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What I ate Wednesday, #11

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:47:04 -0700

Ooooh Happy WIAW! I guess this week is going by faster than expected, which is always a good thing! Enjoy some of my eats, although I’ll admit they aren’t all from one consecutive day..ooops. Well, only the lunch was different. :)

Prebreakfast- Crock pot season has arrived!! Fall. More fall posts to come, but how about a healthy stew with beans, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and greens to start off the day! No, I didn’t eat this for breakfast, sheesh.

Breakfast- Panda Puffs, apples, pb, and yogurt. Yummmy! After having some of Ryan’s fresh squeezed OJ.

Lunch- Leftover Pumpkin Mac and Cheese, recipe from ohsheglows! Its delicious, I added cheese to the top, shhh don’t tell.

Dinner- Beans! Done! Had a bowl with a brown rice tortilla, hummus and half an avocado. The avocados from our CSA box this year have been the best I have ever had!

Happy Hump Day!

-Lauren

Happy Friday! Ryan made fresh squeezed orange juice for me this...

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:02:04 -0700

Happy Friday! Ryan made fresh squeezed orange juice for me this morning! What a great start to the day :)

Stevia

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:21:35 -0700

Is gross… I had high hopes that I would like the Vega whole health optimizer powder, but the stevia taste makes me want to throw up. Does anyone else have this problem with artificial sweetener flavor? I know stevia is supposed to be “natural” but it’s nasty!

What I ate Wednesday, #10

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:08:04 -0700

It’s time for WIAW! This morning when I woke up I was convinced it was Saturday, that was unfortunate, but at least it’s hump day! It was in the 90s today, I love October in San Diego!

Breakfast- Tea, yogurt, and an orange. Siggi’s was on sale at whole foods this week :)

Lunch- Salad with avocado, apples, and walnuts, topped with my favorite poppyseed salad dressing (not pictured)

Lunch was served with a side of string cheese and a gorgonzola mushroom cornbread that I got at the farmer’s market on Sunday. Delicious!

Afternoon snack- Carrots! I love munching in the office, although I’m sure the coworkers don’t really like it.

Dinner- Veggie burger (sunshine burger, gluten and soy free) not my favorite but I fancied it up a bit and served it with some homemade sweet potato fries. The sweet potato fries were inspired by Mama Pea’s recipe here.

Dessert- I even made a apple cobbler. Apples really are my favorite fruit, and it is most definitely apple season! The topping was simply coconut flour and oats mixed with some butter and sugar. It’s healthy right? Hmm…I’ll have to think about that one :) And I apologize for the lack of recipes, I’ve been creating in the kitchen just not documenting properly.

I am really excited for apple season, I think apple sauce, apple butter, and other apple goodies are in my near future!

What is your favorite fall food?

- Lauren

Dinner. Tater tots are the ultimate comfort food.

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:09:17 -0700

Dinner. Tater tots are the ultimate comfort food.

What I ate Wednesday, #9

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:39:23 -0700

Happy Hump Day everyone! It’s storming outside today, but I don’t mind it much, it fits the mood with me being sick and injured. Hasn’t been the best of weeks, I found myself with a re-pinched nerve in the back and some gross and evil cold. After sleeping all day I have the strength to bring you this post about my favorite thing ever, fooooood!

Breakfast- Strawberries (yes, I am still holding on to summer) with panda puff cereal and plain yogurt, topped with some chunky pb :)

Lunch- An overly grilled, grilled cheese with langostinos and munster cheese on gluten free bread, with a side of tomato red pepper soup for the painful throat. This bread I got at a newish gluten free Encinitas bakery called 2Good2B, and it really is delicious! I also had a carrot cake cupcake there and you couldn’t even tell it was gluten free. Definitely recommend! If only it wasn’t as expensive, the loaf cost me $8 I think.

Dinner- More bean tacos! I have been eating bean tacos way way too much lately. These were with some roasted chickpeas instead of refried beans( just changing it up a little). I also had a side of sweet potato, yummm.

Stay dry San Diegans! And don’t get sick! It is no fun!

-Lo

What I ate in NY Pizza Edition :) I’ve been slacking..as...

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:33:44 -0700

Artichoke Basille's Pizza

Artichoke Basille's Pizza

Artichoke Basille's Pizza

Grimaldi's Pizza

Grimaldi's Pizza

Grimaldi's Pizza

Grandaisy Bakery-Potato Pizza

Grandaisy-Cauliflower Pizza

Sal And Carmine

Lombardi's

What I ate in NY Pizza Edition :)

I’ve been slacking..as usual. Not getting my blog posts done, forgetting to pay bills/rent/etc, and now I threw my back out (or reinjured it). Yay pinched nerves :( Well I stayed home sick today to rest my back, been laying on the floor for hours which gets old fast. I even finished all my shows on DVR and there were quite a few shows piling up. I decided to make a short what I ate in NY pizza post to cheer me up :)

I ran out of room to post all the pizza pictures but these were the best of what we tasted, each special in their own way.

