Before I start–RANT time: I spent 1.5 hours yesterday scrubbing the walls & doors of my room With. A. Toothbrush. for my crazy landlord–and I think I’m going to have to do it AGAIN today [including vacuuming again, scrubbing the floor boards and windows--toothbrush style! ] because I swear her glasses are like cleverly disguised MICROSCOPES. House inspections are such a nightmare because she picks on the tiniest detail. [she has to inspect my room 'cause I'm moving out of the house...]

“Oh em gee there’s a dot on the wall you didn’t clean! I am unhappy!”

I’m going to procrastinate on the cleaning by moving on with this entry!

Yesterday [Aug 9]
Leftovers galore

ROFL. I had leftover vermicelli–so I decided to finish it LOVE this stuff–always fills me up!

I ended up breaking the tortilla [used half of one] up and stuffing the raw tomatoes in the pieces–kinda like mini-wraps!

Fruit Crisp

Took a break from packing for dessert! I still had half a tortilla left so I decided to toast it and throw it on top of chopped plum & raspberries. Nice and crunchy! Would make a great snack if stressed for time–although I wouldn’t recommend packing this, ’cause the tortillas would end up soggy and it wouldn’t be a crisp anymore! [but I'm sure it'd still taste good ]

Friday [Aug 8]
Oatmeal Challenge: Dips

I was so excited for this lunch all week because it’s my celebratory lunch for last day at work!

Things to be dipped include one toasted tortilla and some carrots. I discovered that if you toast the tortillas enough–you get crackers! I was so exhilarated when I found out it was almost embarrassing….

For the dip: 0.5 cup ground quick oats [by hand--too lazy to bust out the coffee grinder and clean it!], 0.5 mashed banana, flax, water, yogurt [not much though...I think I had 1 tbsp left in the tub at most?], walnuts, and vanilla. I made it in the morning and threw it in the fridge, so it’s kinda like a muesli dip. The consistency was very dip-like! Tasted like cookie batter!

Not the most filling lunch though…needed more veggies, but I didn’t have much left in the fridge and didn’t want to buy any more ’cause I was going home in a few days…

Thursday [Aug 7]
Tortilla Sushi?

I present to you–my new favorite snack/lunch/way to eat everything:

Tortilla wrapped around a baby carrot and–the star ingredient–jam. It’s sweet, it’s crunchy, it’s chewy! Perfectly transportable and quick to whip up. Can be eaten at any meal!

I love it when I have to finish amounts of food in a given period of time because crazy stuff like this gets discovered

Of course, that wasn’t the only thing I had for lunch:

A salad of sorts–mixed veggies, raw cucumbers, raisins, ketchup , lentils, peas, corn.

Wednesday [Aug 6]
More leftover adventures

My first ever attempt at microwave eggs–check out that mess! The explosion in my microwave was exciting, but annoying to clean up!

Other stuff in the wrap–carrots & ketchup, raisins, adzuki beans, cheese, and my spoon. [yes, my stomach acids are that rockin']

Tuesday [Aug 5]
Stripes

Black bean hummus! No tahini ’cause I’m too cool for that

And instead of cucumbers, I had zucchinis! Thought that was an awesome change–squash lovin’!

Other stuff include: peas [microwaved with zucchinis], raisins, all-bran, ketchup. Dee-lii-shus!

And the Tortilla-thon 2008 ends! Well…I still have one tortilla left, but I’m doing boring stuff with it so it gets embedded in another post instead!

I’m also going home tonight! Omgawd lyke so totally exciting lyke whooa!!