Back to the Party (WIAW)

Hey ya’ll! It is my favorite day of the week. I always consider it a little holiday because many bloggers take a break from their normal routine and post up an awesome spread of their eats. Best stalking site ever. Seriously, how do you think I found most of ya’ll? We have to give a big thanks to Jenn for hosting this weekly party. I seriously do not know what some bloggers would do without her. Enough talking, lets get to the good stuff: the eats.

PB&J Oatmeal (Gluten Free)

1/3 c gluten free oats
1 1/3 c of water
1 banana
2 tbsp organic raspberry preserves (or any jam/jelly of your choice)
2 tbsp PB2
1 packet of truvia
1 tsp of vanilla

1. Make oats the night before, using normal method.
2. Next morning, slice up 1 banana, place on top of oats, and microwave for about 2:50
3. Stir up everything until banana is “melted” in oats
4. Add in vanilla and truvia packet
5. Then swirl around one tablespoon of preserves at a time
6. Top with PB2 and you are ready to enjoy

I love peanut butter. I love jelly. I’m not really a fan of the sandwiches unless they are made just right, but I thought why not try this classic combination in one of my bowls of oats. I have the best ideas. The natural sweetness from the raspberry preserves made a perfect combination with the saltiness of the peanut butter. Next time I am going to through in some actual raspberries to make the meal even better than it already is.

Yes, for once I actually recorded some of my snacks. Lets not get ahead of ourselves because I did not manage to catch everything. I may have missed a cheesestick or two, but I’m trying here. I want to live up to the WIAW greatness.
I’m being a typical Jew when it comes to my grocery shopping lately, but I buy so much produce that I have to hit up the deals otherwise I will be dropping mega wads of cash all the time on fruit. Right now, Rome apples are on sale. Rome you say? Well, unfortunately the apple does not bring back memories of a warm summer day strolling through the Roman forum while ingesting coconut gelato, but I’m not going to complain because it is still a really tasty apple. I try to eat an apple a day; however, it definitely does not keep the doctor away because I have been having some arthritic pain lately.

Thanks to my school I have made one of the best discoveries. Okay, technically I did not discover it since they came to lecture about their company, but hey I did go out and try it on my own. Welcome to My Fit Foods. The company has pre-packaged healthy meals (with all of the nutrition information on a label) for each meal of the day. They serve vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free products. It is amazing. I went in this past week when they were having a 40% off sale and got two meals to try for the price of one. Jew heaven. This is the Salmon stir-fry, and it was so delicious. There was a wide variety of vegetables with a nice side of rice and a good chunk of salmon with a spicy rub on top. What a perfect lunch time meal.

Yes, I eat green beans out of a can and I like it. No, I love them. I may be weird, but I don’t really care. I’m getting my servings of vegetables, so who cares where they are coming from. That is a lot more than I can say for most people in America. Don’t be hating on my can veggie loving.

One of the best gluten-free snacks out there. Rice pudding. These little snack packs are the perfect sweet treat to hold you over for a while. Topped with fat free cool whip to make pure perfection. Also I have a kerropi spoon that I got from this guy that worked at yogurtland. Thanks for all the free spoons. Now eating my pudding is so much more fun. I think Katie would approve, especially because I have Hello Kitty, Chococat, and My Melody.

Turkey Meatballs with Spaghetti Squash (Gluten Free)
1 lb extra lean ground turkey meat
1 diced onion
2 egg whites (I used egg white substitutes)
1/2 c. gluten free oats
1/8 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 c. fat-free milk

1. Turn on oven to 400 degrees, coat baking sheet with spray or use a piece of aluminum foil
2. In a bowl, mix egg whites, oats, and milk until combined
3. Add oregano, onion, garlic powder, and salt and mix.
4. Mix in turkey meat until all into a solid mass
5. Makes about 32 meatballs, roll with your hands, and place on baking sheet
6. Bake for about 10-12 minutes

I placed my meatballs on spaghetti squash. I know ya’ll are probably sick of seeing spaghetti squash, but I bought two of them and I just used up my second one. I can’t help it that I’m a little obsessed with this low calorie pasta substitute. I know nothing will replace the doughy taste of fresh pasta (trust me because I have eaten pasta all throughout Italy), but for those who are health conscious this is a pretty good sub. The meatballs had a great flavor from the oregano and garlic powder and went well with the squash. I’ll be eating these leftovers for a while.

