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Hit the Spot

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(Amazingly) it feels good to be home!  The husband and I spent several hours studying at The Spot and I’m happy to say I’m ready ahead for the Spring semester.  This semester I’ll be taking the Chem II course and lab, but also an Anthropology course and I want to make sure I’m prepared to be a little busier.  I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can get forced into another course (or find a job!) but for now I’m happy with what I’ve got.

The Spot has great coffee so I ordered a tasty Americano, with skim milk, to drink.

I actually packed a KIND bar to snack on but when I saw Adam’s sandwich I knew I had to order one too –

Spicy Tuna Panini with cajun sauce, spinach, and pepperjack; count me in!  And it came with a pickle.

Post-studying we went to Anderson’s for froyo.

We split a Dirty Snow, chocolate custard with Oreo, marshmallow, and sprinkles.

Adam actually went over to a guy friend’s house to kill zombies but my foot couldn’t handle being in a shoe any longer so I’m entertaining myself by my lonesome.  I hope everyone else had a great Saturday.

Merry Christmas

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Happy Holidays Blog Readers!  I dragged my whole family to school so I’ll keep this quick.  I don’t have many food pictures today, so I’ll take a moment to show off all the red and green I’ve been rocking this week –

After my last blog post I spent the day setting up for our Christmas Eve bash.  I had some random snacks for lunch; carrots,

a Hello Dolly,

a few nuts,

and half of a tuna salad sandwich.

I did lots of nibbling during the party but I ended up not taking any pictures.  My parents had the lights low and there were a TON of people in our little house so I ended up skipping it.  A fabulous time was had by all though.

Christmas morning with my parents and husband was wonderful.  Just 3 years ago today, Adam was proposing to me under the Christmas tree!!!

My mom and I made a great, festive breakfast.

I had an eggnog scone that was super tasty, I plan on buying more packs from this company.

And we made scrambled eggs with red and green bell pepper and white cheddar.

Plus I had a small glass of nog, I think I actually like Silk Soy Nog the very best!

My dad’s sister’s family is flying in in a few hours and then we are all going over to my mom’s sister’s family’s house for dinner.  Merry Christmas, Everyone!

Midnight Snack Recap

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Apparently last night was all about the sugar.

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The chocolates were from Kikoman – one was plain and one had soy sauce in it – Adam and I split them.

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We both agreed that the soy sauce enhanced the flavor, but I think I would stick to something like sea salt (a la Lindt) rather than an enhancer with quite so much flavor.

The Frostys don’t count towards the challenge because they are free.  Adam donated to a charity awhile back and was given a sheet of coupons for free jr frostys.  The kiss wasn’t quite free, a lifetime commitment is a pretty high price from where I’m sitting 🙂

We were up until 1:30 (whoops) and I ended up also eating  a bowl of tuna salad.

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We go light on the miracle whip and heavy on the pickle relish.

This morning I drove to school with the husband so I can work at the campus library.  I’m going for a gym trip with him and some friends when they are done with class this afternoon.  Hopefully I’ll be back with a breakfast post at some point, because that will mean I’ve checked an assignment off my list and eaten breakfast.  Got to get cracking!

What’s the strangest thing you’ve had in chocolate?  I think soy sauce is the weirdest for me.  If I ate pork I would totally try the bacon infused chocolate bars.

$2.99

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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.

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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,

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tuna salad with artichoke hearts,

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and spring mix lettuce with carrots, peas, black olives, hot sauce, blue cheese crumbles, and vinegarette.

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After volunteering I hit up the hospital coffee stand for a great pumpkin latte.

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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.

Delayed Gratification

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It was another productive day, I’m on a roll!  I stayed up way too late last night so the roll didn’t get started until 10 this morning.  I posted my uncooperative blog post first thing, and then did 10minutes of stretching and strength training – including 70reps of abs, 50reps of arms, and 30reps of legs.

Then I got straight to work on my Chemistry homework.  And worked.  And worked.  And worked.  And suddenly, my whole day was gone!  I hate that it takes so long, but I am thrilled to be done, I think this is the first thing I’ve done in advance all semester.

I was so focused on enthalpy changes that I forgot to eat, but once I arrived at the grocery store at 4 I promptly remembered!  I managed to stay focused enough to get our food for next week – and save $20 in sales/coupons, yay! – but I was definitely rushing.  Good thing the meal (lunch/dinner) I prepared when I got home was worth waiting for!

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I seriously loved every single component of this.  I was in foodie heaven.  Honey mustard tuna salad.

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This recipe (click here) just came to me, and I’m so glad it did.  So tasty.

Apple slices and 1serving+ Food Should Taste Good Jalopeno Chips for dipping.

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The chips were the perfect spice level to go with my salad.

And finally a glass of POM Nectarine juice.

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This was better than kiwi, it will be coming to store soon, look for it!

In just a bit we are heading out for a date, to see “Couples’ Retreat.”  We’ve decided to cut back on the movies this year (we were going 1-3times a week in Brooklyn!!) but this was definitely on my worth it list.  I am so excited about my movie snack –

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My first Halloween candy!  I packed 1 serving each of Candy Corn and Ghost Dots.  DSC00322

I hope everyone else has a good evening!

