Mismatched Meals

-pita with hummus

-orange

-better than sex cake

-2 slices of peaches

-granola

-part of an apple

or

-1/2 cup oatmeal

-1/2 cup cereal with banana

-one pancake

I miss being able to eat whatever I want whenever.  Instead, I only get to do this for lunches on the weekend and for breakfasts.  I love breakfast and the weekends because we get to eat our own food instead of prepared food by the kitchen staff.  On the plus side, I am glad that we are able to provide jobs and get to know the people who prepare and serve the food for us.

Hello Food!

I never knew how much I could miss certain types of food.  I can already tell you that one of the hardest things about going home will be deciding what food to eat first because I want all of it!  I want Panera’s cinnamon crunch bagel with honey walnut cream cheese.  I want pad thai.  I want Kashi cereal and Special K with Red Berries.  I want Olive Garden’s Chicken Scampi minus the chicken.  I want White Chocolate Molten Cake from Chili’s.  I want a blueberry bagel with lite strawberry cream cheese.  I want cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.  I want the strawberry poppyseed salad from Panera.  I want granola bars.  I want better than sex cake.  I want access to all sorts of fruit and being able to go to the grocery store whenever.  And to add to it all, I want to make my own food whenever I want and to eat whenever I want.  Yet, in the meantime, I appreciate the little luxuries that come along every once in a while.  For example, you have no idea how excited Sam and I got in the grocery store when we saw BABY SPINACH!  Amazing!  Normal, baby spinach to make a yummy salad.  I am pumped.  To add to the excitement, they even had Tahini, which makes fabulous hummus and falafel, which I’ll tell you more about in another post.

So, what’s something you’ve eaten this week that was absolutely fabulous?  And what should I eat first when I get back?

A little late…

I meant to post this on Saturday or Sunday, but due to circumstances including the internet sporadically going out and well life, I didn’t post.  All of that to say, that I had a crazy busy, fast weekend.  Friday started out with an attempt to play Mafia (you really need more people) and some delicious brownies.  Saturday started out with sleeping in and a nice long run (yay for 4.5 miles without walking–ever since Swazi running was not going well, but now I think it’s on the upswing).  The afternoon consisted of a soccer game!  Fun stuff minus the rain at the end.  At least we brought a blanket and yummy chips.  When we got home, we were a little bored….so we made funnel cakes, deep fried oreos and pretzels!!  They were delicious.  I ate way way too much.  Thus, we ended up sitting on the floor of the kitchen chatting about life and fun things to do after the internship.

Yum!! Even better with powdered sugar

Ransomed

So there was one night where a friend and I went out to eat at Don Pablo’s.  She had already taken a super cute picture in her Ragamuffin Soul T-Shirt, but we had not taken one together yet.  We had good intentions, but just never got around to taking a picture.  After I got home from work, I decided to put on my sweet Ransomed Ragamuffin Soul T-Shirt.  I pondered calling her to tell her to wear hers too, but since I tend to be on the late side (understatement) I figured she had already left.  Little did I know that the same thought (minus the her being late–she’s rather prompt) went through her mind.  Once in the restaurant, we unzipped our coats and there we were. Yep, pretty sweet except that we then forgot to take a picture at the restaurant and didn’t take one until right before she left.

“Here let me put my hair up. Wait. You took a picture!”

When I saw this picture, the first thing that came to mind was “Odd. I look like I’m trying to be a bird or something flying with how I’m leaning forward. At least Carrie is normal.  But we are off-center too….”

A few tries later=happy picture.

p.s. I’m going to miss that girl!

Ragamuffintop Week 7

Sunday, June 6, 2008

Bike: 15 miles at 57 minutes

Walk: 20-30 minutes

Monday, June 7, 2008

Bike: 10.2 miles at 40 minutes

Run: 25 minutes

–yay, these were right after one another!

Tuesday, June 8th, 2008

Walked: 1 hour 15 minutes

Wednesday, June 9th, 2008

I need more hours of daylight.  Went to dinner right after work and chatted with some lovely ladies and then went straight to Core Team and then to bed.

Thursday, June 10th, 2008

Lazy day. I took a nap and finished my book and went on a short bike ride to get chocolate chips to make white/chocolate molten cake–we made both!

