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Miso Tasty

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That mini bag of kettle corn was good, but dinner was better.

Miso-Marinated Tofu and Eggplant with Soba Noodles, from Health Magazine.  I followed the recipe pretty loosely, here are some of the changes I made –

  • doubled the tofu
  • used buckwheat instead of soba noodles
  • used neon and graffiti eggplant
  • used cole slaw mix for cabbage
  • used more veggies and less oil

Our version was pretty fabulous though.

The miso marinated tofu gets the best crust.

A cautionary tale – the boys left frosting the fridge from their failed brownies and this afternoon I ate at least 8 spoonfuls, straight from the jar.  Instant tummy ache and migraine.

Tofu, seitan, tempeh; pick a favorite.

Playing Catch Up

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Hello, hello!  As per the title of my post, I have lots to do so I’ll make this quick.

When we got home last night I munched on some turkey bacon.

I’ll never ever ever eat pork again, but turkey bacon is one of my favorite things and my mom always has it ready for me when I come home.

And I also ate a small bowl of cole slaw while we cooked dinner.

My dad (who’s a little bit picky) was doing leftovers so my mom and I made a roasted feast.

Tofu: cut a block of firm tofu into 6-7 pieces and place on a foiled, sprayed baking sheet.  Rub with maple syrup, sesame oil, salt, and red pepper.  Bake at 450* for 35minutes.

Baked okra.

And my mom made some sautéed cabbage with almonds.

Delish!

Then, for the second night in a row, I passed out fully dressed at 8pm!!!  I had been getting to bed really late and sleeping really poorly for the last few months and apparently my body is finally ready to catch up on some of that lost rest!

I even slept in (6:40) a bit this morning so I was glad I packed a breakfast sandwich last night while preparing dinner.

Although first I had a banana half so I could take Alieve on a non-empty stomach.

Eaten in the car, my sandwich was rye bread with roasted red pepper and goat cheese spread, chive cream cheese, turkey bacon, and spinach.

This was a fantabulous combo.  I thought I was fueling up for my bone scan but unfortunately once I got to the hospital I decided to cancel my appointment.  The scan was not 100% positively going to be covered by insurance and even if it was if I went out of network I’d have a $360 co-pay.  I’m using the crutches and resting my leg this week regardless so I’ll just wait until I’m back in Buffalo for the bone scan.

Equally fun was when I realized that using crutches with a button-up shirt was a bad idea.  There were at least 15men watching me struggle across the parking lot when my shirt popped open all the way down to my belly-button!!  This shirt usually goes in my conservative pile, not my Brittany pile!

Now I’ve got to spend the day catching up on Anthropology reading.  Thankfully I’ve got a lunch date planned with my mom in the middle!

What is your favorite kind of bacon?  I honestly really prefer turkey to pork but I do think that the fakin’ stuff can be pretty tasty.

The One Where Emily Whines (and Questions)

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It’s been a short while since my last post, but let me tell you it has felt loooooong!  I’d like start this post by saying I love my husband and I’m so happy I got to see him.  The half was fabulous and I loved getting to run in it.  I love my family and I’m excited to be home.  And now I’m going to complain.  I’m also going to survey (in bold) just for funsies.

Tuesday, Kristen came home from school and took me to the airport.  We stopped to get my tattoo touched up on the way; pictures are coming, I promise!  I didn’t get to the airport late, but I definitely got there later than usual, I like a good 2hour buffer.  How early do you like to get to the airport?  My leg was killing me and I ripped the bandage off my tattoo picking up my bag so I was a mess about two minutes in.  Thankfully they let me skip to the front of most of the lines, Jet Blue lets you check 1 bag for free, and I had a nonstop flight.

Jet Blue has free cable onboard, something we don’t have at home, so my 3 hours went by pretty quickly.  I snacked on a package of Teather snacks; yum.

A Muscle Milk Light Bar; meh, too gooey and with a strange aftertaste.

