Catching Up

Hey all!  I hope you’re all doing well!  I’m home and it’s 73 degrees out!  Yesterday when I got home I was so tired!  So I was in bed by 9:30pm!  But before I jumped into bed, I managed to consumer this:

Guatemalan sweet bread.  My house generally has two things: some sort of Guatemalan bread and a ton of bananas.

Case in point… Yes, we are half monkey…

This morning I was up by 6:00am (time change and early to bed did it I guess).  I lounged around (aka watched trash TV like The Sex and the City E! True Hollywood Story) and by the time everyone left for work, I took over the living room and did Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred!  It was intense!  I’m going to try to do it 4-5 times a week the whole time I’m home.  Anyone else want to try this with me?

Then I took a shower and made a tasty lunch! Sandwich and Salad:

1 Boca Burger, half on the sandwich and half on the salad.  The sandwich has about a tablespoon of hummus as my condiment, a bunch of spinach and few tomato slices.

My salad had romaine, tomato, half a boca burger and a bit of BBQ sauce as dressing.

Yum!

Now I’m off to get ready for my super secret event/post that is taking place tomorrow night!  Here’s a hint:

Have a great day!

Happy December!

Can you believe it’s already December 1st!?!  Where did time go?!?

It’s already the last week of classes, which means I have a 6368299490063357100 million things due in the next two weeks.

I woke up this morning, wrote a bit more of my paper and flat out didn’t feel like making anything.  So for breakfast I had a DELICIOUS Green Monster.

I finally decided I should probably pack a lunch, being that it’s a long day (but the second to last long day!!!)

I took the lazy route…  Kind of boring so dinner needs to be AMAZING! and  cooked by the lovely fella.

Today the December Recipe Challenge starts!  In case you missed it, you can read about it here!  I hope you’ll all join me!

Have a great day!!

Vegan For A Day

After a little bit of thought, I decided to jump on the bandwagon and do the vegan for a day challenge.  At first I was a bit apprehensive because well, I’m a planner… (not just a city planner) but I like to make sure I’m fully prepared for this.  The thought that I wasn’t prepared for a day full of vegan meals made me uneasy.  However, after some thought, I realized that going at it unprepared could make the challenge more fun.

That being said, Breakfast was a DELICIOUS Green Monster.

My green monster contains: 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 a frozen banana, about 5 frozen strawberries, 1 tbsp of almond butter, and some water. Some was enjoyed at home while writing this post, the rest will be enjoyed in class in my travel mug 🙂

For lunch, I’m packing some garbanzo beans and vegetables with Wegman’s Asian Style BBQ Sauce.

I was looking at the ingredients then realized it told me it was vegan right on the side of the container! I love these labels that Wegman’s puts on it’s products.

Then while making lunch there was a slight disaster with my frozen vegetables

Spilled all over the counter!  Yes, my vegan meal will be eaten out of a cottage cheese container.  I’m a ridiculously broke grad student environmentally conscious and recycling plastic containers…

Have a fantastic day!

Busy Day

Today is one of those busy days.  I got up at 6am and made it to a 6:30 spin class, which was great!  Then I came home and made breakfast and lunch.  I knew I had a 9am group meeting so I took my breakfast to go.

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I made some oats in a jar (1/2 cup oats, 1 banana, cinnamon, fage and probably about a tbsp of pb).  Luckily I was pretty much done with this peanut butter because it turned out to be a great way to transport my breakfast.

Lunch is also ready to go.  I combined some left over roasted tofu, eggplant, and zucchini from dinner two nights ago with some left over spaghetti squash and pasta sauce to make a great combination (hopefully… I haven’t tried it yet)

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I don’t plan on being home until late tonight so I packed snacks too (an apple and a Kashi bar)

If I don’t pack snacks, I know I’ll eat junk the rest of the night.  Some people get drunk and make bad decisions, I get hungry and make bad decisions!

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Have a great day!