Recent Posts Tagged With 'dinner'

• Waitin\' For the Ball to Drop

  Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 20:00 in tea, product reviews, dinner, squash, acorn squash, stuffed squash, tulsi tea

  Happy New Year, everyone! Or New Year's Eve, depending on when you read this ;)I still can't believe 2009 is over. Where did time go?My New Year's Eve was pretty chill and spent with the fam. We made a nice dinner, and now we're about to put on a ...

• 2000 Miles Later...

  Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 11:22 in dinner, plane, dumpling, stuffing, parfait, tofurkey, roasted veggies, greek yogurt, vitatop

  Hey guys!Happy Thanksgiving from MICHIGAN!!! It's chilly here for my Arizonian body:Apologies for the blur, but this pic my sis snapped kinda sums it all up ;)I honestly didn't have much to pack for my trip home. Just the necessities--laptop, camer...

• A Day of Many Melon Desserts

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 21:51 in salad, Strawberries, Pizza, dinner, lunch, fruit, workouts, fries, tortilla, snack, butternut squash, melon dessert

  Hey guys!Hope you had a great day. Mine was pretty good--I just got back from the gym, and I'm gonna try and head up to bed soon so I can get a head start on resting for my 8k race Saturday. Of course, I've gotta foam roll, first! I had some yummy...

• Ready to Hit the Hay

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 21:32 in salad, food, spices, dinner, lunch, dessert, workouts, morningstar, cherries, reddiwhip, beef-less strips

  Hey guys,Boy, I'm ready for this day to be over. It turned into another one of those days, and we had some slightly worrying family drama in the evening. I went and did a solo gym sesh, and felt much better. Everything is okay right now (I don't w...

• Stayin' On Track

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 09:12 in food, Pizza, corn, dinner, calendar, muffins, parfait

  Hey guys!Good news, I'm feeling less lazy today. Ha! I had a really yummy dinner last night, but I felt too tired to even post it. I did finally start blog-commenting, though! And I set up my own Google Calendar that I know a lot of you use. It'...

• Ready for School!

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 20:23 in fitness, food, exercise, dinner, lunch, Basil, sandwich, pumpkin, quorn, grilled veggie salad, ddessert, quorn cutlets

  Hey guys,You might be wondering about that title. Well, of course I'm not mentally ready to go back--I don't want to say goodbye to summer yet. But today I finally got into all my kinesiology classes!!! The last 2 opened up today, and I snagged 'e...

• Sunshine Falafel Patties & A New Set of Wheels

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 21:10 in salad, Strawberries, product reviews, dinner, lunch, fruit, workouts, Basil, sandwich, falafel, trader joe's, sabra hummus

  Hi guys,I hope your Friday went well! I just got back from a nice gym session--60 minutes on the arc trainer. My heart rate is already pretty much back to where it was before the surgery. It's crazy, because I adapted again so fast! Just a week a...

• Hittin' the Pavement

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 18:52 in salad, food, running, dinner, garmin, dried fruit, parfait, greek yogurt

  Hey guys,Today has been weird with the time change! I'm going with Michigan time, so I just ate dinner and will be getting to bed early.My mom and I hit up Mejier to restock our kitchen. Hopefully tomorrow we'll go to TJ's for some cheap greek yogu...

• Change of Major = Major Change

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 23:56 in salad, restaurant, product reviews, dinner, lunch, fruit, breakfast, granola, peanut butter, pb loco, kelp noodles, overnight oats

  Hey guys,Today has been even crazier than yesterday, if that's possible. This is gonna be as to-the-point as I can make it, cause I am about to crash! This morning feels like it was a week ago.I didn't sleep very well and woke up at 6am. I had ove...

• First Official Rockin' Workout!

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 20:44 in salad, food, dinner, lunch, dessert, morningstar, watermelon dessert, healthy melon sorbet

  Hey guys!Thanks for all your nice comments about my sister's guest post. She really appreciates them! And guess what? I just had my first official workout since the surgery! I went on the arc trainer for 45 minutes at the gym. It was pretty funny ...