I’m ending my day with a nice cup of hot cocoa, marshmallows, fat free cool whip, and some sprinkles. I feel like sprinkles makes everything better or at least prettier. This hot drink is soothing my throat, which is randomly sore, and making studying for my anatomy exam a little better. Although studying for anatomy, not really fun, ever. Luckily I’m a whiz when it comes to that stuff otherwise I would be screwed like 95% of the class. Three points for being smart.

Of course I’m going to leave ya’ll with a little fashion. This is sort of my low-key look. Yeah I know, low key, haha this is still dressing up for most people that go to school where I do. I just will never get into the lazy look. Its just not me. Anyways the top is forever21, pants are macys, boots are DSW, and scarf is JcPenneys. I paired it with a black leather jacket from Urban Outfitters for when I went to class.

 Hope everyone had a wonderful Wednesday and thanks again to Jenn for allowing me to shamelessly whore out my blog through WIAW!

Baby I’m back

I’m back, back, back, back again. Lindsay’s back. Hey ya’ll. I know I have been missing for a while. Almost a week. Damn that is a long time for me to be away from the blog world. I mean it is surprising because I do love to hear myself speak. I have been in sort of a funk. Well I had a whole WIAW post for my birthday, but then because it was National Arthritis day I naturally had to have a flare up in my back, so I was sort of paralyzed. Not fun. However my doctor prescribed me some good old Vicodin, so lets just say I was having some “high” times. What have I been up to lately

I have been working on more oatmeal creations. Like duh. What else would I do in my non-existent spare time besides think of food? Umm nothing. Introducing the wonderful, sweet, delicious….Chocolate Chip Raisin Oatmeal Cookie Oatmeal:
Chocolate Chip Raisin Oatmeal Cookie Oatmeal (tongue twister):
1/3 c. GF Oats
1 1/2 c. water
1 microwaved banana
handful of raisins
1 tsp GF chocolate chips
2 tbsp PB2
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp vanilla

1. Prepare oats like normal method, but this time microwave in banana when you re-heat them in the morning
2. Mix in cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, raisins, and chocolate chips
3. Top with PB2 and you are ready to rock.

What would I do without oatmeal? It seriously keeps me full for hours and hours, so I can survive my classes that are back to back. Plus it just gives me something to do when I don’t want to pay attention in my classes. What else has Lindsay been nomming on since she has been gone? Well lots of salmon. I need my omega 3′s because it helps with my arthritis. OR DOES IT? I’m not really sure because I have been having lots of flare ups, but oh well I still love salmon to death. I had this sesame ginger salmon that I purchased at Whole Foods. Seriously? I am super Jew, and found a fresh piece of salmon for super cheap. $5. I know I’m impressive. It was large. I cooked some zucchini for the side. It was a meal for a queen (don’t confuse with a JAP).

Besides eating up a storm, I have been trying to be a fashion maven. Or at least pretend I have any style worth noting. I have a huge job interview coming up (tmmrw) at Betsey Johnson, so let us pray. I need some monaaaay honey. Really though. Not even funny. I need to be able to afford my shopping habits, my food habits, oh and after this past weekend I need to start affording my drinking habit because lets face it, your birthday is only once a year, so you can’t live off free drinks forever. Oh wait, look at me, I get free drinks all the time. Hahaha I swear I’m not really conceited.