Friday, June 11th, 2008

Dinner and game night

Saturday, June 12th 2008

Drove home for the big bike race tomorrow!

 

p.s. Sorry for no video.  No time  Enjoy the picture though!

Ragamuffintop Week 5

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Raked a LOT of pine needles.  We raked for probably about 3-4 hours.  I am still amazed at the size of the pile we amassed.  I would have taken a picture, but I didn’t have a camera that worked with me.  I called that good enough for the day.

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Ran 20 minutes, walked 10 minutes–tried to run with the dog for about 5 minutes

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Walked–ummm, 30 minutes? I didn’t keep track because of the great conversation!

Food: 3/4 cup Yogurt Burst Cherrios, milk, 20 carrots, handful of grapes, 1 piece of bread with 1/2 slice pepper jack cheese and turkey, 1 package peanut butter crackers (190 calories), 1 brownie, 8 chips & guacamole, chicken wild rice soup, baguette, frontega chicken, white chocolate chips, hot chocolate, graham crackers and marshmallows 

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Walked: 25 minutes

Ran: 22 minutes

10 Minute Pilates–Total Body Workout section for 10 minutes

Food: Bread and peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, pear, carrots, better than sex cake, and I forgot to write down what I had for dinner…

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

10 Minute Pilates–Waist Slimmer

Power Sculpt Workout Week 1/2–20 minutes

Food: Kashi cereal, milk, carrots, grapes, pears, 2 pieces of bread with turkey, green peppers and cheese, better than sex cake, 2 pieces of banana bread

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

5-10 minute wake-me up stretching/yoga

Walk: 20 minutes kind of…over lunch in heels

Run: 20 minutes at 2.1 miles it was hot. very hot. and a guy stopped and asked me directions so maybe that’s why I was slow  

Walked: 20 minutes

Food: Yogurt burst cherrios, milk, 1 piece of toast with peanut butter and honey, 1/2 pear, 1 sample package of honey bunches of oats (120 calories), better than sex cake, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, tortilla with cheese and greenpeppers

Friday, June 27th, 2008

10 minute Power Sculpt DVD Workout 3–I’m liking this getting up a little early and doing a mini workout. baby steps to running in the morning I like to think

Food: Kashi cereal, 2 pieces of bread with cheese and green peppers (I know I’m weird), carrots, snackers snack well thing, better than sex cake, 2 pancakes with peanut butter/chocolate chips, eggs, milk, craisins trail mix

 

Final rambling thoughts: Yikes…a triathlon??  I like my hair today.  I feel like I’m too balanced to gain or lose weight.  Do I need to buy a scale? The pants are the same fit.  Daring Bakers Challenge here I come!

A hit!

Perfect choice. A little bit of healthy with a little bit of dessert-y feel. Plus, no leftovers! I get to make a salad for Sunday…I’m brainstorming ideas already

White Chocolate Covered…well Anything!

I’m obsessed with white chocolate and chocolate covered things!  Therefore, I decided I’d go the healthy/unhealthy combo of fruit and chocolate for the Core Team tonight   Ha, I actually took a picture for one of my friends back home so I’ll post that later once I get it uploaded.  In other news, the weather is gorgeous!! I’m SUPER excited to go camping this weekend and get away.  Plus, before that I get to have dinner with my mama and brother and then hopefully go sign a lease.  I already started giving the relatives a list of garage sale items to be on the lookout.  The list includes: a grill, dining room table and chairs, deck furniture, a bike and a few other items.  We’ll see what happens!  Well, I better go shower so I don’t smell (I went running today…happy day!) at Core Team tonight.

Desserts…

I have to make a dessert/s for the Wednesday night Core Team and I have yet to find the perfect thing…any favorites or suggestions?

Blogged it. Tried it. Loved it.

YUM!

So I tried the Peanut Butter and Banana sandwich recipe that I blogged about here and it turned out great!  The pictures aren’t too bad either.  I even took the “long” way and didn’t cheat by using a toaster instead of a pan!  The sandwich was delicious and I can’t wait to eat another one.  I love that this recipe is quick, easy and doesn’t require an extra trip to the grocery store for random ingredients.  Go try it!