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Eat Up the Fridge

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I was very productive on the business-front (although registration for classes does not look promising) but my split study schedule might have been a bad idea.  By the time I got back to Starbucks in the afternoon it was packed.  I roamed all the coffee bars in the area and it took me until 4:45 to find one that wasn’t sardined with Park Slope stay-at-home-mommies.

I drank a Fizzy Lizzy Tangerine while I worked and did manage to get some good studying in until Adam came to meet me at 6.

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This drink was real juice with fizzy water and had 100% daily dose of vitamin C for 100calories.

Our fun plan was to hit up a beer tasting at a place on 5th Avenue but that fell through.  When we got there we learned that 1. the tasting was an hour later than listed online, and 2. they don’t have a full liquor license so we couldn’t sit and drink beers while we waited.  Our make-up plans were much better though 🙂

We took the looong walk (3miles total) to 7-11 for my version of heaven.

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I got a Big Gulp of diet coke and it made me smile the whole walk home.  And, we stopped in at a local playground so I could do what I’ve been dreaming of for the past two years…

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…climb the mini rock wall!  It was everything I had hoped for.  We also tried to do the monkey bars but I was way too weak, children’s game are good workouts.

I was very hungry by the time we got home so I ate 5 of Adam’s Saltines,

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and another kiwi bowl.

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Dinner was a ‘use up the fridge’ effort that ended up being amazing.

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My plate had –

  • 1/3C cooked wheatberries
  • ~2/3C sauteed peas and artichoke hearts
  • 1/2 can of tuna
  • the last jalopeno chicken sausage
  • and tasty sauce (for 2 servings I shook together 2T red wine vinegar, 1T lemon juice, 1T evoo, 1shake oregano and paprika)

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This was so yummy!  It was a great mix of textures and the flavors blended together really nicely.

Tonight I would like to do a mini workout (seriously mini, like 20 sit-ups) and I will probably have a small snack/dessert if fullness doesn’t kick in after 20minutes.  I am also determined to go to bed early!

Have you had any recent ‘eat up the fridge’ successes?

Thunder, Turkey, Too Much

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I am so hungry!  I’ve eaten so much, as you will see in this post, and I am still starving!  I finally just stopped eating because it was getting ridiculous.

We didn’t have much to get at the grocery store for this week – milk, bread – but we stocked up on some snacks for our upcoming road-trip.  Due to some plan changes I just found out that I will be driving from the city to Buffalo alone by myself in the car.  It’s a little scary – moving vehicles put me to sleep in minutes – but my plan of attack is to do a lot of snacking and chug some sugar free energy drinks.  By the way, for obvious reasons, I won’t be blogging during the move.  We lose our internet this Wednesday and it won’t be set up in Buffalo for about a week so I will be taking a quick hiatus.

The errand took a little longer than planned because we got caught in a massive thunderstorm –

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I looked like a drowned rat.  By the time we got home I was (wet) starving so I grabbed my emergency candy from when I thought the CPR class was running until 6.

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Limited Edition Coconut M&Ms.  These were really good, the coconut flavor was very present without being too strong.  Plus some had cute little palm trees stamped on them.

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I also love these “what’s inside” nutrition stat bubbles.

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What a clear, colorful way to make sure important information does not go overlooked.  My only complaint is that they do not list trans fat in the bubble – that is by far the most important thing I look for when I read nutritional labels.  Even when I am totally pigging out I never eat trans fat.  With the disagreements over how trans fat effects fertility it is disgusting to me that this [added] ingredient is still in products.  It’s one thing to say that Big Brother shouldn’t put laws on how much fat products can have or restrict supersizing, it is up to consumers to be informed.  But when it comes to trans fat there is a real glut of information, even many informed consumers aren’t informed and they deserve to have risk-free food.

While we were cooking I also lopped off the top of a kiwi and ate his brains out with a spoon.

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This was the best method at maximizing flesh eaten and minimizing mess I’ve found so far.

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For dinner we sauteed extra lean ground turkey with frozen collard greens and some peas and then added Newman’s Own Cabernet Marinara.  We ate that on top of some wheatberries Adam cooked in bulk the other day.

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I ate a ton of toppings over 1/3C of wheatberries.

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Tasty, and quick.

Of course I was still hungry after dinner, so I dipped into our car snacks stash and at a small large bowl of cheddar goldfish

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And finally a mini strawberry rice krispies treat.

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As I said before, I’m still hungry, but it was time to stop.

Unfortunately I never got in even a mini workout, but I am just so wet!  I need to go shower so I can snuggle up in bed.  I’ll leave you with some interesting happenings online –

1. Surprising Secrets of Celebrity Chefs from MSN.  My favorite tip was from Ming Tsai, there are so many wonderful, easy applications for store bought wonton wraps.

