Obsessed with picture taking January 13, 2009
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I have not been able to put my camera down ever since I discovered how the closeup shots work!
Jan 7
Breakfast:
First pancake of the year!
- oatmeal (mix of quick oats & organic rolled oats), unsweetened coconut, peanut butter, milk, cinnamon, ground ginger, flax
+ huge Fuji apple.
I wanted to toss the apple in the pancake–but I only had a plastic knife and those aren’t very good at apple cutting–too bad–because cooked apples go really well with pancakes! I’m so tempted to go and buy a real knife…
Jan 8 breakfast:
Mini blueberry bran muffins–nicked from the caf!
+ 1 egg
I’m really digging having muffins for breakfast! But it feels weird not to eat oatmeal everyday–have gotten so used to it ever since I started this blog!
Jan 9 dinner:
YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE CLOSEUP SHOTS?!
Why can’t I be addicted to studying instead of random things like taking pictures of food?!!?
Circles December 28, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Snack.Tags: pancake, pear, wheatberries, yogurt
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Yesterday:
I didn’t realize, until I took the picture, how many circles there were in the picture!
- Pancake: Bartlett pears, wheatberries, oatmeal, cinnamon, vanilla extract, rice milk + strawberry yogurt on top
- In the bowl: glutinous rice balls, red beans + millet + pearl barley, more strawberry yogurt
- In the cup: rice milk + 2% milk
Best breakfast I’ve had so far! It was just enough to keep me full. For some reason, I’m extra hungry when I come home for the holidays!
Putting wheatberries in the pancake made the whole thing much more chewy–which, by the way, is awesome.
And rice balls + yogurt = BEST THING EVER. Maybe I should bring a bag of glutinous rice flour back to school!
In the afternoon:
hazelnut mocha.
I’m still a little jet lag so I need this to stay awake! This is going to be so disastrous for me when I go back to school…
Have been doing a lot of snow shovelling–I’m pretty sure altogether there’s been about 2-3 feet of snow, which is more snow than I have ever seen in my life! Driving is absolutely horrible since I keep getting stuck in the driveway!
Check out the backyard!
Now imagine the pool completely covered with snow, it was pretty much level with the ground at one point! Wish I had gotten a picture of that…
Anywhoo–out to lunch soon!
Hooooome! December 21, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast.Tags: banana, chocolate, coffee, cottage cheese, pancake, peanut butter, strawberries
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Elongated vowels to emphasize my excitement!
Now that exams are over, regular posting of entries and blog reading can resume! 
First bowl of stove-cooked oatmeal in months:
My breakfast just a few minutes ago!
- oats, cinnamon, milk, small banana, white & dark chocolate chips, almonds
+ hazelnut mocha
Against a snowy backdrop! We’re having some kind of snow storm right now, which kinda kills my soul but at the same time I’d rather be stuck in the snow at home than at school…
Yesterday:
The same thing in pancake form and without the white chocolate chips:
Quaker’s quick oats just aren’t powdery enough for the texture that I usually get! But I kinda like this chewy version 
On the morning of my last exam:
- strawberries!, a very small banana, flax, coffee, cottage cheese, mocha, PB
There were more strawberries involved than depicted above, but they were hidden
And yeah…there’s a whole bunch of exam-time oatmeal pictures that I skipped, but that’s ’cause those ones aren’t really pretty! I’ll probably post them all in a blob later on though–just because some of them are kinda fun! But I’m not going to upload them now because I have HOMEWORK to do.
[I think my TA may have taken the "spirit of giving" concept a little too far...]
Cookie! December 11, 2008
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Um wow I have been missing for a while! But since I’ve got a lab report due tomorrow, I figured it was the perfect time to be lazy!
Nov 28
Before:
[note that only half remained ]
After:
My favorite pancake combo to date!
It was the last day of classes–so I figured a celebration was in order!
- 0.5 white chocolate & macadamia nut cookie, 0.5 banana, flax, oats, cottage cheese, PB
Loaded with awesomeness!
Best part? The cookie melted into the batter! Excitement!
Lunch:
Cinnamon raisin english muffin, turkey breast, beans, carrots
Snack:
English muffin, PB, apple, and tea!
I can’t remember if this was for an all-nighter or not. It probably was though. Probably for commerce.
Nov 29
Breakfast:
Kashi golean cereal, milk, cinnamon, and apples.
Dinner:
Cod, broccoli, jam, english muffin.
Exactly one week to go until I am not at school!
My brain is trying to tell me something… December 5, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Lunch, Snack.Tags: almonds, applesauce, banana, coconut, cottage cheese, pancake, peanut butter, peanuts, pistachios, raisins
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This should tell you a little about my mental processes when I am working:
True story. Nov 25. There were no witnesses, but I do have the screencap!
