I’ll admit it – this rotation is exhausting! I stayed in bed past noon. Then went to Gramma Mora’s for lunch with a Groupon.
“Seafood” nachos to start. <– not good, at all.
Cheese enchilada.
A handful of chocolate pretzels.
Caramel and cheddar popcorn mix with Adam during Oz. <– movie was not good, at all.
More Bluefin. Spicy crunchy crab and tempura sweet potato.
Don’t forget to turn forward your clocks!
I’ve made it halfway through the first week of this rotation and I only sort of want to nap for a million years. The teachers have warned us for years that this is the placement that makes everyone get in bed at 9 pm. I’m crazy, so I’m still staying up ’til midnight, but I’m definitely tired!
I’ve been eating breakfast at the hospital but I need to figure out a new system because the cost of bars is going to add up. This one was a free sample at least.
And tasty too. Cascadian Farm Crunchy Peanut Butter Granola Bar.
Lunch was more black-eyed pea salad (beans, green pepper, cheese, smoked almonds).
The Talenti gelato pint made an awesome leftovers container; gotta love that screw-on lid.
Plus a pear.
I skipped the dark chocolate today because I knew we were planning a big dinner.
Of course, then I decided to get a milkshake on the way home.
You have to do a yearly Shamrock Shake! This was so good.
I also had a bagel thin with smoked salmon cream cheese when I got home.
I’ve been so hungry today, I want to say it was yesterday’s workout but let’s be real, I only did 4 miles.
Dinner was fantastic; loaded baked potatoes for the win.
Toppings included turkey bacon, mushrooms cooked in turkey bacon drippings, Smart Balance Light, shredded cheese, and green onions.
We were both practically licking our plates.
And I had a Toasted Onion Sea Snax while we watched The Nanny.
Love that show! We’ve got two more episodes to go and then I’ve got to get to bed. Good night!
Complaints first – The chance for 8-hours of sleep passed before I even started this post. All of my end of internship assignments are due on Friday and I’m freaking out. I ate two snacks after dinner and I am still flipping hungry.
Complaints aside, it wasn’t a bad day. We got lots (and lots) of shipments at work so I was nice and busy.
The morning started with smoothies.
For two: 1 Thai young coconut, ~1 cup frozen blue/blackberries, 1 medium frozen banana, and 2 Tbsp Hey Shuga! <– don’t forget, you still have another ~hour to enter my giveaway!
I didn’t have a lot of time for lunch so I kept it simple. A Garuka Bar (from my yumvelope).
The sweet peanut butter coating was addictively good; I planned on snacking on it throughout a task but every time I tried to walk away I took another bite instead!
I also had a Fage 0% Greek Yogurt with Cinnamon Apple Raisins.
The flavor isn’t listed on the Fage website and I’ve only seen it at Target. The apple compote was good, but nothing can really compare to the pure decadence of the honey and strawberry flavors.
I only had an hour between work and night class so Adam and I cashed in a coupon for Subway for dinner.
6 inch turkey with lettuce, tomato, green pepper, banana pepper, red onion, and honey mustard on Italian herb and cheese bread.
I knew my sandwich wouldn’t quite fill me up and I shared this peanut butter spoon with Webster when I got home.
Then I also had a plate of baby carrots with the last of some smoked gouda spread.
And a bag of Smart Fries.
I ended up dipping my “fries” in yellow mustard. And then I had a big glass of water; methinks I’m a bit dehydrated!
Q: Do you know what these two things have in common?
A: I used the Kool Aid to (re)dye my hair!
I never captured it in a photo, but over the last week or so I lost 90% of my purple and was left with a lot of white/grey streaks. Since I don’t have an appointment to go back to brown for another two weeks, this wasn’t exactly a good thing. So last night the husband helped me sit with my head in a bowl of concentrated Kool Aid.
It was windy today!
I’ve still got some white but overall it looks much better. We’ll have to see how long the color lasts. I used to dye my highlights with Kool Aid in high school and I remember getting at least a couple of weeks out of it.
The hair photos were taken on my way to work. I woke up this morning feeling a bit under the weather; I had a fever and I was super achy all over. Adam fed me an aspirin and I stayed in bed until the last possible second. I’m feeling much better now {knock on wood}. And thankfully I was only working a partial shift.
I skipped breakfast for bed and was very excited about food when I got home this afternoon.
1/3 cup of Nature’s Path Coconut Chia Granola with Naked Vanilla Oat Milk and tons of chopped dapple plum and nectarine.
Plus lots of tea. A cup of Revolution Tea Lavender Earl Grey,
and a cup of chai with 1 tsp honey an hour or so later.
I carried the lavender theme over to my snack as well.
My mom got these floral candies from a student whose parents are from Japan.
My dad says they all taste like peach, but I swear the ones I tried had subtle differences.
We spent a long-ish time on errands this evening and I got a small plate of hot bar to keep from getting too cranky.
