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I Wrote This Post Last Night

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I’m taking a page from Kath‘s internship days and ‘ghost-writting’ this lunch post.  Thursday’s classes and gym trip mean that I’m out of the house from 9am – 4:30(ish) pm and since I have a tasty lunch packed I figured I’d go ahead and post it.  As this publishes I will be exiting my first Anatomy lab with a cat component – I’ll definitely tell y’all more about that later!

I centered lunch around the last Jalapeno Popper turkey patty.

I put it on an Arnold’s Sandwich Thin instead of a bun, and nixed the broiled sharp cheddar, so I knew I needed something special to tie the whole thing together.  Enter Laughing Cow Blue Cheese –

Sandwich perfection.

I imagine I’m going to enjoy that very much 😀

I also packed a small sliced purple pepper,

and the last (tear) of the dried kiwi with some dried apricots.

Hopefully this holds me over through Food Lab and a workout, I can’t deal with yesterday’s insane hunger!

What is your favorite type of dried fruit?  I love kiwis and hibiscus.

Jalapeno Popper Burgers; Booyah!

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Remember when Adam and I went on an epic, fruitless quest for jalapeno poppers?  Yeah, f*** that.  I may not be able to get poppers as long as I live in Buffalo, but I can make something even better at home – Jalapeno Popper Turkey Burgers.  Click on the dish name for the epic recipe.

Turkey, cream cheese, panko, and jalapenos are pretty fantasmic all on their own, but adding sharp cheddar to the mixture took it over the top.

The husband and I were swooning the entire dinner.  And the recipe (with cheese!) has less than 500calories.  We rounded out the meal with some roasted asparagus.

Fabulous.

Do you prefer jalapeno poppers with cheddar or cream cheese?  Cream cheese all the way baby!  You actually can find the cheddar variety in Buffalo but I turned up my nose.

Gourmand on the Go

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I left the house more than 20 hours ago, good golly it’s been a full day!  Another clue that things were busy – 1o0% of my food was eaten on the go today.  I would say I’m definitely mastering the art of eating healthy on the fly.

This morning’s breakfast contained some pretty snazzy components –

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a chocolate Oikos, 3 dried figs, 1/4 cup of homemade granola, and a plucot.  Things got less fancy in a hurry when I had to load those guys into a to-go cup –

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Still delicious though.

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I didn’t have time to finish before my first class started so I had to throw out some of my stellar combo, but breakfast on the go is a work in progress.

Lunch was identical to the other day; Whole Grain Sandwich Thin, Laughing Cow Queso Fresco and Chipotle cheese wedge, and three slices of turkey.

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I hate to be repetitive but I see many more of this exact sandwich in my future; it’s just so good!  I thought I was going to hate the Arnold’s Sandwich Thins (I got them as a free sample from the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program), but they are actually exquisitely doughy.  They remind me a lot of when I was a kid and a I would mush a piece of bread up into a single, delicious square.

I did mix up my side though, a sliced cuc.

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Classes were pretty intense; I finally attended my last nutrition lecture and it’s going to be a lot of work.  I’m taking 7 courses this semester (several are 1-credit labs) and I’m already feeling a bit overwhelmed.  As soon as classes were done today I curled up with my planner, binder, and a computer to map out my assignments for the semester.  Todoist was key.

I was stuck at school until 5pm (rain) so I ended up searching the food court for sustenance.  Thank goodness I gave it another chance, I found a build your own salad place.

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Romaine base, 2 servings of roasted veggies, green bell peppers, carrots, red onions, and blue cheese crumbles with a bit of balsamic.  It came topped with a tasty breadstick.

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We were only home a minute or two before we headed back out.  Our dinner plans were Korean night with a group of friends.

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Gleesh our friends are good cooks!  My bowl was sticky rice with carrots, cucumbers, kim chi, garlic paste, nori, and an egg.

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Yum!

Korean night eventually turned into boys’ only poker, and I sat on the couch catching up with the girls until after midnight.

Adam insisted on pizza on the way home (guess which one of use was drinking instead of driving?!) and I wanted to take part in the fun so I had him cut a slice in half for me.

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Tasty bbq chicken pizza, without undoing my day’s worth of healthiness.  I mostly wanted a taste anyways.

It’s another busy day tomorrow, Bedtime, Bedtime, Bedtime!

Have you ever tried Korean food?  What’s your favorite dish?

It Was a Day Relano

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***Disclaimer – between crappy lighting, cheap camera, and no photography skills, I could not get a usable picture of dinner.  But where I lack in artistic prowess I achieve in kitchen creativity; this recipe is a taste winner!  So please ignore the lack of photographs and go ahead and try it anyways.