2. Kath and Caitlin both blogged about free samples in bloggerland.  I don’t get many samples (although I’d like to get more!) because my blog is pretty teensy and I don’t ask for them.  However, when I do get freebies I think I do a good job of mentioning that the item is a sample.  I will always be completely honest about how I feel about a product – if it’s bad it’s bad, my blog isn’t big enough to be worth compromising my integrity.  While I don’t get a lot of free samples, I do do a fair amount of product reviews on here.  I know sometimes it seems like I gush about everything but honestly, I’m just really excited about food!

What is a non-negotiable for you on nutritional labels?

What do you think about blogger freebies?

Wednesday Morning – Friday Morning

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Hello, vacation-style!  I hope everyone is having a good week, the vacay has been nice and relaxing so far.  I’m in a bit of a time crunch today so I’ll try to keep this recap pretty brief.  Just fyi – I only have internet when I go to work with my mommy so I’ll be doing a recap every few days until I get back home.

Wednesday – travel day

Our flight was at 8:15am so we had to get up nice and early.  We had to leave our car in long-term parking so we actually drove to the airport.  Thankfully, Mapquestgot us there in time to get breakfast, of sorts.  There were not many restaurants and those that were there didn’t have full menus.  I ended up with a Wendy’s Maple Baked Frescuit with egg and cheese.

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It actually tasted pretty good; I love the sweet-savory combo so cheese with maple syrup was nice.  And when I looked up the nutritional information online this morning I learned that it only had 390calories.

Being at airports always makes me think about having kids (not that it isn’t on my mind anyways!).  Adam and I have always discussed how important it is to make exercise fun for kids – the more you make movement into a game the better.  Even now, when we come to a moving walkway one of us will ride and the other will walk alongside and we will race!

We had a straight flight, which meant we were at my house before 2pm!  My mom always has a gift waiting for me on the bed.

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I wanted to get right into reading but Adam needed to go to his old doctor to do some forms for medical school so off we went.  I ate a baggie of baby carrots during the ride.

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The husband took forever so my father and I ended up taking a long walk on the boat docks.  I drank a Ting.

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My parents cooked us a great dinner.

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WW pasta with parmesan cheese,

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spinach and tomatoes cooked in toasted sesame oil,

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and broiled salmon.

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I also ate a slice of dry sourdough toast.

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They did a great job, everything was delicious.  Also good was my snack.

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Huge cup of coffee with skim milk,

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and homemade chocolate chip cookies.

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We played Pictionary and cards and by the time we were done I had actually eaten 4 cookies!  My cookie control was down a bit because of booze 🙂

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My favorite drink on earth is oj with cinnamon Stoli.  They actually stopped making this Stoli, my mom and I have 2 of the last bottles available, but it is equally good with Goldschlager. We each had one, yum.

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Thursday – “it’s so hot!”

In spite of not staying up all that late playing games (my dad is pretty intense about bedtime, he is my sleep role model) we could not get going Thursday morning.  I was supposed to get up and work out but that did not happen.  I woke up 3hours later than planned, ate breakfast, and went back to sleep for the rest of the day.  The husband and I think it’s because it was so hot.  At least I did have a great breakfast.

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A small chopped nectarine, half a banana, and ground flax seed.

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Plus a Low Fat Pineapple Chiobani.

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This was the first time I ever saw this flavor and it was awesome, I hope this comes to NY!

After my intense napping session I managed to drag myself to the shower and get gussied.  We ended up eating at the restaurant right near where we got married so Adam and I had to take some pictures!  This spot is exactly where we said our wedding vows –

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We had a fun time, it is hard to believe it’s been so long since December 28th, 2007.  1.5years, we are not even newlyweds anymore!

After some rememberings we headed to dinner, I slept through lunch so I was pretty starving.  I started with a beyond fabulous passionfruit colada,

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and my dad and I split a sandwich and salad for dinner.

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Fire roasted chicken paninni sliced chicken breast, roasted red peppers, sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese, and a garlic and basil ailoi.

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Key Lime Caesar Salad.

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I ate half of everything.  The sandwich was good but a little greasy and I loved the salad, the lime cut through the usual creaminess wonderfully.

After dinner we went home for more board games and cards – Monopoly and Gin Rummy – we are serious nerds about game night!  I drank an iced coffee with skim milk, along with some desserts.

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First, two homemade chocolate chip cookies,

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and even better – Greek Gods Honey Greek Yogurt,

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frozen,

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oh yeah, this was so good!  Freezing Greek Yogurt (I’ve only tried it with flavored but I imagine that plain would be a lot like Pinkberry) turns it into slushy, granita-like goodness, I highly recommend it.

Friday– wake up!

Today, I managed to get my butt out of bed!  I went with my mom to an 8am spin class so we had to get up by 7.  We left extra early because we dropped Adam off at the beach, with a bucket of beer!  I ate this Luna Bar in the car for breakfast.

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The class was 60minutes of spin and floor work.  I don’t know if it was the sugary breakfast, that I was feeling sick yesterday, or that I’m out of shape, but my butt was kicked!  I felt so sick I actually had to sick down and skip the lunges.  I chugged some water and I’ve been sitting so I’m feeling a little better but it sucked at the time.

