Frozen Burrito Success

Breakfast was the usual yogurt, granola and coffee. But today I had fage 0% and ginger snap granola!

Lunch was a burrito that I had made yesterday and stuck in the freezer. I made a big batch in hopes that they would turn out well and save me money on Amy’s darn burritos.

The inside was wild rice, black beans, pinto beans, onions, green bell pepper, chicken, green salsa, black olives, and a little cheese.

I ended up eating the insides with salsa like a burrito bowl, with maybe a quarter of the tortilla. It was tasty, and Mr. Greens and I are already coming up with a more improved future recipe.

In the afternoon I had carrots and hummus.

In the morning I had half a Clif bar (no picture).

Dinner was a recipe I’ve made once before: Broccoli, shells, cheese, and shrimp. It’s a little hot! I like to add red pepper flakes and season the shrimp with creole seasonings.  This is better with pecorino romano, but the italian blend we had worked well enough.

And for no reason at all, here’s my Hedwig sticking out her tongue.

I call her my little pug. My special one.

How I spent my Thanksgiving Vacation

We finally figured out our computer problems! Apparently we learned nothing from “The It Crowd.”

Embarrassingly enough, the problem was solved with a simple restart of the computer.

To recap what I’ve been eating since Thanksgiving, I decided to write this post.  Plus I had a ton of pictures to use.

Friday was a complete wash, we went shopping for a good portion of the day and ended up stopping at a Church’s chicken. I completely blame Mr. Greens. I’ve never even eaten at a Church’s before. I’m a Popeye’s fan if anything.

On Saturday I made slow cooker split pea soup for dinner and future meals. Before:

After:

Verdict: too much ham! Next time I’ll use half a pound (or less) to a pound of split peas. It was super tasty though. Other ingredients include onion, carrots, and celery. That’s it. I’ve been wanting split pea soup fuh-fuh-ever, but cannot wait any longer for it to get cold. (As I type this there has been a 20 degree drop on Monday – I should’ve waited!)

Also on Saturday the boyfriend made a wonderful chicken salad and hummus. He’s the designated maker of hummus. Boy knows what he’s doing. I made hardboiled eggs and prepped crudite. With our forces combined we had a nice lunch.

Sunday I had granola for breakfast. Only granola. Nice Ginger Snap granola though.

Lunch was split pea soup, and dinner was homemade sushi and curry.

Sadly I didn’t eat all of my lovely red curry. Too much food! 

Computer Problems

Whenever I figure out how to fix my computer I’ll have a recap of Thanksgiving and the past few days of eating. For some odd reason the front ports broke and now I can’t upload pictures.

I’ve been eating split pea soup and drinking cocoa.

Thanksgiving Recap

In my family we do an alternative Thanksgiving feast, but it’s a feast nonetheless. This year we had sushi.

I started with a little Groth wine.

We prepped the rice and the vegetables and made dumplings for nibbling on while waiting for the main course.

My mother rolled several rolls

and so did my boyfriend

I stopped being annoying with the camera long enough to make a crab salad roll, topped with masago, and a vegetarian vegetable roll.

All in all we made several nice rolls, but I think my vegetarian roll was the surprise hit. It had wasabi paste inside, toasted sesame seeds, red bell pepper, cream cheese, and carrots and cucumber. People always like crunch.

Crab salad, vegetable, california:

salmon and avocado, wasabi kick vegetable roll,

Philadelphia roll

yellowtail and green onion

Philadelphia topped with crab

 

My plate:

My mom and I like to use avocado, carrots, bell pepper, cucumber, cream cheese, sesame seeds, and spicy things for vegetarian rolls. 

We also had cabbage and sesame seed salad

and sake

We ate it all!

Dessert was flaming pumpkin pie. A regular pumpkin pie, topped in sugared pecans, doused in whiskey…

then ignited

Until next year, flaming pie!

6 Shots of Espresso

I just realized that I didn’t cook anything or even prepare anything myself today. *shrugs* Some days are just like that, I suppose. I’ve also had six shots of espresso today. On with the show!

Today I had loads of time in the morning. I decided to go to Highland Coffees instead of Starbucks (see yesterday). Luckily they open really early and they’re close by! I bought a whole wheat bagel and an iced mocha.

The bagel smelled so good in the bag that I almost gnawed the steering wheel on the way to work. Why didn’t I just eat the darn thing? That would’ve been smart. Instead I moaned, “I’m so hungry, I’m so hungry,” the whole way to work while eyeing the bag.

I snacked on a leftover snickerdoodle a few hours later.

At lunch I went to Whole Foods, along with half of the residents of Baton Rouge (the rest were at Walmart). I picked up a few things for tomorrow, along with a new granola to try called ginger snap. I couldn’t resist, there was a sale on about 10 different ones in the bulk bin aisle. Note to self: Never walk down the bulk bin aisle!  You’re not strong enough!

Love the large clumps!

I wasn’t super hungry, but I ate a burrito from my emergency stash.

I love these, but I’m going to have to get off my butt and make my own freezer burritos. Much much cheaper.

Dinner was a treat. My boyfriend surprised me with thai food from our favorite restaurant Duang Tawan.

For an appetizer we ordered a yellowtail and scallion roll, and spring rolls.

For the main course we both got red curry, his had fish and mine had extra vegetables and tofu.

Vegetables included carrots, broccoli, onion, celery, green beans, bell pepper, mushrooms, butternut squash (so good), spinach or seaweed (too busy scarfing)and probably more. I’m just saying that Duang Tawan doesn’t mess around. Instead of fried or steamed little tofu squares, they brought me tofu skins. These were knotted in little twists, chewier and more robust than soft tofu.

I’ve never had tofu skins before, but I’ve gotta say two thumbs up.

After dinner we did a little shopping and stopped by the coffee shop again. Yes I’m a fiend. And yes, I got the same thing as this morning.

We also bought coffee so we have something to drink in the morning.

I’m excited about tomorrow’s feast too!

Let Them Eat Cake!

I started the day with a Starbucks pumpkin spice latte.

I totally forgot to mention that I wanted soy milk, so I’m pretty sure this was 2% or whole. I don’t drink much dairy because it makes my stomach hurt, but I can tolerate a half serving here and there. I drank about half of this. Also, I promptly spilled it on my shirt. Two new stains!

For breakfast I had cake. Yes, cake.

My coworker made a yellow cake with strawberry cream cheese icing. The icing didn’t hold together well since it was fat-free. A cake wreck if you will.

All this sugar made me feel a little awful later. How do people eat donuts and drink super sweet coffee in the morning? Blech!

I had carrots for a snack before exercising.

Lunch was supposed to be a burrito, but I ended up just eating the insides. Wild rice, black beans, an ounce of Havarti, and salsa.

Mix together, pop in the microwave, top with tomatoes, and voila ~awesomeness~!

I decided to plate my food on a tray I had at work. It’s from Costa Rica. Cool, right?

Afterward I had gingerbread spice tea.

Funny story – I thought my gingerbread latte this morning smelled really good and strong, but it turned out I had yesterday’s tea bag still in a mug on my desk, and when I threw it away the smell dissipated.

Dinner was simple: chicken leftovers mixed into pasta with pesto.

Also consumed: two beers, because one is good but two is better.

Aaaaaand a few freezer snickerdoodle cookies.

Jesus Christ! This day was 2000+ calories. I know, I know, it’s never a good idea to start the day with cake. It was pretty much downhill from Starbucks.