Back in Town
Hello all! As of last night, I am officially back in Durham for one last semester. Due to my traveling schedule yesterday, I am just now getting a chance to post my weekend’s eats—I have much to show you. Without ado, let’s dive into some culinary adventures, shall we?
Friday
Wheat germ and chocolate in the same mouthful. Glorious.
Saturday
I don’t think I will ever tire of Kashi GoLean—my obsession with this cereal dates back to high school.
With a bag of broccoli slaw hangin’ out in the fridge and no tofu in the house, I settled on a gingery Quorn stir-fry for lunch. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but it was pretty bangin’.
For dinner, I decided to try out a product I received from Wildwood: Pasta Slim. These noodles appear to be very similar to Tofu Shirataki noodles, the product so wildly raved about by Hungry Girl. To be honest, I was never a fan of Tofu Shirataki noodles, so I didn’t have much hope for this product. It turns out that my suspicions were justified—Pasta Slim has that same slimy texture that Tofu Shirataki noodles have, perhaps with a slightly less fishy odor. No thanks. At least my easy sauce concoction was tasty.
That night, my family all went to Yogurt Mountain for an evening treat. Imagine a self-serve TCBY—you fill your own cup, add as many toppings as you like, and pay by the weight. Mine turned out to be delicious; there are so many possible combinations that I am sure I will return to Yogurt Mountain several times in the future. The fam headed over to a outdoors supply store to enjoy our fro-yo…and we found some awesome headgear:)
Apparently the fro-yo didn’t fill me up enough to not have my evening smoothie.
Sunday
With my bags all packed and my heart filled with anticipation, I settled down to one last bowl of oat bran at home. ‘Twas delightful.
I packed both my lunch and dinner for my long travel day.
Once I landed, I was greeted by Seth and big, beautiful bouquet of flowers. As predicted by my list, this kind gesture made me one happy lady.
Monday
Before heading out to a day of sorority recruitment activities, I gobbled down a quick breakfast of whatever I could find in the fridge.
Amidst our sisterly bonding and endless crafting, I did get a chance to enjoy a Greek salad and fruit.
Yikes! Monster post. Congratulations if you’re still reading! I hope to be back soon. Ciao, lovelies.
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Hello and welcome! I have created this blog for people who love food, especially healthful, vegetarian food.
I have just graduated from Duke University with degrees in English and psychology. I plan to pursue a master's degree in nutrition starting in Fall 2010. Ideally, I would like to combine my love of food and the written word someday as a health writer.
Oh my god, something like TCBY…. love that place @_@
Way too many good eats in this post. My head is about to fly off. I’m glad you’ve returned to some lovely flowers and to an even lovelier person
Welcome back to Durham
I feel a little old reading that you ate Kashi cereals in high school. I don’t believe we had Kashi products when I was there = realization that I’m old. ha ha!
Those flowers are gourjuss!! Wow, Seth sure knows how to pick ‘em (flowers and gals).
Hope you’re having fun with recruitment biz.
i love thos self serve yogurt places, they always have the tart kind i like! i was obsessed with kashi go lean crunch in hgih school too! funny
FLOWERS!!! what a good man
dude you are really good at traffic snack packing
next time i want to go on a road trip i’m calling you. i know the eats will be divine.
mm can’t wait for a good hearty har bowl of oatbran tomorrow! glad you’re back in town safe n souuund
Is yogurt mountain (wasn’t open last time I was up there) next to the whole foods on hwy 280? I will have to hit it up next time I go to B’ham in February…looks yummy! Hope you have a great last semester…college sure does fly by!
Whoa, I loved how you served your eats up on a wooden platter…so…rustic. Makes for good pictures, too!
I was never a fan of those tofu shirataki noodles either
That was so sweet of Seth to give you flowers! Good luck with recruitment (hang in there…I know I’m trying)
SOO cute that he met u with flowers
Glad u made it back, i don’t start til the 25th and I’m pprrretty happy about it!!
Beautiful flowers, yummy eats! Good luck on your final semester!
Aww how sweet of Seth to bring you flowers! He sounds like a keeper
I keep hearing about those self serve froyo places. I am going to die if I don’t find one around my area!
Oh, nice to see that they have this kind of ice cream concept here in the US, wish there was one in NC….
In Brazil there are lots of Ice Cream places like that, you choose your flavors, put as much as you want (they have different containers and waffle bowls too), add your favorite toppings and pay by weight – I love ice cream so I have fun at these places!
I love the first smoothie you posted, you make it look so pretty and tempting!
Oh, and did you like the hummus maximus? Tthat’s the one I have tried!
Ana
I am bummed you didn’t like the “pasta slim”. I happen to like somewhat oddly textured noodles though so maybe I’ll still give it a try. How special to receive flowers when you got back, what a nice guy!
Welcome back! So exciting to be on your last semester… enjoy it
I wasn’t a fan of tofu shirataki at first, but they’ve grown on me. Great for making brothy soups, like fake ramen!