Dress: F21, tights, Boots: Steve Madden

 Okay, lets get serious. We all know why you are reading this post. To find out about my EPIC birthday celebration. To tell you the truth I don’t really remember it. I guess I partied a little too hard. Lesson 1: Never drink an entire bottle of wine before even leaving to go out. Why? You will chunk up the deuce. EVERYWHERE. Oh and apparently you start fist punching the air a lot too, but that is after multiple rounds of drinks following the wine:

Oh where to go to celebrate the 22nd birthday. I have an idea. Lets go to every bar imaginable. I love birthdays. Mainly because I’m Jewish and I love free things. FREE DRINKS. Being a girl already rocks because guys buy you drinks, but on your birthday it is extra special. Luckily for my friends, we went to a bar tab that some frat was hosting, so everyone got free drinks for a while. Vodka and Sprite. Rum and Pineapple. Keep em coming. Unfortunately I can’t really remember anything after this, but I do know I made a really good friend that night:
Oh mister bartender. What would I have done without you? Holding my hair back like a real gentleman. Seriously. I don’t want to mess up my hair. He recognized the importance of having nice hair while wearing a pink fluffy tiara. I ended up getting his phone number, and he may have kissed me, but I’m not really sure about that part. I partied until the break of dawn. Not lying. I ended my night, well it was more like morning at that point with Kerbey Lane. If ya’ll are ever in Austin, CHECK THAT SHIZ OUT. It is so good. I mean you can’t go wrong with open 24/7 plus gluten free friendly and vegan friendly. Loving the locals. The downfall of partying: Not making it to Dallas to party more. Yes, EPIC FAIL. I did not wake up until Friday night. Lesson learned, but not really. It was a hilarious night. Now you may ask, Lindsay did you have a hangover? Umm duh. I consumed the amount of alcohol for about 10 men, so yeah I needed a cure. My usual cure is Dr. Pepper, but I have found something better:
Touch screen soda machine. You are my new best friend. I wish I could buy one of these for my apartment. I would literally attach an IV from it to my arm any time I went out drinking. So good. I had diet dr. pepper with cherry. YES. They have flavoring too. What did I do without this machine in my life? I have no idea, but I have been missing out. Anyways, I am so exhausted. My body is still recovering from the amount I partied this weekend. Did I learn anything? No not really. Did I have fun? Ummm DUH. Do it again? HELL YES.

How do you celebrate your birthday?
Have you ever tried this touch soda machine?

Top Ten Tuesday

Hey ya’ll. Hope you are having an awesome Tuesday. Lets celebrate because the week is almost over. At least for me. HA HA HA. I love that I do not have classes on Fridays. BEST. MOVE. EVER. Anyways while I was laying in bed today watching episodes of Mad Men (I know I get A’s, but I really just sit around watching tv on my computer all day – just kidding mom), and I came up with the greatest idea ever for my tuesday posts. Top Ten Lists. Lindsay, have you gone crazy? Well no because I already am, but top ten lists are epic. Seriously. Get with the program. Top ten lists were huge with my Jewish youth group, BBYO. During regional meetings or chapter meetings, you could make top ten lists about ANYTHING you wanted to be read in between segments of the meeting. Some got hilarious: Top ten reasons why we love Sheriff Horny Muffin (long story – don’t ask) or they would be serious (those people were totally lame though, didn’t know how to have a good time) or they would be just plain boring like top ten chick flicks (ummm hello we are already sitting through a boring meeting please bring some ounce of entertainment to our lives). Hit it, don’t quit it (or don’t leave my webpage, even if you think I’m a nut):

Top Ten Things You Need to Know In Order to Survive Life:

10. How to not burn the house down. Never let water splash into the pan because it will make the oil hop into the flame. Explosion. True life experience: almost burnt my house in Boston down while making dumplings. Damn those dumplings for being so good, but maybe not worth the huge flame that appeared and touched the ceiling. Now I am the master of the pan or at least I decided to live in a place with electric stove top rather than gas. I think it was a safer choice for the entire world. Anyways now I can safely make breakfasts like this:

Omelet with mushrooms, onions, and ham. Breakfast of Champions. I'm a bad Jew, now I'll probably be looked down upon. Oh well totally worth it.

9. Make sure you look at the name you are texting before you actually send the text. You really don’t want to pull a Lindsay and text the guy your dating about how much you hate one of his friends that is a girl. I mean really, saying that you can’t wait to share a bed with him, that is so tacky, especially because you had a boyfriend. BUT still read your texts because you really do not want to spend an entire two weeks trying to apologize for something that you aren’t actually sorry for. Tough life. I know.

