While I'm on a short break from school,I thought I'd take the time to catch up on some recent beauty, food, and life updates. My life has been a whirlwind of school and work, and while I love it, it's incredibly draining and challenging. Must of the week my schedule is packed from 7am to 8pm, and by the time the weekend arrives, all I can think about doing is sleeping.
I've made a couple small changes to this blog, mostly just some formatting and adding a new header and footer. They're some small changes, but I like the extra details they add. Let me know what you think of them!
I've made a couple small changes to this blog, mostly just some formatting and adding a new header and footer. They're some small changes, but I like the extra details they add. Let me know what you think of them!
If you've been following my Instagram, you would still see any food pictures that I have, but my cooking experiments have also been drastically reduced. Although it's been ages since I've made anything noteworthy, here are still a few updates of what I've been up to recently....
Some baked pumpkin spice oatmeal:
It was ridiculously simple, following this recipe from Skinnytaste.com. It was a great breakfast/snack/dessert, and I loved pairing it with some peanut butter, as well! I may try this with quinoa in the future just to mix things up a bit.
Going home for a weekend now seems like much more of a luxury than it did before. I can relax, use my parent's (large!) kitchen, watch TV, and forget about school for just a little bit. However, I think I might like the FOOD the best of all! There's nothing like having a fully stocked pantry and refrigerator to play around in. Trying to figure out what to do with a gigantic head of cauliflower, I decided to try out some cauliflower crust pizza, with homemade tomato sauce (my first ever!) and sausage, mushrooms, spinach, and mozzerella cheese on top.
It was pretty successful, except I don't think I let the crust bake enough, and the sauce could have used another 20 minutes of simmering to become thicker. However, it tasted JUST like a real pizza, only without all the carbs! The only downside was that this took my a better part of the afternoon to prepare the sauce and the cauliflower. It turns out that wringing moisture out from pulverized cauliflower takes a lot longer than I thought...
Read after the jump to see more pictures and other happenings in my life
Some baked pumpkin spice oatmeal:
It was ridiculously simple, following this recipe from Skinnytaste.com. It was a great breakfast/snack/dessert, and I loved pairing it with some peanut butter, as well! I may try this with quinoa in the future just to mix things up a bit.
Going home for a weekend now seems like much more of a luxury than it did before. I can relax, use my parent's (large!) kitchen, watch TV, and forget about school for just a little bit. However, I think I might like the FOOD the best of all! There's nothing like having a fully stocked pantry and refrigerator to play around in. Trying to figure out what to do with a gigantic head of cauliflower, I decided to try out some cauliflower crust pizza, with homemade tomato sauce (my first ever!) and sausage, mushrooms, spinach, and mozzerella cheese on top.
It was pretty successful, except I don't think I let the crust bake enough, and the sauce could have used another 20 minutes of simmering to become thicker. However, it tasted JUST like a real pizza, only without all the carbs! The only downside was that this took my a better part of the afternoon to prepare the sauce and the cauliflower. It turns out that wringing moisture out from pulverized cauliflower takes a lot longer than I thought...
Read after the jump to see more pictures and other happenings in my life
