At the dinner party that inspired my last post, I did really well. Like, really, really well. I ate (sizeable amounts of!):
-sweet potatoes
-acorn squash
-corn
-carrots
The acorn squash was particularly good (I treated it like a baked potato), though I added a little two much butter. I'll know better for next time.
All in all, the last few days, it's not like I've been doing particularly poorly in my choice of foods--it's really more about the amount. It's not bad that I have some fudge after my veggie-filled dinner. It's that I have twelve million pieces of fudge after my veggie-filled dinner. If my mama didn't make it so yummy, I wouldn't eat it so much...
Really, the fact that this entry is really a re-hasing of an earlier day is due to the fact that I did nothing blog-worthy today. No veggies, no fruit, no healthy bran. But, such is life on Christmas Eve.
Christmas is not my favorite holiday (that would be Thanksgiving), but it is a good one. Here's to you--may your families be happy and healthy, may your holidays be filled with love and laughter, and may your Christmas day be merry and bright. As for me (and my family--more about that next entry!), I'll be eating rabbit food!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Things that start with "F"
The above title not only makes me a hero to the little girl I babysit (who loves Sesame Street), but it also describes the topics of todays post: Flaxseed pancakes and Farmer's Market. See, I recently went to a family dinner, and was asked about both of these topics at the dinner table--I told my dear friends that I would send them their requested information via Facebook...HA! They have been tricked! I merely sent them links to my blog (this is called advertising)!!
Flaxseed Pancakes--delicious and filling and healthy.
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup ground flaxseed (also, you can use 1/2 cup flaxseed and 1/2 cup flour--experiment!)
1 Tablespoon sugar (feel free to substitute agave nectar)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt (omit if desired)
1 egg
1 cup milk/ricemilk/water
2 tablespoons canola oil
Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the wet ones in gradually. Pour on a skillet/griddle and flip when the tops turn bubbly!
Farmer's Markets in Austin, TX
Austin is a hippie city, and we love our farmer's markets. You can find the calendar for the most popular one here. It operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and has everything from honey to eggs to produce. Drop by!
I will eat rabbit food (food also starts with F!).
Flaxseed Pancakes--delicious and filling and healthy.
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
1/4 cup ground flaxseed (also, you can use 1/2 cup flaxseed and 1/2 cup flour--experiment!)
1 Tablespoon sugar (feel free to substitute agave nectar)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt (omit if desired)
1 egg
1 cup milk/ricemilk/water
2 tablespoons canola oil
Mix the dry ingredients together, then add the wet ones in gradually. Pour on a skillet/griddle and flip when the tops turn bubbly!
Farmer's Markets in Austin, TX
Austin is a hippie city, and we love our farmer's markets. You can find the calendar for the most popular one here. It operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and has everything from honey to eggs to produce. Drop by!
I will eat rabbit food (food also starts with F!).
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Cooking
Since our engagement, Kody and I have become increasingly aware of our own ignorance--he doesn't know how to do laundry, I don't really know how to cook. To this end, our parents sometimes strive to help us. This aid generally comes in the form of grocery money and orders to "make something for dinner". Previous successes include chili and cornbread; last night I made stroganoff and corn (I don't know why this is considered to be a normal combination in my family, but it is). I ate carrots with Kody while cooking, which is healthy, and then had a cookie for dessert, which is not.
I missed Kody in the kitchen last night. Like, a lot-- he was there, sitting in a chair, but he was too miserable to do anything but eat carrots with me and offer moral support. Cedar just hit Texas, and it's hit him pretty hard the last few days. The CF support listserve I'm a part of has been likewise uncheery recently. Winder is just a hard time for people with respiratory diseases. I hate seeing him be miserable, but it also motivates me--beyond him feeling alright, I need him healthy. Kody once told me that when we're married (or even cooking together), he'll eat whatever I eat. So now, and in the future, I will eat rabbit food.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Holidays at Home
Well, grades are in, and I made a C in pharmacology! This is excellent news--a C is not a D, which means that I will not be repeating the class, which means that I do not have to alter my degree plan. I'm a happy person.