8. Actually look at food before sticking it in your mouth. This will save you tons of medical bills and free you from intestinal pain. One night I came home to my mom’s place, and was STARVING. I could not find anything in the house until I found some bread in a plastic bag in the fridge. Hmmm sort of weird that there are only two slices in a bag in the fridge? Whatever I’m hungry. I made a sandwich. Later that night. WHERE IS MY SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT? wtf. Oh awesome I just ate your project for mold growth. Epic life fail. Life lesson: use your eyeballs.

7. Use your assets. Sorry boys, not that any read the blog, but using what god gave you is the best advantage to being a girl. For instance, make friends with the fish monger. In the end, a few minutes of meaningless flirtation, will get you amazing deals on fish. I’m a cheap Jew, we know that, so I don’t like dropping cash for fresh fish. Thankfully, I used my brain, and decided to get my flirt on at whole foods leading to this beauty and then some for a cheaper price than listed:

Salmon with a mango-coconut spread. So delicious. Just what the doctor ordered.

6. Always wear underwear to the gym or leave yourself a note to remember to bring some. I mean who really wears underwear with spandex shorts? Umm no one I know. Or maybe I’m just creepy and weird. Probably that one. The other day I was in a total rush in the morning, so guess what I forgot? My underwear. I had to go commando all day – wow, yes I just scarred you for life with my disgusting life stories – but hey I’m trying to teach you a life lesson. Some people try to pull this off as sexy? Umm no. Especially with your wearing a dress. That was not a good day. At all.

5. Watch where you are driving. More like pay attention to everything. You would think this is an obvious one, but no obviously I’m usually focused on more important things while driving. Yeah, like about how quick I can get to 6th street so I can get drunk. Not one of my better moments. I ran into my mom’s garage door. Knocking it completely off. To make it even better, my mom was out of town. I called her bf, so he came over to help me and my friend put it back up. Then I thought it was a good idea to ask him if he thought it was a good idea to go out. Yeah definitely didn’t have my brain on that night.

4. Worship your microwave. No seriously. I would be lost without it. Cue in Robin Thicke. Yes I am going to serenade my microwave because I love him so much. Yes he is a him, and he is one of the few guys that is there for me. Can you believe that some people do not know how to use a microwave? Really. How embarrassing. I think those people took too many hits on the bong. Without him, I wouldn’t be able to eat these in the morning when I’m in a rush:

Pumpkin Pie oats with banana slices, PB, GF chocolate chips, and crumbled pumpkin bar. Yeah I eat pumpkin pie oats a lot. Get over it. I don't care.

3. Learn how to manipulate paint or photoshop. Seriously this will come in so much handy. Say you need to skip lab, so you can go to New York City with the guy your dating for Valentines Day weekend? Well think of a pretty creative excuse, then get on the computer. Apparently it was my cousin Craig’s Bar Mitzvah. It was such a lovely ceremony spent on 5th avenue shopping my heart out and attending broadway shows. Weekend well spent all because of Microsoft paint which you can get on Macs:

Look at me now. I'm gettin sneaky.

2. Never mix alcohol with medication. You probably won’t do this if you are smart and actually read the labels, but you never know. Some people – cough,cough- just take pills (even sometimes with alcohol) and consume some booze later in the evening. Life lesson learned. Don’t drink a bunch of alcohol while taking dayquil. Will lead to insane pictures and stealing chocolate milk from a convenience store, but then after having a sip deciding to put it back on the shelf. Yeah, these are things I just don’t recommend doing.

Apparently licking yourself while dancing is the new thing to do.

 And the Number 1 thing you need to know in order to survive life is…………

1. Wear a condom. #duh. It is shocking how many people don’t know about STDs and getting pregnant. Really now? Use google. Great invention. Trust me, you want to use a condom because otherwise you may give birth and not even remember it. Meet my son:

I sort of wish he was actually mine. I would definitely be one proud white momma.

