Eggwhite Dill Puffs

So I've been a bit obsessed with Dill recently. I bought some fresh - and I've been putting it on a lot of things. Hense the dill topped on cottage cheese as a cracker topping a few days ago.

Eggwhite Dill Puff

Welcome eggwhite Dill puffs, I think I will be enjoying their company a lot more often! They were yummy

Literally all I had to do was mix up: eggwhites, dill, garlic then microwave for about 1:30 min

Afterwords back to the books. But I had an unwanted visitor: A MILLIPEDE

I wish it was on the floor cause then Holly (my dog) would have hunted it down and ate it.
Yes- It is gross that my dog eats insects...but it's also convenient

Busy exam time = (Messy Desk) + 2(Yummy Study Snack)

Do you remember those hemp hearts I told you about earlier?

Well they turned out to find a new favorite home in my breakfast bowl with my Winnie the Pooh spoon!

 millet puffs, almond milk, protein powder, cranberries, strawberries

Then the usual on the side plate: an apple and 1/2 grapefruit!

Can you tell exams are coming up? Look at that messy desk!

It never looks like that - I'm actually a surprisingly organized person. And my office is my favorite place to organize

And yes - that is a study snack you see on the middle of my desk. What is it you ask?

Like yesterday - I JUST COULDN"T MAKE UP MY MIND. But this time instead of being indecisive about toppings - I couldn't decide on the base

So I decided to go with a ryvita crackers (crunch) and bread (moist). Both with WF peanut spread, cottage cheese, and cinnamon

The other day I made a delicious dinner and I thought I would share:

Ginger Garlic Tofu with dried cilantro sprinkled on top with bok choy, and carrots. 

Yum Yum Yum...but all that garlic really left me craving a piece of gum. SO I HAD MY FIRST PIECE OF GUM IN 30 DAYS.

You see I've been a bit addicted to gum, and 'a bit' may be an understatement.
No joke, I was going through about 2 packs a day! I decided it was a getting excessive and perhaps promoting bloating - so I quit COLD TURKEY.

But last night I had my first piece again! In order to not become re addicted to gum - I'm only allowing my self one piece a day. We we'll see how this goes

What flavor did I go for?

Extra Dessert Delights - Mint chocolate chip flavor! I can't find it in Canada anywhere - so this was is a special USA gum. Can't wait until I can buy more when I drive down to florida in 8 DAYS

Is anyone else an excessive gum chewer? Do you find it can sometimes give you bad symptoms like bloating?

For when you just can't decide

Just over three weeks until the royal wedding. I love all the little news segments that are popping up on local stations. The other day my favorite breakfast television show pointed out all the crazy memorabilia that can be bought. Take a look at this book: Knit your own Royal Wedding!

You know those times when you just can't decide between two options? Well I couldn't decide between savoury vs. sweet so I decided on both:

Savoury toppings: cottage cheese, salsa, fresh dill

Sweet Toppings: thin spread of PB, cottage cheese, nutmeg

Today's class schedule is kind of strange in the sense that I end up having two lunches. I have my first lunch at noon between lunches, which consists of things that will tie me over (like nuts, yogurt, apple) but don't take up too much room in my bag.

When I get home I have my second lunch around 3:30pm. Which contains a little something to tie me over until dinner (cottage cheese/crackers), and I'll my fresh veggies I've been craving all day.

That will hold me over until dinner because I generally eat dinner earlier then most (5:30pm) - Since I'm very efficient at school work in the evenings (if I do say so myself)

Do you ever find your meal schedule a little out of sorts? Do you think there really is a 'normal meal' schedule, or that everyone eats at different times?

Microwaving Tupperware - OOPS

Cilantro is one of my favorite flavors, and apparently today was a big cilantro day because I used it in my lunch sandwich and my dinner pasta dish.

You know those times when you get really excited about what your making and then you step back and realize what a mess you have made?

Well my sandwich making turned out to be one of those times

I can never decide if I want my bread to be toasted or soft. So I almost always end up having one soft and one toasted!

