Day 5: All About Chemistry, Literally

Does anyone remember that weird chemistry song that came out around 2004-ish? Talking about chemistry in the carnal sense, but I always think of that song when I talk about doing chemistry homework. Maybe it's just me. It wouldn't be the first time.

I started out doing a literal interpretation of chemistry research by mixing papaya, banana, coconut milk, and baby spinach together to create... well, nothing super exciting. I put in way too much coconut milk, and ended up creating two full servings of smoothie. Oops! I will remember next time to put in only a little coconut milk. :-) Picture wasn't available today... it just wasn't worth sharing. :-D

Otherwise, I've been somewhat laid-back. I went to Chemistry class this evening. Like I mentioned on my blog, I am a Chemistry major in college. My first degree was in English, specifically technical writing, but a technical writing degree without a specialization of some sort is absolutely useless. Not to mention that my internship was in the non-profit sector. I would make more money switching majors, which was eventually what I ended up doing. I went to my Chemistry class tonight and took a test, relieved that my particular brand of calculators was acceptable. (I have this old graphing calculator that my mother-in-law gave to me and it does the trick... if you can see what it says.) I think I did very well on the test, but the grades aren't posted yet. We will see how that turns out.

My crazy mama is home and is watching Twilight upstairs (only my mama... lol). She and I will probably go grocery shopping tomorrow. I have a bit limited means right now so I've been waiting on grocery shopping until she got home. Unfortunately, that's generally meant I sustained on fruits and veggies with peanut butter and hummus, respectively. Not the best way to eat, so I will go grocery shopping and make sure that I can make some different dishes this week. I would love to try out some vegan sushi as well, which the Whole Foods Market (Whole Paycheck?) sells at their display counter. They have avocado sushi as well as a variety of different things.

I have also been geeking out over some of the smoothie recipes I have seen on Healthful Pursuit which to me just look like a great excuse to make smoothies. I like smoothies almost as much as I loved protein shakes (no longer due to veganism and dairy allergies), and they seem to be a nice, less expensive substitute. Here is an example of one of the smoothies:

Apple pie smoothie. (Not sure why there is an egg in a vegan smoothie pic?)

 



 

This is an Apple pie smoothie from the aforementioned recipe site. I may well be trying this tomorrow or the next day. I also saw a pumpkin pie smoothie recipe which also sounds awesome. I am a big pumpkin lover. So glad to have found this awesome site!

 

I hope everyone has a fantastic night! I am going to crash early and hopefully work out on the bike or something. I've been way too complacent with my workouts lately. Be blessed and enjoy the journey.