51. The Catch-Up: Foodie Friday; Sunday Prep Day; Book Mark Me Monday; Tuesday Boozeday

Greetings readers!

Slacker blogger much, eh? Ah! I was planning on doing my catch-up post last night, but then I had a few things to do that were rather unexpected and time consuming. So, let's get down to business, shall we?

Foodie Friday/ Sunday Prep Day

As you know, on Sundays I prep for the week. Lately, I've been rather terrible at it. In order to stay on track fitness and nutrition-wise, I feel like this needs to be kicked into high gear. With that in mind, I looked to Pinterest for some sweet dinner ideas. Breakfast for me consists of a cappuccino (roughly 90 calories) and a banana (roughly 100 calories). Lunch is always a spinach-based salad, with chickpeas, olives, tomatoes, mushrooms, maybe some feta, chicken, purple cabbage, and some Italian dressing. Dinner is what's always up in the air and where I feel things can go awry, so planning is definitely helping!

Thursday I'm going out with my cousin; Fridays - Sundays I eat dinner at home with my parents.

Last night after work, I got my nails done, ran a time-consuming errand for my dad and then went to the grocery store. Side note: I should mention, I LOVE BREAKFAST!!! And I HIGHLY believe breakfast should not just be in the morning, but should be served all day. And moving on...  I had planned to get 1/4 lb of American cheese at the deli to make an egg sandwich, when I stumbled upon "Go Veggie!" 

This cheese was superb! AND it's Lactose Free, Gluten Free, Cholesterol Free, AND only 40 calories per slice. Yup! I'm hooked! I also bought the cutest little egg pan for $7, grabbed some egg whites (mixed with cheeses) instead of plain old eggs, and then some Thomas' Lite English Muffins. My egg sandwich came to 250 calories. For sides I steamed broccoli (I got home to realize we don't have a veggie steamer in my apartment, so what did I do? I invented my own. I put a boiling pot of water on the stove, slid a colander on top with my veggies in that, and let it go at it till my veggies were cooked. Yup! Genius!... for the time being.) This was probably one of the best meals I've ever made and it's so simple. I'm officially only buying Go Veggie! cheese.

Plus, check out this sweet recipe that I'm going to do, probably next week since I'm hooked on my egg sandwiches:

Book Mark Me Monday!

As I mentioned in last week's post, one of my best-friends and I are OBSESSED with Dystopian novels, so once I was done with the Hunger Games AND Divergent series, I had to find something else. I started reading the "Matched" series:

I finished reading Matched, and moved onto Crossed only because I want to complete the series. I know that sounds awful, but I'm trying to figure out why it made it to the list "If you like the Hunger Games, you'll love these series." I have to admit, I'm liking Crossed much more than Matched. There's a lot more adventure in the second installment. I can see why Ally Condie had to make 3. It seems like the first one was simply setting you up and introducing you to this world, all of the behind-the-scenes/ back-story of it all, whereas in Crossed the reader sees how much the characters care for one another and how they'll do anything, or go anywhere to ensure their love. I'll keep you posted on how Crossed turns out. 

Tuesday Boozeday

First and foremost, WHY is it only Tuesday?! Probably should state that I've never been a big fan of Tuesdays - it's my least favorite day of the week; however, starting next Tuesday I'll learn to enjoy them a bit more. Last year I started watching Twisted on ABC Family and Season 2 premieres next Tuesday!! YAY!!!! 

I should be more thrilled with today, since I'm going out tonight with former co-workers. One of them is a die-hard Harry Potter fan, so I'll have to be sure to tell her about this fabulous site, which I found via Pinterest:

Every drink featured on that site is inspired by Harry Potter characters. Genius?! Yup, I think so! I'll have to also inform my cousin on Thursday, since she too is a die-hard fan. I'll let you know if we concoct one on our dinner date on Thursday ;)

47. The Foodie Friday

Greetings readers,

First and foremost, HAPPY FRIDAY!! The countdown till 5:00pm today seems even more unbearable than normal, which is odd since it's not like I have any grand weekend plans. Maybe I am just craving a little R&R to the utmost? Plus, with having Monday off this week, I don't know why the 5:00pm struggle is even greater.

With being so engrossed in the wintry season, it makes sense to crave an over abundant amount of soup, right? Maybe I'm still in post-N'Orleans mode. My best-friend and I took a vacation to good ol' New Orleans in December and now I have the itch to go back. I blame all of the delicious cuisine on my longing to go back. We all know how much I love food, so going to a place like New Orleans is equivalent to heaven. Gumbo, jambalaya, grits and any other form of creole sounds fantastic to me!

Today's food post obviously is a soup:

Personally, I haven't made this soup, but after reading all of the reviews I'm dying to try this Weight Watchers Garden Vegetable soup. It looks so warm, comforting, and downright cozy. I'm sure you didn't know soups could be "cozy," but this one looks as though that could all be changed. Plus, it's only 1 point on the Weight Watchers Value scale- awesome?! Ya, I thought so, too.

Disclosure: Remember yesterday how I was saying I've been aching to buy the Aztec Cardigan for over a year and I just found a deal on Groupdealz about it?! Well, it arrived last night and to say I was less than displeased is the understatement of the year (ha-ha-pun intended). The arms were too small and I look downright frumpy. I guess being tall and having a long torso is finally at my disadvantage. :(