Chinese Chicken Salad Deliciousness!

I've been TRYING to make an attempt to eat healthy. But it is a pretty difficult because bad food is just so GOOD. Being busy and not always having very many ingredients only makes it more difficult but I try! This past week was midterms week so the lack of time only exacerbated my problems....

I made a combination of broccoli slaw and lettuce mix blend with lightly seasoned chicken breasts grilled on my George Forman and a sesame soy ginger vinagrette from TJs. Ah maybe eating healthy won't be too hard after all...

Angelina, the waitress at the Pizzeria!

I eat antipasta twice
Just because she is so nice, Angelina
Angelina, waitress at the pizzeria

If she'll be a my My Car-ra mi-a
Then I'll join in matrimony
With a girl who serves spumoni
And Angelina will be mine!

I love that song by Louis Prima! The other day I decided to make spaghetti (being the unhealthy and time crunched college student that I am) but being me, I couldn’t just eat pasta with bottled spaghetti sauce. So I added some eggplant, garlic, onion, and spicy sausage to make it one of the most delicious spaghetti sauces ever. I gave some to my friend S and she was in love with it! It is so simple to spice up a simple dish and it makes such a difference. Just saute the eggplant with some salt and black pepper, add the onions and garlic and bam. You have a beautiful meal! I also bought a loaf of Cheddar Garlic Sourdough bread so I included it in my meal. Perfect.

Table for One, please.

I've been trying to replicate some of the Chinese dishes that my father makes at home for the family. In our house, my dad is the one that cooks and my mom well, she can cook about three things: spaghetti, Portuguese curry, and a dish that combines stir fried noodles with whatever leftovers that she is trying to get rid of in the fridge. The last one strikes fear in our family's heart....but we are redeemed in that my father is one of the best cooks I know (I might be biased in that last statement)! The other night I tried to eat healthier by incorporating more greens in my diet. In this case, I purchased some broccoli and baby bok choy. Both dishes are super simple to make and also super delicious. Win win!

Happy Easter!

Despite being non-religious, I still like to celebrate Easter. Not as a Jesus-born-again day but as a Spring-is-here! day. This year I sort cooked for the family and got a big seven pound ham at Trader Joe's (one of my favorite grocery stores EVER) to celebrate the day with. Unfortunately, my family members aren't big fans of ham so I ended up taking most of it back to school with me. Believe me, I have no objections to that! I roasted some asparagus with salt, pepper, and a little bit of lemon juice and roasted some red and brown potatoes with rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper, green onion and a bit of olive oil drizzled over the top. So delicious and so simple! As for the ham, there is honestly no prep work, you simply heat it up in the oven (10 minutes at 250 degrees per pound) and voila! I hope everyone had a Happy Easter!

P.S. The ham picture really doesn't do it any justice at all....it looked so much better in person....