We eat bell peppers when it's a sweltering 99 degrees

Sorry for not getting on this thing for a bit!

Let me start with yesterday's breakfast!
I had my raw almond butter topped with bahnehnehs on sprouted grain toast!
and cheerios! and cherries! and apples! and apple chips! and almonds and cashews!
grr gotta stop this craziness.

I forgot to take pictures of my meals yesterday!
Sorry. must have been the 99 DEGREES it was.
crazy heat!

For lunch, I had a delicious concoction of buckwheat noodles with kimchi (yes, i love what some may perceive as stinky cabbage. I LAHHVVVVV EEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTT!!!) and cucumbers and sesame seeds!
and a cold seaweed soup nomnomnom!

followed that with a heaping plate of peaches, blueberries, cherries and apples.

then went swimming with my lovely roommate!
had to swim circles because there were too many people per lane! a lady got really confused and we had to explain to her what was going on!
is this what will happen when we get old?!
at least old people are usually cute.

Then I tried to drive the car without turning on the engine.
no jokes about me being either
a) a woman
b) asian.

dinner was nothing great...
just ate cereal and fruit and bread and crackers and cookies
...i hate when i do this because i end up really full and my head thinks, "aw, you didn't actually eat a dinner MEAL so you're not full! have 4 more bowls of cereal!"
RAWR!

made my brother a birthday card, succumbed to my weakness and had apple chips and almonds and cashews and 10:30 pm (grr), watched tv, read more of my library books and went to bed!
here's the card!


this morning, woke up at 4 am to see my brother off on his trip!
seriously contemplated eating more apple chips, slapped myself and tried to go back to bed.

awoke pretty early, as i usually do,
and had

cheerios with almonds, bananas and almond milk
(unfailingly delicious-o!)
blueberries, cherries (pitted!) and apple chips over yogurt!

ah...the tub-o-o's...let me show you what goes on every morning---
repeat
50 times
100 times
A GAJILLION BAJILLION MILLIONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOO TIMES!!!!

anyhooooooooooooo

my almendra and cashew stash is getting dangerously low!!
on my grocery list, no worries. don't cry, joyce.


something i'm simultaeously sad and happy about:
my apple chip level.
pretty much demolished a 14 ounce bag in 1 day and a half
so
there's a testament to my eating prowess
...or just my lack of eatroling (eat + control = eatrol! hehe)

then had some apples and peaches and avacado and more banana
and two deliicciouuuuuuuuusssssss

bell peppers!

ahhh
today, the beach!
may make some hummus to take for all to enjoy!
and got a pita bread recipe i want to try!(must save for another day!)

i think the recipe with go a little something liiikkEEEeee:

15 ounces of chickpeas
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup greek yogurt
a bit of lemon juice and a bit o' lemon zest
1/2 cup tahini
cayenne

must try.
will let you know.

happy 96 degree summer day! wooooooooooooo!

Almond Butter

I think potlucks are one of the best things in the whole wide world!

Yesterday, my friends and I had a little get together and we each brought something to eat!
Here's a list of the dEEEE lish uhs food!

hors d'oeuvres: artichoke hearts and parmesan on toasted baguettes

• saffron rice with chicken roasted almonds, fried onions, and barberries with pita at the bottom (which was crispy and glorious!). Yogurt to top it!

• an amazing huge bowl of my favorite...FRUIT!

• tomato basil pasta with some garlic (i think next time, I will use angel hair pasta. this the time, the noodles were sort of...heavy-ish!)

• the best quinoa EVER with a guacamole-ish garnish (wanted to take some home so badly but did not want to borrow tupperware hehe)

• salad with tomatoes and kidney beans (I made this dressing with oranges--from my backyard!-- and olive oil...the recipe called for lemons. i used all the lemons on the tree...sooooooooo oranges were next!)
• carne asada fries
• rolls
  
• chocolate cake

whoa. HUGE list i know! but everything was so wonderful!
now. about the carne asada fries.
they looked so.good!
but, sadly, i did not eat them.
some of my friends know this about me, but i do not eat red meat!

so let me tell you the story...
my dad and i have extremely sensitive stomachs/digestive systems.
my mother often teases him about it and tells him a man should be able to eat anything and everything rawr!
hehe

i guess we just don't digest it well...
BUT we are having many discussions about what may lie at the foundation of this toilet problem.
currently, we think it's not just
red meat
but oily foods that sit heavy in the stomach
in general!

we both think we're on to something here.
my family...we never really ever ate fast food.
ordering of the pizza from pizza hut?
rare.

i guess another thing is that the asian diet is generally pretty healthy!
so when we eat something that we're not used to, we are a sprintin' to the porcelain throne!
gross, i know.
but it's a major factor of why i eat the way i do! (although i had to come to this conclusion with the help of my dad haha
BECAUSE i love the food i eat; i never thought of it as "oh, i eat this because i have to."
or "i have to eat this--it's my second choice though. i'd rather have a hot dog."
nope!
i would much rather have a fresh tasty beet with some cod! and fresh chives from my uncle's garden!

also.
to clarify: i am not vegetarian, vegan, or whatever!
i love fish!
chicken!

but the important important important thing is
the way
it
is
prepared!

example: if i had a oily, butter saturated piece of fried salmon,
yes, i'd be sick!

so.
that's just a bit of me!

Yesterday, I made some almond butter--which is sort of dangerous because i eat it on EVERYTHING.

a dollop on my overnight oats...

smeared on my banana with dark chocolate mmmm so good!



chicken, egg and kidney beans with rice! (NOT with my almond butter!)

This morning,
I had
apple chips
apples
cantaloupes
almonds
cashews
toast with eggs
and...


ALMOND BUTTER!

i can eat it straight out the trader joe's applesauce jar i cleaned by boiling!

chicken with a hard boiled egg and kidney beans and rice!

Alright, back to work!