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Caramel Crab and Beef on Weck Roll

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It’s been a busy past 24hours, the husband I have managed to pack in a LOT of fun!  We started by staying up half the night watching “Dollhouse;” what are we, in college?!?  Adam shared one of his Kashi cookies with me around 1am.

This “morning” didn’t begin until after 10am 😉  But I did start the day off right with a tasty breakfast sandwich.

An onion roll topped with Crofter’s Superfruit Spread, a slice of reduced fat colby jack cheese, and 2 eggs.

I use the microwave method for the eggs (which I whisked a bit of Buffalo sauce into) and they came out so fluffy.

Then we piled in the car for another mini roadtrip.  Adam’s friend from his lab invited us to her wedding reception and it was held upstate.  They actually got married in St. Thomas (hometown represent!) a few months ago, so the party had a tropical theme.

The husband and I split a strawberry daquiri,

and a small plate of chocolate fountain food.

We actually cut out early and missed dinner, so we decided to get sushi once we got back to Buffalo.

The husband has been craving sushi so we checked out a place we walked by a few weeks ago, Sea Bar.  They had great aqua accoutrements,

and complementary spiced popcorn.

For our actual appetizer the husband and I split a Miso Caramel Crab roll.

So tasty!  The roll was tempura’d with cream cheese, green onions, and crab, then topped with miso spiked caramel.

The four bites were enough to satisfy my sushi fix, so I went with salmon for dinner.

It came well done with roasted pineapple salsa and egg fu young.  I passed the eggs to Adam but devoured my fish.

Among other things, the husband ordered a Beef of Weck roll.

Fun!

After dinner we kept the date going with a trip to Delish for ice-cream.  I got a Love Potion # 9,

sweet cream raspberry ice cream with lavender.  Swoon, the lavender gave such a great aftertaste.

The salmon and ice cream were quite tasty, but honestly, I’m still flipping starving!  I’ve been hungry since I went to bed last night and it’s been driving me crazy.  Once I get this published I’m actually going to go get a sandwich!

What is your favorite type of sushi roll?  I’m not often brave enough to go beyond veggies, but one time in Brooklyn Adam and I had a roll with bananas in it that was divine.

Best Day in Boston

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Today has been our best day of vacation yet!  We’ve done all sorts of Boston things and did lots of walking.  We’ve been doing some serious eating too.

After everyone was showered and ready this morning it was almost noon by the time we left the apartment.  The late hour makes it far less strange that we started the day with froyo.  I think I’ve found my heaven –

The flavor choices, oh the flavor choices!  I went with oreo, cookie dough, nutella.

It was amazing but I still only managed to eat half of it.  We’ll be back tomorrow!

Then we headed into the city to wander through Quincy Market.

We did some people watching and walked around the piers,

before setting on the Barking Crab for lunch.

Check out the view from our table –

It was a great choice, I finally got my seafood fix!

I ordered the fresh lobster roll, which came with fries and cole slaw.

Everything was fresh and wonderful.  My lobster roll had huge hunks of meat in it and I drowned my fries in malt vinegar.  I ate everything except for my bun.

Next we hopped on the T and headed back up to Harvard Square, where I spotted a Ben and Jerry’s truck.

Free ice cream?!?  Who turns that down.

I only ate half of it but it was still pretty exciting.

Our friend Ian rejoined us (with his roomate) and that point and we ended up in an outside cafe with a pitcher of sangria.

We took the party to an (inside) bar so the boys could play pool once the rain threatened our fun.  FYI – other than what I show in booze I stuck with diet coke and water for most of the day.  I also munched on an apple I had in my purse.

Doesn’t everyone do that when they’re in bars?

For dinner we headed to Deep Ellum, our friends’ favorite spot in their neighborhood.  They had an impressively innovative drink menu, lots of absinthe and elderberry liquor.  I went with the Vanilla Flip.

Brandy, vanilla syrup, egg, bitters.  It was shockingly good, it tasted just like Christmas!

For an appetizer Nikki and I split a soft pretzel.

And apparently I was hungry for dinner because I was halfway done before I remembered to take the picture!

That’s the last 1/3 of my vegan seitan burger and fries.  Again, I ate everything minus the bun.

We did a lot of “vacation eating” today; fries and ice-cream x2!?  As I mentioned before, I’m not going to miss out on fun foodie chances in Boston, but I did try to keep things in check by doing lots of walking, not drinking too much booze, and skipping the caloric items that don’t excite me (like sandwich buns).

We are actually heading back out in an hour or so because Ian’s friends are having a party, but I’d rather not deal with my camera this evening.  You can assume I’ll have 1-2beers and then stick with water.  Tomorrow we are squeezing in as much as possible during the day and then driving back to Buffalo in the evening.  I’m not sure when I’ll get a chance to post again.

