Category: Food & Nutrition

March 11, 2019

Grocery Haul: March 2019

Grand total: $36.38 You might notice that my total this month is about a third of what it usually is. That’s because my goal right now is to use up whatever food I have since I’m leaving for fieldwork later this month (insert ugly tears). I have a bunch of random things left like tuna, string beans and lentils.  Thus,...

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February 18, 2019

A.M. Recipe: Cabbage Kielbasa Soup

My undergrad bestie, Krystal, is an amazing cook and blogger at DC Brown Sugar Bakery.  She has agreed to curate a few quick, healthy and student-friendly recipes to “fit” (pun intended) the Academic Muscle audience.  Enjoy! It’s halfway through February 2019, which means that by now, resolutions  made a month ago unfortunately might be broken by now.  In 2018, 45%...

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January 21, 2019

A des(s)erted library

It’s officially 32 days until my qualifying exam, and this has been a week of completely eating my feelings. It’s not that I’m feeling particularly sweet, rather salty. The fact is that when I’m stressed, I crave carbs and especially sugary baked goods. I wouldn’t call myself an emotional eater, but I don’t believe in denying myself. If anything, my...

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January 7, 2019

Grocery Haul: January 2019

Grand Total: $80.77 Quite honestly, with finals, grading and vacation, my grocery shopping got all out of wack.  I did a lot of eating out, snacking, making multiple random trips to the grocery story but not coming out with anything I could turn into a meal etc…… Somehow, I managed to make it to Winter Break.  Now that it’s January,...

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October 25, 2018

I tried it: Açaí Bowls

I’m leaving for fieldwork in approximately 5 months.  I’m EXTREMELY grateful (and still genuinely surprised, blessed, mystified, etc) to have received the very first dissertation grant that I applied for typos and all.  No matter how many people try to tell me that my nervousness is just excitement in disguise, I beg to differ.  I’m going to miss NYC, the people, the...

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October 16, 2018

Grocery Haul: October 2018

Grand Total: $101.63 Happy fall!  This month I’m really trying to be intentional about eating more, hence why my TJ’s bill keeps creeping higher and higher (FYI I don’t just shop at TJ’s–I’ll explain my strategy in a later post).  My desire to eat more isn’t just about preparing for winter hibernation.  Because of my under eating, I often wake...

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August 27, 2018

When good decisions go bland

More and more I find myself dissecting the nutrition facts on the back of foods before I purchase them.  I’m becoming that person; however, it’s sort of a necessity because ensuring that I get enough protein in my diet is a daily struggle.  This is on top of the fact that there’s often hidden sugars and other ingredients that manufacturers ...

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August 8, 2018

Date balls anyone?

In this month’s grocery haul, I talked about making use of the cashews I bought from TJ’s by incorporating them into this tasty and easy to make snack.  This may be one of few cooking post I ever write, so that’s how you know these date balls are special. A year ago, I didn’t know what a dates were.  I...

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August 5, 2018

Grocery Haul: August 2018

Grand total: $92.29 This month’s total was slightly higher primarily because I went nuts for nuts and other dried fruits.  I bought cashews, two bags of almonds, trail mix, golden raisins, normal (brown?) raisins, and coconut flakes. I knew that I would be spending a lot of time sitting down in front of a computer, so it was important to...

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July 9, 2018

Grocery Haul: July 2018

Grand total: $85.50 This is a bit more than I usually spend, but given that I’m working in the library every day during the week, I bought a lot of snacks like raisins, dates, nuts, trail mix and instant coffee.  The nuts especially are relatively more expensive than the other things that I bought.           Highlight Buy:...

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