Snow Day Catch Up!

It is a blizzzzzard here in CT. We are supposed to et 6-10 inches of snow!!

Here is a recap of my trip to NYC.

Before I left yesterday, my mom and I got lunch at a local health restaurant that just opened. It is in New Canaan called Le Pain Quotidien. Their speciality is these “Tartines” which are basically open faced sandwiches served on organic wheat bread. I got the Chicken Curry Salad one and my mom ordered the Egg Salad one. We split both and cleared our plates! They were DELICIOUS. I was really hungry after my Power Conditioning class at the gym yesterday morning, which kicked my bootay by the way. Today my butt is so sore!!

I started with their black tea:

This is the Curried Chicken Salad tartine served with a cranberry chutney:

And this is my mom’s Egg Salad one:

Here is a close-up of mine. Sorry they are out of order!

I got on a 5:20 train and snacked on this Asian Pear on the way. I wasn’t too hungry because my lunch was very filling, but I figured I needed a little something. We also eat late when I get there so I knew I should fill up a little bit.

At around 9:30 we finally got to eating dinner. We started with an appetizer of cubed tofu from Whole Foods. I had about 5-6 pieces.

And we decided on random salads for dinner made by throwing a bunch of random ingredients in their fridge together. One ingredient was some chicken that they had leftover. Laura went to season the chicken but accidentally used a dispenser that had Vermouth in it and got it all over the chicken!! haha its ok Laura I still love you

Laughing, embarrassed and desperately trying to get the liquor off….haha

So this is our salad comprised of: lettuce, chicken (she did a good job at removing the Vermouth!), peas, carrots, goat cheese, and about 1/2 cup of brown rice for each of us. I had a little honey mustard dressing on the side. YUM!

Annnddd then we were off! We went to two bars: Fiddlesticks and Brass Monkey. I had two Vodka Soda’s with lime, which is my standard drink and definitely my favorite. It hydrates you, is refreshing, and low in calories!

Me with my second drink which was made ridiculously strong! There was a crack in my cup so about an inch of liquid fell out before we replaced the cup and so I asked the bartender to top it off and he just poured straight vodka in the top. Almost undrinkable. I only had 1/2 and it was painful to get down, but worth it

This morning, Amanda and I got up at about 9:30 and laid in bed till other people woke up. Amanda wanted to head to her office and I was trying to catch a train home before the snow got too heavy, so we said our goodbyes and went to this awesome coffee shop on the way out. They have about 15 varities of coffee beans to chose from and you order the one you want and some beans shoot up a tube and grind right before your eyes! So its totally fresh ground and brewed coffee! I ordered some coffee from Guatemala.

I went to Amanda’s office to see where she works everyday. I am so happy for her- she has a beautiful office and has made her own cubicle a very Amanda-ish home! We snacked on some Cocoa Roasted Almonds from someone’s desk. I had 2 or 3.

Then right before getting on the train I grabbed a Pita with grilled veggies, hummus, and salad in it. LOADS of hummus but I skarfed that beauty down. Sorry the pictures are pretty bad.

Once home, for snack I had a handful of grapes and a little plate with some tofu and half an apple with almond butter. And some yogi tea!