NYC NYC NYC

The most amazing trip in the form of pictures.  (In no particular order)

Totally an accident

TVs in every taxi

Random but WOOHOO

BABYCAKES

CARROT CUPCAKE!

Mag loving them gyros

Best salad

Literally the best thing I've ever ate

Bye bye Creamy Polenta made with butter and cream and topped with honey and almonds

The start of the best trip

Veggie burger with portable mushroom

Ryan Seacrest blowing a kiss

Beef and Broccoli in Chinatown 

Holy Canoli

Chocolate mousse

Deli Salad

Stumbled upon "Starry Night" at the Moma

Maggies noms

Free Dessert from SweeteryNYC food truck

Cheesecake pop yumm!

Veggie Soup 

HUGE greek salad from deli

Leftover feta from salad

Maggies all organic breakfast in Greenwich

 The top 5 things I learned about NYC:
1. It is not hard to get around aka there aren't 1 million people walking at you like I assumed from tv
2. Huge buildings like Rockefeller center and Grand Central Station are MALLS they have tons of stores and restaurants in the bottom level of them
3. The subway is quite literally the smartest invention in the world and SO fast
4. The blocks aren't HUGE, the first day Maggie and I walked from 33 to 72 without even realizing we'd gone so far
5. I could and want to live there some day.

xoxo,

Rachel

Home is where the cooking is

I finally got home yesterday after a successful interview and trader joe shopping!  I spent the night cooking whatever I could find.  The main event was chicken stirfry!

Spent seriously 30 minutes chopping

I planned on making chicken lime tacos, but the chicken madre wanted me to use up was already marinated in an Asiany marinade.  First, I sauted some garlic and fresh ginger and then added the chicken.

Wok magic

Madre got this wok in china town in San Francisco and it is literally the best thing ever.  I don't know how we lived without one.  I transfered the chicken to another dish and let the veg cook before adding the chicken back in.

For a family of 3, whoops

As I cooked the stirfry madre put brown rice in our fancy new rice cooker.  It all turned out really well and the chicken was super moist!  I could feed an army with how much I made though, whoops!

I spent the rest of the night finishing my chemistry homework that took literally 2.5 hours.  I have 2 exams the week I get back from spring break so I'm already studying for those, because I GO TO NYC IN TWO DAYS!

This morning I woke up and wanted one thing...Pancakes!  It has probably been at least 6 months since I've had pancakes!

Oat Bran Pancakes with banana and choco chips

Recipe:
1/4 c oat bran
1 T chia seeds
1/2 tsp baking powder
Dash of cinnamon
1 packet of stevia
1 egg white
1/4 c plain yogurt
just a little water to make more liquidy

These were SO good.  I loved the chewy texture.  I obviously made too few, but I hate making big batches of things that I don't know if they'll be good or not.  I'll definitely be making these again though!

Fitness
I've been pretty good about keeping up with my 1/2 marathon schedule.  I have a 6 miler scheduled today and a 3 miler I need to fit in tomorrow.  This will bring my weekly total up to 17 miles.

I'm not sure if I'll run at all in NYC, but I'd love to in central park!  I'm not going to worry about it though.

*****

Now I have a hot skype date with this girl to discuss NYC plans!  Ahhh 2days!

A lot of this will be happening in NY

xoxo,

Rachel