Where the Wild Things Are

by Emily

Productive? No. Fun? Hells yes! I am so glad the husband talked me into ignoring my work and spending a fun date day with him! Equally exciting? Some of my new shirts have built in hoods!

His favorite book growing up was Where the Wild Things Are so we went to go see the movie today. He bribed he there with promises of splitting a thing of pretzel bites.

Yums. The movie was pretty good. They didn’t follow the book very well but it was pretty visually stunning. We both appreciated that they didn’t include a bunch of adult humor; in fact, there wasn’t very much dialogue at all.

We walked to the bank once we got home (I got a very exciting last check from my old school) and it turned into a nature walk!

We followed Mother Nature’s lead once we got home and did some decorating of our own.

Now we are going to watch an old episode of Bones and curl up on the couch with our leftovers from The Cheesecake Factory.

I opened a Zevia to drink with my meal.

Ginger ale might be my new favorite.

All I really plan on doing today now is cooking dinner! So I’ll be back with that.

What was your favorite childhood book? I have bazillions (my mom was a librarian). If I had to choice I’d say Bread and Jam for Francis or The Little Mouse, The Ripe Red Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. Now my husband and I call each other Mouse and Bear so the book ended up being very telling!

24Oct2009

Giveaway

by Emily

Last night was another fairly sleepless night 😦 I woke up at least once every hour! I can’t imagine what the problem was this time, my workout at 5 seems early enough and I’ve never had alcohol (I didn’t even drink an entire beer!) mess with my sleep before. Whatever it was it was annoying. I slept in until 9:30 to try to catch up, but now I need to catch up on my school work!

When I got up I ate a Macadamia Paradise Boomi Bar for breakfast.

The blurb on the back said – Did you know that honey works to give athletes an energy boost before and after exercise? … Sweetened with honey, Boomi Bars are great tasting and sweet without any added cane sugar or corn syrup. Seemed like the perfect thing.

Mid-morning I randomly snacked on the last serving of Food Should Taste Good Olive Chips.

For lunch I microwaved the other half of my bsi entry, Italian Stuffed Acorn Squash.

Mmmn. Still delicious.

To drink I tried my first Zevia sample, cola.

And speaking of which, there is a giveaway going on if you scroll to the bottom of this post!

My in-laws will be here in any minute so I am going to finish getting dressed and straighten up the house a bit. We will be hanging out with them all day, so I’ll be back for dinner. Have a good Saturday!

Giveaway

I know several people have commented on my diet soda obsession in the past. Either that they drink it but worry about the chemicals or that the quit that miss it (and I guess some people have said they don’t like it, freaks). As I mentioned above, Zevia is a sugar/calorie free soda made with stevia. How could I not share that with my readers?! Zevia graciously offered to let my run a giveaway and I jumped at the opportunity.

1 grand prized winner will receive a mixed case
and five runner ups will receive a mixed six pack

Rules

Contest ends next Saturday at noon, Eastern time
To enter leave a comment on this post
For a 2nd chance to win link back to this post in your blog
For a 3rd chance to win tweet about this contest (and send me an e-mail saying you did so, emilyhwax@gmail.com)

21Oct2009

The Right Fluff

by Emily

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.

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

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

All together.

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.

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

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

No, that is not a cup of hot chocolate…

…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.

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.

12Oct2009

Healthy Cheese Eggs

by Emily

Morning Monday! I know most people have to go to work (I wish I was going to work!) but I feel much better now that the sun is up. Even though Adam and I tend to stay up pretty late day to day, there are times when we are tired that we both get completely punch-drunk. Last night was one of those times for sure. It was only midnight when we were getting ready for bed but we were both shrieking laughing and bouncing around all over the place! We’ve had a few similar experiences throughout the years, one time we stayed up all night before a flight and we laughed so hard I peed my pants!!! That is actually one of my favorite memories 🙂

This morning pie was on the brain. Maybe because I totally took two bites straight from the pan when I got to the kitchen? But mostly because the recipe had called for 4 egg yolks and I had 4 whites leftovers to use. I put the eggs to work for breakfast.

Along with the whites I stirred in 4T of fat free whipped cottage cheese, and seasoned with salt and paprika. Then I cooked it all in 1t of Smart Balance Light over medium-high heat. It was pretty yummy, Adam came up with the egg/cottage cheese idea yesterday and I think it works out while.

Alongside I had some fresh cut pineapple.

It was a good start the week breakfast.

I’m heading to the hospital for volunteering now. And I’m going to campus early to see if I can get some help with the lab report (I’m trying to write one for the lab I missed). I hope everyone’s work week is off to a good start!

What sort of things have you put in eggs?

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?

1Oct2009

I Didn’t See Its Shadow

by Emily

A successful evening, all around! Lab went well and I got back my quiz from last week – 100%, woot! That makes me feel much more confident about next week’s test. Plus I made plans with a friend from class to study this weekend, so I know I won’t slack off. And on the way in we made a new friend, my very first groundhog sighting!

