Curried Chicken and Cider Soup

by Emily

I totally lied when I said I was going right to class. That was the plan, but I was so cold (inside my house, with the heat on) that I just couldn’t bring myself to go outside yet! I sat on the couch and read my book.

Heat seems like it is going to rock my socks, it’s a memoir about, among other things, training as a prep chef for Mario Batali. I am all about memoirs and food, so it seems like the perfect fit.

Once I did get off the couch and get dressed I realized I was wearing an outfit from my teaching days and the whole thing felt sort of surreal.

I don’t know if anyone read my job identity search post this morning, but the one thing I do know is that do not want to teach! I swear I sort of have PTSD from my experience!

Also, I was super hungry so I packed myself a snack for the road –

1 oz buffalo wing pretzels with some turkey pepperoni (don’t worry mom, I only ate at lights!).

That totally did not cut it though. After I finished printing at the library I set off in search of food. I ended up with an everything bagel with veggie cream cheese.

Class went well, we are studying electron orbitals which I love – it’s like a puzzle! When I got home at 9 I got right to work on dinner. We made Curried Chicken and Cider Soup from “Everyday with Rachael Ray” (click on the name for the recipe link).

I skipped the cumin, and substituted 1C of water with 1C extra cider, but otherwise I followed the recipe. I topped my bowl with buffalo wing pretzel nuggets for a crouton-like effect.

I don’t think I would have liked it without the added spice, it was pretty sweet, but with the addition it was perfect.

Afterwards I had this fun drink I bought a while back.

It’s not really Sangria, more like strawberry soda. It’s from Japan and was totally cool; you had to pop the top to release a marble.

I was supposed to paint my nails tonight but it is almost 11 so it looks like I’ll be heading straight to bed. Tomorrow I have a gym trip planned, plus tons and tons of schoolwork, and hopefully some job searching. Sweet dreams!

Do you like buffalo wings? I’m not a huge wings fan but I love buffalo sauce!

17Oct2009

Jay and Silent Bob Go to Duwalli

by Emily

Let’s be honest – I’m a bit drunk and it’s been a long day. This will be quick 🙂

Oh man, what a Saturday! Sorry to not post all day but it was pretty busy. We got up at 9 and headed straight for the gym, the husband kind of never goes so I’m always up for a trip when he is. My run was terrible again, what is the deal?!? In the end, I did 3.5miles / 37minutes / 397calories.

I mentioned when we did our closet switch last week that neither Adam or I really has a winter wardrobe, well today was the day to rectify that. I know some girls love to shop, and I do love clothes and bags, but shopping itself is pretty tedious to me. My mom is the best shopper on earth and I think my lack of mall-enthusiasm is her only real complaint about me! 🙂

We packed a bag of grapes to share but they ended up being inedible.

So we hit up the food court for lunch a few stores in.

I got steamed veggies and grilled bourbon chicken.

When I was growing up we didn’t have a mall, and when we visited the states I was obsessed with getting bourbon chicken at the mall! Today I killed the veggies but split most of the chicken with the husband.

Shopping ended up going very well. We were at the mall for HOURS, but we are 99% done! The husband and I are officially both ready for winter. Plus we found many things on sale (like the children’s snow boots I bought). This is my “we are leaving the mall after 5 face” –

We rewarded ourselves for a day well shopped by driving to Anderson’s for ice-cream.

I got pumpkin soft-serve with peanut butter cups. Mmmmn.

We had to rush, rush, rush as soon as we got home to get dressed in semi-formal clothing. Our evening event was put on by a group at Adam’s medical school; Duwalli is India’s festival of lights. There was an open bar so I got boxed white vinfindel x2.

I ate two samosas while we mingled.

And it a bit it was time for dinner.

The food was fantastic, all authentic, spicy, and delicious. I have no idea what I ate, but it was mostly veggies with a little chicken.

And spiced rice pudding for dessert.

After dinner there was an Indian dance presentation. I loved watching, the music was catchy and everyone’s saris were beautiful. There was plain old dancing afterwards but we left with a friend to talk in a more quiet spot. We ended up at Wine Thief, which was quite fun.

I had a great glass of riesling (this pushed me a bit over the edge).

We got home by 11 and I might have drunkenly eaten two small rolls while I blogged,

and now I’m going to tumble into bed! See you in the morning!

Have you seen Mallrats? If not, do!

