Today was my first day back at school since spring break started, and let me tell you, it was not pretty having to wake up at 6:00 in the morning once again! I keep having to remind myself that I only have 12 more days of actual classes (!!) to go! I can hardly wait for the summer! Bring it onnn!

Anyway, after I got myself ready, I then proceeded to fix myself an absolutely incredible breakfast sandwich- a peanut butter, banana, and chocolate chip panini on fresh whole foods italian bread! I spread a thick, luscious layer of mighty maple peanut butter on both slices of bread, topped each piece with a super ripe sliced banana and yummy chocolate chips! I fired up my grill pan, and within minutes I had a gourmet, ooey gooey melty sandwich straight from the gods. This was possibly the greatest sandwich of my entire life, no exaggeration! The warm banana slices basically melted into the peanut butter, as did the chocolate chips; it was basically like a giant reeses peanut butter cup, only better! Breakfast of champions, for sure!

Even with such a delicious breakfast in my system, I was exhausted on my subway ride to school, falling asleep along the way. When I arrived, I was greeted by a lovely piece of paper sticking on the door informing us that class had been canceled. I was livid! My next class didn’t start until 12:45, so I had absolutely nothing to do from 8:00 until then. I decided to brave the drizzle and mist (which is hair suicide for me, sadly) to take a stroll through Central Park, Strawberry Fields in particular, just to reflect. As always, I went a bit picture-crazy, so I’ll just give you a little taste of the shots I took.

I had to get back to school by 11:00 to meet with my friend ashley, who was also my acting scene partner, to do a quick rehearsal for our performance that we were scheduled to do today. The premise was that we had to memorize a very simple dialog and create an original scene/scenario that went along with said lines. We decided to do a “talent competition” in which both ashley and I would get to “perform” a short number (I sang, she danced), and I’m glad to say that it went very well! We barely rehearsed, and decided to just do it off the cuff, and not give it too much though so it wouldn’t come off as overly scripted. I guess it paid off! I was so relived!

Anyway, my last class of the day (psych) was also canceled so I got to go home earlier than usual! Yay! For lunch, I heated up a giant bowl of Vegan With A Vengeance’s Chili sin Carne con Mole that I had made and froze about a week ago. I couldn’t get over how hearty and meaty this was! I really bet you could even fool a meat-eater with this one! Not only is the dish protein-packed and extremely filling, but it was absolutely delicious! The flavors combined with each other immaculately, and I especially loved the subtle richness and body provided by the addition of the cocoa powder. As expected, I served my chili topped with a giant dollop of guacamole and a little bit of fage alongside two slabs of my wonderful Jalapeno cornbread. This made for one of the best and most exciting lunches I’ve had in a while!

Tonight’s dinner was yet another success! I had leftover marinade from the other day, so I came up with this meal to use the rest up-

Ginger-Pear Mustard Grilled Tofu and Sweet Brown Rice studded with Raisins over a bed of sauteed Broccoli Raab.

I didn’t want my precious ginger-pear mustard marinade to go to waste, so I used it to create a repeat performance of the tofu I made the other day. As far as the rice was concerned, all I did was toss a handful of raisins into my portion and walla- an instant flavor booster! Served alongside an insanely delicious pile of broccoli raab (I’m a total vegetable dork, listen to me!), this dinner was exactly what my body was craving!

I was really craving a big bowl of greek yogurt for dessert, so that’s what I had! Into my mini bowl went 3/4 cup fage mixed with a packet of truvia (thick and rich vanilla greek yogurt anyone?) on top of a bed of luscious and sweet strawberries, all topped off with a new cereal- Kashi Honey Sunshine! I’ve seen this cereal featured on so many different blogs, so I decided to go ahead and join the honey sunshine bandwagon. Boy, am I glad I did! It tasted basically identical to my beloved captain crunch, only healthier!

It’s currently 3:50 in the morning, and I’m basically pooped. Time for this girl to head into bed! Goodnight guys!