Have you had any spook candy yet?  What is your favorite kind?  My favorite is mini York patties.

Tuna Lasagna and 3.14

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Howdy there!  I left the apartment and made it to the pharmacy (across many many a highway) unscathed 🙂  I was so proud of myself I bought a fountain diet coke from Subway as a reward!  I reached school around 4:30, which meant I had 2ish hours to study before class.  I still understand everything but I did stay for a while after class to ask a question.

When I got home I made some Chocolate Amazing Grass with skim milk.

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Adam put the dinner I prepared this afternoon into the oven and it was ready when I got home.

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(That’s a small plate portion) Tuna Salad Lasagna Stacks from Rachel Ray magazine.  Here’ s a link to the recipe.

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It was pretty good, but I saved room for dessert.

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Tyler Pie was a success, the husband has been enjoying it.  It is nice and custard-like.

I’m hoping to shower and get to bed pretty quickly because I have tons of schoolwork to do tomorrow.  I’m going to head to a coffee shop to study so I won’t be posting until lunch.  Please keep your fingers crossed for me that I can go to the gym tomorrow.

Do you ever use food as a reward?  I don’t use “food” per se (and I am strongly against doing this with children), but a diet coke?  Hells yeah!  P.S. Whenever I get a fountain soda I always add a shot of cherry coke for funsies.

No Labor Day

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Arrgh, I feel like a zombie!  I didn’t even get to go to volunteering today 😦  I didn’t get in bed on time, which is my fault, but I also realized last night that our pillows are partially contributing to the laying awake for hours issue.  I looked at the clock at 4:56 last night and was still awake!  Needless to say, I didn’t get up to study, but when I did get up for volunteering I had such a bad migraine that I called in and went back to bed.  I feel really guilty not going in, but I would have been pretty useless.

Once I did get up, breakfast was an adventure.  I wanted to use this awesome looking egg-cooker my grandmother got me for my wedding shower.

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The plan was poached eggs.  The name of the product is “Henrietta Hen,” but 4 eggs in the trash later I was referring to Henrietta as more of a female dog than a bird!

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I think the cooker will work great for hard/soft boiled eggs, but poached will have to be gotten from restaurants.  My last ditch, 3rd effort at lunch ended up pretty big.

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Tuna salad sandwich on a hamburger bun,

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with the leftover salad in the bowl it was mixed in.  I used –

  • 1can tuna, rinsed and drained
  • 1.5T Miracle Whip
  • 2T + pickle relish
  • 1 chopped celery stalk
  • healthy shake paprika

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I also had a bowl of chopped pineapple and plumcot (a plum/apricot hybrid that rocked my socks).

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Adam and I have been cuddling and watching Bones and I ate two sugar cookies.

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MK sent these home with us from the bbq and they are pretty good, very soft (it’s possible that in between round 1 and 2 of the egg making I snatched one of these without photographing!).

Once Adam and I get sick of each other (just kidding!) I’m going to do some school work.  See you for dinner.

Did you get the day off for Labor Day?  Have any big plans?

Eat Up the Fridge

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I was very productive on the business-front (although registration for classes does not look promising) but my split study schedule might have been a bad idea.  By the time I got back to Starbucks in the afternoon it was packed.  I roamed all the coffee bars in the area and it took me until 4:45 to find one that wasn’t sardined with Park Slope stay-at-home-mommies.

I drank a Fizzy Lizzy Tangerine while I worked and did manage to get some good studying in until Adam came to meet me at 6.

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This drink was real juice with fizzy water and had 100% daily dose of vitamin C for 100calories.

Our fun plan was to hit up a beer tasting at a place on 5th Avenue but that fell through.  When we got there we learned that 1. the tasting was an hour later than listed online, and 2. they don’t have a full liquor license so we couldn’t sit and drink beers while we waited.  Our make-up plans were much better though 🙂

We took the looong walk (3miles total) to 7-11 for my version of heaven.

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I got a Big Gulp of diet coke and it made me smile the whole walk home.  And, we stopped in at a local playground so I could do what I’ve been dreaming of for the past two years…

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…climb the mini rock wall!  It was everything I had hoped for.  We also tried to do the monkey bars but I was way too weak, children’s game are good workouts.

I was very hungry by the time we got home so I ate 5 of Adam’s Saltines,

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and another kiwi bowl.

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Dinner was a ‘use up the fridge’ effort that ended up being amazing.

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My plate had –

  • 1/3C cooked wheatberries
  • ~2/3C sauteed peas and artichoke hearts
  • 1/2 can of tuna
  • the last jalopeno chicken sausage
  • and tasty sauce (for 2 servings I shook together 2T red wine vinegar, 1T lemon juice, 1T evoo, 1shake oregano and paprika)

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This was so yummy!  It was a great mix of textures and the flavors blended together really nicely.

Tonight I would like to do a mini workout (seriously mini, like 20 sit-ups) and I will probably have a small snack/dessert if fullness doesn’t kick in after 20minutes.  I am also determined to go to bed early!

Have you had any recent ‘eat up the fridge’ successes?