Happy birthday, Mom!

Breakfast:

Apple w/almond butter

Lunch:

Peach (2)

Dessert at Millie's Ice Cream Parlour/Lunchnet, Philadelphia, PA:

"Chipwich": cookie dough ice cream sandwiched between homemade chocolate chip cookies
(Chocolate chip cookies are underrated, but never estimate the power of a good chocolate chip cookie. I was initially really disappointed in this place because the sign was such a classic ice cream parlour sign but a banner advertised "Breyers ice cream served here". Luckily, I saw that they had ice cream sandwiches and ordered one - the ice cream may be mediocre, but the cookies are pretty good.)

Dinner from The Pizza Shack, Philadelphia, PA:

Thumbs up for pizza!

Cheese pizza
(Extremely busy pizza place with a cool rotating oven. The pizza is super fresh and while it's not gourmet Italian, a good, greasy slice will hit the spot. This is a takeaway/eat-in-your-car-or-on-the-curb place though.)

29 June 2014

Breakfast:

Quinoa & oatmeal porridge w/braised tofu & veggies

Snack:

Peach & apple slices w/pb & almond butter

Snack:

Silvered almonds w/almond butter (2)

Dinner:

Sweet potato w/almond butter, cacao nibs, silvered almonds, cinnamon & salad

Snack:

Chia seed w/cacao powder & almond milk

Snack:

Peach

28 June 2014

Breakfast:

Quinoa & oatmeal porriage w/sriracha sauce, braised tofu & veggies

Snack:

Chia seed pudding topped w/cinnamon, silvered almonds, cacao nibs, strawberries & almond butter

Snack:

Cereal medley w/vanilla almond milk
(There was this new brand of almond milk on sale and the bottle was just so cute that I had to get it. I normally get unsweetened unflavoured almond milk but decided to live a little. Okay, well, I shouldn't change my picky habits because while it smelt great and the packaging looked adorable, my stomach revolted and expelled the enemy.  I sampled just the milk again just in case and a third time before I decided to just pour it down the drain. What a waste.)

The culprit: vanilla almond milk
(So cute to look at, but not cute enough to drink again. Sorry. I think I'm just too used to unsweetened and unflavoured.)

Dinner:

Braised tofu & veggies salad

27 June 2014

Breakfast:

Quinoa & oatmeal porriage w/braised veggies & sriracha sauce
(Braised tofu and veggies always reminds me of home.)

Snack:

Cereal medley w/silvered almonds, cacao nibs, almond butter, strawberries & flaxseed milk

Dinner:

White chocolate macadamia nut bar
(The best Clif bar is the kids chocolate brownie flavour. For some reason, the "grown-ups" version of Clif bars isn't that tasty!)

Late night snack:

Almond butter (2)

Cereal medley w/silvered almonds & flaxseed milk

26 June 2014

Breakfast:

Chia seed pudding topped w/cinnamon, silvered almonds, cacao nibs & strawberries
(Yum! I forgot how refreshing yet fulfilling these are. And the addition of cacao nibs just oomphed it up.)

Snack while working: 

Chocolate from Erica
(Thanks, Erica!)

Sample at sweetgreen - University City, Philadelphia, PA:

Frozen yogurt sample
(Too icy, not enough flavour. Tasted more like a creamy ice - it wasn't even tart!) 

Dinner from sweetgreen - University City, Philadelphia, PA: 

Spicy Sabzi w/bread: baby spinach, kale, spicy quinoa, spicy broccoli, carrots, beets, basil, sprouts & roasted tofu w/carrot chili vinaigrette & sriracha sauce
(I don't really like buying salads because I think they're so easy to make, but once in awhile I will. I also needed the dressing to braise some tofu and vegetables. The salad was pretty good, since I normally eat salad as is anyway. If I judged the dressing though, I would have dropped a few stars. Like the frozen yogurt, it barely had any flavour.)

Snack:

Cereal medley w/almond butter, silvered almonds & flaxseed milk
(Cereal is always relevant.)

Snack:

Cereal medley w/almond butter & flaxseed milk

25 June 2014

I like cereal. A lot.

Breakfast:

Apple slices, banana slices, pb & cinnamon

Snack:

Cereal medley w/almond butter, cinnamon, chia seeds, banana slices & almond milk

Snack:

Apple

Snack:

Chocolate & pb cereal

Snack:

Cereal medley w/flaxseed milk

24 June 2014

Brunch:

Romaine lettuce, spinach, banana, pb & almond milk smoothie
(Getting my roommate into green smoothies as well! Yay!)

Dinner:

Dinner roll w/pb & banana slices, apple slices w/pb, almond milk

Snack:

Last of the chocolate rum cake
(I do enjoy a moist chocolate cake. Cake's one of those super simple classic desserts that just gets you.)

Late night snacks:

Dried seaweed

Pb

23 June 2014

Brunch:

Dinner roll w/pb & banana slices, almond milk

Dinner:

Last of the mixed cheese hoagie w/spinach

Snack:

Chocolate rum cake w/almond milk

Late night editing snack:

Apple slices w/pb

One Year Later

Met up with Gino and his friends today to watch the USA vs Portugal game! It's been a year since I last saw this dude.

Post-workout drink:

Spinach, romaine lettuce, banana, pb & almond milk smoothie
(My flatmate was a bit skeptical about this smoothie, but I think she liked it! The almond milk surprisingly overpowered the peanut butter, so it just tasted like textured almond milk.)

Brunch:

1/6 of a mixed cheese hoagie w/spinach & romaine lettuce
(I am never going to finish this hoagie!)

Snack:

Pb

Marzipan dark chocolate (2)
(It's a chocolate weekend.)

Snack:

Marzipan dark chocolate (2)

Snack:

Almond milk, dinner roll w/pb & banana slices

Dinner while watching the game at City Tap House, Philadelphia, PA:

Yards Love Stout (Nitro): "4.5% chocolatey, seductive and earthy - a Philly classic!"
(I like chocolate and it's a Philly classic, so how could I not get this? Everyone who sampled this told me that they could taste the chocolate, that it tasted like dark bitter chocolate, but I couldn't taste it! The flavour resembled coffee more than chocolate to me, which isn't bad because I do like coffee but I guess I was kind of disappointed.)

Mezze plate: hummus, falafel, roasted eggplant w/feta, cucumbers & tzaziki, roasted tomato tapenade, flatbread
(The falafels and eggplant w/feta were extremely salty. I liked the roasted tomato tapenade and random edamame side the best. Everything else was rather mediocre or much too salty.)

Sample of the "honey mustard"
(It has a spicy twang to it. More dijon mustard than honey mustard.)

The setting

Late night snack:

Marzipan dark chocolate