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Good evening, all. In the interim since my last post, I have been enjoying my weekend to the fullest. It began with a fancy dinner and my sorority’s formal and ended with a laid back picnic in the park. In essence, ‘twas the perfect weekend.
I have many pictures to show you, of both the edible and non-edible varieties, so let’s commence this re-cap, shall we?
Friday
Prior to heading out to the big event, Seth and I dined at the Fairview Dining Room on at the Washington Duke Inn on Duke’s campus. Not only was everything elegantly delicious, but it was all paid for by my meal plan’s food points:)
Saturday
After a late night, I seized the opportunity to sleep in yesterday morning. As is typical for me on the morning following an alcohol-laced evening, I had an awesome run. I returned home and made friends with a certain Mr. Jay Robb.
Upon first sip, I noted a hint of chalkiness in the taste of this smoothie, but by mid-glass, I had been converted to the cult of Jay Robb. I’m looking forward to trying the other flavors!
Soon enough, my appetite kicked into overdrive—not even three hours later, I made myself “lunch” or whatever you call a meal consumed at 4 PM.
Then Seth and I spent the afternoon touring a local college; I plan on applying to enter its graduate nutrition program.
We headed back to Duke’s campus for dinner at the Devil’s Bistro. Highlight of the meal was definitely the baked sweet potato fries!
Sunday
This morning I discovered that I need to use apples in my oats more often. I tend to use mashed banana as the default, but this apple-laden version was pretty ah-maze-ing—particularly with a scoop on sunflower butter.
After composing this afternoon’s review post, I made myself a quick bagel sammich for lunch.
For this evening’s entertainment, Seth and I headed out to the Duke Gardens for a sunset picnic. I packed my Avocado Eggless Salad, along with a few crunchy accompaniments.
Whew. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend as well, and thanks for reading.
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
What a fabulous weekend!! Oh and Jay Robb brown rice protein powder = my favorite. Try the chocolate flavor too!
What a post chock full of goodies!! You looked perty perty in your formal photos. Meredith college is perty too.
I saw the portobello club on the menu last week and got super excited. Was the actual sandwich good? I know the sweet potato fries were
Those coconut noodles look fantastic. And I love your dress
HAHA! He gave you a bouquet of BROCCOLI!! OMG. Sweetest, most appropriate thing ever. No wonder you love him!
And you look gorgeous, Sweet Caroline!
Ah, what an amazing weekend you had, darling! You looked beautiful at formal… and after as well. Great food paired with love in spring seems to be working quite well for you
Looks like a great weekend! You guys are too cute
What a beautimous campus. omg sweet tater fries = heaven!
fantastic weekend indeed! I love your dress… such a bright color!
A Broccoli bouquet! That’s hilarious. He’s a keeper
Wow, that broccoli bouquet is too cute!
Glad you had a good weekend
Heeeeyyyyyyyyyy you were here and I didn’t even know!!!!! Ah, I laughed out loud when I saw the photos of my/ our campus! I was like I know where that is!
So fun, I didn’t know you were thinking of coming here to MC! I am one of the grad representatives for all the prospective student info sessions!
Dr. Landis is my advisor and Nealie Tebb is a fellow grad student/admin staff!
If you have any questions feel free to ask me, Ill give you the honest truth!
Love all the meals- omg- rice noodles?! That place looks fab, I must take a hop over there sometime soon!
I can’t believe the broccoli bouquet. That is adorable. You also look beautiful in that dress! Glad to see you are really living it up – your pics from this weekend look beautiful!
What a great weekend- love the pics at the formal!!!! Good luck with your application- looks like a beautiful college
Jay Robb has grown on me too- the pina colada flavour is amazing.
What a fun date night, and so cool that you could use your meal points to pay for it! My college’s plan didn’t cover anything outside of the cafeteria
Yep! You know you’ve got a great date ahead when the man brings ya produce!
Hahaha. Once, my ex brought me red beets (he knows I love to pickle my own with vinegar & splenda! ) from a farm stand that he picked up because he thought of me on his way to visit with his parents. That was my “souvenier” from him.
BROCCOLI BOUQUET. OMG. Hehehehe. I was looking at photos from your formal that my facebook friends in chi o uploaded! I’m glad you had such a great time
I have YET to try the wa duke. Must make a visit. I’m running out of food poitns though. Oh well.
I think seth just won “most creatively adorable boyfriend” award. I didn’t know you were planning on staying in NC after graduation! Do you still have classes to take at U of Alabama (I think I remember you saying you were taking summer classes there to get a second bachlors degree in dietetics?) or are you all set to go straight into getting your RD?
Girl, your weekend sounds positively perfect!
I love the boquet of broccoli (best idea ever! haha) and all the pics of you guys having fun made me smile. 
And thanks for the reminder of using apples ‘n’ oats together! I always resort to bananas as well, forgetting about how awesome apples are with nut butters and oats. So yummy!
Hope you’re having a great Monday!
omg!! I love love love that broccoli bouquet!! What a great date : )
you and seth are seriously the cutest couple ever. you always look like you are having so much fun, which i completely love. if only mr. lawyer was a lot more like seth…
ugh, boys.
on the bright side, your eats = amazing = as always.
Thank youuu!! YES, someone else has found the joy in apple-y oats with sunflower seed butter. I sware it’s the perfect pair
And aww, you & Seth are adorable!