Archive for the ‘Healthful’ Category

Catering a Reception

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

I'm in this club at school that does concerts and I always feel that food and music are very much correlated. After a concert, we always have a reception for our guests. So what do you do when the club only has a limited amount of money and you have a ...

After Overnight Chilling…

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

After dinner I whipped up a small bowl of syrup made from boiling sugar, brown sugar and water, until thick and carmelized, but not to the extent that hard balls form when dropped into cold water.Then I cut up the pumpkin from yesterday.The reason why you should steam at a ...

Five Eggs and a Pumpkin

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Courtesy of Apple Fest at NYU, I came home the other night with a pumpkin in my gym bag. Why? Well, because I spent the walk to and from math class carrying it in my hands like a baby, and that felt silly after a while. Hence, gym bag.What do ...

McDonald’s Can’t Do This…

Sunday, September 24th, 2006

In recent months, I have discovered my affinity for the English muffin. Yes, I did not like them as a kid. But now, I'm crazy about them. It's like how I didn't like the crust on bread as a kid and grew into not minding and now I actually enjoy ...

Looney for Luna Bars

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006

Thanks to free samples of whole Luna Sunrise Bars (oh and a Stonyfield smoothie...bless Union Square and early Wednesday mornings,) I am not a great big fan of Luna Bars. Well, the sunrise ones anyway.While I'm usually extremely skeptical about granola bars and power bars, these were actually okay. For ...

Cranberries and Coconut

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Another morning, another bowl of oatmeal. I've had oatmeal every morning this week, as I am quite tired of eating complicated foods...maybe. Oatmeal Skim milk (!!!) Dried cranberries Coconut flake This morning, it seemed apparent that there is a general formula to be followed when making oatmeal. Oatmeal can be flavored in so many ways, ...

Sweet Ginger Sauce

Monday, August 21st, 2006

Dad told me to figure out something to go with the pan-seared chicken breast we had for dinner. So I finally implemented my previous idea of using shredded ginger in a sauce to go with chicken.At first, I thought about using soy sauce, ginger and sugar. Then, I remembered that ...

This is B-a-n-a-n-a-s

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

After eating out for so many days in a row, I felt the need to just have something more artery-friendly.In search for something straight forward and comforting, I decided to have oatmeal for lunch. Breakfast was an English muffin and I won't be having oatmeal for the rest of the ...