Hope everyone had a great day! So excited for WIAW tmmrw! Oh wait AND MY BIRTHDAY!!!! On top of that I GOT PICKED TO GO TO ISRAEL. Seriously my life is just falling in place. It is about time.

What is your advice for surviving life?
Have you ever made top ten lists?

A Little Too Late (WIAW#2)

Hey Ya’ll. I’M ALIVE. I feel so bad that I have neglected my audience and my blog, but I have been crazy busy. I survived my green tea research paper. Really I told it who was boss. Okay, I should stop lying to myself to make me feel better, but I think I did better than most people in my class, so it’s all good in the hood. I don’t have a lot of school work for the next few weeks, so ya’ll are stuck with me. I know, exciting right? I’m coming a little too late, as JoJo would say, to the What I ate Wednesday Party hosted by the lovely Jenn, but hell its WIAW I start the party when I want to. So here were my eats and what my day was like today:

Why are you eating oats out of tupperware? Umm I'm a cheap Jew remember...

6:20: Wake up call. Every morning I wake up to Jay-Z. I feel like the luckiest woman in the world until I realize that I’m not Beyonce and I’m actually white. Story of my life.

6:25-40: Hope in the shower. Have a small American Idol sesh. Obviously I am the winner. I am the best diva out there. Rachel Berry can eat her heart out because I’d kick her butt in a diva off. I think I may still be in the dream state at this time…

6:50: Make interesting food in Tupperware. What is that? It was the most amazing creation EVER inspired by Angela. Now she is amazing. If I didn’t have to go to school and actually live a life, I would seriously just live in the kitchen making all of her recipes.

It's a bird, it's a plane....it's chocolate covered cherry oats.

 1. Cook oats the normal method I have always been using
2. Add into the oats fat free cocoa, GF chocolate chips, and frozen cherries (dethawed/microwaved in oats)
3. Mix a 1/2 cup or more of frozen cherries and a frozen banana in the blender.
4. Pour half of oats in a bowl, then layer soft serve, then more oats and more chocolate chips.

7:30: Trudge to class. Oh god I should be honest, I’m so lazy that I walk to class. I have Food Science on MW from 8-920 am. I do trudge, but just from my car to the classroom. I’m a morning person, but I really just don’t like going to class.

8-920: Oh Food Science. What would I do without you? Hmmm probably sleep late. We have quizzes every day, but they are pretty easy. I mean it is NBD when you are as intelligent as I am. There she goes again being her conceited self…HEY! I do have the right to brag every once and a while, esp since I’ve gotten above 95s on all my exams. Anyways, Food Science is the best class ever. I really get to think about things…like when the boy I like will finally realize that I’m the one for him or what craft project I’m going to do next. It’s some real prime A thinking time.

925: Today was special. I got to go home. I know exciting right? Oh, but not really. I had an emergency appointment with my rheumatologist because my arthritis had a really bad flare up over the weekend. I hopped in my car after class, turned on the radio, Super Bass came on, and I busted out a celebratory dance move.

950: My mom plays on a team at a bowling alley, so I went over to meet with her. I chatted up a storm. People are probably like why doesn’t this girl ever shut up, we come here to bowl, not to listen to some dramatic white girl go on about how tough life is. My mom even bought me a glass of iced tea, so I would have something to occupy my mouth with and be quiet.

1140: We needed a quick lunch before my doctors appointment, so I went to pick up Vietnamese from our favorite place in the world: TAM’S DELI! Yeah I really do go there like once a week. It is gluten free friendly and the food is so legit, plus the owner loves us. I had shrimp spring rolls and a vermicelli bowl. So good. I’m re-using a picture from last week:

Sorry I'm lazy and didn't take a photo, but the owner is so perfect that everytime it looks the exact same.

1230: Catch up on Glee. OMG. WTF. I love this show. The third season is turning out to be amazing, at least in my opinion. Britney S. Pearce. I mean come on, how can you go wrong with having a unicorn for class president. Plus Santana, DAMN I love her. This season is filled with so many twists, it is mind blowing. Obsessed.

