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Giveaway

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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.

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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.

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

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Mmmn.  Still delicious.

To drink I tried my first Zevia sample, cola.

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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

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

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.

Healthy Cheese Eggs

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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.

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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.

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It was a good start the week breakfast.

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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?

Mish Mash Meal

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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.

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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,

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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For dessert I tried some of my new candies.

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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?

I Didn’t See Its Shadow

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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!

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

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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 –

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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:

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

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

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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.

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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!

Pizza Pity Party

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

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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.

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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.

Fabulous Firsts

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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:

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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:

  1. “Fearless” Cyndi Lauper
  2. “Heartbeats” Jose Gonzalez
  3. “A Lack of Color” Death Cab for Cutie
  4. “Bring on the Wonder” Susan Enan
  5. “Keep on Trying” Poco
  6. “A Pain that I’m Used to” Depeche Mode
  7. “I Turn My Camera On” Spoon
  8. “Day After Day” Ben Taylor Band
  9. “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” Death Cab for Cutie
  10. “Pass It On” The Coral
  11. “Stolen” Dashboard Confessionals
  12. “Alive with the Glory of Love” Say Anything
  13. “Where We Gonna Go from Here” Mat Kearney
  14. “Girls Dem Sugar” Beenie Man & Mya
  15. “Romie” Beenie Man
  16. “Taking Over” Sizzla
  17. “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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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

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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?

The Buzz

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Good afternoon all!  I hope everyone is having a painless Monday.  As you know, I didn’t go to bed until after 2 last night, but once in bed I didn’t fall asleep until after 3!  I don’t know how on earth I managed to wake up at 9am but I think my excitement over breakfast was a factor.

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I pan-heated two chicken apple maple sausages.

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And put my leftover oven-roasted root veggies into eggs.  I heated 1T SmartBalance Light in a pan, heated the turnips and parsnips, cracked in two eggs, scrambled, and added a small handful of sharp cheddar at the end.

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Very tasty!  I will officially say that turnips and parsnips (and whole okra) are a success, they will be entering the regular line up!

After breakfast I hurried to the hospital for my 4hour volunteering shift.  At 20’clock I clocked out and apparently became a cereal magnet.  I used my lunch voucher to buy some granola and skim milk to eat later this week,

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and when I got home I found a Kashi coupon and sample in the mail.

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You can click here to get your own sample, I said “surprise me!”

In spite of its abundance, I knew that cereal was not going to cut it for lunch.  I spent most of my volunteering time delivering blood and medicine, which means I took the stairs a ton! (when I am taking patients places I obviously only take the elevator)  I decided to give Flat Outs a try with another sandwich.

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I know it looks unassuming, but he’s just being modest.

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  • 1 Flat Out
  • homemade honey mustard (1T dijon mustard, 1t honey)
  • 6 thin slices turkey
  • ~1/2C shredded carrot

This was very satisfying.  I still found the wrap a bit chalky but overall the taste combo was fantabulous.  I totally only ended my lunch with almond butter straight into my mouth for the protein.

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It was 100% the 6g of protein in the packet, not that it was maple flavored almond butter, and certainly not that I like squeezing it straight into my mouth 🙂

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I am feeling very lucky to have received Justin’s samples, 2 thumbs up!

In just a bit I am going to head out to campus.  Class isn’t until 6:30 but I need to print off the class notes and pick up some forms.  Dinner will be something thrown together because Adam claimed the tofu leftovers, but I am planning on doing some baking tonight!

Foodbuzz Excitement

I couldn’t wait to tell you guys about the excitement I mentioned yesterday – it’s official, my friend Camile and I will be attending the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival in November!!!  We booked our tickets and hotel room yesterday and we are both so excited!  Do you know anyone else who is attending?

Also, I forgot to mention before, but one of my photos was featured on the main page of Foodbuzz the other day.  It’s clearly not a big deal, but the husband was so proud of me he took a screenshot.

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