My Favorites-

Artichoke Basille’s- Basically Artichoke dip baked onto a pizza! Amazing! Best non traditional cheese pizza I had.

Grimaldi’s vs. Lombardi’s- Both used coal ovens, but I found Lombardi’s crust and sauce to be better executed. The sauce was more flavorful and the crust was a little more chewy than Brooklyn’s Grimaldi’s.

Sal and Carmine’s- Best NY style pizza slice. Classic, flavorful and oh so satisfying.

Grandaisy Bakery- Really good creative pizza (original flavors), but was served cold. I’m sorry but that doesn’t fly. If you are going to serve pizza in NY it better be piping hot and amazing.

Anyways, hope you drool over these pictures because I know I will. But my system is definitely appreciating me being back on track, gluten/soy free.

-Lauren

Really?

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:50:48 -0700

I woke up to this fake parking ticket today!

Its stupid and kind of mean.

I parked really well on the street when everyone else parks like a crazy person.

I don’t get it. I mean I know it is a prank but put it on someone’s car who actually parks mean or doesn’t leave enough space for someone to park. I’m kind of confused though because on the fake parking ticket there was a name and real address from a different apartment number in our complex. So I wonder if the person was actually the one who wrote it or if it was a made up name. There was another car with one too. And the person was dumb and wrote the wrong make and model of my car, they wrote honda civic when I drive a volvo, and they took the time to write my license plate number right. So weird.

Oh well! Happy Saturday! Off to get ready for a wedding :)

What I Ate in NY the Bagel Edition Bergen Bagels (Brooklyn)- Had...

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:02:00 -0700

Russ and Daughters

Russ and Daughters

Russ and Daughters

Bergen Bagels

Murray's Bagels

Murray's Bagels

Murray's Bagels

Murray's Bagels

Broadway Bagel

What I Ate in NY the Bagel Edition

Bergen Bagels (Brooklyn)- Had half of a sesame bagel with garlic cream cheese and an everything bagel with basil cream cheese. These were amazing! Started the trip out right with a good bagel :) They also allow the toasting of bagels which wasn’t seen much at our other bagel stops.

Russ and Daughters- I had a Lox and cream cheese on an everything bagel complete with onion, tomatoes, and capers. The lox was amazing, and probably the best I’ve ever had! The bagel however was not nearly up to NY bagel standards in my opinion, I felt that they might have been sitting around for awhile. Despite the bagel, this place is really cute and I definitely enjoyed the vibe, the smoked fishes here are the stars of the show.

Murray’s Bagels (Chelsea)- We got an everything bagel with olive cream cheese and a health bagel with strawberry cream cheese. I love strawberry cream cheese and they did not disappoint! The bagels were chewy but way softer than Russ and Daughters and the cream cheese was delicious. I would pick this as number two from the bagel places I visited.

Absolute Bagel (Way Upper West Side)- Of course the one place I didn’t get a picture of was my favorite! We had an everything bagel with jalapeno cream cheese and another with chive and garlic cream cheese. The chive and garlic cream cheese stole the show! Delicious and so flavorful paired with a hearty bagel chewy and just the right density! Number one in my book from the trip.

Broadway Bagel (Way Upper West Side)- I had an everything bagel with lox and scallion cream cheese topped with tomatoes and onion. While this bagel sammy was good it was nothing really to write home about, but I had to get my one last bagel fix before heading to the airport.

I love bagels! And now I have one growing around my stomach..eww..Luckily I went on a 2 mile walk/run today. Trying to get back into the swing of things. Although, on the bright side the scale doesn’t seem to think I’ve gained any weight, I just feel icky. Maybe refried bean tacos aren’t the best back on track food.

-Lo

Stay tuned for NY pizza eats and other random eats, and then finally pictures of the non food events.

Baking Wednesdays May Return

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:11:14 -0700

Some people bake when they are stressed but I tend to bake when I am procrastinating. :) In college I participated in a made up Wednesday holiday (Baking Wednesdays) which was designed to made the middle of the week just a little sweeter and give myself a study break from the engineering world.

So what am I procrastinating? The list is long: the real world, bills, unpacking, cleaning, going through 1000+ photos from our trip, and blogging my NY/Boston eats (there are so many ;) ) And with all the talk about fall (which I have yet to see in San Diego) and pumpkins I had to make these Pumpkin Doughnuts.

But first was dinner- leftover quinoa stuffed peppers, and a refried bean taco, and my new favorite hot sauce.

