1. "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon. I read this book in a day...yep a day. I don't think I've ever done that before. And it's not like it was only 100 pages, nope it was 350 pages! I could not put this book down. It's technically a young adult fiction novel, but I absolutely loved it. It's about an 18 year old girl...
Sorry, everyone, for my lack of posting. By now I would've at least shared with you my meal plan for the week, and maybe a couple days late Friday Faves, but I've been sick since Saturday. It started as a nasty cold and now it's affecting my asthma, which really sucks! So I'm laying low, resting a lot (which is maddening to someone...
More Chinese food!! I'm a lo mein junkie. When I lose my small amount of self control over takeout, I'll order orange chicken with fried rice and a side (haha! It's more the size of a whole entree!) of veggie lo mein. And then just like the Gilmore Girls, I eat on the leftovers for like 2 days...day old Chinese is magical. I...
I really love Asian food. All kinds. Noodles, rice, meatballs, sushi...I don't care, I'll take it any way! One of the website's I look at a lot for recipes is Damn Delicious. All of her recipes are amazing but I really love her Asian recipes. These meatballs are excellent. I served them with vegetable lo mein (recipe to come) but would also be...
Here is the meal plan for week 3! You'll notice, it's super simple. This is my first week of spring semester and I wanted to keep our meals easy and not try to do too much. A lot of our dinners are things that are easy for me just to whip up and don't require a recipe. Also, like usual, I planned all...
I don't know about you, but I absolutely love sweet potato fries. If I'm at a restaurant getting a sandwich or a burger and sweet potatoes fries are an option... you can bet your sweet tush I'm getting them! I've tried them at home a few times and had trouble getting them perfectly crisp. I want to bake them, not fry them, so...
So obviously, as you can see by the title of this post, this was supposed to be posted on Friday....whoops! I had it all ready to go minus the pictures and then got busy over the weekend with a friend in town and doing things around the house and it just didn't happen. Sorry! I'm trying to start this new series where every...
Hey look! Another pancake recipe! And more bananas! I think I have a problem. I found this recipe a few years ago on a fitness blog that has become a favorite of mine, PBFingers. I've tried many of her recipes and she makes up some awesome circuit workouts, both on machines and off. So I encourage you to check her out. These pancakes...
How are you all doing on your New Year fitness goals? Are you seeing any progress? Feeling better? I'm excited to hear! My eating has been really good. Sticking to my whole foods hasn't been too difficult and I'm already feeling a lot better. I don't feel heavy or bloated and my, ahem, system is getting back to normal (if ya know what...
Good Monday morning! I'm getting back on the sharing-my-meal-plan-wagon, because according to blog views, it's what you all want to see! Note: I'm calling this meal plan week 2 because it's the second full week of January, so if you're looking for week 1.... you won't find one, oops! So here is my meal plan document screenshot for this week: My grocery store...
Do you ever get those nasty mid-afternoon sugar cravings? The ones where you feel like a person in a Snickers commercial, where you're just going to beat someone up for some sugar. I had one of those yesterday, but instead of reaching for something I would for sure regret, I whipped up one of my absolute favorite smoothies. I adapted this smoothie from...
Is anyone else having problems figuring out what day of the week it is? I almost said Happy Friday! And then realized, nope it's just Thursday. Weird, weird week. I am finally home and getting back to my normal non-holiday routine with mountains of laundry to do and a very neglected, messy house. So cleaning, laundry, meal planning, grocery shopping, and putting Christmas...
Happy New Year! Well a little late, but it's my first post of 2016, so HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone had a safe and fun new year. I spent about a week in my hometown spending time with my family and friends, and getting a jump start on plans for my thesis (and future careers plan) and I'm coming into 2016 with...