Are there any items you always skip when eating out?  I love bread bread – bagels, our sourdough loaves, or naan – but since sandwich bread doesn’t rock my socks I’d just as soon skip it.

Getting All the Bad Stuff Out of the Way

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Hello from Boston!  Sorry I didn’t check in yesterday, it ended up being kind of an insane day.  I’ll keep this post short too, because there is vacation fun to be had outside!

The morning was spent packing (sort of, I kind of just throw stuff into a suitcase and hope for the best) and we piled into the car around noon.  Adam took his last final of the 1st year of medical school in the morning, everyone say “congrats, Adam!”

I ate a 2% Fage with Strawberry once we got on the road.

As well as a half serving of Guylian shells.

Adam drove the first half and by the time we stopped somewhere that had actual food it was my turn to drive.  I did the best I could with “lunch” at Starbucks.

Chocolate Banana smoothie with skim milk and whey protein.

Not good.  But I gagged my way through 2/3 of it because I was hungry.

It was so exciting to see Nikki!  We spent forever finding parking for the car and ended up at Coolidge Corner for drinks.  I got a Woodchuck Cider.

When our friend Ian arrived we headed across the street for sushi.  I was starving (all I had eaten all day was a yogurt and part of a smoothie) so I went with something that sounded big, The Volcano Roll.

Plus it sounded neat, which it was –

It was a great mix of textures and flavors (spicy!) and a lot of fun to eat.  The mushrooms were delicious.  Everyone at the table had their chopsticks in it.

It was also super filling so I only had about 2/3 of it.  If only I had known…..

We walked down to Sunset Bar next, Adam and my favorite place to visit because of their awesome beer selection.  I was thrilled to see 21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon on the menu.

Perhaps you remember it from the Foodbuzz Festival?  I also got super excited about the watermelon theme and ordered a housemade watermelon soda.

Yummy, but I’m not really a sugar soda gal so I took a few sips and shared the rest.

A couple notes here – I had two drinks.  I was not drunk.  I only took a few small sips of my sweet soda.  My meal was rich but I didn’t eat that much because I shared.

I came home and got so sick!  Like insane, projectile, whimpering sick.  It was a bit ridiculous.  I’ve had bad reactions to random foods before and this felt like a similar experience so I can only assume that there was something in the sushi my body didn’t like.  I felt a lot better when I was done throwing up but the whole experience was so frustrating!

But I’m feeling better now, so it’s time to get out a conquer the world! (and get some coffee)

Have you ever gotten sick on a vacation?  I have terrible luck with vacation sickness, I’ve thrown up in more airport terminals than I can count!

Sunday, Study Sunday

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It’s almost Monday, I hope everyone had a great weekend!  Today started off with some glitching, but ended up being quite productive (and fun!).  Continuing with my oh-so-healthy late night habits [insert sarcasm here] I’m going to work on some homework after posting so I’ve got to keep this quick.

And I’ll use my quickness excuse [see above] to not have to explain why breakfast looked like this –

I’d been excited about key lime since this month’s custard calendar first came out, but sadly it was a bust.  No tang at all, it basically tasted like vanilla which I hate.  I ate less than 1/3 of it.

I was disappointed about my ice-cream and my few bites fully kick-started my hunger the result of which, sadly, was a bit of a temper tantrum when we got home [blush] 😦  Thankfully the sweetest man on earth, aka my husband, saved the day by suggesting we go out to lunch before heading to our study session.

Pearl Street + lunch =

– sun =

2nd time’s the charm!

We decided to split lunch which worked out perfectly (although we ate off a communal plate so I don’t have photos of my portions; you can assume I ate roughly half).  We had our own drinks though, the husband can consume a beer and still study but my light-weight tendencies meant I guzzled iced tea instead.

To start we got a bowl of the Gouda Soup.

Holy yum!  It was a blend of smoked Gouda and the house made Lighthouse Ale.  I pretty much adore soups with booze in them.

As well as the fish fry.

I could tell it was well done but this pretty much confirmed my idea that I don’t like fried things that are not french fries.  The fries, however, got doused with malt vinegar and rocked my socks.

After lunch we spent the rest of the day (3pm-10pm) studying at The Spot.  I got a ton done for Tuesday’s Anthropology exam (basically all the stuff I should have been doing the past 3weeks).  At one point in the afternoon I ordered a medium iced coffee with skim milk and amaretto syrup.

And for dinner I went with the pizza bagel.

Yummy, and the perfect studying “carrot.”  Cut into 8ths and eaten at 5page intervals this meal lasted more than 1.5hours.

