked the ww tortillas and the insides included some sort of spicy tomato so it ended up being pretty great.  I ate all of the salad, none of the toppings, and half of the quesadilla.

I studied from 2:45 – 5:15, so I ended up also getting an iced tea.

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Cinnamon Plum, might be my new favorite!

Once I got home I continued my Chemistry organization. 

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I already created a GoogleCalendar, but now that I have this todoist  list of due dates I feel fully ready.  When I was in undergrad I wasn’t aware of these online organization applications, but now I am planning on taking full advantage of them.  Seeing everything in black and white in front of me is the only way for me to truly feel comfortable.

Work finished, we got started on dinner.  I did a Rachael Ray recipe, from “The Big Orange Book,” Hot Wing Sloppy Joes.

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Apparently 30minutes only applies if your stove isn’t half broken!!! 😦  It was still good though.

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On the side I got to cook my new original eggplants!

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These white ones seemed so odd to me, but they are the original item, and the reason why the veggie is called an eggplant.  I sliced, sprayed with evoo, sprinkled with nutmeg and chili powder, and roasted them for 30minutes at 450*.

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And since I ate a bun for brunch I ate my ‘joes with a serving of Scoops tortilla chips.

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Delish.

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We drove to Target to pick up a few supplies for Adam, and now we are finishing up a Bones episode.  My goal is bedtime before 11 because I am hope hope hoping I actually get up early to study.  I have volunteering in the middle of the day tomorrow and if I don’t study first I feel like I’ll run out of time.  G’night.

Do you like sloppy joes?  One time when I was a kid, before I stopped eating red meat, I tasted them and fell in love!  My mom makes them pretty well with turkey meat and Rachael Ray has several ‘joe adaptation recipes that I’m excited about.

Sunday Sandwich

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I’m a little late on my studying, but it’s been a good morning so far.  We woke up around 9 and managed to head the gym by 10.  My training schedule had me doing 2miles today but my legs were feeling very stiff so I knew to take it easy.  I decided to use the Galloway Method, 2minutes of running followed by 1minute of walking.  With warm up and cool down I did 2.5miles / 25minutes / 260calories.

Before we went I split a Cliff Mojo bar with the husband.

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And when we got home it was time for lunch.

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I made a sandwich out of 4 chicken nuggets, a hamburger bun, and 1T marinara sauce.

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Plus I had some pineapple Adam cut for me while I was in the shower.

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I’m still starving though, so I’m sure a snack is on the horizon.  Plus as soon as we finish our “My So-Called Life” episode (the last one ever, we are so sad!) I have to actually do some studying.  See you for dinner.

Do you ever do the Galloway Method?  I’m planning on mostly just running while I’m training for the half marathon, but it’s nice to give my joints a break.

When In Rome

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My fabulous day continued to be great!  We were kept busy with lots of (foodie) fun.  Our first stop was the Buffalo Wings Festival.

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I don’t actually love wings (I get a little skeeved out so I leave a ton of meat on the bones), but I adore Buffalo sauce so I end up eating them fairly often.  The festival today was set up for tasting, using food tickets you got 3wings for $2 from several different tents.  Adam and I tasted from 2 locations.

First was Hurricane Grill & Wing (West Palm Beach, FL), I tried Gold Rush, which was basically hot sauce.

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Yummy!  Adam had salt and vinegar wings there that he adored.

Then we split some Barefoot White Zinfindel.

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And finally we hit up Arooga’s Grille House & Sports Bar (Harrisburg, PA), where I got 1 Buffalo Blue wing and 2 Instant Death.

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Buffalo Blue was the best fricking thing ever, Adam got it too and we were in love.  I was a little worried about Instant Death, here’s my apprehensive face –

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And the wings?  Were deathly!  It wasn’t just spicy, it had a great flavor, but man was it spicy!  I only ate one of the two and then sweat was pouring down my face.  I made a run for the blue cheese table to cool down.

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Drinks were $3.50 so I toughed it out and waited until we got to Wegmans to get a diet coke.  We did our grocery shopping quickly because we had to hurry home to shower to make it to our next event in time.

A med. school friend was having a BBQ!  Several couples who I really enjoy were there and we had a great time.  We talked and played games and ate some good food.  I had a small plate – pasta salad, raw veggies, chips with bean dip, grilled chicken.

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And I had two Black Cherry Cruzan Rum and Cokes.

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Plus a small Oreo bite,

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and a jello shot!

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On the way home I ate two bites of Adam’s brownie (Mary-Kate sent him home with a baggie of them and she’s his new best friend) before I realized that I hate brownies and I was actually hungry.  I made Adam pull into Wendy’s so I could get a broccoli and cheese baked potato.

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Which I ate about 4bites of before I promptly dropped it – sticky side down – on the rug.

Adam saved the day and cleaned it up, and even shared some of his fancy chicken nuggets with me.

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I ate 5, along with some homemade honey mustard.

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And now we are watching “My So-Called Life” and cuddling, peace!

What food is your town famous for?  I’m pretty thrilled to be in the birthplace of Buffalo wings.

Smooth Talker

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There were some dryer issues and we ended up waiting at the apartment a little longer than planned.  Not an issue though, and we enjoyed the best smoothies ever.  The secret was this Naysoya Smoothie Starter.

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How have I not bought this before?!  It gave the smoothies the perfect thickness, and had the best aftertaste.  The smoothies were more than ready for their close-up.

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For 2 portions I used –

  • 1C Naysoya Smoothie Starter, Vanilla
  • 2frozen bananas
  • 3/4C frozen strawberries
  • splash So Delicious Unsweetened Coconut Milk

I enjoyed mine in one of our lovely new Guinness cups.

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Now, fingers crossed, we should be off in the next 10minutes.  Can’t wait to see what the wings festival entails!

What do you use to thicken your smoothies?  Usually I’m all about just liquid/frozen fruit, but this was pretty fabulous.  I never ever use protein powders.