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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.

Monday – Tuesday Afternoon

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Hello from sunny St. Thomas!  This will be the first of many recap posts since I only have computer access when I go to work with my mommy (my parents don’t have internet).

Things started up yesterday at 3:45am!! when we made our way to the airport.  The one benefit to leaving at that hour is we got to see the festive skyline in complete darkness.

Our flying day wasn’t so bad, we had 2 stops but at least everything went smoothly.  On stop #1 Adam bought Taco Bell at 8am!  I had one slice of his chicken quesadilla.

Our next flight was our long flight so I saved my eating for it.  I’m not gonna lie, I thought I was super clever to back a baggie of salad and a small container of Sabra Babaganuosh.

Yums, I think this is about as healthy as plane eats can get!

I also packed some sliced yellow bell pepper, cucumber, and Kerrygold cheese.

And I supplemented with a few buys from the airport store.  Dried bananas and cherries.

The price and nutrional stats on these were both pretty solid.

Any finally this 100 calorie pack of mini meranges.

They were super tasty and adorable.

I only ate about 3/4 of the pack though, for 100calories it was a LOT of food!

Our 2nd stop was Puerto Rico, which meant we had to take a teeny tiny Cesna Prop to get to St. Thomas.

I actually flew a plane that was just a little smaller for my last birthday so it was pretty fun; we were happy to be home though!

While we unpacked I ate a Dove Peppermint Bark candy.

And then we headed out to dinner at my parents’ favorite pizza spot.  It was dark, so you can assume the food was about 90% better than the pictures look.  Adam and I started by splitting a ceasar salad.

And then we all shared pizzas.  I ordered my half with – spinach, artichoke, pineapple, mushroom and no cheese.

Second piece.

Yums.

I was glad I went no cheese because I had room for a tasty snack when I got home.

Kona coffee with skim milk,

and two small pieces of 7-layer bar (Hello Dollies for you Southerners).

And……..bed!

This morning was supposed to start with a run but I was just to exhausted, I need to get myself on a proper sleep schedule this vacation!  I ended up waking up around 9 for breakfast.

Pom Chiobani and half a sliced banana.

We spent the day running errands with my parents; my family throws a huge Christmas Eve party so there was lots of shopping to do.  Here’s what I snacked on throughout the day –

An apple,

and a seasonal gingerbread Cliff Bar.

I also grabbed this package of trail mix as we headed out to school.

Now Adam and I are headed down to the school field for this morning’s belated run.  The next few days will be a whirl of baking and presents so hopefully we can fit in a little bit of fitness!  See you soon!

What’s the strangest plane food you’ve packed?

Study Central

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It’s study central around here; my final is at 8am this Saturday and I’ll be cramming my butt off until then!

Last night we finished watching Waitress and I decided I was in love – what a great movie!  It was super quirky, and made me crave pie like crazy, but I really enjoyed it.  I don’t know if it was the movie or what, but this movie I was having the craziest dreams!  In one I was a Greek man hitting on my sister-in-law and in another they made “Bones” into an awesome movie.  I hate to get up in the middle of a dream so we ended up sleeping in way too late.  After running some errands it was noon by the time we got our study on.

We spent the day (12 – 9, yes 9hours) at the Spot, so most of my meals came from there.  Brunch =

A diet coke and the ever adored Mike’s Sandwich.  An everything bagel with egg, cream cheese, and provolone.  Yums.

A few hours later it was time for a snack.

Oh yes, that is a ‘Smores Bar.  I’m obsessed with pretty much anything ‘smores related, but other than ‘smores pie this might be the best thing ever!  It was soooo chewy and tasty, it took me more than an hour to eat.

With my sweet I also had some China Breakfast tea.

It was a nice rich black tea, I ended up dipping the diffuser into more hot water for a second cup.

Hours later still – my friend Caroline was there at this point – I had my new favorite thing.  “Santa’s Little Helper”

Skim milk cappuccino with dark chocolate, peppermint, and green foam.  Ack!

Too exciting!

In spite of all the sugar I was super hungry when I got home.  I heated up a carton of Dr. McDougall’s Black Bean Soup for dinner.

While I waited we tried some new cheese, Kerrygold Aged Cheddar with Irish Whiskey.