And a little bag of blue chips; blue for Jet Blue, cute and tasty.

I want to say the flight was good, I mean I had chips and “Bones” was on, how could it not be?  Oh yeah, when people who have no business being parents take their little monsters in public!  Before people try to crucify me – I was a teacher for two years, not only do I recognize the signs of most disabilities/disorders, I fully sympathize with the parents who help their children live with them.  This little brat was NOT disabled.  Nor was he that little, the child was at least 6 or 7.  Infants scream on planes, it sucks for their parents and the people around them, but if it happens it is unavoidable.  I’m not going to say this kid needed to be smacked (I don’t believe in that) but his parents certainly needed a smack in the face.  He screamed the entire flight.  Ok, whatever.  But he also kicked the back of my seat the entire flight.  And every single kick felt like someone was shooting me in the leg.  By the time I got off the flight I was in tears.

I dragged myself down to baggage claim holding back tears.  And I even made it to the car and managed to look happy to see the husband.  I probably would have made it all the way home without crying, if we hadn’t been a block from our house before I realized that I left my camera on the plane.  Oh man.  Thank goodness the woman at the Jet Blue was a freaking angel who found my camera, gave us her personal cell phone number, and then met us outside the airport after we drove back.

Adam got dinner during the whole rigmarole and I ate some of his tortilla chips but have no photographs, obviously.  Ever left anything behind at the airport?

We got home around 10 and had to unpack then repack before we headed back to the airport at 3am.  Fun times.  My leg has been getting worse as the days go on so Wednesday I finally sucked up the embarrassment and asked for a wheel chair at the airport.  I am just too slow to make it from gate to gate in time.  Fully humiliated, at least I made it to my flight.

I had a three hour layover in Philly, for which a motorized cart dropped me off at my gate.  Have you ever ridden on one of the airport carts?  There were no healthy breakfast choices close by so I went straight to lunch at 8am.

I ate half of this spicy chicken sandwich,

as well as this side of Waldorf salad.

I also made it to a newstand and had a York Peppermint Patty for dessert.

The husband said I needed to suck it up and go to the ER but as my 2nd flight got more and more delayed that option slipped away.  The flight from Philly to STT was 4hours long (and 2hours late) so by the time we got into the air I was starving again.  I bought a snack box on the plane but was a little disappointed with the unhealthy choices.

I ended up eating the cheese and crackers.

And the mixed nuts.

If you can’t tell by the pictures I played a LOT of Sudoku the last couple of days.  I definitely caught up on sleep as well.  What do you do to pass the time on flights?

I was so happy to see my dad when I got to St. Thomas!  And I was pretty happy about the dark chocolate turtle he handed me as soon as we got in the house.

It was very nice reading magazines on my old bed while my parents cooked up dinner.  And it was a tasty one.

Garlic sautéed asparagus,

homemade cole slaw,

and turkey reubans cooked on the George Foreman.

Mmmn.  I quit eating red meat before I had the chance to try a “real” one, but turkey reubans are kind of my favorite.  I had a tempeh reuban in NYC that was socks rocking and there is a place here that I’m planning on getting one from this week as well.  Like reubans?  Hit up Allison.

After dinner I went in my room to read.  And fell asleep at 8pm.  Yes folks, that is 7pm Buffalo time, out like a light!  It’s just as well because I had to get up around 6 to go to school with my mommy.  My parents don’t have internet so I’ll do all my blogging from here.  I have Anthro work to make up all week/end and I have a doctor’s appointment for my foot at 11am today.

See ya later gators!

Monday Night – Tuesday Night

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Yikes, this is going to be a looooong recap.  And that’s if I keep the details breif!  We’ve had lots and lots of good food and fun the last couple days.

After my last post we drove out to Ashley’s to get chicken patties.  They were beyond delicious, but my camera seems to have eaten the picture, whoops!  Then my parents, Adam and I went out to The Point to explore a bit.  We sat and watched the waves hit the rocks and it was wonderfully serene.

