Tonight’s dinner is:
Chicken breasts glazed in Soy Vay Hoisin Garlic Sauce
Sauteed veggies
Onion rings
It was so good! Definitely making this again soon!
Tonight’s Dinner
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Valentine’s Day
Got so many treats for Valentine’s Day from my parents!
I’m most excited about the PINK pancakes! Can’t wait to make those for breakfast!
New Snack Food
I decided to pick this up in Lower Farinon along with a few other snack bags. I figured I could try one a week. So far I’m really liking these. They taste great but they aren’t too addicting. I definitely recommend picking up some for yourself!
Chef’s Fare 2013
Tonight was the annual Chef’s Fare, a competition between the chefs of local colleges. This year’s competition had a musical genre theme. Lafayette represented heavy metal as it competed against chefs from DeSales, Muhlenberg, Moravian, and Mansfield State.
I tried to grab at least one item from each school. I didn’t care for the turkey dish but the shrimp dish was great! It was a nice change to be able to eat shrimp at Lafayette. Lafayette’s steak was very good as well. The cake pop was the perfect sized dessert following all that food.
A Healthy Substitute
My favorite thing to get from McDonald’s is the classic crispy chicken sandwich. It’s so unhealthy but I would crave it every night before I go to sleep (and it’s available 24/7). So to make it a healthier snack I decided to make my own. I used whole wheat hamburger buns, healthy chicken patties (Bell & Evans) from Wegmans, lettuce, a slice of tomato and mayo. To my surprise it tasted even better than McDonald’s!
Healthy chicken breast from Wegman’s
Tonight’s Dinner
Tonight we made P.F. Chang’s Grilled Chicken Teriyaki. It was so good it left us wanting much more! The portions were too small for one person. Next time we’ll make two.
Sushi!
Sushi is by far my favorite food. I love it so much but at the same time I am VERY picky about it. I don’t like a lot of rice on the roll, the spicy tuna must be mushed a certain way and I always need extra spicy mayo on the side. When I first got to Lafayette I was told that Sogo is the place to go. After being there once I was so upset since I knew I wasn’t going to be eating much sushi at school. The sushi had too much rice, the fish didn’t seem fresh and the service was horrible. I wasn’t surprised to find out last summer that Sogo got in trouble for many health violations. Thankfully, last winter I found this little sushi place Jasmine which no one knew about. I heard about it from one of my professors who knew about my love for sushi. He said he took his family there. I thought that I had done all my research on the sushi restaurants around the area but apparently I missed one! I was so excited. I went and enjoyed great service, great sushi and a great discount (10% off for students). This is now one of my regular lunch spots. The lunch special is a great value and it’s not very crowded. The restaurant is expanding and just opened a connecting side of the restaurant that offers hibachi. Can’t wait to try it out!
Tonight’s Dinner
Tonight’s dinner: filet mignon with onions on the side 
What We’re Snacking on Today
I usually snack on terra chips (I’m obsessed!) but I thought I would switch it up a bit and try something new for the new year. I bought Quaker Popped Sweet Chili since it didn’t seem to be too unhealthy.
I’m not sure what I was expecting but I did not like the texture of the popped rice snacks, as I usually do not, but I did enjoy the taste of the sweet chili flavoring. Somehow the packaging tricked me into buying it. I forgot about what kind of snack it was and bought it just based on the flavor.
Doesn’t the packaging look enticing?
Tonight’s Dinner
Tonight for dinner my boyfriend and I made General Tzo’s Chicken and Yukon Gold Potatoes. It came out great! Gotta make this again soon.
General Tzo’s Chicken:
Ingredients
1 tablespoon of peanut oil
1/4 cup of scallions
2 fresh young chicken breasts
6 tablespoons of Iron Chef’s general tso’s sauce and glaze
Directions
1. Heat peanut oil and scallions in frying pan on medium heat until scallions sizzle for a minute or two.
2. Remove scallions from pan and place in bowl to use later (to prevent burning).
3. Cut chicken up into edible pieces.
4. Heat chicken in frying pan on medium heat until white throughout.
5. Add scallions and general tso’s sauce to frying pan and stir until ready
For the potatoes, just cut them up and put them in the microwave on the potatoes setting.
General Tso’s Chicken and Potatoes