quinoa

PranaBars taste good

PranaBar hooked it up!! I was soooo excited to try these bars.  My work eats were long overdue for a newbie šŸ™‚ Pairs of everything (salad, apples, bars). Salad #1 (spinach, asparagus, green beans, carrots, adzuki beans) Salad #2 (quinoa, peas, corn, dried cranz) Bar#1 (Coconut Acai PranaBar) Bar #2 (Mocha-walla Odwalla bar) Apple #1 (red gala) Apple #2 (yellow wahsington) I think itā€™s fairly obvious which part of my lunch I was most excited to tryā€¦ (Aside from Larabars) I have never found a bar with such great stats.  Seriously, this company has a… Read more >

Pearly whites & snowy nights

After my sophisticated breakfast of an apple and frothy cup of coffee, I headed to the dentistā€™s office for a routine cleaning.  Since I was in midtown, I met up with Kyle after my appointment to show off my sparkling new pearly whites.  I owe my cavity free chompers to these babies.  Kyle and I went for a little stroll before he returned to work. Entering through Artisanā€™s Gate (Central Park South and 7th Ave)ā€¦ A crossroads in The Park (if thereā€™s ever a park to be capitalized and deemed ā€œTHEā€ park, it should be… Read more >

ā€˜Fu master

This is how my food prepping has been goingā€¦ TOFU you are my b!tch Clearly I have been a busy little bee on my days off.  Busy with LA SOYA that is!  To provide myself with several meal options, I mixed things up in the seasoning department.  From L to R: plain cubed, plain slabs, Whole Foodsā€™ asian seasonings, and chili powder/paprika). After some bonding time in the oven, they came out looking like this: Shrinkage. Spice-ayyy. And hereā€™s how Iā€™ve been gittinā€™ my soy on. Meal numero uno: Big salad with mayj crunch, including… Read more >

On my laurels

This weekend I relaxed more than I have in a loooooong time.  I didnā€™t exercise.  I hardly cooked.  To be honest, I pretty much spent the weekend watching the Australian Open, football, and hanging out with Kyle (I did a fair amount of eating as well).  If thatā€™s not the picturesque weekend, well, shoot me.  I have a TON of photos, but they arenā€™t very glamorous and donā€™t require much in the way of explanationsā€¦soā€¦without further adoā€¦ JAVA the hut Bluffinā€™ with my muffin   How to make quinoa ghetto Afternoon delight(s) YouShake customized ā€œBlended… Read more >

V card

You may or may not remember this, but I have monthly dinner dates with my oldest girlfriends.  We all live in different areas in Manhattan, so in order to get to know each othersā€™ hoods we alternate who chooses the place (forcing me to leave my comfort zone of UWS dining).  This month was MY pick, which was a relief since the past two dinners have taken me an embarrassing amount of time to find (the village is RIDIC confusing and Iā€™m lucky if I end up retracing my steps only 3 times).  Usually I… Read more >