Your top teeth get to bite into something soft and moist, and your bottom teeth get to bite into something crunchy! It's a win-win situation.

I found a perfect new study spot on campus. Nice and quiet, there was actually no one there! It was like my own personal living room.

I will have to remember this spot for next year, as there was even a microwave. This is where I enjoyed my shrimp-cilantro-shrataki noodle stir-fry.

I took these pictures when it was freshly cooked in the morning - but as it was a long day, by the  time I got to eat it was in a boring old plastic container.

I really wanted to have it warmed up a bit in the microwave...so I did. I know microwaving plastic containers is a big NO NO.. but will one time actually hurt? I hope not :)

Have you ever used the microwave on food in a plastic container?

Apple Love (not the computer...The Fruit!)

Good morning everyone - I hope you all had as much fun with your breakfast as I did with mine!

I picked up a bag of Millit Cereal and was excited to see what I could come up with for breakfast today, after yesterday's burnt toast.

It turned out to be not very original but still tasty none the less. 

 What's inside?

-1 cup of puffed millit

-1 tbsp of Progressive Chocolate flavored Protein Powder

-Unsweetened Almond Breeze

-Strawberries and frozen cranberries

-Stevia

-My fat free protein PB and some real PB for fuel

And don't you just love when you find the large apples at the supermarket? This massive one made my morning

I absolutely love apples - and all the different types they come in! If you ever want a great source listing a bunch of apple sites check out Orange Pippin. 

I am an Apple fan when it comes to my electronics to - my Macbook is so reliant. 

It's a 'Sonya' apple and ia a great sweet crunchy apple. I will definitely be buying more Sonya apples the next time I see them at the store.

Does any one have any favorite apple types?

Weekend Recap and Yogurt flavors

When I said on my last post "It was just one of those days" it turns out what I really meant was "it's just one of those weeks".

I won't bore you with the details but:

Weekend Recap:
So weekends can get pretty busy as I work on Saturdays, and have church on Sundays. Which explains the  no weekend post.

It was pretty uneventful to say the least:
Saturday was a long day at work - followed by a beautiful quite pajama party BY MYSELF - oh wait Holly was there - but she was a quite sleepy dog.

She didn't get off the couch all night!

Sunday consisted of a great morning church service - followed by a productive afternoon of catching up with school problem sets and lab reports!

But now it is Monday and I burnt my toast this morning - Since I like my toast to be Re-toasted!

I put the toast on the toaster as pictured above, and pull down the lever - and it warms up the toast and makes it super crispy on the bottom! But sometimes - it gets burnt :(

It's official - ONLY one more week of classes!

Then there are still exams...but I'm going to be going on a road trip to Florida in between my exams! So I'll be studying in the sun :) AND I'll be able to try all the USA food brands I keep reading about on my favorite blogs!

I'm curious to see the selection of yogurt flavors in grocery stores in the states. In the past I have always found them to be so different then the Canadian ones!

My Favorite Yogurt brand is Yoplait Source. They have so many flavors, but my favorite are:

• Lemon Meringue Parfait
• Cherry Delight
• Creme Caramel
• Cafe latte
• Melon Trio 

What are your favorite yogurt flavors? 

One of those days

You know those days where every task seems ginormous, and you just want to stay at home in your pj's?

Well today was one of those days. And I don't know why I was so exhausted today - cause the weather was finally nice for a change!

It can sometimes be a little noisy in busy engineering building...those engineering students have a lot of school spirit

So I decided to go to my favorite quite study area. I very rarely go to the library...because you can't eat in the library!

Lots of comfy chairs to choose from, and when I get tired I can look up at the pretty ceiling!

It's too bad the picture of my snack looked pretty depressing, and it's a good thing it hadn't been long since lunch!

So now it is the end of one of those really long days - yet I still have so much to do. Yikes! Don't you hate when things start piling up!

I guess I can sit down at home, enjoy an overflowing bowl of fruit, and crackers...and TRY and get a few problem sets done.