Friday, November 21, 2008

Where's Johnny Mathis When You Need Him?

With the recent nip in the air and the appearance of Christmas wreaths at my local Whole Foods, I was definitely feeling in the yuletide spirit today: "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" would have made for the perfect soundtrack. Oddly enough, I checked my iPod, and Johnny Mathis's Christmas album was conspicuously absent from my "holiday collection." Somehow, I managed to download every Christmas album my family owns onto Nestor the Nano...except for dear old Johnny's. Hmph. I'll be sure to put that on my Thanksgiving to-do list.

I spent the day in the typical Friday manner: gym, Whole Foods, laundry...plus watching Duke win a championship game:) Here are the goods that I ate in between:

Wednesday
I think this smoothie was a strawberry-pineapple-coconut concoction with the usual soymilk and Nutribody protein. I'm sure it was delicious.
Thursday
I had a presentation yesterday morning for my Gender & Language class, so I spent breakfast worrying/preparing for that. My nervousness was temporarily assuaged by some PomegranPlus waffles with pom seeds and a pear with almond butter.
After the gym, I had to meet with a TA to work on my stat paper. As a result, I didn't return to the apartment until later, so my tummy didn't have patience for creative cuisine. I decided to try something that I've heard is popular in Britain: bean 'n toast. Not bad. I also had some broccoli, a salad with Woodstock dressing, and an orange.
At half-time of the Duke-S. Illinois game, I took a break for dinner. Baked tofu with bottled peanut sauce, stir-fried veggies, and whole grain couscous made for a delicious supper.
The smoothie last night consisted of the absolute last of my frozen fruit: a frozen banana, sliced peaches, soymilk, and Nutribody protein. Tasty, although next time I'll add some cinnamon.
Friday
I treated myself to some tofu-banana French toast this morning. I topped the two slices with pom seeds, sliced banana, and almond butter. Yum.
Lunch today was another "hash" meal; I just threw some leftovers/staples into a pan and hoped for the best. This mish-mash included leftover baked beans, spinach, red onion, nutritional yeast, and Bragg's. On the side, I had a whole wheat sandwich thin and an apple with PB.
I just finished dinner about an hour ago due to the evening's basketball game. When I returned to the apartment, I made a quick tofu scramble with zucchini, tahini, ginger, and soy sauce. I served it alongside pita wedges, an orange, and a salad with mozzarella.
Now I am off to fuss with my pedicure for tomorrow. What's your favorite color of nail polish?

Happy Friday!

9 comments:

  1. Favorite nail polish colors - dark purple, brown, dark red. I like wintery colors.

    Those pom waffles sound realllllly good.

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  2. All of your food looks beautiful. The pom seeds really add a special something! Enjoy getting your toes done!

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  3. Better get that Johnny song!! :-D

    So glad you got that presentation over with!!

    I'm commissioning you to prepare meals for me. Period. ;-)

    **Favorite nail polish color = Black Satin (by Chanel).

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  4. i definitely need to download christmas music!!!! :)

    love your pom waffles...

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  5. Enjoy your pedicure!

    You are right about baked beans on toast being popular in the UK (espeically with students- in fact there is a student cookbook entitled 'Beyond baked beans'!)

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  6. Christmas music and Whole Foods? Where do I sign up :) Love the name of your ipod haha

    My fav. nail polish: OPI's Dusk Over Cairo - I'm really pale so anything too dark makes me look ghostly!

    Delish meals as always!

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  7. Beans on Toast is quite a delicacy (I really cant spell) The woodstock dressing looks yum.
    I given you an award

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  8. Magpie: Ooh those all sound perfect...I will def use those for future occasions.
    Just Me: Thanks! It's so easy too.
    Erica: Aww you're kind to compliment my food like that. Those pom seeds are a great way to jazz up any dish.
    VeggieGirl: Haha, maybe I should look into that line of work...personal chef, meals ready in less than 20 minutes!
    Ooh Black Satin sounds super elegant.
    LoveofOats: Thanks!
    Emma: Haha, I wasn't sure if that was just some false stereotype, or if it really was popular over there. It's good stuff!
    ksgoodeats: Seriously, we need to hang out--Christmas music and Whole Foods are probably two of my most favorite things!
    I am really pale too, so I have to be careful about looking ghostly as well!
    Flower: Thanks so much for the award! You are so kind to think of me. I'll mention it in my next post:)

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