I thought it was hilarious that the program went “What?” like it was in disbelief
Nov 26
Oatmeal #138: Nutty Oats – Part IV + applesauce
- applesauce, sliced &blanched almonds, cinnamon, ground ginger, shredded coconut, PB, flax, milk, quick oats, organic oats
Applesauce in pancakes! I have never tried it–have you? I added the entire mini container–so I managed to get the apple flavor!
Also–I decided to blend two different types of oats together because I’m running out of quick oats [my weapon of choice for microwave pancakes] so I decided to mix it with organic oats–it turned out quite well, actually! I was afraid it might take longer to cook, but it didn’t! And it was much chewier too.
+ spiced chai tea with milk. I haven’t had tea + milk in ages! If I had sugar around as well, it would have been complete!
My very amazing lunch:
Something I haven’t had in a long time [since last year!]–couscous! Ever since the caf introduced it into my life, I have been hooked. Grains = awesome in all forms!
The above contains: couscous, dried apricots, peppers, carrots, beans, tomatoes, raisins, peas, lemon-garlic vinaigrette
Extra large lunch, extra awesome.
Night-time snack:
I believe it was for an all-nighter. Can’t remember if I succeeded in staying up all night or not…I probably didn’t…
Nov 27
- banana, cottage cheese, flax, peanuts, pistachios, green raisins, PB
+ coffee
Actually…maybe I did stay up all night…
2 more exams + 1 paper left!
So I only need another week of all-nighters and maybe 3 days of sleeping over at the lab, and then I will be writing my last exam and then going HOME!!!
I have been waiting for this since school started!
Pancakes November 26, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Snack.Tags: apples, banana, coffee, cottage cheese, pancake, peanut butter, pears, yogurt
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I am obsessed. I’m almost out of quick oats! Am very sad…as I’m not sure how well organic oats will work with my microwave method…
Nov 21
Oatmeal #136: Apple & Coffee Pancake
More caffeinated oatmeal coming this way!
- coffee, apples, flax, ground ginger, cinnamon, milk powder, oats, greek yogurt
I need to figure out how to make apples look better in pictures….unfortunately the sucky lighting in my room doesn’t help!
But oh well–it was fun tasting The smell of cooked apples and coffee was fantastic!
Snack:
Check out the snow in the background! How am I going to get to all my classes on time if I’m sliding all over the place? I hate snow 
Luckily…it all melted away pretty quickly!
Lunch:
Very thanksgiving like! Except the Canadian Thanksgiving was a month ago 
Turkey breast, mashed potatoes, corn, cranberry stuffing
Nov 21
Banana bread pancake–same as what I had on Wednesday–but with peanut butter! <3
+ spiced chai tea.
I always thought chai would smell more cinnamony–but all I could smell was something that’s like dried orange peels [star anise?]
Lunch:
I finally got my turkey chili!
Too bad I had to scarf it down in a hurry to get to bio on time 
Chili, beans, edamame, cauliflower, zucchini, carrots, cottage cheese
Nov 22
Breakfast:
Cinnamon raisin english muffin + butter, turkey, kidney beans and chickpeas, cantaloupe
+ Lime Herbal Tea
English muffin = A+
Tea = Z——-
Am officially in need of more english muffins in my life! Too bad the cafeteria doesn’t bring them out that often
The tea was absolutely horrible. It was wayyyy too lime-y. I couldn’t even force myself to chug it down. So I decided to save it for lunch the next day:
Voila~
The return of cafeteria oatmeal! The last time that appeared on the blog was April 27–aka a very long time ago!
- pears, cottage cheese, tea, PB
Unfortunately, I had too much tea–so I still have some of it sitting in my fridge!
And this tea was something even the oats couldn’t save…
Dinner:
Bread, hummus, cucs, beans, egg, apple
All-nighter snack #1 [Nov 23 morning]
Breakfast:
With my orgo homework in the background! But I was actually working on commerce
Toast + butter, banana, egg, apple
Dinner:
Noodle salad + tofu + kidney beans
All-night snack #2:
I think that’s foccacia? I’m not sure what that type of bread is called…but it’s amazing with Herb&Garlic cream cheese.
+ chocolate chip cookie.
And exciting news [for me, that is]–I managed to get 7.5 hours of sleep yesterday! That’s almost 8 hours! Oh my god it felt so weird to sleep properly on a pillow and everything…[I have been sleeping on my bed...but I was half on my chair, and half on the mattress ]
Am going to the gym today…since I’m feeling so energetic. [That may or may not have something to do with the huge cup of tea I just chugged...]
