xoxo

I spent the day hiding from London's rain and cold in my flat. It's VERY cruddy outside.

What to do. What to do. Watch Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill of course!! CW shows are like soap operas to me. With Gossip Girl, I can tune in the first season, not really watch the second and third and very much enjoy the fourth.

Lunch:

I marinated the chicken in honey,soy sauce, sesame oil, minced garlic, and siracha.

Mixed whole wheat pasta with leftover potatoes, asparagus, mushrooms, and onions sauteed in Dijon mustard, sweet chili sauce, and lemon juice. Weird combination but it worked.

Our trip for home has been booked for next year!

My friend is getting married in May and my brother's law school graduation happens to coincide in the same month. So excited to be fortunate enough to attend such huge milestones. I also received a $250 United Airlines voucher (since they were a pain in the bootay during a recent trip) so we're thinking of booking an additional trip to Texas.

Hot diggity dog! All of my favorite things: Football, country music, cowboys, and bbq! Oh yeaaa....

Fall Dinner Party

T and I are slowly working our way through our local pizza joints. Still haven't found "the one"

The pizza was alright. I compare every delivery pizza to Papa Johns and this didn't measure up. You know it's bad mediocre when I don't eat all the wings. I usually have a no chicken wing left behind policy. :P

Dinner party theme: Fall/comfort food. T cooked while I putzed around.

Seasoning of the brisket

 Lots of veggies for the vegetable stock

Roasted butternut squash

I helped out by chopping the peppers. Phew. A hard day's work!

Butternut squash soup before it was pureed in my handy dandy Vitamix

Seared brisket

This amuse bouche was supposed to be a twice baked potato but in my frenzy to clean up after T, I threw away the potato skins. Rookie error. DOH!! T'was delicious anyway.

 

Salad w. peppers, avocado, and mozzerella cheese. A simple dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a squeeze of half an orange.

They seem so intrigued..

Spicy butternut squash. Perfect soup consistency. It proved to be too spicy for some of our guests. Guess they don't have my unusually high tolerance for spice. :o)

Mac n cheese w. salami. My favorite course. So cheesy and salty. Mmmm...

Brisket with some sort of tomato based sauce on top.

Breakfast this morning: Toast w. a fried egg and grapes.

Someones trying desperately to sneak in the picture

Maybe if I get a running start...

I was sososososo tired this morning that I barely made it to Box Fit. Didn't help that it's cold and dreary outside. My umbrella was going all sorts of crazy on me. Glad I went to class but I didn't have much energy for today's combinations. Talk about the Monday bluuuuuuuuuuues.

Post workout smoothie:

Milk, yogurt, berries, banana, carrot, agave nectar, ice, protein powder

1 more week of freedom til my PT program starts.

Song of the day: Gyptian feat Nicki Minaj "Hold Yuh (remix)"