15Oct2009

Late Lab

by Emily

The longer I ate my lunch the more I loved it! I will definitely do without the squeeze cheese next time but everything else was perfection. I enjoyed my online tv watching as well. If you have not watched the new show “Modern Family” you need to; it’s comedy genius!

After lunch I had 1 serving of Halloween Dots for dessert.

Then I got started on cooking dinner. I made a chicken cacciatore recipe from this month’s Cooking Light.

But I actually didn’t eat until much later. As soon as the food was packed up I set off for campus. I didn’t do so hot on my test last week (83%) but lab went well! I always stay until the end of lab to work on calculations, which means I don’t leave until 9pm!

When I did finally get home it was time for dinner.

I ate a teeny plate because Adam and I split a chocolate mint milkshake.

Yes, it is 30* outside. Yes, I am 24 years old and eating ice-cream for dinner. The chicken was pretty good, Adam loved it.

I’ve got an early morning planned so I’ve got to get ready for bed. Sweet dreams!

Do you watch tv/movies while you eat or is that dangerous for you? I know studies always say not to eat in front of the tv but I love to. I think as long as you only portion out a reasonable amount of healthy food (rather than digging mindlessly from say a bag of potato chips) it’s fine to eat and veg. Plus, it’s tv, not open heart surgery – I’m able to notice when I’m full and push away my plate even if there’s food left.

6Oct2009

Mish Mash Meal

by Emily

Fabulous day alert! After so many weeks of being a lazy blob I am seriously relishing my productivity. Post office, studying, dinner; check, check, check! Plus I rocked two of my grandma’s old necklaces which always makes me happy.

The line at the post office was redonculous, but a very sweet package from my mommy was a nice reward at the end. Lots of excitement ensued; I got a bunch of magazines, new book,

a baggie of my favorite candy of all time ever (I ate one of these without photographing), fruit gels,

and a P.E. T-shirt from my old high school!

After my not ‘rain nor snow’ing I met up with a friend from Chemistry to study. We got in a solid 5 hours! As much as we accomplished, I didn’t do so hot on the practice tests so I know I have my work cut out for me this week.

I got home around 8:30 and got right to dinner. My goal was to use up leftovers, frozen food, and my Annie Chun’s sample.

The end result was seriously socks rocking! I was in absolute heaven eating this plate.

I heated chipotle pepper oil over medium high heat. Added 2 chopped Apple Maple Sausages (I froze these a few months ago) and 2 big handfuls spinach/arugula and a small handful shredded carrot. Next I added leftover roasted butternut squash from yesterday and 1/2 of the black pearl rice. Then I stirred in a splash each of soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame seeds. Finally I broke in 1egg and stirred.

I couldn’t get over how good this was! What a mix of flavors and textures, lots of sweet/savory which I love.

For dessert I tried some of my new candies.

They were good, but the Sunkist ones are the best.

We started watching “Glory Road” while we ate and I’m enjoying it. See you tomorrow!

Have you made any good mish-mash meals lately?

28Sep2009

Rain Check

by Emily

The intense torrential downpour all day mucked up my plans, but I did find some fun substitutes! I had so many crazy dreams last night that I ended up pressing snooze on the alarm this morning until after 9. I ate a Cashew Almond Boomi Bar on the way to volunteering today.

I liked the flavorbut I was running late so I only ate 3/4 of it.

For lunch at the hospital I used my voucher to get a sandwich from the cafeteria.

Chicken salad in a jalopeno wrap with spring mix lettuce, bell peppers, banana peppers, sundried tomato and pesto sauce. I ate 85% or so.

Adam had the day off from school (Yom Kippur) so he picked me up at the hospital to save me from the rain. I had planned on going to the gym but once I saw the sky it didn’t take much convincing to get me to see a movie with him! We went to a 3o’clock showing of “Surrogates,” which we both enjoyed. We hit up Dairy Queen at the mall.

I ordered a small oreo cookie dough blizzard.

I was very glad that Adam drove me to class because the rain was so bad you could barely see. We ended up taking the (slow) main road home instead of the highway because it was so bad.

When we got home we made the perfect rainy day dinner – pizza! I would say it was super veggie, but by the time the husband got done with it it was super cheesey!

On a store bought crust we piled

12oz pizza sauce
2C reduced fat mozzarella cheese
1 chopped red bell pepper
1 chopped yellow bell pepper
3/4pint mushrooms
1/2 sliced yellow onion

We precooked the veggies for 15minutes at 475* before we put them on the pizza. Look at how sweet our pizza sauce was –

It was very tasty, but we definitely bought it because I fell in love with the can!