Loosing sleep over fake money November 24, 2008
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The stock markets are giving me a headache! I have to write this paper for my commerce course telling them why I invested the way I did in some stock simulation game…and the truth is I have no clue…because I had no time during the semester to get a clue! 
I’m trying to write the paper right now and I’m pretty sure my TA’s going to think I’m a total moron…
Nov 19
Oatmeal #135: Banana Bread Pancake
- 0.5 cup quick oats
- 0.33 cup water, 0.33 cup milk
- 0.75 tsp baking powder
- 1 mashed banana
- 1 tbsp walnuts
- 1 tbsp flax
- 0.25 tsp ground ginger, lots of cinnamon [optional]
- 1 tsp coconut [optional]
Stir! Microwave! 2 minutes!
First time I popped a banana in the microwave! I must say it’s not bad! Cooking bananas seem to enhance their taste and smell! <3 Definitely will be showing up again on my breakfast menu~
I’m going to try really really hard to finish my commerce paper tonight so I can start working on my chem lab…D: And my orgo final is next Wednesday! Followed by a Commerce final the next day! Seriously…do they want us to fail?!
3 weeks and 3 days til winter vacation–I’m counting on the glorious powers of oatmeal to get me through this!
Nutty Oats – Part III November 19, 2008
Posted by oatmeal in Breakfast, Dinner, Snack.Tags: banana, cereal, chocolate, coconut, goji berries, longans, pancake, pumpkin seeds, walnuts
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It just occurred to me how appropriate it is that I have a Nutty Oats series on the blog the same time of year that I’m about to go nuts from a combination of homesickness and stress…see how hilarious I am?
Nov 11
- pumpkin seeds, walnuts, milk, coconut, flax, banana
Ever since I came up with the microwave pancakes, I’ve been craving them like crazy! I’m thinking of doing a savory pancake for dinner sometime
Nov 15
- raisin granola, goji berries, longans, flax, milk, cocoa, walnuts
I haven’t had granola with oats for a while!
Dinner
Baba ghanoush, tomatoes, whole wheat english muffin, scrambled egg, kidney beans, chickpeas
Nov 16
No oats for breakfast!
English muffin with margarine, watermelon, and scrambled eggs.
Kinda refreshing to have a change from the usual routine! I think I’m going to try and have something different for breakfast once every week so I can have oatmeal at the cafeteria XD
Dinner:
Hummus, baba ghanoush, roasted red pepper sauce + bread, tuna, kidney beans, chickpeas, coffee
All-nighter snacks:
Fruits, pistachios, apple, and coffee.
Only my plan failed and I fell asleep…
Home stretch! Only one more week of classes left! When do you guys finish school for the holidays??
Nutty Oats – Part II November 17, 2008
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Nov 14
- walnuts, peanut butter, cocoa, flour, milk, flax, oats, microwave
Note: if you want ginormous pancakes–don’t use flour! And I only used 2 tbsp [and 0.25 + 2 tbsp oats], whereas if I used 2 tbsp of oats instead, I would have gotten more surface area and volume!
Nevertheless–still tasted good Also, I only added a tiny bit of water this time ’cause I wanted to use up all the milk before it expired–not sure it made any difference in terms of flavor though!
Dinner:
Pumpkernickel, turkey, eggs, tomatoes, kidney beans
On another exciting note–my res was on fire! Not the whole building [because in that case I would be crying, not blogging], but apparently the washing machine was what set the alarm off?! It would have more made sense if the dryer caught on fire…but anyway the fire happened ’cause someone overloaded the machine…I have no words.
And I settled myself for a third all-nighter yesterday night, but it didn’t happen because I have no willpower So I guess I’ll be paying for it tonight!
Off to class~
Oatmeal #130: Pumpkin Pancake November 7, 2008
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Oct 28
Can’t believe it took me this long to try this! I’ve been wanting to make this for a really long time, but:
1. Didn’t want to wait for the microwave
2. Didn’t want to wash the bowl I mix the batter in and the plate
But I was out of fruits that day, so I had to suck it up
- pumpkin, cinnamon, ground ginger, flax, milk, greek yogurt, walnuts
I got a billion things I haven’t done…including the commerce assignment that’s due today. D: I also have a stats final on Monday, Chem lab report, Bio lab report and quiz next Thursday, then another Commerce assignment due the day after?!
I’m going to need a lot of oatmeal [preferably infused with caffeine and brain cells] to get me through the next 1 month and 11 day.
On a fun note, I destroyed a piece of chem lab equipment yesterday morning! I feel so powerful…like Mohiner Suresh from Heroes…except without the scary part