• Tummy Troubles

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 19:03 in salad, food, dinner, breakfast, pumpkin, morningstar, eggplant, melon, muffins, trader joe's, parfait, healthy melon sorbet

  Hi guys,I'm gonna try and make this quick cause my stomach is really hurting. I slept in til 10 and then this dude came and tuned the piano. I had a parfait and ate it outside:The regular mix with a TJ's Pomegranate something muffin. Blueberry? It...

• The Produce Dilemma

  Posted on Wednesday July 15th, 2009 at 21:30 in budget, salad, food, dinner, produce, trader joe's, grocery store

  Hey guys,I hope you're having a great night. I know I usually don't post 3 times in a day, but I've got a question for you. Lately I've been feeling kinda guilty about how often I go to the grocery store. I eat a ton of salads and fresh produce. ...

• Product Review Mania

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 19:46 in apple, salad, product reviews, dinner, lunch, breakfast, shrimp, cherries, muffins, trader joe's, frozen grapes, parfait

  Hey guys,We just finished watching WALL-E. I had already seen it, but my family hadn't. I thought it was a really cute story, and I of course loved the little message about how we can't allow our society to become so lazy and dependent on technolog...

• Off Day

  Posted on Thursday July 9th, 2009 at 19:28 in food, dinner, pumpkin, veggies, oatmeal, hummus, mints, newman's own organics

  Hi guys,Today has been such a weird day. After waking up past 11 but still feeling tired, I chilled on the couch for a while before taking a walk. When I was walking back, the UPS guy showed up with my Newman's Own Organics products-- you can see t...

• Portion Sizes and Responsibility

  Posted on Wednesday July 8th, 2009 at 19:04 in food, recovery, dinner, lunch, pumpkin, peanut butter, falafel, hummus, frozen grapes, portion sizes, sabra hummus, reddiwhip

  Hi guys,You all had some great comments on my morning post discussing restaurant portion size. Here are a few of them:K said:"Ugh, portion sizes drive me insane! They're HUGE!! People do not need that much food in one setting. I remember I went out ...

• I Swear I'm Not 12 (and a Harp Composition!)

  Posted on Tuesday July 7th, 2009 at 18:15 in apple, food, composition, dinner, soup, harp, lunch, dessert, pumpkin, age, wraps, trader joe's

  Hey lovely ladies (and handsome fellas if you're out there)Sooo, it's not every day you get to argue with the grocery store cashier and try to convince her that you're not 12 years old. Seriously. Actually, people always think I'm much younger than...

• A Late Start, But a Productive Day

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 21:11 in salad, Gym, dinner, lunch, fruit, dessert, pumpkin, eggplant, cherries, salad dressing, hummus

  Hi everyone,I hope your Monday went well. Mine was pretty chill, but I managed to get a lot done. I set up the electricity for my new apartment and scheduled the shut-off for the old one, called about my shipment of contacts, practiced harp, talked...

• Happy 4th!

  Posted on Saturday July 4th, 2009 at 17:37 in food, dinner, lunch, dessert, Basil, pumpkin, veggies, fries, pesto, grapes, wraps, butternut squash

  Hi guys!I hope your 4th has been great. We pretty much celebrated last night cause that's when they had the big fireworks show here, and cause we don't have a grill! So we don't have a cookout or anything. I really want a grill, but my dad worries...

• Gym Rat

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 19:09 in apple, salad, Gym, dinner, lunch, coconut, peanut butter, snack, honeydew, trader joe's, greek yogurt

  Hey guys!I just got back from the gym! Yep, you read that right. But no worries, all I did was walk! I walked around that lil blue track at the Y for about 50 minutes, just jammin' to my iPod. My mom needed to go workout, and I decided to tag alo...

• Rewards for Eating Salad? I'm In!

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 20:29 in apple, salad, food, fish, dinner, lunch, salmon, trader joe's, brussels sprouts, roasted veggies, fresh funds

  Hi guys,I hope your Wednesday went well! Mine was okay--a little stressful, but oh well. I'll do a post later with more details about the potential change of major. I don't want to say too much before all the right people get contacted, and issues...