On the agenda for dinner tonight were Stuffed Poblano Peppers.  I’ve had, and loved, chile relanos at restaurants before and I’ve always wanted to recreate them at home.  I didn’t really look at or follow any recipes for inspiration but I did have a couple of goals in mind –

  • make the recipe healthier by baking the peppers instead of frying them
  • achieve a filling that is creamy and cheesy without being over the top

Here are the steps I took for 4 servings (measurements all approximate, eyeball things for your tastes) –

  1. Preheat your oven to 400*.  Prepare a baking sheet with foil and cooking spray.
  2. Heat 1T evoo in a large saucepan over medium heat.
  3. Add 1lb 99% lean ground turkey to the pan.  Cook through, stirring often and using a wooden spatula to break the meat into little pieces.
  4. When the meat is almost cooked, stir in a drained 14.5oz can of crushed tomatoes (we used onion and garlic flavored).
  5. When the turkey is cooked through and combined with the tomatoes reduce the heat to low.
  6. Stir in 5 wedges of Laughing Cow Queso Fresco and Chipotle cheese.
  7. Remove the pan from the heat and stir in 1/2cup shredded sharp cheddar.
  8. Allow the filling to cool.  Meanwhile, chop the tops off of 8 small-medium poblano peppers; be sure to remove all of the seeds (that’s where the peppers’ heat lies).
  9. Use a spoon to stuff filling into peppers.  If you have extra filling it would be delicious in Mexican-style Sloppy Joses.
  10. Lay the peppers on the prepared baking sheet, at least 1inch apart.
  11. Bake for 25-30minutes, until the peppers’ skin appears to wrinkle and blister.

Name that movie –

“She’s making her famous stuffed chile relanos!”

“Relanos means stuffed.”

Cheeburger Cheeburger

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When I was still living in Brooklyn, Missy wrote a post about an incredible burger place she frequented.  The menu was huge and you could choose as many things as you wanted from a long list of toppings.  But it was in Queens, and no one goes to Queens unless they live there, so I put it out of my mind.  Until today…

Wonder of wonders, Buffalo hosts something exciting: Cheeburger Cheeburger!

The location was small but the 50’s style decorations totally set the mood.

Plus the hostess offered to take my picture with the giant cheeseburger so it was pretty much a love affair from then on.

We were having dinner with Adam’s friend from the lab and her husband, so I was trying to pretend that I was cool, but who wouldn’t geek out at the sight of this –

It was all downhill from there, I actually clapped my hands when my shake was brought to the table.

I went with a half order (I forgot to request skim milk, boo) of amaretto, marshmallow, oreo.

Yuuuuuuuuuuum!  I agonized over the choices but I think this was a pretty good combination.  The amaretto flavor was pretty heavy though, when we go back again I might just get unadulterated marshmallow.

I’m going to be totally honest with you guys and cop to the fact that made my dinner selections before we even got there.  I read the menu like a novel (it’s practically that long!) and hemmed and hawed in front of my laptop in the privacy of my own living room.  My indecision is embarrassing enough at a normal restaurant, going to Cheeburger Cheeburger unprepared would have been disastrous.

I think I did a pretty good job of ordering in the end.

If nothing else I certainly took advantage of their ‘as many toppings as you like’ policy!  I went with a turkey burger patty on a salad with the following toppings –

  • banana peppers
  • dried cranberries
  • 2 onion rings
  • pineapple
  • roasted red pepper
  • grape tomatoes
  • mushrooms
  • artichoke hearts
  • red onion
  • black olives
  • chick peas
  • cucumber
  • jack/cheddar cheese
  • (there was also 1000island dressing on the side but I didn’t use it)

And by the time I was done with my shake and burger I was so full that I could only manage 3 little bites of my salad!

Worth it.  We packed up the salad for Adam’s lunch tomorrow and I thought that the turkey burger was divine so it all worked out.  I practically had to be rolled out of there though.

My goal bedtime is 11pm, ready – set – go!

If you went to Cheeburger Cheeburger what toppings would you order for your burger/salad?

Brawler’s Deli Might Need a Restraining Order Against Me

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In spite of getting in bed past pumpkin time last night, we’ve managed to have a full and productive Saturday.  Fun too!

We had to take both cars in for inspection/oil change/ka-ching, ka-ching 😦 so we decided to make a date of it and spend the wait time walking around our old neighborhood.  It took more than 3hours for the cars to be done so we managed to do a lot of walking.  We saw some fun stuff in our travels –

We also stopped in at Pearl Street for brunch.  We didn’t know beforehand, but Pearl Street just opened a deli in their beer basement so we got to try out the new spot.

Brawler’s Deli just may be our new favorite place!  I’m a fan of any restaurant that puts turkey ruebans on the menu,

and this was the best reuban I’ve ever had.  The biggest too!  I took a shot next to my hand for comparison.