1:30: The dreaded doctors appointment. This weekend I woke up and could not move my wrists at all. Seriously, I was in so much pain that it took me 10 minutes to put my clothes on. I was an 85 year old in a 21 yr olds body. Is this real life? Oh yeah, the joys of being me. My doctor took one look at my wrists and saddle joint in my thumb, and just was like yeah it is bad. Like I couldn’t tell? Anyways, she has increased my medicine (I’ll go into detail about my arthritis in tomorrows post).

5:00: FINALLY. That was the longest appointment of my life. Did they not get the notice that I wanted to go to DSW? Girl over here need her some shoes like now. What did the world do before DSW? I seriously have no idea because it is heaven to the shoe addicted girl. I’m like a fat kid going into a candy store, I have an explosion inside from the excitement and then I run around like a chicken with my head cut off. It is a great site to see. Usually the workers just let me be because I’m insane. It wouldn’t let me upload a photo, but I want these in PINK.

6:00: Eat some din din with mi madre. Salmon with raspberry glaze. Can it get any better? Yes, we could have actually gone to a seafood place, but that would have meant that we would need to spend money. Def pulled the Jew card out on that one.

6:30: BTW Did I mention that because I’m crippled and had to go to an emergency infusion treatment that I got to skip my other two classes of the day? Oh yeah, I did. It was awesome. I love nutrition, but I hate sitting around stupid people. Anyways, I went to the UT volleyball game. I love volleyball. I love the Longhorns. I love Texas. End of story. The team is amazing. It was packed because it was a rivalry game against Texas A&M. Oh those aggies…(my older brother was one), but they think they can compete in sports. I think they live in their own candyland. Whatever floats their boat.

This is from my iPhone, so kind of crap quality.

After the game, I went back to my apartment and here I am. Writing this semi-lame post. I need my mojo back. Maybe they sell some special berries at HEB to help revive your soul after it was destroyed by writing and research. I should look into that or maybe I’ll just invent some type of food myself. I’m exhausted, so I’m out. Hope ya’ll had a fab WIAW and that I didn’t bore you to death because I think I just bored myself to sleep. Lies. I’m an old grandma and it is waaaaaay past my bedtime.

What were ya’lls day like?
Did you have any special event to go to today?

God I’m so exhausted that I forgot I was going to add a little fashion to the post to give it some pizzazz.

BCBG dress: 29, Tights: 4, Necklace: free at F21, Boots: 30 at DSW

Life as a Busy Bee (GF eggplant parm recipe)

Hey ya’ll! Dang, I am posting late today. I was a pretty busy bee today. I’m surprised I’m still awake and functioning.

So something exciting may be happening to me in a couple of months. I don’t want to jinx it by talking about it, but I’m so FREAKING excited that I must spread the news. There is this amazing organization out there, Taglit Birthright Israel, and they offer free trips to Israel for Jews or half-Jews around the ages of 18-22. It’s the chance of a lifetime, and I haven’t been picked yet. What is up with that Taglit? I’m like the best candidate ever. Seriously, I used to skip Hebrew school to go to starbucks with my friends instead and I never survived to conformation (10th grade). I did have a life or I just thought so when I was 13. Hey, technically I was an adult in the Jewish world, so I do what I want.

What can I say? When Jews hear the word free, we go running. I hope this doesn’t offend anyone. I just love Jewish stereotypes, they are pretty funny and mostly true. Anyways, I got an email from the birthright people to sign up for an interview for the trip (Yeah I know this is ridic, but so worth it). I am thinking this means that I have an increased chance of going because the last few times I registered I never made it to the interview part. I’m crossing my fingers because I so want to spend 10 days in Israel white water rafting, floating in the dead sea, and having escapades with sexy Israeli men. I mean DUH. Why would I not check out the locals? They are tall, dark, and handsome. Where do I sign up?