Maple cinnamon roasted sweet potatoes plus sautéed veggies and 3 pieces of General Tso tofu. It’s been ages since we’ve roasted sweet potato fries and we definitely need to make them again soon.
Dinner didn’t take very long to prepare once we got home, but it sure was good.
I had 1.5 servings of Wegman’s Don’t Be a Chicken Meatless Nuggets dipped in honey.
They were great, far more enjoyable than I ever find chicken nuggets to be.
I made use a hot spinach salad for our veggie component.
(recipe to follow) We loved it. The spinach was super creamy and there was such a good mix of textures.
Dinner didn’t really fill me up though, and I ate some Smart Fries while I wrote this post.
Much better.
Hot Spinach Salad, serves 2
I hope everyone is having a good weekend!
Have you ever dyed your hair with Kool Aid?
It’s time for another two-day post. Shhhhhh, don’t tell my mom!
The past 48 hours have been full of Bananas, but nary a vegetable has been seen. Things haven’t technically been that busy, but it’s hard to post when you basically die into bed.
My last post left off at lunch. After I finished up at the hospital for the day, I came home to decorate my cupcakes for book club.
Book club may have been hit hard by sickness and weather advisories this week, but that didn’t mean that the three of us who still got together didn’t deserve banana split cupcakes!
Banana Split Cupcakes, makes 12
Yield: 12 cupcakes; Prep Time: 30 minutes; Cook Time: 30 minutes
I know I’ve posted the recipe before but since almost nobody reads my blog, nobody has made the cupcakes yet. And that is really unfortunate because they are one of the best things I’ve ever made. I may not write a popular blog but I can write a damn good recipe!
I actually ended up eating my serving the minute it was decorated.
Then while my friends ate cupcakes I munched on BBQ Smart Fries.
But first we grabbed a quick and easy dinner at Wegman’s.
I got spicy crawfish chips,
and a brown rice California roll with a side of spicy mayo.
Then the three of us came back to my place for cupcakes (and Smart Fries!) and a movie. We watched “The Perfect Family” on Netflix and all loved it. Emily Deschanel was great as always and the entire film was surprisingly funny and smart.
I send my friends home with all of the cupcakes (except for two saved for Adam who was out-of-town the past few days) and when my sweet tooth called a few hours later I made an amazing yogurt banana split. An Almond Coco Loco Chobani Flip topped with sliced banana, hot fudge sauce, a big scoop of ice cream frosting, and a cherry on top.
Maybe the best bowl of “ice cream” I’ve ever had. The combination of tastes was amazing, and you better believe I ate another big scoop of frosting straight from the container! This Flip was a billion times better than the key lime one; the coconut yogurt was perfection.
I only had to work a half shift today so once Adam got home we got to spend the entire day hanging out. He’s traveled a lot this year and I’ve really missed him. Speaking of which, I’m going to rush through Saturday’s (pathetic) eats so I can get back to snuggling.
Pomegranate Black Tea KeVita. Have you entered my giveaway yet?
Mac and cheese from the co-op hot bar.
2% Chobani Banana topped with sliced plums.
Buffalo chicken pizza with blue cheese and baby carrots.
And a giant bowl of popcorn with melted butter.
My popcorn bowl was actually too big for me and I couldn’t finish it…. who am I???
P.S. This is what’s happening beside me right now –
Why am I posting at 12:30, tomorrow would have been such a happier day if I had gotten into bed an hour ago? There isn’t much to share on the food front though, so at least I will keep this quick.
Breakfast didn’t happen at home, but thankfully my co-worker offered me her blueberry muffin (she bagged it at Wegman’s and then decided on hot bar instead).
I ate half. I’m not a big muffin person but this was pretty good.
I actually wasn’t supposed to work today, but was called in last night at the last-minute. Work = money, yay! But I had fun stuff planned with Adam that I was really bummed to miss and I was sort of in a funk this morning.
Lunch was a 0% Pear Chobani.
Holy frick I love that flavor so much! I tried one at FNCE and have been biding my time until they showed up in Buffalo.
Also a KeVita Living Green Sparkling Probiotic Drink.
Full disclosure – KeVita sent me some free coupons so I could sample their products. They sent me some extras to share with y’all too; stay tuned! I wasn’t expecting to love the drink, but then I did. It was so refreshing!
Adam was playing poker with friends all evening, so after work I took myself to a movie. I was seeing “Hansel and Gretel” so I didn’t even bother inviting other people. I’m still not sure why I was so obsessed with seeing the film but I did end up enjoying myself. I brought a .25 lb bag of candy for a themed movie snack but didn’t have time to take a picture. It was mostly conversation hearts and they were mostly disgusting.
Dinner didn’t happen until almost 10 pm and I’m still amazed that I managed to stick to my plan.
