Lunch was eaten in stages. First, a full cartoon of Dr. McDougall’s Minestrone Soup.
It was good, but a bit brothy.
I had a Zevia Twist along the side.
Second, was a fantabulous salad.
This salad was socks-rocking; lettuce base, shredded carrot, lite blue cheese dressing, dried fig, chopped pear.
My fabulous weekend (fueled by lots of booze) left me not so fabulously dazed. Jet-lag doesn’t even describe it, more like rocket-lagged! Unfortunately my Chemistry test preparation this afternoon paid the highest price.
I was exhausted when I went to bed last night (after 1:30!) so I told myself I could sleep in as long as I wanted. I got out of bed at 11, and it’s possible I should have stayed in until noon. Even sitting on the couch in a daze wore me out 🙂
I need manage to cobble together some lunch out of the husband’s leftovers from this weekend.
I steamed 3oz of broccoli in the microwave, then added 1/2C cooked quinoa, 1/2T worchestire, a few dashes chipotle tabasco, and 3T low fat mozzarella.
I rounded things out with a candy sample from my Foodbuzz swag.
The packaging was lovely and the carrot cake goodies inside were even better. They were nice and chewy. The serving was the whole box (3) but I ate two and left one for the husband.
I realized I was going to eat more candy if I stayed at home, and was getting nothing done anyways, so it was time to head to school. I got dressed in my ‘I worked in New York City” duds,
and even pulled out the big guns.
Sadly, none of this helped me to do any studying this afternoon. I went to the library to print of the class notes and ended up doing more dazed sitting until it was time for the test. Shockingly, I think the test went really well! I felt very confident and I’m excited to get my grade back.
During class I snacked on my last 18 Rabbits bar, Haute Diggity Date.
This is my last taste of SF until my swag box gets here from Fed-Ex.
I got home at 8:30 and got started on dinner. Someone commented last week that it is hard to eat well on a budget, so I give you the main component of tonight’s dinner –
and in fact, this would have been a twofer meal with leftovers had I not dropped half of it on the floor 😦
But drop I did, so I will give the recipe for a two-serving portion – Cauliflower Patties
I served mine on top of a lettuce base, drizzled with 1T light blue cheese dressing.
Delish! I also shared a Zevia with the pilgrims.
On the agenda for the rest of the evening? A trip to Wendy’s to redeem some frosty coupons, couch cuddling and an episode of Bones, and a bit of unpacking. Tomorrow I’m going to school with the husband in the morning so I’m not sure what the posting situation will be. Sleep tight, don’t let the bedbugs bite!
What have you made into patties? I’m a fan of pretty much any veggie/meat in patty form, in fact, we are having something similar for dinner tomorrow!
I’m sorry to do another quickie (that’s what HE said, ba-zing!) but I have a test tomorrow and my flight didn’t get in until midnight.
This morning Camile and I walked down to Pier 39 to see the sea lions one more time.
I think I’m in love!
After a quick shower and pack-up we made our way over to Café Lulu for a goodbye brunch. They had a make your own bloody mary bar!
I also had some pear and frisee salad,
and a bit of soufflé.
It was a good breakfast.
On my first flight I ate a KIND Plus bar,
and a serving of veggie chips from Oh! Nuts,
and a Cliff Mojo Bar.
It was a five hour flight!
I had a quick layover, during which I spotted a Freshens. Not getting some wasn’t an option.
Small cup of fat free pecan praline, so worth the $3.59 and lack of real dinner.
Now I’ve got to get some Zzzzzs so I can hope not to fail my Chem test tomorrow. I had a fabulous time this weekend, San Francisco was great and it really was a joy to connect with the other bloggers. I met so many people who I deeply respect and had many good conversations. Thanks Foodbuzz!
Challenge Balance – $35.30
Hello, hello, hello! Sorry to skip out for the weekend but I had a fabulous time. I flew to Ohio (with a bunch of other family members) to celebrate my grandmother’s 80th birthday. We did party/family time all weekend, which meant TONS of cake! I missed the husband a lot but I had a great time, my family is so funny! This post won’t be as detailed, due to length, and if you get too bored skip to the bottom to find the winners of the Zevia contest.
Friday we had to get up nice and early to make it to the airport for my 6:35am flight. I was hungry when I got to the airport but it seemed early and I knew I would sleep my first flight so I decided to wait.
On my layover I got egg and cheese on a cheddar jalopeno bagel.
It was very tasty but I dropped half on the floor so I only ate half of it.
I was so excited when I finally got in to the Dayton airport!
