Optimism Can Take You Anywhere

Shannon [Tropical Eats] — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Hi friends. I hope you’ve all had a terrific Thursday. School has been busier than ever this past week. Group presentations, online quizzes, meetings, and problem sets have completely consumed my weekdays. My calendar looks like a bad attempt at an artistic project, there are so many highlighted items on it. This quote has really helped get me through the week:

“Optimism can take you anywhere.“
Three cheers for optimism!
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A few readers asked me about how I make my Protein Powder Pancakes, so here is the quick & easy recipe:

Vanilla Protein Powder Pancake with Smucker’s Sugar Free Syrup and fresh fruit

Ingredients
1 scoop of Protein Powder Mix
2 Egg Whites
1 Tablespoon of Milk
Cinnamon
Dash of Baking Soda

Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Whip the batter until the protein powder is dissolved. Pour the mixture into a frying pan and cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes on both sides. Drizzle on your favorite syrup, add fresh fruit, and enjoy!

Ben & Jerry’s White Chocolate Iced Latte

This White Chocolate Macadamia Nut CLIFBAR is the perfect energy booster and study snack. It packs in an amazing 9g of Protein and is made with all natural and organic ingredients. Besides the Carrot Cake Clifbar, WCMN is by far one of my favorite flavors.

A simple & delicious Fall dessert:
Stonyfield Farm Organic Greek Yogurt mixed with pureed pumpkin, cinnamon, and a dash of sugar.

Parmesan Crusted Chicken Salad with Kraft Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette, tomatoes, pickles

Have a great weekend.

**Thank you so much to Heather for the Giveaway treats! I’ll be having my first GIVEAWAY on my 50th post. Get excited!

Eeyore’s in town

Shannon [Tropical Eats] — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:42:00 +0000

It’s almost Friday! This week I’ve truly realized how important it’ll be to balance both schoolwork and social time this semester. I’m so excited for all of the fun events coming up in the next few weeks: football games, a career fair, and Alpha Kappa Psi get togethers. Hopefully each day will be a new adventure!

In other news, I’m pretty sure Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh visited Gainesville today. The weather has been extremely gloomy and rainy all day. I did manage to get a quick thirty minute workout in after class. Let’s just say the elliptical machine showed me who was boss.

Hopefully the weather cheers up tomorrow! Onto the eats..

Scrambled eggs with melted cheese, ham slices, and extra spicy salsa

Homemade Hazelnut Iced Coffee

Publix Tsunami Rolls. These poor little rolls don’t last more than 10 minutes in my home. Between drowning them in soy sauce and quickly gobbling them up, they never have a chance!

Juicy Grapes

One perk about online lectures is that you can pause the video and grab a quick snack when the pesky afternoon munchies randomly hit. I found myself devouring this delicious White Chocolate Macadamia Nut CLIFBAR during an online Entrepeneurship lecture. I could probably eat about three of these bars in one sitting they are so good!

Colorful salad with red bell peppers, avocado, pickles, Kraft Vidalia Onion Vinaigrette

Have a great weekend! I’ll be working for most of it, but at least I’ll receive a nice paycheck next Friday. Enjoy your night!

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Optimism Can Take You Anywhere

Eeyore’s in town