Now I’m hanging out at my mom’s library, hopefully headed towards some studying.  The husband and I are getting lunch soon so we’ll see what happens.  I will most likely be doing another post on Sunday, hope everyone has a great weekend!

For now, I will leave you with a list of the songs I played while I typed, found on my mom’s i-pod!!!

  • Viva la Vida – Coldplay
  • Single Ladies – Beyonce
  • Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
  • Low – Flo Rida
  • Blame It – Jamie Foxx
  • That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings

Long Weekend in 500 Words or Less

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Looong car ride Friday night, chips and grilled stuffed chicken burrito at Taco Bell,

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to-go applesauce, yum

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toffee coffee twisted frosty, ugh, should have stopped eating.

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Saturday morning in VA – 35minute run (with hills) with the husband, then 25 minute walk with sister-in-law, hills make me feel powerful.  Sun-protection is gangsta,

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Beer for breakfast,

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turkey sandwich, fruit, broccoli salad,

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dinner at a steak house – frustrated with lack of choices, went all out unhealthy, felt sick.

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Early birthday celebration, cake and ice-cream with caramel, in-laws are so sweet.

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Saturday late night, ate way way too much chex mix, without photographs.

 Sunday morning, 1% chocolate milk, fruit, ww bagel with lowfat strawberry cream cheese, jelly, fancy pb.

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Turkey sandwich (with squeeze cheese) in the car,

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cookies x4,

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snacks,

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dinners seem to go downhill, ie: black and white milkshake, mini chimi appetizer, french fries, sandwich so gross I took only 1 bite.

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P.S. Word count = 152; reflection to come.

What did you do this weekend?

Serendipity, Sweets, Sleep

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Hi, readers.  Thank you so much for all of the support on the new blog, it means a lot to me.  Today was my parents’ 3rd day of visiting and we are all pretty exhausted so this will be a short, sweet, simple post.

I woke up pretty early (8am) for my late bedtime to clean up a bit and get organized.  I ate a power breakfast while I worked on the computer.  1C Kashi Heart to Heart,

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with a chopped nectarine,

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and some vanilla hemp milk.

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This breakfast was nice and energizing which was good because the first event on the agenda was a 45minute spin class with my mom and the hubby.  This was my 2nd class ever and I liked it, but not as much as the first.  The instructor did a loooooong period of standing and because I have a hurting foot I couldn’t push it all the way and therefore got a less intense workout.  Adam on the other had was dripping with sweat 🙂

After we got freshened up we met back up at the Manhattan bound subway.  My parents brought me this watermelon fruit slice as a surprise.

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And I was very happy to be wearing the new necklace Adam bought me yesterday at the flea market in DUMBO.

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Our first city stop was an area near Penn Station that was home to tons of bead stores.  My mommy makes jewelry (she makes almost all of mine) so this was her #1 request.  It wasn’t too exciting for the rest of us but I did buy Adam this mouse charm.

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His nickname for me is Mouse (I call him Bear) so we love finding things like this.

Adam and I were pretty starving so we split up for a little bit to get some eats.  We found Pump, a health food place that is all about protein and all against added unhealthy fats, so we decided to try that.  A and I split the New York Sandwich.

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We got baked falafel as our protein.  Here is my half.

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Later on I got suckered into some Taste-D-Light when I found out it had only 80calories a cup.  I got a small Milky Weigh. 

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I am usually not one to go for diet choices (unless you mean diet coke!) and this reminded me why – the texture was good, the coolness was nice in the heat, but it was tasteless.  I’d rather double the calories and enjoy the awesomeness that is gelato.

After that we headed uptown and explored Lexington Ave.  We hit up Dylans and Urban Outfitters and I got stuff at both!  I also had some unphotographed bites of my family’s food – cooked nuts and a pretzel.  Finally it was time for our most exciting stop – dinner at Serendipity3 🙂  This is my favorite spot in the city and it never disappoints.  I got the Summer Bries Sandwich.

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So frickin’ good!  Open-faced raisin pumpernickle bread with turkey, sprouts, apple, brie, and Russain dressing.  I also did some major sharing with my dad on his soup, salad, and sandwich.  The sandwiches are my favorite part of Serendipty, but you can’t go in without getting dessert.

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This ooey gooey bowl was pecan pie, butter pecan ice-cream, maple walnuts, almonds, and fudge.  We split it 4 ways (and still didn’t finish it!) but in reality I had the biggest portion.

I’d like to say that the indulging ended there but when we went to a movie later I ate my Dylan’s candy.

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I went mostly with gummy coke bottle variations, my favorite.

Looking back at the day I would say I made a few too many *fun* choices.  I am all for pretzels, ice-cream, and candy but that doesn’t necessarily need to happen in one day.  I will say that we did a TON of walking which is part of why I had a hard time controlling myself.

But now it’s way too late and it is time for bed.  See ya Tuesday!

Does your family like to share food?  My family is all about the passing of plates.  When I met Adam he hated to share (and still would take off your finger if there was something he loved) but now he does it pretty happily.