During lab recitation I snacked on this Perfect Pumpkin Boomi Bar.

This was nice and crunchy, and perfect for the first day of pumpkin month!

When I got home I had a gourmet dinner in mere minutes –

Moo Shu Stoup leftovers from August. No one ever wants soup more than twice in a row and it freezes well so it is the perfect thing for long-term leftovers. Plus it is easy peasy:

Measure portions into ziplock baggies
Lay flat on a baking sheet and put into the freezer overnight
In the morning, remove the sheet and you have perfect frozen soup stacks

All we had to do tonight was make new veggie dumplings, and Adam did that so for me it was easy 🙂

I’m still super hungry, but I’m trying to have a drink and see if it passes. We are watching Cold Mountain, so it’s possible I’ll get a snack in a bit. ‘Night.

Do you make long-term leftovers? What dishes work best?

*****Updated – We stayed up waaay to late watching Cold Mountain (which was super sad and sort of disappointing) and I did have a snack.

When I made cookies the other day I reserved 2 pieces of dough and tonight I crushed them into some Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Coconut Ice Cream. Good idea!

29Sep2009

Pizza Pity Party

by Emily

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day next year.

It is a dark, dank, and dreary day around here! 90% of my to-do’s had to be scrapped because Adam needed the car because of the rain. And there’s the small matter of the giant leak!!! Not only do I have to skip another gym session, but my job search (which is going poorly) is further impeded. I’m going to focus on schoolwork and see if I can find some cocoa!

For breakfast I went college-style – leftover pizza.

I guess it’s more grown-up style when you use homemade extra veggie pizza and reheat it in the oven. 🙂 Wish me luck with my work!

What do you like to do on rainy days? I am all about Carebears movies.

24Sep2009

Fabulous Firsts

by Emily

It’s been a fabulous day! 3 firsts – mileage, lab, chemistry quiz – all went well 🙂

This morning I finished my pre-lab work and did some studying before I headed to the gym at noon. I was so nervous about my foot that I actually forgot to bring my water bottle and towel; I had to keep hitting pause to run to the water fountain! Thank goodness I brought my i-pod though, that is the only explanation I have for the amount I was able to rock it out today 🙂 I decided to be kind to my foot and do 2minutes of jogging followed by 1minute of walking. My end stats –

770calories / 1hour 10minutes / 6miles

Holy cow! My foot actually didn’t hurt that bad, after 10minutes or so I think it just went numb. However, something is wrong with my running shoe because the other side of my foot was killing me. Look what happened to my foot:

I don’t know what the deal is but I’m going to look into new shoes, stat!

Here is the playlist that I’m crediting with my success:

“Fearless” Cyndi Lauper
“Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez
“A Lack of Color” Death Cab for Cutie
“Bring on the Wonder” Susan Enan
“Keep on Trying” Poco
“A Pain that I’m Used to” Depeche Mode
“I Turn My Camera On” Spoon
“Day After Day” Ben Taylor Band
“I Will Follow You Into the Dark” Death Cab for Cutie
“Pass It On” The Coral
“Stolen” Dashboard Confessionals
“Alive with the Glory of Love” Say Anything
“Where We Gonna Go from Here” Mat Kearney
“Girls Dem Sugar” Beenie Man & Mya
“Romie” Beenie Man
“Taking Over” Sizzla
“Boom Wuk” Tanya Stephens

I took a 30minute break from my to-do’s to guzzle 3 big glasses of water and then it was back to business. After a quick shower I ate a small sliced apple while studied.

Then I headed to school to do more studying. The parking is really bad so I try to get to school before 4 for my 5o’clock class. I did a lot of zoning out, but I got a little bit learned. I also had a great snack.

Divine Foods sent me a HUGE box of Prana and Boomi bars the other day and I seriously couldn’t be more grateful. Pistachio Pineapple was tasty tasty.

My first quiz seemed pretty easy, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I did well. We had our first lab after that; I wasn’t thrilled about the goggles but at least it was easy.

We were finding the volume of an unknown sample, which was quick, but I stayed until 9 to work on the post-work. I am 95% done for next week!

I didn’t get home until 9:30 and it was time for dinner!

I jazzed up my leftover leftoversfrom Wednesday’s lunch with a little bit of chipotle oil and some wasabi sesame seeds.

I loved this meal (even with double leftovers), I will be using lasagna noodles more often.

Tomorrow morning I am heading to school with Adam and then in the afternoon we are packing up and driving to Ohio to visit my brother-in-law. I’m not sure when I’ll post, it will be a busy day. See you soon!

Have you had any firsts this week?

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Tag Archives: leftovers

Where the Wild Things Are

Giveaway

Giveaway

The Right Fluff

Healthy Cheese Eggs

Mish Mash Meal

I Didn’t See Its Shadow

Pizza Pity Party

Fabulous Firsts