In more productive news, I literally have studied for my food systems exam for 6 hours. The material is so dry. No really, it drys out my contacts. Wow, not funny, but I pretend I am. Basically I have to memorize a bunch of facts and laws that I will need in my future as an RD, so it’s worth it, but it is so boring. Can we please go back to just making fudge and caramels, instead of actually learning something useful? (Yes, we cooked candy in lab, not nutritious, but it was to learn the “science” behind crystalline and non-crystalline candies) They can say whatever they want, I just like getting to sample it all. I have this problem. When I read a textbook for a long period of time, I start to get loopy. Uh oh the crazy is out.
I know, I’m so attractive. And I wonder why I’m single? Reading was driving me crazy, so I decided to do what I love the most. MAKE LISTS. Has anyone ever been on the listography website? You seriously can just have dashboard like page with a million lists that you make. I know I’m weird. I have become this OCD like person that must have everything written down. This led me to clean my entire apartment, which I needed to do since my friends were coming in today. Friends to the rescue. We went shopping. Being the frugal Jew that I am, I was like no spending money. Those deals. They get me everytime. I got a super cute dress from BCBG that was on sale for $29 and a skirt from express on sale for $10. I am quite the barganista. I’m a girly girl, and my friends always tease me because you will never catch me in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. I like to look good. You never know who you could run into.
I have forgotten about the eats. This is mainly a healthy foods blog. This morning I had a dank breakfast. I decided to switch things up and make CCK’s Strawberry shortcake pancakes. While mine didn’t come out as beautiful as hers (I need to work on that), they tasted amazing. Of course I made them gluten free by using Bob Red Mills Gluten Free Flour. It was like strawberry shortcake exploded in my mouth. I paired it with three slices of Jennie-O’s turkey bacon. I love me some turkey bacon.
For lunch I decided to get a little fancy. Okay not really fancy, but hey for a college student I have some pretty great cooking skills. I was really craving something with cheese. I decided to bust out my eggplant and make some classic eggplant parmesan, but gluten-free style.

Gluten Free Eggplant Parmesan:
1/3 c. Gluten Free Bread Crumbs (I used Glutino)
1/3 c. Gluten Free All Purpose Flour (Bob Red Mills)
1/4 c. Egg Whites
1 Eggplant
1/2 c. diced tomatoes in sauce
1/3 c. shredded white cheese

1. Set up three containers with the flour in one, the crumbs in one, and the egg whites in another.
2. Slice eggplant into 1/2 in. thick slices
3. Dip slices first into the flour container, then into egg whites, and finally into the crumbs getting the slices covered well
4. Place onto a baking sheet and stick into the oven at 400 F for 20 minutes
5. When 5 minutes are left, pull out pan and pour on tomatoes and cheese, then let bake for remaining time
*I am not a big fan of tomato sauce, which is traditionally in the dish, so I used diced tomatoes and a small amount. You can replace the diced ones for as much sauce as you want

Oh dinner. Sometimes I am so exhausted that I have no effort for you. My friends ate at Johnny Rockets for dinner while we were out shopping, but since I’m gluten-free I couldn’t really eat anything there, so I just had a diet coke. OMG. I haven’t had soda in a while and it was like drinking the nectar of the gods. Okay I’m exagerrating, but only a little. I try to stay away from soda. By the time I got home, I didn’t really want to make anything, so I just popped a piece of salmon into the oven for 20 minutes and heated up some grilled asparagus I had made a day ago. I really wanted a tzatzkiki sauce to go with it, but it was sloth time for me, so it was a no go.
Yes I am that nerdy. Studying while I eat. I have no time to spare. So much info to cram in my brain. On a much brighter note, my friends want to buy artwork from me! Also my mom wants me to make more artwork to sell. Really I have no time for this, but I need money and doing art is such a good way to relax. Even if you are not really good at it, sometimes I just think its fun to doodle around. This is what made them want some:
It’s time for me to bounce. More like drag myself back to the books. I’m actually pretty impressed with myself because I have never had this much motivation in my life. I’m just really focused on getting a 4.0 because I have my eye on this dietetics internship in San Fran that I have to land when I graduate. Hope ya’ll have a fab saturday night!

Do ya’ll have any hobbies/talents that you use as a source of income?
Is there any talent that you wish you had?