My mom and grandma picked me up and we drove over to Tipp City to do some shopping (also the location of my grandmother’s surprise party!). We saw all sorts of fun things.
Nana (grandma) was impossible to get to her surprise party, she kept insisting the chosen restaurant was too nice, too slow, etc. I finally had to pretend I was going to pee my pants if we didn’t at least go in to the restroom! When she saw all of her friends she was so surprised she cried!
My mom and my aunt (who flew up with my mom a few days earlier than me) did such a good job planning and decorating!
We did a party lunch at Coldwater Cafe and it was very nice. I got a bloody mary to drink.
And for lunch I split – more halfs! – a turkey pannini (with artichoke spread and cheese) with my mom.
I ignored the chips but the sandwich was great.
My grandmother cried when she opened her presents and again when they brought in the cake!
I am not really a chocolate cake fan so I took a small bite and then packed up the rest to bring home to Paps (grandpa). I also packed up all the bread from the table baskets. My family teased me but they are either going to use it again, ewww, or throw it out, wasteful.
We got to go home long enough to pick up my grandpa and then we – me, my mom, my aunt, my grandparents, and the dog – squeezed into the car for a long drive to Toledo where my uncle lives. I seriously can not handle how funny my family is, we had such a good time!!
We were running late when we got there so we had a quick dinner from Wendy’s. I got a baked potato with broccoli and cheese.
I also ate one of my pumpkin cheesecake cupcake/muffins, so good!
My uncle is a high school football coach so we went to watch his team. It was their last game of the season, against their biggest rival, and they whooped them, so it was a lot of fun. My uncle had the marching band play happy birthday to Nana and she cried again!
After the game we went to a ‘end of season’ party my uncle was throwing for the other coaches. I had a small vodka and coke,
and a small slice of pizza.
And then there was more cake and more tears!
Quite a night was had by all 🙂
For Saturday breakfast I had an English muffin with homemade strawberry jam and scrambled eggs.
We spent the morning having family time before we headed to another birthday party, this one for my cousin’s baby! Lunch was buffet style at the party.
Cheesy potatoes,
fruit,
and veggies.
And of course more cake – I just ate the icing off this piece.
Over the course of the party I sipped a beer
and had a good time hanging with my mommy and grandma.
My mom, aunt, and I (all Virgin Islanders) walked to and from the party because it was so exciting to be cold! It was sad saying goodbye to my cousins but then the six of us packed back into the car and headed back to my grandparents’ house. More uproarious fun was had, including the hilarious/horrifying realization that my grandmother – who was driving – talks with her hands a lot!
It was Halloween, so I broke out some fancy chocolate I bought for the occasion.
We all had a small piece.
When we got home we had to rush to get dressed before meeting my grandparents’ best friends for dinner. It was a great last meal. I had a bloody mary again, to which I added a ton of Siracha and sizzled my mouth off!
My grandmother shared her side salad with me,
and she and Rose gave me their martini olives.
They are both amazing and both happen to read the blog, hi guys!
I also had a small piece of bread.
I was torn on ordering but when the waitress said unlimited toppings on the flat bread pizza I was sold! I asked for roasted red pepper, green peppers, red onions, caramelized onions, tomato, spinach, and mushrooms.
Mmmn. I ate 3/5 pieces.
It was another late night and I think we left my grandparents thoroughly exhausted!
This morning my mom and I both had 6:50 flights so it was another early trip to the airport. Goodbyes were easy; I see my grandparents for Turkey Day and my mommy and aunt for Christmas!
For reasons explained in the next post, I packed my own breakfast. A banana from my grandmother’s house,
and a seasonal Pumpkin Spice Cliff Bar from home.
My flights were all blissfully uneventful. I was very excited to see the husband at the airport. Apparently he went to a Halloween party last night so I’ll have to track down some pictures of his costume. He made himself spaghetti this weekend so I had a big bowl of that (doctored with mozarella and red pepper flakes) while I wrote this monster post.
My fingers are exhausted, it is definitely time to say Goodbye! I will “see” you all this evening, hope everyone else had a good weekend!
I used a random integer generator to choose the winners.
Runners Up who receive a mixed six pack
Grand Prize Winner who receives a mixed case
Winners – shoot me an e-mail (emilyhwaxATgmail.com) by Tuesday morning to claim your prize!
Good afternoon! Volunteering went well, and now I’m making a quick stop in at home before I head to campus. I have materials to print, so I have to go early, and I figure if I go super early maybe I’ll get some work done. I have a quiz this Thursday so this will be a busy week.