After it came out of the oven I ate 1/4 of the finished product.

Yums. We watched the new episode of “Bones” while we ate and towards the end I had a half serving of Lindt Sea Salt Dark Chocolate.

Yums x2.

I’m disappointed that the gym didn’t happen because I have to go back to the doctor on Thursday, but such is life. I always appreciate hang out time with the husband. Have a great night everybody!

What do you like to put on pizza? My favorite toppings are green olives and broccoli. I also really like cheeseless pesto pizza.

25Sep2009

I Was Just Brought a Bellini

by Emily

We made it! I felt the need to bicker instead of pack, so we ended up slightly off schedule, but we made it to Ohio by 9o’clock.

The drive up was pretty painless (especially for me because I was only in charge of the music!). I ate a very late lunch once we got on the road.

2% Fage with jam, sooooo good. I do like fat free the best but these mixing ones are to die for.

Once we reached our family’s house and did some hanging out we ran out to pick up a late dinner. Hardee’s was the best we could do, but it ended up being a good meal.

I got a bbq chicken sandwich.

I order it because it was the only nonfried chicken on the menu but it ended up being pretty good. It was a grilled chicken breast with bbq sauce on a ww bun.

I supplemented with a popchips sample I brought from home.

Salt and Pepper was a little spicy, but a great compliment to the sandwich.

For dessert I had an apple.

And as I started blogging my sister-in-law delivered me a bellini!

It’s family time, gotta drink run!

What do you pack for roadtrips? I had it in my head that I was packing dinner but then I realized we had no food! Popchip samples, Lara Bars, and apples seemed like a good idea to me.

19Sep2009

Breakfast, Lunch, Junk

by Emily

I’ll be honest, I’m still feeling a bit down. My foot is killing me and I’m pretty pissed about not being able to go to the gym. Plus I’m still feeling a bit under the weather, so I’m all-around blah. This will be quick, and therefore, less whiney 🙂

Breakfast.

Stoneyfield Farms YoKids Lowfat Strawberry-Vanilla and Raspberry yogurts, white nectarine, and Justin’s Almond Butter packet. I also added half a teaspoon of sunbutter.

It was good, but I was still hungry afterwards. I had to drop of a prescription for medicine for my foot so Adam and I set off. During our errands we split a small frozen cappuccino.

Our plan was to get lunch at Wegmans but the selection was pretty disappointing, no tofu! I made do with a small plate.

Broccoli and green beans plus a little bit of general tso’s chicken. I had been expecting tofu and this did not deal with my hunger, I was still starving! We shopped quickly, and I ate this candy on the way home.

Plus I polished off 90% of these nachos from the bar downstairs.

I’m having a love affair with jalopenos.

I’m watching GhostWorld and I’m really not sure what I think of it, but I guess I won’t judge until it’s over. See you for dinner!

13Sep2009

Identity Crisis

by Emily

This post is having an identity crisis! I ate at 10:30 last night and at 10:30 this morning. What do you call those meals? Are they still dinner and breakfast? And a post that encapsulates both of them, mind-boggling. unfortunately I don’t have time for semantics.

For 4th meal (I realize that 1. I did not eat 4 times yesterday and 2. I’m copping a Taco Bell term) I had some of Adam’s fancy nuggets.

They were delish, especially when paired with homemade Russian dressing.

I might have also eaten 1/2 of Adam’s medium fry he bought at Wendy’s when I got a fountain diet coke, whoops.

For morning meal not otherwise specified I had a sandwich wrap burrito more semantics.

I’ve been reading about these Flat Outs on other blogs and when I got a chance to see the nutritional stats I had to try them.

I was fairly underwhelmed. They had a nice texture but the taste was pretty chalky, I’ll give them a try again tomorrow though. The combo was still pretty tasty though, I used two Chicken Apple Maple Sausages and the savory sweet taste went very well with 2T of sharp cheddar.

The tastes also went nicely with a sliced black plum.

I ate while I studied, and frankly I should still be studying!

I’ve got to skedaddle because I have beyond tons of schoolwork to do today (apparently doing nothing all week was a bad idea?). Hopefully I can fit some fun in too. Enjoy the end of your weekend!

Have you tried Flat Outs? What did you think?

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Curried Chicken and Cider Soup

Jay and Silent Bob Go to Duwalli

Late Lab

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Rain Check

I Was Just Brought a Bellini

Breakfast, Lunch, Junk

Identity Crisis