During our one (extended) study break the husband and I actually had a long talk about factory farming / welfare / American food production / corn / etc.  The end consensus is that we’ve been shopping based on $ since moving to Buffalo and we are going to make a much bigger effort for now on to only purchase sustainably and morally farmed meat and dairy products.

Now we are home, and I’m munching on the last of the fresh pineapple.

I’m planning on staying up to work on this homework assignment so I’m not sure what tomorrow’s deal will be.  I hope everyone else gets to bed early in preparation for another work week!

What guides your meat and dairy purchases?  Nutrition, money, morals, other, or some combination of the above?

Booze and Board Games

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It’s been a very enjoyable evening, but it’s also a late evening (after midnight) and I’ve got an early morning tomorrow (open house at Buffalo State) so I’ll keep it quick.

I ended up only eating half of my sandwich and giving the rest to Adam.  If you’re concerned I’m not feeling myself, not to worry, I completely killed my diet dr. pepper and jalapeno poppers 🙂

I did make myself a tasty snack a couple of hours later though.

A cup of Eggnog’n Tea (it was 40* out today!),

and 3spoons of lemon curd with a serving of Biscoff cookies.

Yumtastic!  The combo of flavors there was truly toe-curling.

Some friends came over to hang out and eventually we headed to dinner.  We had to go back to Cozumel’s so that they could experience it 😉

I tried to keep my hands off the chips this time,

but only because I knew that we had a plate of fried cactus coming.

A few of us split this appetizer (I had about 1/3) and were all pretty impressed.

Drinks were flowing so I ordered the Tequilla Popper Up.

Tequilla, 7-Up, and grenadine.  So-so, I ended up sharing it with the husband.

And for dinner I ordered the Donnie Brasco Quesadilla fresh shrimp, homemade basil pesto, roasted red pepper & smoked gouda stuffed in a flour tortilla.

It was very, very tasty.  However, I only ate about half of my meal, choosing instead to decimate Adam’s fries; my booze wasn’t the best influence.

After dinner we all headed over to another friend’s house to play some board games.  We did some serious We Didn’t Playtest This At All and Pictionary.  I had a half sweet/half regular coffee,

but the caffeine didn’t keep me from losing at everything!

Hope everyone else had a fabulous evening!

A New Favorite

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Sorry for the late post, but I did have tons of fun!  I also apologize for the daily long postage (as opposed to three a day), it looks like that’s going to be the norm around here for a while.  The next three weeks are chockfull of exams; not like I did much studying today but you know!

I ate breakfast around 10:30 – just what happens when you wake up after 9! – so leftover green tuna enchilladas just felt right.

Amazingly, these were even more tasty after a day in the fridge!

I picked up the husband around 1 and we sat in the campus cafe to study a bit before class.  I’m not sure what has been up with my intensely specific cravings lately but today’s was for frozen coffee.  I just went with it…

A couple of thoughts – 1) I could make a frozen coffee at home for less calories and $ so this was a little silly; 2) this ended up being outrageously good and I’m so glad I got it!  I ordered the ‘Jamaican Me Cooler’ because it made me giggle and it ended up having coconut in it 🙂

Before my next class, a couple of hours later, I got sucked in by another beverage.

I adore Naked juice, coconut is pretty much my favorite thing, and the new nutritional stats looked good.

This was good but not as impressive as I was hoping for; I’d probably just drink a coconut water next time and save the calories.  It’s always good to get in some servings of fruit though!

I ended up having a pop quiz in Chemistry (?!?!) and even though we had leftovers about and a dinner plan it didn’t take too much for Adam to talk me into a dinner out.

We wandered over to Cozumel Grill and Tequilla Bar, a place we’ve been eyeing on all our recent walks,

and it’s our new favorite place on Earth!  Seriously, we might have just developed an obsession.  There were at least 10 things each that Adam and I were dying to try on the menu!  And they brought out complementary housemade tortilla chips and salsa.

I freaking dived into that basket, these chips were even better than the ones from Burrito Bar in Brooklyn.

For dinner I went with the Maryland Blue Crab Quesadilla.

So good!  Everything was super fresh and this felt so high-brow for a quesadilla.  I shared 1/4 with the husband who was pretty much in love as well.  We have plans to go back asap!

I hope everyone else had a great day.  Pleasant dreams and happy Fridaying.

How do you discover new restaurants?  I definitely look at Yelp for specific cravings but in general we find things by wandering around new neighborhoods.

Something Fishy

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I don’t think it’s just a Monday thing, there is definitely something fishy going on with my head-space.  I’ve been falling asleep more easily, but waking up multiple times a night, often just before my alarm goes off (often causing me to reset the alarm to a later time).  I’ve been totally distracted – my to-do list was practically untouched today – and getting out of bed feels like waking the dead.  I felt like I was peeling myself up at the late hour of 9:30 this morning.