For dinner we went to Lotus, my favorite restaurant on St. Thomas.  We took my parents along, even though it was our anniversary dinner!

First we stopped at Fungi’s for a beer,

and then we went to Lotus.  We did lots and lots of sharing and it was a pretty fabulous meal.  Uptown Wonton Soup chicken/cilantro/crispy shallots/white truffle oil.

We got some amazing rolls to share – 1. Joe’s Stoned Crab sea scallop/jicama/scallion/topped with sesame seeds and hot sesame oil.

2. Shaggy Dog tempura shrimp/scallion/avacado/topped with spicy kanikami crab mix/sweet amai yuzu drizzle.

3. Soho House smoked salmon/spicy blue crab/asian slaw/scallion cream cheese/entire roll tempura/spicy yum yum and amai yuza glaze.

Here are all of my servings –

I also had a few small bites of my parents Green Apple Pad Thai,

and a few bites of Adam’s Muy Thai Tofu.

For dessert we I got the Blond Brulee white choclate ginger mousse/crisp banana brulee.

I let everyone else take a small taste but mostly I dominated this, I was swooning!

When we got home I also had a small slice of my dad’s Lindt Sea Salt bar.

We got up beyond early Tuesday morning to join my aunt’s family over in St. John.  Due to our lack of planning and 7:30 ferry time breakfast ended up being less than stellar –

No matter, it’s hard to be hungry when these guys are staring into your car!

My family picked us up and we drove to Ram’s Head Bay for a day at the beach and a hike.  The hike was 1.6miles each way and absolutly amazing.  These are only a tenth of my fabulous pictures.

The hike was very, very hilly and quite a workout.  I drank water on the way and had a few big swigs of Adam’s soda and a cheese cracker when we got back.

Then I spent hours shell collecting.

Before we took a second shorter hike over to Drunk Bay.  The beach is covered with rock sculptures people have made over the years.

Adam added a unicorn before we left.

I was burnt to a crisp at this point – in spite multiple applications of 70spf – so we headed to Skinny Legs for lunch.

My Painkiller was nasty so I ended up leaving most of it.

But my sandwich hit the spot.  I got the grilled cheese with tomato and onion and asked them to add as many veggies as possible.

Devoured.  Then we went back to their rental house for showers and naps.  And more cheese crackers.

My parents came over in the evening and we got take out from “The Chicken Man.”

Plantains,

coleslaw,

small piece of white meat,

fries with amazing bbq sauce.

Mmmn.

My portions were pretty small and I definitly ended up getting nachoes once we got back to St. Thomas!

Finally, just so you know I am “skipping” the last two days of December.  I have a long flying day tomorrow and don’t want to start my new year with an “old” recap.

The Right Fluff

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My sleepless night left me pretty dazed, and not at all productive.  In fact, as soon as this is published Adam is driving me to school early so I can focus on studying there.

Lunch was randomly thrown together but quite tasty.  I ate the second serving of my long leftover bbq cabbage.

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And discovered 5oz of okra in my fridge as well.  I chopped off the ends and roasted at 475* for 25minutes.

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I roasted this delicata squash too, with a little nutmeg.

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All together.

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The cabbage was actually better after sitting and the okra was great as always but I was not a fan of the squash.  The flavors were good (I love nutmeg!) but I did not like eating the skins at all.  I ended up leaving a big pile of “crusts” on my plate.

Dessert more than made up for it.

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I love love love marshmallow fluff so I was very excited to see a vegan, and slightly healthier version.

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I’ve had this Rice Mellow Creme in my cabinet for a while, just waiting for inspiration.  I found it!

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No, that is not a cup of hot chocolate…

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…that a fluffernutter sundae!  Stoneyfield Nonfat Vanilla Froyo with melted peanut butter and rice mellow fluff.  Mmmmmmmn!  I will be making this again, soon.

