Change of plans

Well, I took pictures all day yesterday with the intention of doing a big evening post, but then I ended up going away overnight and leaving my camera at home!

I threw together a nice vegetarian pasta for lunch yesterday. I stir-fried some broccoli and mushrooms with a bit of ginger and jalapeños, cooked some whole wheat pasta and tied it all together with a splash of vegetable broth. To me this is a great summer pasta, nice and fresh tasting.

Later in the afternoon, I cut up a mango that was seriously calling my name from the refrigerator It was juicy and delicious as usual!

This is where it all falls apart. As I said, I went away overnight at the last minute to take advantage of my last weekend before I start work tomorrow. The trip started with a trip to the local indian restaurant. This was my first experience with real Indian food (ie not cooked by me) and I have to say that I really enjoyed it! I don’t remember exactly what we got, but we started with some samosas, followed by two meat dishes (both of which I can’t remember what they were) served with some basmatti rice and naan. Oh man, this stuff is amazing… I’ve been missing out I definitely want to try google-ing the restaurant to figure out what I ate so that I can try to re-create it!

This morning, I just had a quick and easy breakfast – peanut butter toast. Okay, I’ll admit it, I slept through breakfast again… this was actually my lunch. I also had a chocolate chip cookie on my way out the door

Dinner was another stir fry cooked by my boyfriend This included ham, green peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots and rice. Again, no photo – I was too hungry to go in search of batteries for my camera. I’m not a very good blogger lately, am I? All I can say is that it was super yummy multiplied by a thousand because it was cooked for me!

Tomorrow is my first day of work and I’m a bit nervous because I honestly don’t know what to expect. I am excited too though, so all is good. I will probably have a busy morning though, so I’ll just tell you my breakfast plans tonight: toast and peanut butter with a banana if my mom doesn’t get to it first… I think she packed it in her lunch though, so I may have to settle for another fruit.

Here’s my packed lunch:

A ham sandwich on a large ciabatta bun (on the bottom right), the vegetable fillings to go on the sandwich when it’s time (on the top in the bag) and some carrots. In the veggie bag are tomatoes, pickle slices, cucumber slices and lettuce. Here’s the sandwich from up close:

See you tomorrow night!

Beans, Take 2

Another food you’ll be seeing a lot of I think – beans! I cooked a whole bag of adzuki beans last week and put half of them in the freezer, so they will continue to make an appearance over the next week or so. This time, I made Orient Express from Looneyspoons (again!) I’ve got another Looneyspoons meal planned for tomorrow night and then I think you’ll get a break

I took the photo this afternoon as I was putting it in the fridge, so I caught the bottles (and my lunch in the pot) in the background. It looked cool, so I decided not to take a photo as I was eating tonight. The recipe actually calls for chicken I think, but I subbed in some beans instead. I do eat meat, but I could be happy for a long time without it and I don’t buy it too often. You’ll see a lot more of it though when I’m home with my family for the summer.

Before I headed out to school this afternoon, I had a small mango and a cup of coffee. I usually limit my caffeine intake to the morning (and not even that often) so I might be up all night tonight… eek! What was I thinking?

And back to the books I go

More muesli

After yesterday,s lapse in judgement, I decided to have some less runny muesli this morning. I found the biggest mango I’ve ever seen last night at the grocery store, so I thought that would be a good addition to my morning. It did not disappoint, and now I have some leftovers

Finally, some colour in my muesli!

I’m having a slow start to my morning since I have no school, but I really have to get some studying done for my four exams next week so I’d better get off my computer and get moving!