This was my favorite Kerrygold variety yet, so nice and creamy.  I melted some on top of of two small slices of french bread as a side.

And I topped my soup with low fat plain yogurt and some Sriracha, so yum.

All together –

It was a good meal.

Adam is watching Dutch, and I’m getting sucked in, but hopefully I’ll be in bed soon.  I have pt at 8am tomorrow, and a few errands to run, but the rest of the day should be study study study.  Do be on the lookout for a giveaway tomorrow around lunch time though.

Silk Soy Nog and Savory Bread Pudding

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It’s been a full day around here and tomorrow is looking full as well so this will be unabashedly short.

I had pt this morning, it’s going well.  I’m pretty frustrated that legwise I’ve been allowed to run but footwise I can’t.  My pt agrees that since I’m basically taking January off (I’m having my wort surgically removed) it’s a good idea to work as hard as I can the next three weeks.

I left the house before 7:30 which didn’t leave me much time for breakfast.  I got my protein in with this Odwalla.

Super Protein Vitamin Fruit Juice Drink.  I drank about 3/4, it was a good breakfast.

We are going home for Christmas and my big final is on the 21st so I’ve got lots of studying and loose ends to tie up today.  I spent my lunch hour working on stuff and by the time I picked up Adam at 2 I was starving.  We hit up a pizza place he found with zillions of choices and huge slices.

I got broccoli, chicken, brussetta.

Yum, broccoli is my favorite pizza topping.

Even hungry though the slices were way too big though.  I left about 1/3 of mine.

Although that didn’t stop me from devouring Adam’s crust.

We ran a lot of errands (doctor’s office, mall, pharmacy) before coming home to do some gift making.  I did a little bit of nibbling on the pretzels, but mostly I enjoyed the ultimate Christmas festivity –

I’m so glad I found Silk Soy Nog again this year!!  I had 1 cup topped with nutmeg.

Dinner came from the October issue of Cooking Light, Butternut Squash and Parmesan Bread Pudding (click the link for the recipe).  I halved the recipe, used skim milk, and skipped the egg whites, but otherwise I followed it.

It was pretty good.  A little sweet though, I think my favorite part of dinner was my side salad.

All together –

We are watching “Waitress” and then heading to bed.  I’m not sure what I think of the movie yet, definitely quirky.

Are you a bread pudding fan?  Any savory kinds you’ve liked?

Cheese and Chocolate

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It’s an hour later than my goal bedtime so I’ll make this speedy.  I didn’t get much work done today, but I do feel cozy and relaxed.  And full – I ate little things every hour or so and I might have overdone it a bit on the snacking 😉

Crackers with cheese log.

It’s a good thing Adam likes to call me Mouse, maybe that will soften the blow when I gain 20pounds on cheese alone!

I also finished off the Food Should Taste Good Olive Chips, less than half a serving.

And I ate a small square of leftover lasagna.

Next I tried a new candy that my mom bought me.

Tea Infusions Milk Chocolate with Black Masala Chai.

Mmn, I prefer dark chocolate but I loved the way the taste of chai (my favorite tea) came through.  Plus 1 serving, half a bar, had 140 calories which feels reasonable.

I would love to be the sort of person who ate this with a cup of tea, but we have a bottle of Coke Zero leftover from the party so that just wasn’t going to happen.

We took a break to celebrate the second night of Hanukkah,

and, finally, a few hours later we got food from Jim’s Steakout.

A spicy buffalo chicken sub,

and french fries.

Not my healthiest day!

What’s your favorite kind of tea?

Buffalo Chicken Breakfast

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Thank goodness last night was a success!  The food and drinks were all super tasty and we had a great time.  Most of our friends stayed past 1 as we did totally cool things like play pictionary and scattegories 🙂  Adam said it was the best birthday he’s ever had!

This morning I couldn’t get the party food out of my head; breakfast traditions be damned I wanted buffalo chicken dip and garlic bread!  So that’s what I had.

Two small slices of garlic bread topped with buffalo chicken dip and stuck under the broiler for 10minutes.  Delicious.

I dropped Adam off at school, went to Fed-Ex and then hit up the grocery store.  We are going home for Christmas so I don’t have to feed us much longer, we had a nice $25 grocery bill!

When I got home I inhaled the rest of the dip (about 3servings?) which kind of killed lunch.  I knew I needed something more – and some greens – so I drank this Odwalla Original Superfood drink.

