A Diminutive Break

Good morning everyone!

I just took one of my exams and have an hour and a half until my next two, including my (and this is a direct quote from my teacher) "Mangerial Accounting Final Exam from HELL." Thanks. That makes me feel great. Haha.

So I don't think I'll be able to eat lunch, so I stocked up on some food in the meantime, including this:

Thanks Magic Bullet!

What is it?

Well, it started off as these:

The perfect ripeness...

Plus some carob, some peanut butter, and a drizzle of agave gets you this:

So thick in all it's caroby goodness...

In case you couldn't tell, that's supposed to look appetizing, not like dirt, haha.

It's a variation on Katie's banana butter, but I like to think of it more as pudding. Carob is a natural thickening agent, which makes this pudding so thick and creamy after refrigeration. Yay! I love it. I can't wait to try it with almond next.

Anyway, I should get back to some last minute studying. Stay tuned for an exciting, never seen before...thing! (and that's what studying will do to you, but really, it's a bit exciting and a bit lame. Bear with me.)

Question: How far ahead do (or did) you study for final exams? I like to start a week ahead and then review the information towards the end, but then again, that doesn't always happen...haha.

"Doe" a Deer...

Sorry for my prolonged absence...I've been rather busy with my last week of classes and the beginning of finals week.

I've been eating a lot of these:

Bosc pear.

And these:

Organic gala, how I love thee.

And most importantly, a TON of these:

Adorable, right? His name was Percy.

Funny thing: When I was studying at my desk in the morning, I heard lots of car horns honking, so I glanced out my window and saw three deer crossing the highway. Awkward. So what did I do? What any normal, easily distracted from studying student would do: stand in front of the window for five minutes and attempt to capture a decent picture of them. And guess what? I did. Lame, right?

Good... (I love the truck in the background...)

Better...

Best!

At my dinner Sunday night we went to a sushi restaurant called the Fuji Grill. I knew I wanted sushi, but I also wanted to try something different, so I ended up ordering the avocado salad, mixed veggie roll (with brown rice, yay!), and seaweed salad. I was most excited about the seaweed salad because I needed some greens in me! I don't have pictures from the restaurant, but I did have leftovers...

The avocado salad was basically a mixed iceberg salad with a half avocado sliced on top, sprinkled with sesame seeds. A ginger-orange-carrot dressing came on the side. The veggie roll was your standard carrot, cucumber, avocado filling, but it did have some sort of pickled veggie in it, though I couldn't identify it. It also was light on the brown rice, which was excellent because I don't really like rice. But the seaweed salad? Delicious. It had a sesame-soy dressing on it and was again adorned with sesame seeds. It didn't taste fishy or anything, just delightful. I think I've found my new favorite.

The remnants of the avocado salad atop the seaweed salad...

I ate it with chopsticks...beautiful.

My food processor and Magic Bullet have been busy this week...I'll show you what I "made" in the very near future. Don't get too excited, though. The convection oven is still not fixed, so I did all I could with what I could take from the dining hall, which is...fruit, haha.

Have a great Thursday!

Questions: Have you tried seaweed salad? If so, what do you think of it?