The doughnuts/mini muffins turned out tasty. Not too sweet (I used coconut palm sugar instead of sucanat) and you couldn’t even tell they were gluten free. The batter wasn’t the right consistency though, but it was probably my fault because I don’t measure very accurately when baking, when I know it counts. I added more pumpkin instead of all the almond milk too which could have caused some problems. But seriously still delicious, it was very hard not to eat the whole batch.

Instead of making the glaze I sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on the baked doughnuts (which I mainly ate by hand since it didn’t actually stick).

I think baking Wednesdays just might have to continue for awhile!

This episode of baking Wednesdays is brought to you by Christina who gave me these pans on my birthday! More doughnuts to come! Yippeeee.

-Lauren

What I ate Wednesday, #8

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:26:54 -0700

This post was supposed to be for last week’s WIAW..but it wouldn’t work when I was in NY so I am posting it now! Stay tuned for NY and Boston Eats soon. I have over 1000 pictures to go through. Patience is virtue right?

Since I am in NY this what I ate Wednesday is from a day last week! I have yet to figure out how to blog more that one picture at a time to tumblr from an iphone. Enjoy!

Breakfast- Yogurt, strawberries, and peanut butter topped with dehydrated shredded coconut! So good!

Don’t forget the vitamin C- Odwalla’s were on sale.

Lunch- Leftover gluten free eggplant pizza from local habit. Probably some of the best pizza I’ve had! Served with a small bowl of potato soup.

Dinner- Salmon salad topped with avocado. I am trying to get all my summer foods in before the season changes!

Happy Hump Day!

-Lo

Forget the tuna!

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:37:01 -0700

Leftover salmon? I really don’t like microwaving leftover salmon, it can dry it out and it is a tad bit depressing to eat dry salmon. My solution? Make salmon salad! Yeah I know mayo isn’t the best food for you, but occasionally it is amazing.

Directions- Add a tablespoon or two of mayo and mix with leftover salmon (canned salmon would work here too). Then add in chopped veggies of your choice, I used tomatoes, carrots, and onion. Season with garlic salt and lemon pepper to taste and top with avocados.

Quick satisfying meal! Enjoy!

Vacation!

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:18:00 -0700

It’s almost vacation time! Not only is it my first real vacation with Ryan, it’s definitely my first long vacation in years! We will be spending 6 days in NY and 3 in Boston, and I should be packing but I am still itineraryizing :) I don’t usually make an itinerary for trips, but there are just so many food places I want to go that there is no time to waste eating food that doesn’t measure up. I went a little crazy with colors, but hey why not right?

It’s going to be a fun trip, meet up with friends, be a tourist, eat a lot of pizza! Oh yeah the gluten free thing, so I haven’t been sticking to gluten free and my stomach has been absolutely miserable, but I didn’t want to shock my system with pizza in NY so I have been eating bread and food this week that I really shouldn’t. Being gluten free for a month and a half really proved to me once and for all it is something I should do. I feel so much better without the gluten. Since eating gluten this last week, I’m more tired, my stomach hurts, I have heartburn, and headaches. All because of food? Makes me sad, I think after this trip its back to gluten free and soy free 100%. Well, better get packing and itineraryizing. (yeah I know that word doesn’t exist)

What I ate Wednesday, #7

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:26:05 -0700

Here is my What I ate Wednesday Birthday food edition! Oh so awesome!

Breakfast- Gluten Free Pancakes with tons of butter and maple syrup! Ummm did I mention maple syrup?

And then a minor interruption to eating…Sailing! With some really awesome people :)

Lunch- Broken Yolk, could this omelet get any bigger? It had avocado and sprouts and bell peppers-delicious.

And don’t forget the mimosas!

Dinner- we made sushi! Yep made it! which is why this roll looked amazing…

and this one, not so much :)

Dessert which was not pictured was sake, sake, more sake, and some sesame balls!

Happy Hump Day!

-Lo

You Say It's Your Birthday

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:56:25 -0700

Well It’s my Birthday too yeah!

Saturday was my Birthday! I thought I would compile some pictures from my 23rd year on earth.

Phoenix Concert

Wedding at Disneyland..which by the way was pretty awesome. Horse drawn carriage awesome with trumpeters and everything.

Disneyland fun :)

Buzzzzzz…Bumblebee halloween costume

Halloween costume #2- Toadette, All hand made and sewn.

Camping trip #1- Pretty much North San Diego Beach Camping where I taught Ryan how to..

walk on water.

I went to Colorado to learn what winter is (aka visit my sister) and I definitely needed this onesie!

Enjoyed a nice weekend trip to San Francisco.

Participated in a Guacamole making competition, used close to 48 pounds of avocados!

Went to my 9th Coachella Music and Arts Festival

Camping Trip #2- Hiked Half Dome…Just kidding! But did hike around and enjoy the amazing waterfalls of Yosemite in Spring.

