1 day, 2 amazing meals

Today I had 2 a-mah-zing meals.

Food

Lunch

Roasted broccoli and mushrooms w/ garlic salt and a Dr. Praegers California Veggie burger

Dinner

Homemade falafel and quinoa tabouli with cucumber yogurt dipping sauce

I used Serenas recipes for both the falafel and tabouli, but I was on my own for the the sauce

Cucumber Yogurt Sauce

*Plain 0% fat greek yogurt

*Fresh lemon juice

*Diced cucmber

*Salt and peppa

It twas good.  I wish I would have had mint, but I'm a poor college kid :(  Also, I don't measure anything EVER. So if I put measurements on here I'm lying.  Sorry about it!

Fitness

Today I worked out!  I feel like it has been forever since I actually went to a gym.  Well there is a gym 5 feet away in my apartment building so it was about time I used it for something other than weights.

I did:

• 27 minutes on the treadmill 3.35 miles.  I was doing various speeds and my legs felt supa awesome so I went up to 9.0 mph which is a 6.40 pace.  It was craziness but it was fun to go fast.
• I did the stairstepper for like 5 minutes because it hurts real bad.
• Various arm weights and 40 squats.  

School/Life

As anyone can see, I'm not the greatest blogger.  I don't like to feel the need to do something unless its school or work or my internship.  So I probs will always post the same random way.

The school week is almost over yipppeeee!  I actually kind of enjoy microbio. 

Life is still moving too fast, but I'm trying to enjoy it as much as posible.

xoxo,

Rachel

Quinoa Summer Salads are EVERYWHERE

I recently tried quinoa and lub it.  I've been seeing summer salad recipes using quinoa popping up everywhere.  So I made my own.

Asparagus, chickpea, red onion Quinoa Salad

*The dressing I used was fresh lemon juice, salt and pepper, dijon mustard, and olive oil. 

It is sooo good.  I'm letting the flavors meld a little more before going back for more.

Work and my internship are left for my monday. Woooo.

xoxo,

Rachel

Make this soup now.

Ginger Carrot Chicken Soup.  Too good.

One more 8.5 hour day at work tomorrow.  Then Monday: microbio lecture, interning at freshman orientation, and work. AHHH.  After Monday life should slow down a bit hopefully!

xoxo,

Rachel

I'm addicted to vegetables.

Alternate title: "I walked a marathon at work the last 4 days (literally I walked 26 miles in 4 days)"

Food

Spaghetti Squash with TJ's 3 cheese marinara sauce, cottage cheese, garlic salt.  I DIED.  It was my first time trying spaghetti squash and it was nothing like pasta, but I liked it A LOT.  

Bumble Bars.  Those things are over $2.00 at any health food store so make yo own

Bumble Bars (Knock off)

*1 cup of sesame seeds

*1/2 cup of flax seeds

*1/2 cup of Almond Meal

*1/2 cup mixed nuts chopped (I used cashews, peanuts and pepitas)

*1/2 cupish of brown rice syrup (I used enough to moisten the mixture)

**Bake at 350 for around 20 mins and viola your own bumble bars

My 2nd attempt at macaroons.  I suggest you check out Jenna at ELR she's good at making them and I used her base recipe. 

Oats in a jar, but not a nut butter jar a JAM jar! wooo my first OIAJ

Chocolate strawberry oats w/ frozen bananer and pb on top nomsss

Me and Rob the brofer just went to the Great Dane. I got the falafel w/ no pita and extra veggies (unpicutred) on the side

Clearly I hated it.  The cucumber tzatziki type sauce was SO good and the hummus NOM.

Welcome to my go to breakfast every morning. I call it the "Every vegetable you can find" Scramble.  This beast had a whole zucchini, tomato, onion, and mushrooms.  Add some egg whites and hot sauce and its breakfast!

Normal late night snack for a 20 year old college student. Roasted kale, tilapia, and mushrooms. 

More of my veggies.  Sauted in a pan w/ a little evoo and then throw an eggwhite in and already cooked shredded chicken and cooked brown rice and soy sauce and BAM chicken fried rice.  I ate it all yesterday.

As you can see, most of my meals include a large amount of vegetables.  I literally get excited for veggies I'm not kidding AT ALL.  I might have something psychologically wrong with me but veggies make me happy.

Fitness

Since I worked the last 4 days (working=walking) I have only been lifting weights.

This is what weights are doing to me.  I'm the hulk I swear. 

Today is my ONE day off this week so I'm going to try and fit in a run after my intern meeting.

Life

I have been annoyed with work lately and when I ask for a max of 20 hours a week I don't think 32 hours throughout 6 days is really acceptable.  So I've applied to whole foods.  I am using all the positivity I can muster to get this job.  

I know that I would be a lot happier in an environment where people are buying nutritious healthy food for themselves.  After a little over 2 months of working in a hospital I am just really sad for the people there.  Ordering a burger and fries isn't exactly the best thing you should be doing for your body while your in a hospital for being sick.  I don't feel like I'm learning anything that could be beneficial to me in the field of nutrition when I bring a diabetes patient a sugar free cookie instead of a regular one.  

Ok the rant is done.  I just want to be a happy whole foods cashier and go on with life!

xoxo,

Rachel

When Rachel is at play she doesn't blog everyday

It has been TOO nice in Madison this last week and I spent most of my time outdoors enjoying it.  

Outdoor lunch w/ papa and esther!  Cornucopia burger (chickpeas, mushrooms, i have no idea what else)

Noms side salad at Claddagh Irish pub

I went shopping for a majority of my Sunday.  Alone and relaxed, just the way I like it.

Wore this outfit shopping

The back of that shirt is where its at

Looking at this shirt in pictures makes me wish I would have bought it.  It just was a weird tight fit

I did though buy this beaut.  I'll be wearing it with jeans and not doubling up on the white. Lol at my face.

CROP TOP it was too cute.  The side view to show the length in the back compared to the front

I'll probs where this w/ white shorts, but denim would work too.

I also picked up a belt and necklace at Saint Vincet woohoo for thrift stores.

$4 dolla necklace whoop whoop!

$3.75 dolla belt!

 Thennn the fun started because I went grocery shopping!

All this prdouce for $32.00, woodmans you are my favorite.  And I'm positive the clerk thought I was feeding a family of 5 whoops nope just me!

Last night I went fishing with my fav.

a boy and his fish

Pweety

 Food has been pretty standard salad beasts, egg white scrambles, tons of fruit, ect.  I'll try to post more short and sweet is the way I likey!

xoxo,

Rachel