Plum Cobbler!

Bloggies, I fell behind yesterday and didn't get a chance to blog at all. I was working and reading non-stop! Here's the recap:

Breakfast

I started my morning with a mug of Honey Lemon Ginsing Green Tea. This tea is really flavorful and, not that I usually do anyway, but doesn't need any sweetening.

I cut up and gobbled this grapefruit. When grapefruits are good, they are so good! This one was particularly juicy and sweet.
30 minutes or more later I made a quick bowl of Coach's Oats, steel cut oats that cook faster than regular. I sweetened with a little honey just for something different.

Lunch

After class I came home and decided to have some of these lovely looking cherries.
Cherries make reading sweeter.
30 minutes later I had an 'appetizer' of Food Should Taste Good multigrain and sweet potato chips with some garlic lover's salsa. yum!
I reheated a bowl of vegan chili and enjoyed a hot lunch.

Snack

I headed back to campus for my two other classes and instead of going home again afterwards decided to stay on campus, getting a little reading done, and get a Jamba Juice with the gift card my mom gave me! I went for peach perfection and took it down to the pond.



Purple!


I also had a few almonds and pecans I had hiding in my purse.

After work I decided that my plums were either going to go bad in the fridge or I would make the Plum Cobbler I had been so dying to make from FatFree Vegan Kitchen. Also my brother Eric was going to come over and hang out for a while and I thought he might like a break from dorm food!
I sweetened the tops of the plums with a drizzle of agave because I was worried they weren't all the sweetest plums...
Wets and dries.
True to cobbler nature, dough went on top of the fruit.
Popped it in the oven for 45 minutes and voila!
I'd never made this before so I had no idea what to expect!

Dinner

For dinner I started with a mixed salad of baby greens, tomato, cucumber, avocado, sunflower seeds, and a homemade lemon vinaigrette dressing.
I love when salads taste like food, not just plants!
For my entree I went for quick and easy: sauteed onions and a grilled piece of salt and pepper seasoned tofu. Doused in garlic chili Cholula and the meal was complete.
Dessert

Eric and I sampled the cobbler and agreed it was pretty good. If you can imagine a spectrum from pie to cake with cobbler in the middle, this definitely rates closer to the cake side of things. I would even describe it as something of an upside-down cake. With a little almond milk on the side it was totally satisfying!
We'll be in the present all caught up soon!!

Cinco de Mayo!

Workout

It's a good thing my friend Alex called early in the morning and convinced me to hit the pool for a quick 30 minute swim. I was in the process of trying to justify staying in bed until I absolutely had to get up but I'm glad I didn't!

Breakfast

I ended up having the perfect morning! I showered and dressed at the gym and came to campus with the perfect plan. My mom sent me a package a few weeks ago and inside were these gift cards to Jamba Juice and Panda Express! (someone's been reading my blog!)

I decided to grab a bowl of steel cut oats from Jamba Juice with the classic banana topping. I also topped it with some cinnamon from the coffee shop on campus.
I went with a medium drip coffee with a shot of sugar free hazelnut and soymilk.
I grabbed the campus paper and headed out to the plaza to sit in the shade by the pond.
As usual, the beggar fish came right up to the side when I set up to take my food photo.
Crooked fish!!

Snack

After my perfect morning and once I was done with class I came home and snacked on this orange.
And what goes better with oranges than Blue Moon!? I love having 21 year old room mates!
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Savannah and I enjoyed ourselves with one of our favorite brews.

Lunch

Then we decided to further honor the spirit of this Mexican holiday by eating burritos! We grabbed our monster meals and sat at some benches by the beach. What a gorgeous day for a burrito by the beach. I made sure to save half of my burrito for later and rushed off to work.
During choir, I snacked on this chocolate chip Z bar.

Dinner

I covered a shift for a friend at work so during my little break I had the other half of my Cinco de Mayo burrito.
When I got home I was craving something sweet so I had the last scoop of some coconut vanilla ice cream topped with a little bit of raisin bran crunch and two squares of Ritter Sport Schokolade mit Hazelnüsse, I mean chocolate with hazelnuts! I fell in love with this chocolate in Germany and my mom gave me a square when they were visiting :)
Hope you had a fun Cinco de Mayo!

Mom and I Hit the Gym!

This morning mom and I dragged ourselves to the gym and did a group strength training class and a Zumba class right after. We went all out! I had a cup of Java before class so I would be high energy but I forgot to take a picture.

Breakfast

When we got back I whipped us up a batch of steel cut oats. In the mix (I made a double batch):

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup steelcut oats
• 1 sliced banana
• 2 Tbsp. flaxseed
• shake cinnamon
• spalsh vanilla

To mine I added fresh blueberries, chunky peanut butter and a drizzle of honey. (Again, don't worry I'm not that kind of vegan!)

I forgot to take my vitamins home with me so mom shared her bone health with me.
I am slowly catching up on the House we have on DVR at home so we enjoyed our breakfast while watching an episode.
We have some fun stuff planned for today. Lunch is coming soon!!