just a couple things

romaine lettuce, strawberries, mushrooms, and carrot. that has a bit of baba ganoush hummus from tribe on the side.
this is going to be a frequent breakfast item for me this summer: oatmeal, cinnamon, a pinch of cardamom && raisins!


strawberries w. quaker oatmeal squares. love those.


leftover gluten free bread buried under those mixed greens && some wild garden hummus.


rice crackers from the dollar tree w. the first hummus i ever tried: wild garden. i used to get it at world market before they closed in rockford. :( so good. this will probably forever be my favorite.


a little concoction i whipped up today. despite being barely hungry i decided to eat this. i snacked on pretzels ALL day. this is just a sign that i am bored w/o the routine of school. i NEED a job. immediately.

but anyway, this is just spaghetti noodles, baby corn, water chesnut, mushroom, and bamboo shoots. it's dressed in a little bit of sweet baby ray's bbq sauce and low sodium soy sauce. even so, i think i hit the sodium overload today.


i need to motivate myself to be active this summer. it wasn't a problem last summer, but something has changed. i've gotten lazy. wish me luck.

VEGAN QUESO!!!!!!!!!!!

this stuff deserves its own post. that's all i have to say. OR, NOT..

people are raving about this stuff like crazy and so when i found out they were selling it in rockford, i made a trip just to find it. i ate a jar in one day. BUT! it's only 160 cals per jar and no fat. i ate it with pretzels, but i have all of these other ideas, like quesadillas and nachos, and potatoes, etc. mmmm!! i am going to get more when i am home again.

i also can't wait to make this for my friend. she is obsessed w. queso and was devastated when i went vegan and couldn't make my famous nachos anymore. it's a little spicy for her taste though, so i think i'm going to add avocado or something to it.



but, i'm just sayin'...you've got to try it.

farewell/celebratory dinner

i made dinner for the boyfriend before left on a trip to amsterdam and after we finished school.

i made bbq jackfruit!! i love this stuff.


i got gluten free bread for him. it was extremely dense! but it wasn't bad. later, i tried it with the jackfruit and i was disappointed b/c it was much, much better with the whole wheat buns i had. the flavor of the bbq was complemented much better with the wheat bun. oh well.


blurry picture before eating...


i drowned mine in greens. man, i love greens.


i ate some leftover gluten free bread the next day. it was wonderful with olive oil and onions and olives. so much better w. olive oil.

last one of the massive comeback posts?? i hope so...

not the last one!! ahhhh!

smoothies!

i'm running out of post titles.

most important::: first asparagus of the season!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE ASPARAGUS. thanks dad. :)


pizza wrap:::


just a stock salad...spring mix, carrot, avocado, onion, i don't know what else...
wrap w. excessive amounts of mustard...

there are those chickpeas again. this was on a tomato basil wrap. so good!

proof of my addiction to broccoli and corn...

and rice && bell peppers....rice is so versatile.

a boyfriend-made meal

there was hummus && bread which i didn't take a picture of.



there was gnocchi! he tossed it in olive oil. i think they already had parsley in them and the garlic flavor was perfectly intense. mmmm! this was so great.


i'd never had gnocchi before. i was happy for an introduction. :)

months worth...

my mom found this multi-grain pita chips w. flaxseed in them. they are so good! and relatively little fat and cals [110 cals; 4 g fat for 11 chips]. they are soooo good! she found them at menard's which i think is funny.

gotta get my rice cake fix...w. a dip of syrup of course. i think these were a part of some stress eating that was going on quite frequently this semester.


used up leftover tomato sauce...drizzled a little olive oil && garlic powder over the toasted bread...

not the most appealing picture in the world...but i LOVE rice noodles. they are wonderful and so cheap and delicious. plus, they don't give me that heavy feeling like regular pasta does.

rice && corn...i didn't have time to go to the store and i had a 4lb bag...what's a girl to do?! there's a little soy sauce && some of my parent's homemade salsa in there too.

all of these pictures!!

mostly, i just want to say...WOW: flaxmilk. it is awesome. i want to drink it everyday of my life.


obsessed w. chickpeas for awhile...

tomato soup w. too may crackers...

i am free!!!!!!

i know it's been ages since i've posted. i have numerous pictures just waiting to be uploaded. && yesterday, i finally was getting around to doing that and blogging ducks out on me. of course.

anyway, year 1 of grad school is over. this summer i have lots of thesis writing and studying for comprehensive exams [july 16th!].

enough talk...here's what i've been eating:::


most of this is pretty self-explanatory...i think these were some sort of oatmeal && pumpkin cookie i concocted while stressed out...






obsessed w. broccoli...