My late wake up hour couldn’t interfere with my trip to the volunteer services office at the hospital though.  I ended up throwing jeans and a jacket over my nightgown!

I’m probably the classiest class-less person you know 😉

I wanted to speak to the volunteer office in person because I had to tell them I still won’t be volunteering until after May 7th.  I can only get to volunteering via a longish walk, and I’m pretty much useless there unless I’m running things up and down the stairs.  I felt badly, especially because I’m probably done with volunteering once summer school starts, but my leg was killing me on the walk there which helped me know it was a good decision.

On the way home I stopped into the gas station for a coffee.

I went with my usual half/half method – equal parts vanilla creme (unsweetened) and English toffee cappuccino (sweetened).

I want to say the caffeine gave me the study boost I needed, but it was more like I stared at my Chem book without moving for 1.5hours, grrrrr!  I did make an inspired sort of lunch.

I topped a everything bagel thin with 1 microwaved egg and a slice of buffalo wing cheese.

And I burnt some kale chips for a side.

Tasty, and I did manage to take some notes while I ate.

I need some advice.  This is my new $19 one piece from Old Navy –

Nevermind the fact that I clearly have been eating too many nachos, please tell me this suit doesn’t look completely ridiculous in a sport-swim capacity??  I’m planning on heading to the South Campus gym pool this Wednesday to make like a fish.

I had to pick up some stuff – dry cleaning and the husband! – but I ate another egg for some pre-workout protein.  This time hard boiled.

Today’s workout was less ‘exotic,’ by exciting in its own rite.  I slooooowly hiked up the gym stairs so that I could have a stretch/strength workout using actual equipment.  The gym was packed and I hurt my leg on the stairs, so we ended up working out for about 15minutes, but it was a nice idea!

After our “work out” we did take a walk.  Our tax refund came today and we were pretty pleased, so we took a trip to the bank and for some celebratory ice-cream.  I waited all winter to try out Sweet Tooth.

It was adorable, they had awesome looking cookies, and even had serving sizes that were ACTUAL serving sizes; we’ll be back!  I got a “baby” cup of cannoli ice-cream.

Delish.  It was marscapone flavored ice-cream with chocolate chips and pieces of cannoli dough.  I’ve never actually eaten a cannoli (I know, I know!) but I loved this.

Post-shower (and another intense staring off into space session, wtf?!?), we threw together an Easy Peasy dinner.

  1. I boiled 7oz dry rotini pasta according to the box directions.  In the last 3minutes of cook time I stirred in 7oz frozen artichoke hearts and 1cup frozen peas into the pot.  Then I drained the pasta/veggies and returned them to the pot.
  2. Meanwhile, I sautéed 1 chopped onion over medium heat.  When the onion was browned I added 2T butter,2T  flour, and 2T half and half to the pan.  I stirred and gave the mixture time to thicken.
  3. Finally I poured my onions and sauce into the pot with the veggies and pasta, along with10 oz boneless skinless canned salmon, and stirred to combine.

It doesn’t look like much, but for how simple it was this dish was tasty and healthy.  (Note – this recipe makes 4 servings)

As soon as my teeth are brushed I’m going to curl up in bed with a magazine and hopefully fall asleep pretty quickly.  I do not have time in tomorrow’s agenda for sitting/staring.  Sweet dreams.

Have you ever had a cannoli?  What’d you think?

Another Recipe Tease

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Alrighty, I’m here for a sour-puss post, as promised.  I got my Chem score back and let’s just say I will be working my butt off for the rest of the semester.  I actually still have an A in the class overall, but I’d like to make sure I keep it.  I didn’t get my Anthro test back yet because class was canceled.  That would have been more exciting had I known before I sprint/limped through the rain to get there.  My leg hurt a lot, but I took advantage of the “found time” and gave myself 45minutes to read a magazine 😀

I also had time to do some Chemistry reading while I waited for my next class.  I snacked on a package of Strawberry Pomegranate Teather while I worked.

The fruit leather was hard-core delicious, but I was starving by the time I got home.  Hunger coupled with major leg pain lead me to the peanut butter M&M’s.

I ended up having three handfuls!  I would have been better off sitting down with a small plate of real food.

Dinner was a healthier situation.

I wish I could share this recipe, Italian Style Gumbo, with you but it’s for another contest!  It was delicious though, and I promise to make a recipe page soon.

When I get up tomorrow I’ve got to pack for our PA trip and I’d like to squeeze in a workout too so bedtime is in order.  I hope everyone else had an irritation-free day!