For lunch I decided to try the salad bar.
I was worried about spending more than my voucher so I only took a little food. However, the total ended up being $2.99, guess I should have gotten a little more! I had a little bit of pasta salad,
tuna salad with artichoke hearts,
and spring mix lettuce with carrots, peas, black olives, hot sauce, blue cheese crumbles, and vinegarette.
After volunteering I hit up the hospital coffee stand for a great pumpkin latte.
Mmmn. I love seasonal things!
I’m off to campus!
What is your favorite October food? Mine is pumpkin lattes or my pumpkin pie smoothies.
I was losing my motivation after the last post – I was hungry and distracted and I could feel myself spacing out. However, my test is this Friday so I distracted myself with a piece of gum and buckled down.
I chipped away at the reading I’m behind on and have almost finished all of my notecards for the material on the test.
Lunch was another taco salad, I’m still not sick of these! I would like to say I put the bowl beside my work and took ladylike bites, but that happened for all of 30seconds before the shoveling began 🙂
Mmmmn. I also snacked on one serving of roasted peanuts.
I’ve got to rush off again, I’m heading to the post office and then meeting a study buddy at the Spot. See you for dinner!
What is your favorite flavor of gum? I was actually going to cry when I found out that Cherry Coke Bubblicious had been discontinued! In general I don’t chew a lot of gum (Trident White once every few months) but in high school I chomped constantly!
I made it to campus in time to print off my materials and reschedule a study session with my chemistry friend. Class went well, we got out 10minutes early which is always exciting 🙂
When I got home the husband and I did a photo shoot to show off our new produce.
Check out our funny sized apples! The small one is called a “Mini,” but that pregnant Kate Gossling of an apple is actually just a Honeycrisp.
Adam and I split the biggie (in fact he did lots of sharing tonight, thanks hubby!), I ate my portion on a salad.
It was quite a good salad, it had arugula, chopped apple, shredded carrots, a few peanuts and ~1T of Adam’s creamy italian salad dressing.
I ate dinner in courses, each item alone, but it all added up to be a great meal.
After the salad was a tropical smoothie.
~1/2C Goya passionfruit pulp, ~1C frozen tropical fruit blend, ~1/2C oj. It was tasty, but a little too tart, I only drank about 2/3 of it.
Next Adam was the sweetest bear ever and shared 2 chicken nuggets with me.
And finally I ate some roasted butternut squash.
I spritzed it with evoo; sprinkled with salt, pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg; and roasted for 20minutes at 475*.
Actually, finally was dessert. I prepped this Chocolate Peanut Butter Quick Bread my mom sent awhile ago while I drank my smoothie.
I did a lot of spoon-licking while I made it, but I saved room for a small piece.
It was good, chocolate bread with gooey peanut butter chips.
I’m heading to bed so I can get up early tomorrow. This week is off to a good start!
What foods do you like to “borrow” from your significant other? In general Adam’s food choices are a little less healthy than mine, but I usually don’t have any junk-envy. However, those frozen chicken nuggets are to die for!
No, no, no; I hate JT! Although I did eat at his restaurant in nyc once….. I meant just–in time, as in I got my flu shot just in time because it is frickin’ freezing!
There were lots of little bumps this morning, but the important things ran smoothly. Apparently I do Not like green Rockstars, I took 4sips before I decided it was inedible unquaffable. Then it was so cold outside I had to come back in for a hoodie which threw me off schedule. And when I stopped at the bank on the way home I got frozen out of my account and fixing the issue was annoying and slow. However, I had a good quickie workout – 25minutes on the treadmill for 2.4miles and 250calories – and I have my flu shot for this season!
Before my shower I rescheduled my doctor’s appointment and made some other business calls; my must do to-do’s for the day are all done! Which is good, because after my shower I wasted a ton of time sitting on the couch warming up. Finally, however, the thought of lunch prompted me to get dressed.
Taco salads = yum!
I’ve been drooling over these chips on blogs for months so I was so excited when I received free sample coupons in the mail! My grocery store didn’t have the flavors I was looking for (Buffalo!), but Lime sounded good. It was tasty, but I’m going to keep looking for the spice.
Alongside I had another sample, a small glass of Kiwi POM juice.
This new flavor will be in stores in a few months, definitely keep an eye out for it!
I’m going to Hulu “Mercy” while I eat, so I’ve got to skedaddle before it gets cold. See you after class!
Have you had your flu shot yet? Are you planning on it? Everyone should. There is no medically supported reason not to and getting the shot protects your health.
