Nerd Alert

Hello!! Happy Wednesday aka Indian Food Day. I canโ€™t believe I havenโ€™t had Indian food in a month!!! Please have some in my honor and Iโ€™ll be happily feasting on Baigan Bhartha when I get back to Valdizzy next week ๐Ÿ˜€ Yesterday morning, Michelle and I hit up the gym per usual and I had…

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Veggie-versary

Hi everyone! Howโ€™s your morning treating ya?? I canโ€™t believe I forgot to recognize my actual veggie-versary, so why not celebrate it today?? On September 7th last year, the day before the pilot left on a 6-month deployment, I made the decision to become quasitarian. It was pretty random and spontaneous and I just decided…

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Recipe testing is no joke

Hey everyone! Hope your dayโ€™s been going well ๐Ÿ˜€ Recipe testing is seriously biznass. I thought it was going to be a breezy task, since the only brush with recipe testing Iโ€™ve had is the many episodes of Barefoot Contessa Iโ€™ve watched. In a couple of episodes, the lovely Ina Garden โ€œtries outโ€ new recipes…

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Put it in chip form

Hey hey hey ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy (?) Monday! ๐Ÿ˜€ How was the rest of your weekend?? After hitting up the gym with Michelle, I came back to the hotel-casa to get ready for work. I snacked on some grapes: (Which I ate about half of because I only like the hard ones. TWSS. Terrible, haha) And…

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Smoothie Bacon Lovin’

Heyyyyyy ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Sunday! Hope yours has been restful and glorious thus far. Work last night was a blasty as usual. I love doing desserts and being surrounded with decadent treats all night ๐Ÿ˜‰ As you guys probably know, itโ€™s nearly impossible to take pics while Iโ€™m working โ€“usually my hands are covered in dough…

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Wake me up with yoga

Helloooooo ๐Ÿ˜€ Lack of technology isnโ€™t going to keep me away! ๐Ÿ˜‰ Iโ€™ve been bumming WiFi from schoolโ€”Iโ€™m writing this from the internet-less hotel and will post it when I get to work. Still no word on when weโ€™ll have internet again and no one seems to be in a hurry to fix it. Fun…

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Just one of them days

Hey everyone! Sorry about my little impromptu hiatus there. Friday was an off day for me on all counts, but when I finally felt ready to post, I found out that the ghetto hotelโ€™s internet is still down and no one knows when it will be fixed. Lovely. So Iโ€™m going to be bumming wireless…

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RAD Workout #1

Hey everyone! Happy almost-Friday! Iโ€™m just so happy right now. I slept peacefully last night, took the morning off from the gym and have a belly full of veggies. Life es bueno ๐Ÿ˜‰ This morning we talked about food that we were brought up with and how these foods comforted us and still give us…

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I can hang my hat

Hey everyone! How was your day?? Mine was bueno, but just turned into fantastic when I logged into my bloggy account and saw this post pop up. Hereโ€™s what Emma G. had to say: Deep Thoughts by Emma G. This post changed my life. No, Iโ€™m not talking about Banana Soft Serve, though that one…

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A kombucha convert?

Hey everyone! Happy humpday! I am totally blown away by the amazing discussion we had yesterday regarding food and fitness blogs. After reading through and responding to your incredible comments, I think the general consensus is: Food/fitness blogs are incredibly motivating but can also be a source of comparison which can lead to feelings of…

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Food/fitness blogs: Pressure or Motivation??

Hey everyone! Hope youโ€™re having a great day ๐Ÿ˜€ I wanted to take a second and discuss something Iโ€™ve been thinking about for a while, and something Iโ€™ve been pondering even more since I read Jenna’s amazing post on one comparing themselves to food/fitness blogs. If I rewound back a handful of years, I could…

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The masked sleeper

Hiiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ Happy Tuesday to ya! Howโ€™s your morning going? Mine has been bueno- I had a sweaty treadmill workout (hills, running hills, sprint intervals, hill walking, tempo work for 55 minutes) and made this green sludge for bfast. I just took a sip and um, it tastes like death. Breakfast may become something else.…

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