It's remarkable how a person can change when they get out of the Holidaze. My room is clean (those of you who have seen my room understand how big a deal this is), I've been working out daily (Jillian Michaels is less intimidating now), and both my blood pressure and cortisol levels are back to normal. Life is good. :)
I'm also now at home (like, the home with the parents in it)--kinda. I will have to live at the co-op for most of the weekdays because of work, but the co-op does not have much food during the interim... which means I'll be home quite a lot. My mother is being wonderful with food--so far she has bought me my favorite cereal, golden delicious apples, organic carrots (these taste so much better than non-organic carrots), and greek yogurt. There is also Genesis and Ezekiel bread in the fridge, which I'm still getting used to--but it's yummy, just the same. There's also a spaghetti squash recipe in the works... I will for sure post about it when it happens! To my knowledge, the plan is to serve the "vegetable spaghetti" with a regular meat/tomato sauce. I'm excited!
I hope all of you are having very happy holidays with the people you love. I will eat rabbit food.
It's remarkable how a person can change when they get out of the Holidaze. My room is clean (those of you who have seen my room understand how big a deal this is), I've been working out daily (Jillian Michaels is less intimidating now), and both my blood pressure and cortisol levels are back to normal. Life is good. :)
I'm also now at home (like, the home with the parents in it)--kinda. I will have to live at the co-op for most of the weekdays because of work, but the co-op does not have much food during the interim... which means I'll be home quite a lot. My mother is being wonderful with food--so far she has bought me my favorite cereal, golden delicious apples, organic carrots (these taste so much better than non-organic carrots), and greek yogurt. There is also Genesis and Ezekiel bread in the fridge, which I'm still getting used to--but it's yummy, just the same. There's also a spaghetti squash recipe in the works... I will for sure post about it when it happens! To my knowledge, the plan is to serve the "vegetable spaghetti" with a regular meat/tomato sauce. I'm excited!
I hope all of you are having very happy holidays with the people you love. I will eat rabbit food.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
25 very healthy foods... and a new favorite website
I ate half an apple today (it was exactly half) while on the phone with my Favorite Girl In Kentucky (FGIK--she is also one of my bridesmaids. I love this girl). She was very encouraging--today was, in general, a very encouraging day. I finished the last project of the semester for my research mentor, and then went on a wild google chase on the internet.
What I found was better than solitare. I have discovered prevention.com. It's a great website (I'm hooked), and an article on the website listed 25 ridiculously health foods. You can read the whole article with that link, but here's the list (in no real order--except that they saved the best for last, those clever people):
1. Eggs (remember that song, or those commercials?)
2. Greek Yogurt
3. Fat-free milk (I don't really like fat-free things--I feel like if you take something naturally fatty and do weird things to it to make it fat-free, then you've probably altered other things about the product, like sugar content)
4. Salmon (my mom loves this.)
5. Lean Beef (it's what's for dinner!)
6. Beans (the musical fruit, which is startlingly high in fiber)
7. Nuts (Delicious)
8. Soy nuts (also called edmame. It should be noted that soy products are contra-indicated for people with cystic fibrosis)
9. Oatmeal (the article says not to sweeten it. Phooey. :( Use agave as a healthy, natural, and sweet alternative?)
10. Flaxseed (someone fabulous made me flaxseed pancakes once, and they were so good! Also really filling.)
11. Olive Oil (I know this is good stuff, but if anyone has info about coconut oil and health benifits of that, please post?)
