Epic Meal

What to do when on a deserted campus with nothing to do and not many people to hang with? That's the situation my friend Carlos and I were in tonight. So we decided to walk to Whole Foods and agreed to each make a dish. I decided to make my specialty of balsamic chicken with avocado salad and sauteed broccoli. Carlos made smoked salmon on baguette brie with italian cherry tomatoes. For desert we had cannoli.

Too bad I lost my apetite by the time I finished cooking and Carlos started to get sick. Well enjoy the pics even though we didn't get to enjoy the meal.

Song of the moment: Amber by 311

Theft

For the past week or so everytime I went to the kitchen I noticed that my cooking pot (technically my roommate's) was missing. I figured someone cooked something and took the pot into their room and forgot to bring it back. I did not fret too much as I rarely use the pot to cook. I mostly use the pan.

Today I meant to wake up at 6am and go for a run but ended up waking up past noon. Typical. Anyway, I showered and got ready for the now half gone day. I didn't want to make breakfast food so I decided I wanted to make balsamic chicken because I hadn't cooked that in a while and also because the chicken in my freezer was going to go bad soon. I walked into the kitchen and what do ya know? My pan is missing! I look around to see if the pot was returned and it wasn't. Not only that but three of my plates were gone. Freaking ridiculous! I stomped back to my room and decided to make a sign and post it over the sink.

Now I am just sitting in my room starving because all the food in my room that I want to eat require cooking and I have nothing to cook in. I really really don't want to eat Easy Mac or Ramen. =(

Song of the moment: Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison

Too Often

So I apparently go grocery shopping way too often and buy way too much each time I do so. I was analyzing a report generated by bankofamerica.com on my spendings and realized that I spend 27% of my money on just food. This is a serious problem as I still have to pay $2,000+ for my Fall '09 semester tuition. I made a bet with a friend of mine that I won't buy any more groceries (with the except of milk) for at least two weeks. It's been less than a week and I already want to make that 1.5 mile walk down to Whole Foods. I get bored with my food so easily. I need to get through all the of Easy Mac and Ramen I bought over two months ago before I allow myself to go shopping again. This will be quite a challenge. In the meantime, I need to stop being so lazy and making myself sandwiches. I need to get back in the kitchen and get creative with what I've got!

I just realized I forgot to do the song of the moment for the last two posts so here goes:

Song of the moment: The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie

Perishables

What to do with food going bad? I got back from New York and noticed that my bananas were going bad and the milk in my fridge was going to expire in a day. Soooo I made banana milkshakes with my Magic Bullet. I kind of eyeballed it so can't give accurate proportions. Each consisted of 2 small bananas, 4-5 frozen mango chunks and approximately 15 oz of milk.

One week!

It's been over a week since I last posted. My sincerest apologies to my non-existent blog following community. I got an infection early last week and my antibiotics have been making me sleep a lot. Only I would get an infection that lands me in the emergency room from a simple mosquito bite!

Anyway, to make up for lost time, I'll be posting twice tonight. Hooray!!

The pictures show a quesadilla I made. It has mushrooms, jalepenos, onions and cheddar cheese.

My Own Room!

One fact of my life is that I have never had a room of my own. I shared a room with my sister for all my life and then got to college and had to share a room with three other girls. This summer I decided to room again with one of my former roommates. She was only here for the first half of summer so she left yesterday. Now not only do I have my own room for the first time in my life but I also get to have a double as a single. Finally I can unbox my stuff and stop living like a squatter!

By the way, today has been the longest day ever. I've been up since 4am! I don't know what to do with myself since classes are done and I don't have work till Monday. I walked to Whole Foods in the morning (even though I have a month's supply of food in my room) and bought so much fruit and other such yummy-ness that I was $3 away from getting an overdraft fee. I need to stop spending all my money on food and appliances. I rearranged things in the room to make it look less cramped and I have 1.5 three shelf bookselves filled with food (and more in 2 fridges). I admit, I have a problem. At least I'm past denial...

I've been really lazy about cooking this week. It had such an intense beginning with three finals and all. I cooked today but it was such a simple dish it shouldn't even count as cooking. I made sauteed broccoli. Took 30 seconds to prep because I chopped the the onion and pepper with my Magic Bullet and the broccoli was bought precut. All that was left to do was stir it in the pan for 5-10 minutes and salt to taste.

Sorry for the ugly presentation of the dish. And I wish I had an SLR. I should be eating Ramen and saving my money for that.

Song of the moment: Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes