let me tell you if your have adequate nutrition a vitamin C supplement will hurt not help. This is probably the thing giving me the most grief during this time. Every instagram influencer to doctors are recommending vitamin C which is crazy! Because as a grad student in nutrition I know vitamin C does not … Continue reading Life in the era of the corona virus

Last week I made a recipe that used white beans, I don't use them often enough to realize how much larger they get after soaking and cooking so I made an excessive amount. I knew I had seen them used in soup before but when I went to find a recipe to try them in … Continue reading My new favorite soup: Creamy bean and potato soup

I am a huge Gilmore girls fan! I have been collecting Etsy gift ideas for years in hopes my mom would just think to search etsy and find the perfect gift. If you know a Gilmore Girls fan think of this as your one stop shop or if you are a Gilmore fan you can … Continue reading Gift Guide: Gilmore GIrls Fan

I love to cook and I am still working on gathering all the goodies for my kitchen. Here is a list of items on my kitchen wishlist this year and from the past few years! Dutch Oven- I found a bread recipe that instructs you to bake it in a dutch oven. I made the … Continue reading Gift Guide: For the Aspiring Chef, Hostess, or Anyone with their first kitchen!

If there is one thing my friends know I'm famous for saying is that I don't really like coffee but I love caffeine. I am just a more productive and kick ass version of myself when caffeinated. When I do drink coffee is is flavored and usually mostly milk, think pumpkin spice and peppermint mocha … Continue reading My Fall “Coffee” of 2019

A few weeks ago I shared my goals/bucket list for the semester which included to try and pick shows and movies to watch that felt like fall. To help you do the same I am putting together a list of some of the things I love, have started, am looking forward to! For Quintessential Fall: … Continue reading Fall-feeling TV and Movies!

I’m back! This past year has been really rough with a really bad roommate and basically made me too anxious to spend time in the common spaces of my apartment ie the kitchen (my favorite place!) I was on campus from 7am until 5-6 most days and most of what I ate was microwaved or … Continue reading Fall (Semester) Goals and Bucket List!

A new semester is a restart for my academic life a chance to celebrate by setting new goals to try and better my life specifically my on campus life. I have a three major goals for my semester which I will explain below. Keep in touch with friends- Since starting grad school I have had … Continue reading Spring Semester Goals

Tomorrow will be day one of 365, a fresh start and I'm excited for it. The past year has been busy and I've lost focus on a lot of things including this blog.The past few months have been especially bad. But I'm using the new year as a chance to reset and turn things around. … Continue reading 2019 I’m coming for you!