12. Avocado (Kody once correctly identified this as the fattiest vegetable in a game of trival pursuit. It's a good fat/oil, though)
13. Broccoli (this is the only vegetable my mother will not touch--she will gobble cauliflower, though)
14. Spinach (Duh. Popeye told us this)
15. Tomatoes (these are acidic. If your diet is high in meat and animal products, the work on balancing tomatoes in your diet-- you really don't want to be throwing your pH off too much)
16. Sweet potatoes
17. Garlic
18. Red peppers
19. Figs
20. Blueberries
21. Asian Pears (I like these! But they're so big. Eat with a friend or cousin, who may also happen to have a health-based blog)
22. Lychee (No idea what this is)
23. Apples (I try)
24. Guava (?)
25. Dark Chocolate (oooooh yeeaah)
What a wonderful reference! I hope you all enjoy.
What I found was better than solitare. I have discovered prevention.com. It's a great website (I'm hooked), and an article on the website listed 25 ridiculously health foods. You can read the whole article with that link, but here's the list (in no real order--except that they saved the best for last, those clever people):
1. Eggs (remember that song, or those commercials?)
2. Greek Yogurt
3. Fat-free milk (I don't really like fat-free things--I feel like if you take something naturally fatty and do weird things to it to make it fat-free, then you've probably altered other things about the product, like sugar content)
4. Salmon (my mom loves this.)
5. Lean Beef (it's what's for dinner!)
6. Beans (the musical fruit, which is startlingly high in fiber)
7. Nuts (Delicious)
8. Soy nuts (also called edmame. It should be noted that soy products are contra-indicated for people with cystic fibrosis)
9. Oatmeal (the article says not to sweeten it. Phooey. :( Use agave as a healthy, natural, and sweet alternative?)
10. Flaxseed (someone fabulous made me flaxseed pancakes once, and they were so good! Also really filling.)
11. Olive Oil (I know this is good stuff, but if anyone has info about coconut oil and health benifits of that, please post?)
12. Avocado (Kody once correctly identified this as the fattiest vegetable in a game of trival pursuit. It's a good fat/oil, though)
13. Broccoli (this is the only vegetable my mother will not touch--she will gobble cauliflower, though)
14. Spinach (Duh. Popeye told us this)
15. Tomatoes (these are acidic. If your diet is high in meat and animal products, the work on balancing tomatoes in your diet-- you really don't want to be throwing your pH off too much)
16. Sweet potatoes
17. Garlic
18. Red peppers
19. Figs
20. Blueberries
21. Asian Pears (I like these! But they're so big. Eat with a friend or cousin, who may also happen to have a health-based blog)
22. Lychee (No idea what this is)
23. Apples (I try)
24. Guava (?)
25. Dark Chocolate (oooooh yeeaah)
What a wonderful reference! I hope you all enjoy.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
True Rabbit Food
Today was a great day.
I started a new job today--I'm a now babysitter for a few hours a week, taking care of a 2 1/2 year old and a 9 month old. It's a great job: I get some excellent pediatric experience, the family is wonderful, and I get to be privy to very important secrets (like the fact that all letters are really "B", or the what the names are of all of the characters on Sesame Street). I had a great time at this new job, and that made today good. But what made today great was food.
The mother of the children I was babysitting was kind enough to make us all lunch. The 2-year old dutifully devoured her beautifully-shredded carrots and sliced zucchini and Kashi pizza. The 9 month old dutifully slopped up his sweet potatoes. And I dutifully ate the majority of a salad (and 3 slices of veggie Kashi pizza). It was a great day. My taste buds might not be happy, but today I successfully ate a meal I consider to be entirely healthy. That makes today great.
I'm currently wading through a transcription assignment (from my research mentor) and preparations for my pharmacology final exam. I will (and today, did!) eat rabbit food.
I started a new job today--I'm a now babysitter for a few hours a week, taking care of a 2 1/2 year old and a 9 month old. It's a great job: I get some excellent pediatric experience, the family is wonderful, and I get to be privy to very important secrets (like the fact that all letters are really "B", or the what the names are of all of the characters on Sesame Street). I had a great time at this new job, and that made today good. But what made today great was food.
The mother of the children I was babysitting was kind enough to make us all lunch. The 2-year old dutifully devoured her beautifully-shredded carrots and sliced zucchini and Kashi pizza. The 9 month old dutifully slopped up his sweet potatoes. And I dutifully ate the majority of a salad (and 3 slices of veggie Kashi pizza). It was a great day. My taste buds might not be happy, but today I successfully ate a meal I consider to be entirely healthy. That makes today great.