2 Quorn Cheeseburger patties* topped with some Cabot’s 50% sharp cheddar,
and a sliced cucumber sprinkled with lots of salt.
I also ate these Honey BBQ Smart Fries because I was too hungry to wait patiently for the patties to cook.
I enjoyed the flavor but it wasn’t worth getting seasoning all over my fingers versus the classic version.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend!
*Adam ate the other two Quorn patties when he got home from poker and proclaimed them to be “very good”
Did you know that I started my internship a week before the semester officially begins? The pediatric hospital I’m working with is in high demand and these dates were the only ones that worked for them. This is awesome because it means that I have a random free week in the middle of the semester. But it’s a little tricky because I haven’t gotten a ton of guidance; the meeting to review the expectations for our self-selected internships isn’t until next Monday!
The lack of guidance, coupled with my sub-clinical OCD, creates a few problems. For example, I know that we have to keep a journal that will help provide documentation to show what we did with our internship hours. I do not know exactly what is supposed to go in that journal. For now I’m recording every single freaking thing. Not surprisingly, journaling is taking forever. I worked most of the evening and have to wake up early tomorrow to get back at it.
As predicted, today’s lunch was delicious and filling. When I got home I snacked on a leftover Alexia Artisan Sweet Potato Roll with Smart Balance Light.
The rolls were even better leftover; they stayed very soft.
Also a Fig with Orange Zest Chobani Bite with 1/3 cup KIND Maple Walnut Clusters with Chia & Quinoa.
The granola was knock-your-socks-off good! I sampled some at FNCE and knew I had to buy a some immediately. Now Adam loves it too and I am predicting a fight as the bag gets lighter.
I drank a mug of tea with skim milk and sugar to warm up while I worked.
I so want to love tea but the cups I brew at home are too weak! I basically make (milky sweet) dirty water. This was 6 oz of water, microwaved for 90 seconds + 2 bags of Republic of Tea Red Velvet Tea steeped for 6 minutes. Where am I going wrong?!
Thank God Tasty Bite for a quick dinner.
I sautéed 2 pints of mushrooms in butter and evoo then tossed the packet of Vegetable Korma into the hot skillet. Split between two bowls, on top of a serving of Jasmine Rice each.
This is not a meal that photographs well (at all!), but it was damn tasty. Plus healthy and quick enough for a busy night.
I was still hungry after dinner (we’ve decided that we have temporarily ruined our stomachs with our out-of-control portion sizes and that we will probably just have to spend a few weeks being a bit hungry) so Adam and I split a minneola.
Gotta love citrus in the winter time!
Please help! Do you have any tea brewing tips for me?
Since I last blogged… Adam was out-of-town on one of his very last trips this year (yay!) and I lived on the couch eating Chinese food and laughing so loudly at “30 Rock” that I hurt my throat. We all had our parts to play.
I did occasionally peel off my his sweatpants, once to visit the hospital where I will be spending the next month. The final semester of my Coordinated Program is full-time internship hours – though I will actually being taking a history class too, to finish up my graduation requirements. The semester is split into thirds: 1 = clinical work at a major hospital, 2 = time in long-term care and independent work on a business plan, and 3 = placement of our choosing.
I chose a local children’s hospital so I could get more exposure to pediatric nutrition. For the next four weeks, I’ll be at the hospital (M-F, 8-4:00), trying to soak up as much as I can. I am so excited! I’ll be sure to share more details tomorrow.
Since I have to spend the next month rejoining the world of the living – aka showering regularly and eating meals that wouldn’t make my classmates wince! – I figured I would try to knock off my 30 days of blogging goal. We’ll see how long that lasts.
And my new camera? I’m on the fence. I’m missing the old version (I rebought the Sony Cybershot but in a newer model) and hoping that I’m just working my way through the learning curve. For today, I forgot to resize the photos and editing this post took way too long. I’ll have to let the pictures speak for themselves and keep my descriptions short…
Cascadian Farm Berry Cobbler Granola with fresh blackberries and the last of the vanilla cashew milk.
Argo Tea Hibiscus Tea Sangria. <– so refreshing!
Spicy avocado brown rice inari.
Dinner.
Chicken – cooked in the crock pot then shredded – tossed in my 1000 Island BBQ Sauce.
Roasted green beans.
An Alexia Artisan Sweet Potato Roll.
A few words on the rolls, since Alexia sent them to me to review – we liked them. I don’t know if I’d say loved, since potato bread isn’t one of my very favorites, but they were certinaly the best packaged bread product I’ve ever had. The rolls were fluffy with a nice crust and while the flavor didn’t scream sweet potato there was definitely a little something extra there. They were easy to cook (12 minutes in the oven) and each roll has 110 calories and 5 grams of protein.
I spread a little Smart Balance Light on the split roll after I snapped the photo and I quite enjoyed it.
What’s your favorite type of bread? Mine is sourdough, mmmn!
