Love: Cooking in the fall

#23:
I love cooking in general any time of the year. But I especially love cooking in the fall and wihnter. My husband likes the cold weather and in the summer he likes to keep the house as cool as possible. I think as a reminder that the seasons will change and he will feel the 60 degree air again one day.
Either way, turning the oven on the summer is a no-no in our house and therefore we miss a lot of yummy meals in the summer months that we are so appreciative of in the fall and winter.
My favorites to cook (and eat):
Baked pasta- any
Pizza- which this season's goal is to start making it from scratch. My best friend Jen says it's really easy
Roasted chicken
Roasted vegetables
Roasted anything :-)
Potatoes au gratin
Homemade mac and cheese
Meatloaf- Chinese style
Baked goods- including cookies, cupcakes, Apple kuchen

I'm hungry now just thinking about all the lovely food I'm going to cook this weekend!

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Love: Avocado, Ming Tsai, and this recipe

#21:
I love avocado and I love that my husband finally loves avocado too (he's a very picky eater). I also love Ming Tsai, he looks a lot like my Uncle Paul, seriously. I'll put side by side pics so you can compare the two, the resemblance is practically uncanny. And I love this recipe. I haven't made it yet, but I can just tell I already LOVE it.

Ming's delicious avocado puree and chips - Dishing - Boston.com

LOVE: Food Inc.

#19:
What a great flick.
I was a bit reluctant at first to watch this, I'll admit, but once I started, I couldn't stop.
I will honestly say though, that by the end of the movie, I was no longer hungry for dinner, and the thought of eating made me slightly sick.
I'm a meat eater and lover, and I know that meat is an animal that has to die, and although watching the process was still hard, it also didn't transform me into a vegetarian overnight. Although beans are looking tastier and tastier by the minute, as well as plain toast, which is what I had for breakfast today.
I will say that from now on I will no longer think twice about paying the extra few dollars for organic beef, or grass-fed beef when I see it in the store. And I'm no longer eating tomatoes in the winter.
Please see this movie, and I hope you start making the same lifestyle decisions that I have. We do have a say, we can make a difference- 3 times a day.

LOVE: This sad snowman!

Why so sad, Mr. Snowman?

#15:

A sad snowman cookie!!! Maybe he's sad cause he's just a cookie and not the real thing?

Hate: Being unmotivated

#7:
This rant is mainly about the lack of motivation I have toward fitness.

I used to take tae kwon do when I was 13, (it's true, I am Chinese after all). I really loved it. Something about taking all the agression I had out on someone else, usually male, felt very fulfilling. Everything I hated about myself, my life, my confusion about life and who I was; none of it mattered when I was memorizing steps and formations to get my next belt. I was really good at it too. I kicked some major ass and got all the way up to getting my second-degree red belt. Next belts from there were brown and then black. Unfortunately, my last lesson occurred when I couldn't find the inner strength to jump over gym mats stacked higher than my height at the time. The fear crept in my stomach and my mind, and voila! I sprained my ankle. The first time I'd ever seriously hurt myself. Being an only child, my mother freaked out and had me quit. I never felt right about any other kind of fitness routine since.

That was an entire high school sophomore ago.

After that I was never really the same. I had no motivation to get fit and work out. I was really sick in high school and got to skip gym class a lot. I always had a note from my doctor or my mom. The baby fat crept back on to my body. My mother was constantly motivating me with her words of encouragement throughout high school; "...boys don't like fat girls", "you need to suck your stomach in more, stop eating so much", and "did you work out today? You should work out, you're not looking so good". Thanks mom.

It just drove me to do the opposite of course. Nothing.

And now here I am, 30, still struggling with the annoying 5-10 lbs. that have failed to leave me in the last 7 years of my life, no matter what I do. Because I can never stick to something. Laziness always wins with me. EATING always wins with me.

So it's another day, where I'd vowed to work out tonight, and yet I'm still trying to justify doing nothing instead.

I've gotta stop talking to myself. I can be a major downer sometimes.

LOVE: Eating

I wish I could be Kobayashi

#5:

Man, I LOVE eating. It could very well be my favorite thing to do, EVER.

Besides the fact that you need to eat in order to live, I thoroughly enjoy it.

Which probably directly lead to me gaining 5 lbs. in one week.

5 lbs. 1 week.

That's just disgusting. I really let eating get the best of me this past week. It doesn't help that my job affords me the pleasures of free catered meals, but I really threw my will power out the window.

It's time to get back to life, and back to reality.

I cannot continue to eat like I am pants-less on an every day basis.

Time to get rid of the glazed donut wrapped around my belly.

Love: wasabi peas

#1:

I love wasabi peas.

They make me cry and they make me smile. Very few things can do that.

They look funny, completely unassuming. I'm still unsure as to what the white stuff is on the actual green pea itself.

BONUS: I don't think they have too many calories (I sure hope they don't, at least.)

And I think they're yummy, and healthier than potato chips, so they're a refreshing alternative snack.

GOOOOOO WASABI PEAS!

Hating right now: being bored at work

#1:
I hate being bored at work. There's really only so much Facebooking one girl can do. Not to mention I've googled everything from potential dinner recipes for tonight (and I most likely won't use any of them), to who Ryan Gosling is currently dating.
I've also searched other people's blogs, like my friend Vikii's, who's blog in turn, turned me onto other cool blogs.
I've also online window-shopped new jeans, designer stuff on sale at ruelala.com, ideeli.com, and one of my other faves giltgroupe.com.
I've also searched new releases to add to my queue on netflix.com.
I looked up the new Indian restaurant I love to see if they do a dinner buffet (they don't).
I've twittered.
I also went to get sushi and soup for lunch and I've already eaten them.
I've filled my Hello Kitty water bottle up three times already on the OTHER side of the office (so I had to walk there). I've gone to the bathroom a couple of times as the result of drinking too much water.
I mean, really, what is left for me to do that is NOT work related??
So I started a new blog.
Hello everybody, this blog is a result of my #1 thing I'm hating right now: being bored at work.