30 November 2014

Breakfast:

Black tea, cinnamon raisin bagel half w/pb, cinnamon & banana slices

29 November 2014

Breakfast:

Corn puffs, granola, banana slices, cinnamon, cayenne pepper & almond milk

Black Friday "Shopping"

Enjoying a relaxing Black Friday with Marie today!

Beverage from Ben & Bill's Chocolate Emporium, Northhampton, MA:

Sips of Marie's s'mores hot cocoa
(Very sweet, but tasted just like a s'more! Even had little graham cracker bits.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Brunch:

Vegan fruit pie
(Quite possibly the best pie I've ever tasted at Val and it was all due to the crust.)

Working at the Book Mill

As a non-humanities major, whenever I can work in a cafe-esque setting, I will take it. There's something about being surrounded by the smell of baked goods, brewed coffee, light chatter and like-minded strangers that just thrills me. And no, drab libraries with the same characteristics do not count.

Breakfast:

Cinnamon raisin bagel half w/pb, cinnamon, cayenne pepper & banana slices

Happy birthday Gino!

Thanksgiving dinner number two is happening tonight! I'm so excited.

Brunch:

Baked sweet potato w/cinnamon, cherry tomatoes, mixed greens, chickpeas w/black pepper, baby carrots, cucumber slices

24 November 2014

Brunch:

Blueberries, mixed fruit (ate a spoonful of each)

Happy birthday, Peter!

Breakfast:

1/4 veggie hummus wrap

22 November 2014

The first day of Thanksgiving break! Hurrah!

Brunch:

Black sesame tea w/almond milk

Holiday Shopping with the Gals

And the shopping season has officially begun...

Breakfast:

Banana

Thanksgiving Dinner No. 1

Val makes an amazing spread every year one week before Thanksgiving.

Breakfast:

Cantaloupe, potatoes, quinoa porridge w/hemp seeds, cinnamon & spinach

19 November 2014

Breakfast:

Honeydew melon, roasted potatoes

18 November 2014

Breakfast:

Green smoothie topped w/flaxseeds & hemp seeds (see below for description), pineapple chunks, peach muffin w/pb (didn't eat the other one)

17 November 2014

Breakfast:

Green smoothie* topped w/hemp seeds, grapes (didn't eat)

*Green smoothie: spinach, banana, mango, OJ, ice

16 November 2014

Breakfast:

Green smoothie topped w/hemp seeds (see bottom for description), roasted beets, chickpeas, baby carrots, assorted greens, brown rice w/marinara sauce & black pepper, cucumber slices

15 November 2014

Roomie Pre-Brunch at the Black Sheep, Amherst, MA:

Soy chai tea latte topped w/cinnamon
(Black Sheep now makes their own chai tea concentrates! I like this because it's slightly sweetened, although it could have used more spices. The flavour was quite masked by the soy milk.)

Pindar Field Dinner!

Emma and I are going to the Pindar Field dinner tonight, but electronic devices are frowned upon. I'm so used to taking pictures of everything I eat that I actually went on Google to find a miniature spy camera. Who have I become?!

Breakfast:

Assorted cereal w/hemp seeds, banana slices, pb & rice milk
(Went to breakfast early today, so I decided to try all the things I normally don't make time to try. I ended up only eating the banana slices and pb after a few bites of the cereal. Rice milk gets overwhelming quickly.)

13 November 2014

Breakfast:

Banana, pb, cantaloupe

12 November 2014

Breakfast:

Quinoa porridge w/spinach, cinnamon & hemp seeds, honeydew melon, roasted potatoes

11 November 2014

Breakfast:

Green smoothie topped w/hemp seeds (see below for description), pineapple chunks, zucchini muffins w/pb

10 November 2014

Breakfast:

Grapes, chai berry muffin w/pb
(I finally get to eat these muffins again! They're really not that great, but they're a novelty to me since they were introduced to the menu while I was abroad.)

Happy birthday Emma and Joe!

Also, good-bye Rachel! 

Brunch:

Spinach & cucumber panini w/mashed sweet potato & marinara sauce
(Went to Emma's birthday brunch at Bruegger's Bagels in town but I was not a fan of anything there. I ended up making this strange, but delicious, combination at Val.)

Homecoming 2014

We won against Williams, 17-9. Undefeated season, whoo!

Senior Brunch:

Asiago cheese pastry, blueberry Danish, almond croissant, 1/2 bagel w/cream cheese & tomato slices, fruit salad
(Wasn't a fan of the Danish and the other pastries got overwhelming quickly.)

JENNY LEWIS CONCERT! ♥

Homecoming weekend, Rachel's visiting and Jenny Lewis? YES!

NOTHING CAN BRING ME DOWN BECAUSE JENNY LEWIS WILL BE NO FARTHER THAN THREE FEET AWAY FROM ME. The concert was amazing, as expected: two hours of pure, heavenly bliss and euphoria. I cried several times and knew every single lyric because I'm one of those fans. Jenny Lewis, you're a rare soul.

Breakfast:

Green smoothie* topped w/hemp seeds, French toast sticks w/pb

06 November 2014

Breakfast:

Mixed fruit, quinoa porridge w/cinnamon, flaxseeds, banana slices, pb

Happy birthday, Andrew!

Breakfast:

Green smoothie* topped w/flaxseeds

*Green smoothie: spinach, honeydew melon, mango, OJ, ice

Election Day!

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (see below for description), pineapple chunks

03 November 2014

Breakfast:

Green smoothie* topped w/flaxseeds, cinnamon raisin French toast (ate half), grapes (didn't eat)
(I honestly don't know why I keep getting grapes on Monday. They taste fine, but it takes me a minute to eat a grape because I have to really rub them clean and that just annoys me. Also disappointed that I grabbed the French toast because I thought it was blueberry bread. Darn it Michelle, you should know Val by now.)

*Green smoothie: spinach, banana, mango, OJ & ice

02 November 2014

Brunch:

Tomato veggie soup w/black pepper, baby carrots, chickpeas, cauliflower, rosemary potatoes

01 November 2014

Breakfast:

Apple w/pb