st. john's wort

so I usually am very skeptical of things like this. i feel like these things have more of a placebo effect than the actual supplement does. this time though I believe it may actually work. my boyfriend decided that he wanted to start taking st. john's wort, which is supposed to improve mood. he was skeptical as well, but every day that he's taken it he's been in very very good moods. it may actually be worth a try!

selma's bakery and deli

for lunch i went to selma's bakery and deli. it's a little mediterranean food deli in gresham on 2nd street. they have yummy falafel and hummus, and make their own pita bread. i had a falafel wrap, and it was huge. i brought half of it home with me. i also got some of their pita bread, and roasted red pepper hummus. so good!

shrimp

so my boyfriend is really the cook of the house, but he is at work right now. i really wanted some shrimp but didn't really know how to make it so i ended up just winging it and it turned out pretty good. i started some white rice, and then cooked up some shrimp in butter with just a bunch of different seasonings like garlic powder, salt and pepper, johnny salt, and any other seasonings you want. oh and a little bit of hot sauce. then i scrambled an egg in the seasonings left in the pan from the shrimp, and then cut up and added some artichoke hearts. then i mixed it all in with the rice and added some soy sauce and it turned out good!

Choose My Plate

| Menu Planner | Vegetarian Tips | Set an Example | 

This is the USDA's new food icon, called MyPlate. I love it, I think this is a great idea. It's much easier to understand than the food pyramid. Half of your plate should be fruits and vegetables. Also, half of your grains should be whole grains.  I also noticed when looking through the website that most of the tips for protein did not include meat, besides fish. I got all this information, and the links above from the USDA's website, www.ChooseMyPlate.gov

soy milk

i haven't posted in a few days, i've had a pretty rough weekend. i have made a new discovery though. i am a die hard starbucks lover, and i often get hot chocolates (i know, i know, it's not coffee, but starbucks makes great hot chocolate!). anyways, i started getting my hot chocolate with soy milk in it and it's ten times better than just a plain hot chocolate!

spaghetti night!

i've always previously made spaghetti with meat in it, usually turkey burger, zucchini, carrots and a tiny bit of taco seasoning and it always turns out very good and everyone seems to love it. since i'm no longer eating meat, i just used zucchini, mushrooms, and i didn't have any carrots or taco seasoning so i left those out. i used a little bit of johnny seasoning salt, and salt and pepper and it turned out great. none of my pictures turned out very good so i gave up on that.

also, since im such a believer in my iphone i have another app i want to share. it has a silly name, ieathealthy, but it is a great app. it tells you what foods are high in. example; if you want to find foods in high fiber you go to the high in list and go to fiber and it has a list of foods high in fiber. or you can just look up foods to see what they are good for and high in. while it does not have everything, it does have quite a bit so it can be useful. it also allows you to look at the different food groups and it tells you how many servings of each you need, and it also allows you to log how much of each you've consumed.

soy milk cappuccino

so i've been hesitant to try soy milk. i grew up drinking regular milk. my boyfriend is just disgusted by regular milk and is always telling me that humans are the only animals that drink milk after infancy and from another animal. so i've stopped buying milk, and he made me try soy milk in my cereal the other day. it was good, but i was still a little hesitant. so today looking through vegetarian breakfast ideas i found this recipe for a soy milk cappuccino which you can find here. so i decided to be adventurous, and it's delicious!