I also snacked on 1 2 servings of Food Should Taste Good Olive Chips.

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They were a little too good, I probably should have used a plate instead of dipping into the bag.

Adam is driving me to campus now so I can hopefully finish my ch. 10 notecards without distraction.  After class Caroline and I have another study session, so I won’t be home until late.  We are planning on studying at Wegmans and getting dinner from the salad bar.  I hope everyone has a great evening!

P.S. Please vote for me for the Good Mood Gig here.  You can vote every day until the 30th.

Read Head

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It was an interesting if not entirely productive morning.  My computer had an incredibly annoying virus which I dealt with, but which took forever.  I was freezing – in spite of the heat being on and my turtleneck – so I curled up on the couch with a comforter and a book.  So cozy!  I fell asleep for a bit and was woken up by UPS –

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Yay!  And then I finished my book!  I have always loved to read, I devour books, but it’s been forever since I’ve been able to just curl up with one for hours.  I read Madness, Marya Hornbacher’s (second) memoir.  It was good; very sad, but interesting.  I read her first memoir, Wasted, when I was in middle school and it seriously changed the way I thought about literature.  Hornbacher is such a beautiful writer, her style is all off the place and full of vivid descriptions, it’s perfect for me.

The rest of the afternoon, unfortunately, was completely killed by a migraine 😦  I’ve grown out of them for the most part, and now they are pretty responsive to Ecedrin Migraine, but they still eat up a few hours.  When Adam got home around 5 I realized that part of the problem was having not eaten since breakfast so we split a Granny Smith apple.

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I spread my portion witha 100calorie pack of Justin’s Organic Honey Peanut Butter.  I love pb on tart apples.

Our main fun for the evening was a trip to the grocery store so we made a weekly meal plan and off we went.  I love doing errands with my husband so much!!!  The grocery store is one of my favorite places, especially because they gave me several free samples today 🙂

Dinner was eaten in a strange series of courses, all of which were quite good.  I was at the stove, so I ate most of them there, which was actually sort of cathartic.  Btw, I was at the stove because I was making Adam a Wholly Wholesome Pumpkin Pie.

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The husband is a crazy-face; he is obsessed with pumpkin (“punkin” he says) pie but won’t let me make it from scratch because apparently that would be gross?!

First dinner course, 2 celery stalks with 1t light chunky blue cheese dressing.

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My huge package this afternoon came from Dr. McDougall’s.  I had never heard of their soups before, but when they sent me a description and asked me if I wanted some samples I happy obliged.  I tried veggie today.

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The company was quite sweet, and sent me this pretty place setting from Crate & Barrel.  So fall-ish!

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I liked the nutritional stats on the soup, and almost never eat one portion when it comes to soup, so I ate the whole box.

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It was quite good.

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Third course, and the other reason I was at the stove, was bbq cabbage.

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I didn’t measure anything but I’ll give you the basic steps/ingredients.  Heat Smart Balance Light in a pan over medium-high heat.  Add 1/2 head chopped napa cabbage.  Cook for 2-3minutes before adding 1/2 – 1 cup of water and covering.  After sufficient steaming time, douse with worchestire sauce, hot sauce, honey, ketchup, and apple cider vinegar.  Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, covered, for 7-10 more minutes.  Delish, it ended up being like I imagine Kim Chi would taste.

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Finally, I ate 1.5 servings of Synder’s Buffalo Wing pretzels while Adam and I watched the new episode of Bones.

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The perfect date evening!

It’s too bad I spent most of my day asleep, because now I have more to do this weekend, but I do feel well-rested.  We have a lot planned for tomorrow, all of which I’m pretty excited for.  Happy weekending everyone!

Who is your favorite author? As I mentioned, I have a reading obsession, but Hornbacher is definitely one of my favorites.  I am also a big fan of C.S. Lewis, Lewis Carroll, Gregory Maguire, and Kurt Vonegut.