I can't believe another week has gone by.  It's crazy… time is flying by and the summer is practically over.  I want to curl into a ball and cry: COME BACK, I'M NOT READY FOR YOU TO LEAVE.  And that is how I feel.  Anywhoooo.  It's another Wednesday which means it's a Peas and Crayons linkup day!

I'm still on the road (in Utah) and I figured you were probably getting tired of the traveling editions.  So, I'm going to go a little crazy this week.  This is What I Ate When I Went to New York & Rhode Island for the Weekend (what a mouthful… pun intended):

 New York

I landed in New York late on Thursday night and Frankie's mom had made us taco stuff.  I was too hungry to remember to snap a picture.  One thing I always HAVE to have when I'm in New York is a bagel.  Duh.  I got an everything bagel and a cinnamon apple coffee.  The cutie in the driver's seat is my amazing boyfriend driving us to Rhode Island while I ate breakfast :)  We grabbed stuff from Lynbrook Bagels before embarking on our “road trip.”  

When I was back in New York later in the weekend we got a slice of pizza and some garlic knots.  Nom nom.  It was like the universe was telling me it was IMPOSSIBLE to not get pizza when I'm in New York, we tried 3 different deli places that were all closed before settling on Sa Vino's.  We also had a “date night” in New York, which I'll get to later.  

Rhode Island

When we finally got into Rhode Island (after a 5 hour drive that normally takes 3.5ish) my mom had a bunch of food set up for us and my friends who came to visit me.  I can't remember what she said was on the chicken but ohmahgawd it was addicting… I'm pretty sure no one else got any… oops.

If you're not from Rhode Island you're probably looking at that pizza like what the hell is that?!  It's called bakery pizza or pizza strips or party pizza.  It's a “Rhode Island thing,” and you can find it in almost all of our bakeries.  It's served cold and without cheese (the white one has cheese but that's not traditional bakery pizza… still amazing though).  We always have it at parties as a picky food.  The white one had onions, peppers, and hot peppers if I remember correctly.

What was I drinking?  Apple ginger vodka with ginger ale. New. Favorite. Drink.  Sangria (I forgot to snap a picture… but my mom's famous amoung my friends for her sangria).  And the best pudding shots I've ever had.  She put UV cake vodka in with vanilla pudding mix and cool whip and it literally tasted like cake batter… lethal cake batter. 

I also had lunch with my dad at a local Italian place.  I felt adventurous and tried some of his lobster and snail salad.  I wasn't a fan of the snail salad, but I liked the lobster!  It was his birthday on Monday!  Happy Birthday Daddy!

We had to stop at Marylou's to pick up a couple pounds of milky wey coffee for Frankie's mom… I obviously needed an iced chocolate peanut butter coffee.  Duh.

Kashi

 On Sunday, Frankie and I had a date night at a hibachi restaurant called Kashi… aww so cute right?  Except the fact that we were put at a table with an entire class of 8th grade girls celebrating a birthday.  We made the best of it and ordered a scorpion bowl ;)

I decided to continue my adventurous streak and order sushi.  We split the tuna cucumber roll and I actually liked it!

 For our meals, I ordered the chicken entree and Frankie got the steak/chicken combo.  I ate the shrimp that came with mine too!  I was on a seafood streak… I don't know what's happening to me!  

Anyway, I hope you liked seeing the food highlights from my trip!  And to all my friends who saw me this weekend: I LOVE YOU ALL.  Yesterday was the birthday of one of my favorite people:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOLL.  And tomorrow is the birthday of one of my good friends:  HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLE!  Have a nice Wednesday guys, and check me out on on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and Bloglovin oorrrrrrrrr just sign-up for email updates to keep caught up with me during the week :)

 

I'm back in action for your favorite day of the week: What I Ate Wednesdayhen I Traveled for Work Last Week.

Because it appears I am incapable of photographing a full day of meals on the road, I've got another weekly traveling edition for you.  Nothing fancy, just a typical week in Layton, Utah.  Check back with Jenn for some better WIAWs.  

This week I went over to Super Target to get my groceries/meals for the week.  Love me a good suburban Tarjay (I hate myself a little more every time I write a blog post).  

 Breakfast

So.  The hotel I stayed at had nutella (which I am very possibly obsessed with after my semester abroad to Italia).  It was OBVIOUSLY necessary to slather some of that on top of some peanut butter and toast… heart attack waiting to happen (but so sinfully delicious).  It doesn't look appetizing but ohmahgawd it was good.   