• A Few Changes Around Here

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 18:02 in salad, food, recovery, tuna, dinner, lunch, eggplant, melon, amy's, hummus, sabra hummus

  Hi everyone!So, I'm totally in the process of giving this little blog a makeover. I'm aiming to create recipe and product review pages, and I'll probably be taking the reviews and recipes I've already done and posting separate pages for them. I'll ...

• Soup and a Smile

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 07:18 in food, recovery, recipe, dinner, coloring, soup, coconut, breakfast, oatmeal, couscous, israeli couscous

  Hi guys!First off, I have to thank the lovely Jenny for her bad-mood-busting coloring suggestion yesterday! Total genius :D I admit, I like to color, too. So I thought I'd share with you my gorgeous creation:Those leaves took me forever ;)Dinner w...

• Amazing Grass, Heal My Nose!

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 08:41 in recovery, product reviews, dinner, breakfast, pumpkin, banana, peanut butter, oatmeal, superfoods, pretzel, amazing grass, naturally nutty

  Hey guys,I'm still feeling better--having the nasal packing out makes a huge difference. I can actually breathe again! I'm definitely sporting some pretty dramatic black eyes, though. I can't wait for the splint to come off on Monday! I'm totally...

• Bring it On

  Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 19:39 in surgery, salad, dinner, lunch, fruit, pumpkin, banana, peanut butter, cottage cheese, kabocha, operation beautiful

  Hi everyone,I'm so touched by your well wishes! Thank you so much. Today was a whirlwind! I'll try to backtrack and remember everything.I had some cantaloupe and watermelon for a snack:It was a Tuscan Cantaloupe from Whole Foods, but I didn't noti...

• Farewell Run

  Posted on Sunday June 21st, 2009 at 21:20 in family, salad, food, running, dinner, food blogs, lunch, fruit, whole foods, garmin, trader joe's, coconut water

  Whew, today was a long day! A good day, though. So before we went up to my grandparents, I stopped at Whole Foods and picked up some fruit to take up there. When we got there, I cut up and arranged the honeydew melon, cantaloupe, blueberries, and ...

• Ice Cream and Playgrounds (and Pbu!)

  Posted on Saturday June 20th, 2009 at 20:27 in goji berries, salad, food, ice cream, dinner, lunch, breakfast, dessert, pumpkin, peanut butter, oatmeal, trader joe's

  Hi guys!Wow, today was eventful! I started the morning with a lovely bowl of oats for my mom and I. We didn't have any bananas, so I had to use the Mejier pumpkin. I opened a new can, and I think it tasted a little better? Haha, maybe it was just...

• After Glow

  Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 20:02 in goji berries, salad, food, product reviews, dinner, lunch, dessert, cream cheese, shrimp, bagel, stirfry, trader joe's

  Hi guys!I'm still happy about my 10-miler this afternoon :D The rest of the day has gone well, too!Whew, so where'd we leave off? Lunch, I think! So I've have a bagel craving recently. I decided to have one of the Trader Joe's mini bagels we had ...

• Tired from Sitting

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 21:55 in salad, food, Gym, dinner, lunch, mango, annie's, amy's, vitalicious, bistro burger, arc trainer, island marinade

  Wow, I am exhausted! And the funny thing is, I'm so tired from spending so much time on my butt the whole day! I spent over 2 hours driving to different hospitals, and several hours in the waiting rooms/exam table as well.My visit with the surgery ...

• Buzzin' Around

  Posted on Tuesday June 16th, 2009 at 07:40 in salad, food, dinner, breakfast, pumpkin, peanut butter, oatmeal, wraps, hummus, foodbuzz, fresh mozzarella, sabra hummus

  Hey guys,I'm excited! I applied to be a part of the foodbuzz featured publisher program the moment my blog hit 30 days old, and I got my acceptance email yesterday! I'm faxing the forms today. I know a lot of you are part of the featured publisher...

• Falafelly Goodness

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 18:51 in salad, food, Gym, Strawberries, corn, dinner, workouts, pita, annie's, farmer's market, falafel, trader joe's

  I hope your weekend is off to a great start! I've spent the day running errands, going to the gym, and making a delicious dinner! But more on that soon.I had a snack of some Farmer's Market strawberries. They were yummy!A little on the small side ...