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I have arrived back in Durham and have (almost) completed my checklist before classes start. Obligatory trip to Target? Check. Dinner at Elmo‘s with the parents? Check. Obsessive decoration of the apartment? Check. All that’s left is the inaugural visit to Whole Foods (which is on the agenda for tomorrow). While it’s never fun to see summer come to an end, I am excited for my classes, many of which are nutrition-related, as well as my new living arrangement with Alanna. May this year be the icing on the cake…er dressing on the salad.
What are you looking forward to in the upcoming months?
Lots of food to share, so let’s get busy:
Friday
As my end-of-summer celebratory shake, I whipped up one of my faves: choco-straw-nana.
choco-straw-nana shake with chocolate HempShake, soymilk, & coconut
Saturday
In anticipation of a busy morning of packing up the car, I prepared some overnight oats on Friday evening. It was delicious but not nearly as filling as my usual oat concoctions. Maybe next time I should add some yogurt?
Simple Harvest oatmeal packets
overnight oats: Simple Harvest oatmeal packet with 1/2 cup almond milk, topped with nuked apple, cinnamon, & almond butter
Midway through our journey, we stopped at Rising Roll for lunch. I ordered the Garden Veggie panini (sans cheese and mayo), plus a garden salad. The guacamole was spicy and delicious, and the panini bread was pillowy soft. While the food was tasty, it was not worth the 20 minutes that it took for us to receive our food. Plus, their takeout packaging was less than adequate; a paper tray with saran wrap over the top hardly qualifies as an easily transportable container. Bottom line: Rising Roll=not ideal for diners on-the-go. Bonus points for the free pickle, though:)
Garden Veggie Panini
cuke, tomato, spinach, roasted red pepper, & GUAC
ho-hum salad
another apple
Once the car had been unloaded, we were all starving. Off to Elmo‘s we went, where I ordered their luscious vegetarian chili and a small spinach salad. I guess I should have ordered something more, because I was still hungry when we left!
vegetarian chili (the cornbread was bequeathed to my dad)
spinach salad with tomatoes, shrooms, & pecans
I fed my persistent appetite with a little sweet snack.
Chocolate Chip Peanut Odwalla with soymilk
Sunday
It’s not Sunday morning without oatmeal. I topped this batch with one of my TJ’s goodies that I’ve been saving from my trip to Chicago.
Trader Joe's Honey Sesame Cashews
oatmeal cooked with soymilk & strawberries, topped with honey sesame cashews
In the midst of my frenzied picture hanging and furniture arranging, I took a break for a simple lunch.
apple-Sunbutter sandwich; zucchini & hummus
With far too many food points to spend, I decided to hit up the salad bar for dinner.
salad bar: greens with shrooms, snow peas, red bell pepper, edamame, & peanuts; Oikos with cantaloupe
Now, I am off to give my label-maker a workout. Good night, all!
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
that rising roll place looks good. glad to hear you made it safe! i am looking forward to seattle and lake powell.. i should be going back to school but i am a slacker
have fun labeling!
How is it that you can make anything look so delicious!? Even in plastic containers, your food looks amazing. I wish I could make that happen!
Yay for nutrition classes. I think I’m taking one this fall too! Let us know how it goes
Honey sesame cashews sound delicious in oats! Fab addition indeed.
The vegetarian chili looks awesome with the cornbread! Definite comfort food.
Wow, mostly nutrition classes? Sounds fun! I wish I could take some too but right now I’m still stuck with stupid intro classes
YAY for WF! Tomorrow will be a great day, yeah?
I LOVE the coconut you put on top of your smoothie! It looks so good! Good luck with your classes this fall!
I’m looking forward to losing some weight so that my knees will hurt less. That oatmeal with strawberries and cashew nuts looks amazing!
classes begins today? woooo….. i’m glad that my school gave us another week and I gave myself one addition week until back to “life”.
I’m looking forward to meet my parents soon!
I love that vegetarian chili with cornbread combo!!! sooooo comforting!
Welcome back to Durham! Once your settled in we should meet up.
You made it! If only food points could be used at the WF salad bar, huh? Although the $1200 central plan will help in that arena for sure. We definitely need to schedule some meals together once we get settled in.
Good luck with your semester beginnings! Ahhh meal plans. Good stuff.
Glad you made it!! Sorry the Rising Roll wasn’t the best but it sure looks delicious!
Hope you had fun labeling
omg the panini looks sooo good! sorry it was not such a stellar experience for you though. i would love to take some nutrition classes– i bet they are interesting! enjoy labeling! xoxoox
An apple and sunbutter sandwich sounds delicious!! You should try it with prunes
What am I looking forward to? Probably my marathon. It’s all that’s been on my mind. I’m also looking forward to meeting new people and seeing new sights over in Flint when I move in.
Have fun with Mr. Label-maker.
Yay! Looks like you had an awesome weekend! Oh my god – I ate about five billion of those honey sesame cashews at my boss’s party on Friday and completely forgot about them til I saw your picture! They are absolutely magical!
i lOVE salad bars
yours looks devine!
holy crappola…that all looked sooooooooo good! honey sesame nuts are the best – i ate those like a fiend in asia.
pickles? yes please. they are one of my fave things ever!
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welcome back!!!! We should meet up once you are settled!
may this be the icing on the cake and the dressing on your salad- haha – love that!
YEAH Goodluck on your first day of school!! I can tell by this post that you are pumped and ready! I didn’t do anything too crazy this summer either…but it was still a nice summer! Hope your lovin your new roommate/living situation!
Glad you’ve gotten a lot of your to dos done!! Can’t wait to see what you pick up from WFs tomorrow. In the coming months I am most looking forward to training in a new group fitness program– hopefully Body Pump in November.
Sesame honey cashews?? Those sound incredible. Gosh TJs seriously has so many cool products. I bet that apple sun butter sammy was awesome too!
Oooh, I wanted to take a nutrition class this semester, but it was full! I’m looking forward to my fall schedule of having no class on Thursday or Friday x) even if that means more intense Mon-Wed.
Ive never noticed the sesame honey cashews from TJs, those look yum, I need to pick up a bag of those. Darn, was just there this morning. Next time…
Your oatmeal packet/nuked apple/almond butter/cinn breakfast is righttt up my alley. Had some variation of that every morning since getting back to school.
Still lovin’ it!