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Borrowed

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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.

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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.

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Adam and I split the biggie (in fact he did lots of sharing tonight, thanks hubby!), I ate my portion on a salad.

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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.

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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.

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~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.

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And finally I ate some roasted butternut squash.

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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.

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I did a lot of spoon-licking while I made it, but I saved room for a small piece.

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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!

Dinner Was Roasted and Orange

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Not exactly my proudest day, you can go ahead and just call me Super Sloth!  I felt like crap so I took a solid 2hour nap.  Plus I’ve been so. frickin. hungry. all. day.  I feel like all I did is eat and sleep but there was literally no reprieve from the hunger!  After the many meals I posted earlier I ate this before dinner.

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Healthy.  But I’d been wanting chips all day so I finally walked to the gas station and went with it.  And that was before dinner mind you!

Dinner was actually pretty good.  It started yesterday when I marinated 2blocks of tofu overnight.  Usually we make 1block at a time but then there is never leftovers for more than one person.  Since I have class tomorrow I decided to try a double batch.

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Asian Orange Tofu Bake, serves 6

  • 2blocks extra firm tofu, drained and lightly pressed
  • 2C orange juice
  • 4T cornstarch
  • 1T soy sauce
  • 4T rice vinegar
  • 2T chipotle oil (or any spicy oil; you could also use evoo and just add red pepper flakes)
  • 1T honey
  1. Slice each block of tofu into 7 pieces and set aside.
  2. In a large tupperware, stir together oj and cornstarch to mix.
  3. Add the rest of the marinade ingredients and stir to combine.
  4. Place the tofu slices in the marinade, making sure each piece is fully covered.  Cover and let sit for 2hours or overnight.
  5. Remove slices from marinade and place in a single layer on a foiled and sprayed baking sheet.
  6. Bake for 25minutes at 450*.
  7. ***Tip – we reserved our leftover marinade to cook with broccoli later this week.

I also roasted up some butternut squash with salt, pepper, and a bit of nutmeg.  I was so excited to see this convenient package at Wegmans.

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Finally, I used a sample from Annie Chun’s on the side.

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These rice bowls have two servings each and are quick, healthy, and tasty.

Dinner was very starchy and orange upon second glance, but rather good.

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I’m not gonna lie though, I’m still hungry.  The husband just said I was a fatty!!  I will most likely have a snack, even though I know that it’s probably unnecessary.  I am also still pretty sleepy, so in spite of the nappage, I will probably go to bed early tonight.  We’re wild and crazy around here 🙂

Tomorrow I must go to the gym, work on Chemistry, and go to class (duh).  What are your big goals for Hump Day?

*****Updated – You know ate more crap!  I used a Wholly Wholesome sample to bake cookies!

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Lazy Hazy Days of Summer

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Hi there folks!  Was anyone else feeling lazy in the heat today?  I just couldn’t seem to get going, ever!  In my defense, originally, my alarm clock didn’t go off so I got a late start.  I pushed myself out the door and headed to Starbucks for a study session.

I did breakfast there since I felt bad bringing in my own food, a low fat spinach feta wrap,

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and a small Naked Green Machine juice.

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All together:

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Way to go Starbucks, I couldn’t believe how good this was!  I will certainly be going back to order this wrap again, it had great flavor and chew.  Plus I hit every food group and got a tasty meal for just 410 calories.

My study efforts were not as successful.  The table next to me (after intense eavesdropping I think it was a girl and her landlord who was also her boss) had the longest, loudest conversation!  But even after they left I couldn’t focus.  I ended up working from 10:30 – 12:00, staring into space for another half an hour, and then calling it quits.  I came how to veg out and was very happy about it 🙂

Plus I had a great lunch.

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I’ll be honest though, I started with dessert.

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After my row of Riter Sport I had roasted yellow squash,

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roasted cauliflower, and

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carrot salad (the recipe is posted here).

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Also a serving of Asiago cheese.

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I spent some serious time enjoying Bones, and I enjoyed a few too many of these salt water taffies my parents brought us from Hilton Head (they went to a wedding before visiting us) too.

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I’d like to say it stopped there, but I ended up eating a bunch of other random crap throughout the afternoon.  First I stole some of A’s chicken nuggets,

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yes they are dino shaped, and yes he is 23.  And then I ate 1/4C of peanuts.

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Finally I realized I wasn’t getting full so I made myself stop and just wait for dinner.  I think part of the problem was boredom and part was being tired.

Dinner was easy peasy:  quinoa, topped with canned seasoned mustard greens, and baked tofu.  Plus a sprinkle of goat cheese.

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The tofu I drained, pressed, thinly sliced, rubbed with rice vinegar, rubbed with maple syrup, sprinkled with jerk seasoning, and cooked at 475 for 20minutes.

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I made another cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk and no sugar added CIB (this time in vanilla) to drink with dinner.

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I got a very very exciting package in the mail the other day (can you guess what it is?) and I refuse to open it until my CIB is gone.

Husband and I are planning on going out for dessert later but I’ll post about that in the morning.  This summer is not going to be successful until I start following a bedtime!  Peace.

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