Lunch

Let's talk leftovers real quick, because mine were out of this world.  Over the weekend Ryan took me to Pei Wei for chinese.  I got the Dan Dan noodles with chicken and it was ahmazing.  Super yummy.  I had the leftovers for lunch along with some of the things you'll see below for dinnahs (imagine that in a thick Rhode Island accent #you'rewelcome).  

Dinner

As you can probably tell, I really love the Archer Farms brand.  At Target I picked up a 4 piece container of fried chicken (which I ended up just pulling all apart to make my life easier when dividing up the portion sizes), szechuan style green beans, cilantro lime rice with corn, potato wedges, and a sesame teriyaki noodle bowl.  I ended up dividing everything except the noodle bowl into five different meals (which cut down the portion sizes and maximized the meals/$).  I wasn't a big fan of the noodle bowl, if I'm being honest, but it was my own fault really for not realizing it contained mushrooms.  You live and you learn to read labels more carefully.  

Drinks

Have you kids heard about these?  Apparently they're the new big thing.  I heard about them from the Bloggess.  And now I'm obsessed.  I'm like 99% sure its similar to the placebo effect and I just think they work so they work for me… but oh well.  I liked all the flavors you see above.  The NeuroSun one was kind of weird though, it tasted almost like a Pina Colada… it was good, just not what I was expecting.  But it DEFINITELY made me feel like I was on the beach somewhere soaking up those rays of Vitamin D… If only.     

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P.S.  This is what this week is looking like for me:

I know what you're thinking: what's up with the spinach couscous… I tried them last night and LOVED them.  If that's not the shocker of the century I don't know what is…

Do you guys travel like I do for work?  I'm seriously going to be in my apartment for like 3 days over the next month… I'm not exaggerating.

When you spend so much time living out of suitcases in different hotels in little towns it's pretty easy to get off track with your eating habits.  Fast food stops are a regular occurrence on travel days and every other day it's easy to fall into the trap of eating out with all of my co-workers.  I have to really work at eating well on the road and honestly, I'm not that good at it.  This What I Ate Wednesday is a compilation of some of the things I ate on the road last week when I was trying to stay healthy. 

I made my way to a Safeway to stock up for meals.  Make sure you always check to see if your hotel has a fridge/microwave in your room before you go shopping.  One time I had to leave stuff in the hotel fridge because they didn't have individual ones, which is fine but not the most ideal situation.

 Breakfast

 This Banana Bread Granola I had for breakfast one day was from Laura's Nature Box.  Have you heard of them?  It's pretty cool.  They ship you a box each month with like 5 or 6 snacks in it to try.  I can't vouch for everything because I don't have one of my own, but I've been reaping the benefits like the good friend I am ;)  I obviously had to grab my Starbucks in the morning as well (I think this was a grande iced toffee nut latte?).  Normally on the road I'll just grab two pieces of peanut butter toast with a banana in the morning for breakfast (not that different from my breakfasts at home).

Lunch

Remember when I told you guys to check to make sure they have a fridge in your hotel room?  Well this week my fridge froze like EVERYTHING I put in it which was annoying.  But I really love these salad bowls from Safeway.  They are low in calories and they come with everything you could need to eat it, like a fork.  I usually don't use all the dressing anyway so it's even better for me!  But the asian chicken one is my fave.  I've also seen salads like these at Target so I'm sure they sell them all over the place.  I also brought in some of the stuff I'm featuring for dinners below for lunch on a couple days.  

Dinner

I'm just really proud of my dinners.  SO. I bought a rotisserie chicken from Safeway along with a HUGE frozen bag of broccoli (Jenn would be so proud), a cup o'noodles, and side of herbed potatoes.  Throw them all together for a killer dinner in your microwave all week.  It was super good.  

Dessert & Drinks

I'm honestly from the religion that believes you can never have too much sugar.  Because of the Starbucks Treat Receipt promo going on right now I'm ALL about going to get myself some caffeine in the afternoon.  Whipped cream?  Don't mind if I do.  Not healthy but necessary for sanity.  Also, I told you I was awful at staying healthy all the time.  The Doubletree's cookies are famous.  That means I needed to have one… every. single. night.  And let's face it.  If I'm on the road this much I can't be expected to forego the local breweries for the sake of calorie limits.  We loved and hated some of the beers at Venti's.  And overall the food there was pretty good.  Don't worry… I'm planning on writing a review soon.

Well, that's all I've got for you this week.  What did you eat?  How do you eat on the road?  Any pointers to make it easier?  A year in and I'm still looking for helppppp!  As always check on it with Jenn for other WIAW's!  And I promise I have a few posts planned for you this week, but grad school has been kicking my butt (along with other things going on).