Yums, green looks good on more people than Kermit.

I’m not sure what the rest of the day will bring; I have a few tentative plans but we’ll see.  I should be studying.  I may not go to the gym because I’m still limping from my doctor’s appointment.

What should you do today?

Last Lab

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It’s official – I’m finished with Chem 101 Lab!  Yesterday, when I wore my pajamas to class, I got called up to the front for a demonstration, so I made sure to look cute today, albeit a bit crazy eyed.

I didn’t get many of my errands done, but we did at least make it to the post office in time to pick up a birthday gift from Adam’s brother.

He sent a variety of foodstuffs, all of which inspired my graze like a hippo gazelle dinner.  I like to work in reverse, so I started with dessert.  A macadamia cluster,

followed by two small petti  fores.

I have to say, I’m a bit of a candy snob, I could tell the chocolate was cheap and it wasn’t really worth it.

Dinner was more of a success.  I made a tasting plate!

Turkey pepperoni,

cheese log,

Sabra Jalopeno Hummus,

saltines,

and chopped pregnant red pepper, see the little green pepper baby we found inside!?

Everything was delicious.

I loved the combination of flavors, smokey, savory, sweet and spicy all together.  My fullness took a while to kick in though, I definitely snacked on 5-8 more unphotographed saltines post-dinner.

Adam and I watched all the newest Scrubs episodes while we ate, pretty good so far!  We were o.b.s.e.s.s.e.d with the old show – I talked about it in my wedding vows!!!! – and agree that while this isn’t quite as good the bar is set pretty high.

Post dinner I cleaned the entire freaking house!  Everything looks much neater and I feel a gazillion times better.  I do not function well in mess.  Now I’ve got to hit the sack, it’s Adam’s 24 birthday tomorrow!

Where do you set the bar when it comes to chocolate?  90% coco from the French only or whatever you can find?  I can occasionally enjoy a bite of the husband’s Snickers, etc. but in generally I’m pretty snobby.  My favorite as of late is the Lindt Sea Salt bar, yum!

Blizzard Provisions

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I haven’t accomplished much since breakfast.  But really I can’t blame myself for being distracted – it is practically blizzarding outside!  Maybe not a blizzard to you Northerners, but the snow is coming down sideways and that’s enough for an island girl like me!

I wasn’t sure what I wanted for lunch, but when I saw a yam on the counter I knew there wasn’t really a choice.

Even more exciting that sweet potato fries is the fact that my oven is glowing purple like that for the picture.  I chopped up a small sweet potato, sprayed and sprinkled liberally with evoo and salt, and put it in a 475* oven for 30minutes or so.

It took longer than I expected and I ended up having a few snacks.  First, I tried this new cheese.

Kerrygold Aged Cheddar.

I only had a small square, but I know this will go perfectly in a grilled cheese sandwich sometime later this week.

Post-cheese, I was admiring the holiday tea set my m-i-l gave me,

when I remembered something very seasonal I had forgotten in the cabinet:

Rice Nog!  I’m not gonna lie, I bought this in October and squirreled it away for the proper season.  Be warned, this is good, but not even close to Silk’s Soy Nog.  I had 1 cup, which I heated for a minute in the microwave before topping with nutmeg.

I ate it by the window, but I didn’t need a warm to drink to remind me why I’m glad to be inside today –

Eeek.  Sweet potato oven fries were the perfect warm meal.

I made some – better tasting than looking – Thousand Island Dressing for dipping purposes.  2T sweet pickle relish, 1T lite Miracle Whip, 1T ketchup.  There ended up being way too much, you could probably cut those measurements down to teaspoons.

If you’re wondering why I squeezed the taters onto that small plate, it’s because I was reusing my apple plate for this morning.  I’m into dish conservation!

I’ve got lots of cleaning and a little bit of class work to do before I have to run some errands.  Thank goodness Adam is driving me tonight, there is no way I’d be going out alone!  I probably would choose to not go out at all but tonight is my final lab (yay!) and I have to check out in person or face a $100 fine.

Are you stocked up on “in case of emergency” provisions?  What items does your family stock?  We are not stocked, a fact we need to rectify this weekend.  There’s really no excuse, my dad has called to remind me at least 10 times since November!