Camping trip #3- Carpinteria, where we survived Carmageddon!

Went to a beautiful wedding in La Jolla for some very amazing people.

Started Running ( I have been slacking off..oops)

Survived the great San Diego Blackout 2011 (7 hours of darkness) :)

These are just a few of my adventures from last year and I can’t wait for all the ones to come!

When the lights go down in the city

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:01:00 -0700

As most people have heard or experienced by now San Diego experienced a county wide blackout. The blackout affected people in Arizona, Mexico, and up to Orange County. It was mass hysteria, I mean I was seriously freaking out about my ice cream melting!! Luckily our power turned on around 11 and everything was fine. Traffic was a nightmare to get home though, an hour and a half to drive 15 miles. Take that Carmageddon! All power has been restored which means it is back to work for me! Our work has a generator anyway so I don’t think I could have gotten off. Unless I said I didn’t have gas, but anyway here are a few things to do if your city goes dark.

1. Panic! Only for a minute or two. Freak out about all your food going bad, freak out that you are at work and have no food because you already ate your lunch.

2. Tweet, facebook, tumblr about it. Actually this became pretty important, since most people only had access to email because cell lines were jammed and down.

3. Go watch the football game in the gym at work because we were running on backup power.

4. Read your book while you check the internet some more.

5. Drive home before it gets too dark! The streets were so scary so dark! And people are maniac drivers.

6. Find all the candles you own, in my case tea lights.

7. Chop garlic and boil some pasta by candle light.

8. Drink wine

9. Play Plants vs Zombies on your otherwise useless iPad

10. Enjoy the quiet.

Things not to do:

1. Call your dad 5 minutes after the blackout to talk about fantasy football. And when the cell phone doesn’t work use your work phone.

2. Remember that you have watermelon and eat the whole tub because you might starve if you dont. Umm yeah this really happened.

3. Use all your phone battery.

4. Walk on the treadmill at the gym at work in jeans and funny shoes because you didn’t plan on being stuck at work.

5. Open your fridge. (serious don’t, I didn’t)

6. Try to listen to local radio stations. (I tried)

7. Spill candle wax on your hands.

8. Almost drop a knife your feet (ahem..Ryan)

9. Walk around with glow sticks, people they are not going to protect you.

10. Worry, sure enough the power WILL come back on.

Happy Friday! Today is my last day as a 23 year old. Ryan made sure to remind me, since I call him old.

Love,

The power is out all over San Diego!! It is really crazy, the...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:14:56 -0700

The power is out all over San Diego!! It is really crazy, the streets are going to be a mess without power. Luckily and also unluckily we have back up generators at work so I am still working. But all I can think about is getting home and eating my peanut butter ice cream before it melts!!
Priorities :)

What I ate Wednesday, #7

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:33:30 -0700

Ooooh What I ate Wednesday is here! Here are my lovely eats from Sunday, yippee holiday weekend eats.

Brunch at R.Gang Eatery- Egg scramble with cheddar and chive stuffed tater tots! Delicious!

Lunch- BBQ! BBQed salmon with pineapple, corn, and a potato. So good! BBQs are the best.

Dinner- An all american Big Mac…Just kidding! It’s a black bean burger from Peas and Thank You Book and served with tomatoes, avocado, and honey gouda cheese on GF bread. Best burger I’ve had in a long while.

Happy Humpday!

-Lo

Holiday Weekend

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:24:31 -0700

Oh, Tuesday has found us. Woke up to rain??! Rain? What is this? Summer darted out as soon as Labor Day began. And Guess what? I am wearing white today. What is the deal with the no white after Labor day rule anyway? But, it really was an amazing weekend. Enjoyed hanging out, BBQing, eating, sleeping, playing games, cooking, and the weather up until Monday. Here is a small recap, since I am forgetful when it comes to taking pictures of stuff I am doing.

Finished Week 2 of C210k on Friday! Today I am going to start week 3! Ahhh!

Saturday we ran around town visiting a ton of people in Ryans fam with his parents. We started in south park, moved to la mesa, then headed downtown for some wine tasting, and then went shopping! Busy day…but it didn’t stop there.

Doesn’t this outfit just suit him?

I got a scarf! With cute owls on it! I love love mustard color clothes/accessories.

We then ventured to La Jolla to watch the sunset only to find that La Jolla has no sun.

Then Sunday we went to brunch with some friends and ate at R.Gang Eatery. I got a scramble with cheddar and chive stuffed tators! Yummmmmm!

The day continued with BBQing and friends and charades for dummies. Monday we called our lazy sunday. Ate leftovers, made peanut butter ice cream, and brownies and played Settlers of Catan. It was nice, but I am still not ready for the work week.

Good luck on your “Monday”!