I only ate half of my reuban and I was stuffed.  Not so stuffed, however, that I couldn’t tell Adam at least a bazillion times how in love with my sandwich I was!  He ate the 2nd half (in addition to his own food!!) and quickly concurred.  There was just enough sauerkraut to add tang without slime and the thousand island dressing was rich and creamy.  I forgot to ask for no butter on my bread but in the end the bread was so perfect I’m glad I didn’t mess with it; great rye that was so satisfyingly crunchy.  Usually the turkey is an afterthought for me when I eat a rueban (thousand island dressing, rye bread, swiss cheese; who gives a hoot about the turkey?!) but we both agreed that it was the best part of the sandwich.

Adam described it as dry but super-thin cut.  We were so impressed we actually asked the guy behind the counter what kind it was so we could buy our own!  It turns out that the deli actually roasts it themselves, which means we’ll have to go back again soon if we want more.  The end point of this saga is – Local readers, go to try this spot immediately!

Adam headed to the lab and my inspected, oil changed, something elsed that cost a bunch of money car and I set off on errands.  I did the grocery shopping, but I also hit up a different store to use the Coin Star machine.  I won’t gush any more in this post, but I’ll give you a heads up that going to a new store finally allowed me to find mini ice cream cups in the flavors I’ve been looking for; expect a full update in a future post.

As soon as I hit publish I’m going to do a 10minute strength session, take a quick shower, and pick up the husband at the lab – we’ve got a dinner date!

Gush for me, what’s the best sandwich you’ve ever eaten and which restaurant served it to you?

Bites and Bytes

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This morning we lazed around and then headed to a late brunch lunch at Panos.  I LOVE being able to walk to the restaurants on Elmwood!  I also love new swag t-shirts.

We were so ready for food by the time our lunch arrived, V for Victory!

I went with the turkey rueban which came with fries.

Tasty, tasty stuff; you can never go wrong with a rueban.  I ate about 85% of my food before proclaiming defeat.

We ran some errands (and I got like 8 different forms of bad news, boo!) and then decided that both of us were up for a milkshake so to Coldstone we went.

I ordered a small coffee + cheesecake ice cream blend with Oreos.

Yums!  I always request skim milk when I order a milkshake; I’m all for “spending” calories on ice cream, but milk?!

It’s going to be a lazy day around here because tomorrow a group of us is heading up to Toronto.  Be on the look out for some MEGA changes to Eatventures this afternoon; while I have Camile here as a tech guide I’m doing some major blog overhaul!

Prioritizing

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Today has been such fun!  It’s felt packed, but in the best way possible.  First things first, let me announce the CSN Stores giveaway winner –

Clare (#14) please send me an e-mail – emilyhwaxATgmail.com – so I can get you your prize.

This morning actually felt a little stressful; I way overslept and was trying to squeeze in lunch plans, a workout, apartment cleaning, showering, and being on time to pick my parents up from the airport.  I’m really proud of myself though because I made exercise a priority.  I realized that Katie wouldn’t be upset if I made our lunch date a maybe, and my parents wouldn’t care if the apartment was messy, but I would care if I skipped my run.  So I went!  And I ended up having time to (quickly) do everything else too.

I did cut my length though, which ended up being for the best because my calves were stupid tight.  I didn’t manage my times as much, just ran and walked whenever I needed to.  In the end I did ~1.6miles and 20minutes.

I kept my lunch date, and picked Katie up for a trip to Panera.

I did the half/half deal; half a strawberry, poppy seed, & chicken salad,

with half a turkey and artichoke pannini,

with an apple as my side.

The sandwich was gooey and crunchy and perfect but the salad was NOT good.  I ended up leaving 95% of my salad even though the other half of my tray was practically licked clean.

After dropping Katie off I went to the husband’s computer lab to print off airport directions; what, I’ve only lived in Buffalo a full year?!?  We had a fun time showing them the town, we hit up the mall, Target, Allentown, the Erie Marina, and finally had a fabulous dinner at Pearl Street Cafe.

There was a long wait so we went the bar so that my parents could try some of the microbrews.  I went the tall Johnny Walker Black and Coke route.

Drunk, drunk, drunk, drunk, drunk!  I did not eat enough today to functionally handle this big drink and the poor husband definitely dealt with me being a little loopy during dinner 😉

Foodwise my mommy and I split a small Chicken Cheddar Pizza.

It came with broccoli and black olives, a fantabulous combination.

I had this slice times 2 –

As well as a few big bites of Adam’s lobster ravioli.

It was a perfect “Welcome to Buffalo” dinner.

How do you make exercise a priority?