I'm currently wading through a transcription assignment (from my research mentor) and preparations for my pharmacology final exam. I will (and today, did!) eat rabbit food.
Monday, December 7, 2009
Golden Delicious
The above title makes me think of two things: apples (such as the variety of apple that I ate last week, and marginally enjoyed--I have decided that I prefer "soft" apples over "hard" or "crisp" ones, as they are easier to eat), and popcorn. Popcorn is, among other things, my go-to study food. I generally comfort myself with the flimsy rationale that it is a whole grain (soaked in butter, bathed in salt, golden and delicious), but tonight there is none of that: tonight, there is a golden delicious apple on my desk. When I am drowning in drug names again (the test last week went well, but my final is this Saturday), I will be reaching for this yellow apple. I will bite into it and eat it and continue working tirelessly into the night, like a little energizer bunny running on rabbit food. I will have organic batteries.
Classes are over now, and my eating habits have improved accordingly--the exit of (class-related) stress is also the entrance cue for fiber cereal, apples, probiotic yogurt, naked juice (courtesy of my wonderful super-woman mom), and a DVD that features the lovely screeches and squawks and push-ups of Jillian Michaels. These things do not remind me of school, and thus they make me feel good.
I will not walk down to the kitchen and pop popcorn. I will eat rabbit food.
Classes are over now, and my eating habits have improved accordingly--the exit of (class-related) stress is also the entrance cue for fiber cereal, apples, probiotic yogurt, naked juice (courtesy of my wonderful super-woman mom), and a DVD that features the lovely screeches and squawks and push-ups of Jillian Michaels. These things do not remind me of school, and thus they make me feel good.
I will not walk down to the kitchen and pop popcorn. I will eat rabbit food.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Drugs and finals and drugs, oh my!
Xanex is a benzodiazepine FDA approved for the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder. Estazolam is a hypnotic benzodiazepine. Ampicillin is an amino penicillin. Penicillinase-resistant penicillins are my very favorite penicillins.
That's about all what's going through my brain right now. In an effort to pretend healthiness, I grabbed some home-made (ok, co-op made) granola this morning, and I'll be packing my lunch today (so it's a little healthier than the McDonalds I grabbed on Monday). I'm not sure sure exactly what the menu is for the rest of the day, but it will have to involve juice--most of the co-op milk is going bad. :(
I was hoping to get some post-Thanksgiving exercise in this week, but I think that is being postponed until after my test tomorrow-at which point I am a free woman! I will write more when I am a little more sane.
One great thing about today, though: It is my 3 year anniversary with my fiance! 3 years ago today, we had our first date (an awkward viewing of the epic movie "Young Frankenstein" at my house)--and I'm so glad we did. More than anyone else, he's my inspiration to eat healthier/exercise/be a better person in general. I love him so much.
Monobactams are bactericidal to gram-negative organisms. I will eat rabbit food.
That's about all what's going through my brain right now. In an effort to pretend healthiness, I grabbed some home-made (ok, co-op made) granola this morning, and I'll be packing my lunch today (so it's a little healthier than the McDonalds I grabbed on Monday). I'm not sure sure exactly what the menu is for the rest of the day, but it will have to involve juice--most of the co-op milk is going bad. :(
I was hoping to get some post-Thanksgiving exercise in this week, but I think that is being postponed until after my test tomorrow-at which point I am a free woman! I will write more when I am a little more sane.
One great thing about today, though: It is my 3 year anniversary with my fiance! 3 years ago today, we had our first date (an awkward viewing of the epic movie "Young Frankenstein" at my house)--and I'm so glad we did. More than anyone else, he's my inspiration to eat healthier/exercise/be a better person in general. I love him so much.
Monobactams are bactericidal to gram-negative organisms. I will eat rabbit food.
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