Brunch, snacks, dinner and snacks!

So today being Tuesday, I wake up around abooouuuttt 10am and decide to go on a brunch date with an old friend who I haven't seen in a very long time. We met up at around 12pm so it was a bit too late to go for something breakfasty... Instead we went to a noodle shop called Simply Noodles. She ordered her stir fried noodles and I decided to go for something less oily for once and went for the combination wonton noodle soup.

I usually always choose the fried noodle dishes but today I just felt like going for something less greasy. I always know that if I eat something greasy first thing in the morning, I usually feel very, very sick. So going for a soup based meal was a a really good option for me.

When I got home, I snacked on little bits and pieces.

Banana because I wanted to be healthy! :)

But then I decided that I had a chocolate craving so I went for Tim Tams... Yep I canceled out my good fruit diet.

For dinner I had two of my girlfriends come round and I decided to cook for me them. I decicded to bake tuna pasta bake, which is something I always tend to cook for people. It was the most simple thing to cook, all you need is pasta, tuna, cheese and the tuna bake sauce. When I went grocery shopping, all I needed to buy was the sauce and cheese because I had the rest at home. What I realised once I got home was that I never really looked into the sauce, as in what is in the sauce, any preservatives, additives, whether it was actually healthy or not. Buying the cheese, I did however decide to choose lite cheese rather than the regular one but even then, I just grabbed it because I knew my friends were more health conscious. If I were to shop for me, I would have just gotten the regular one.

I love tuna pasta bake so much, I always cook it for anyone who actually wants me to cook for them.


Tuna looks pretty gross ahaha. But it is a good source of Omgea 3! Yeah!

Once again, the joys of cooking your own food is that you can be as generous as possible and you don't have to be stingy about anything! I always, always go all out with the cheese and never leave an empty gap. Yeah the more I think about it, the more unhealthy it seems.

I am no stingy person when it comes to cheese!! Jessie gets her own because
she doesn't like tuna... what a princess.

While waiting for the pasta bake to cook, we snacked on little bits and peices. Well I had the Twirl to myself and the girls (and me) ate the lollies while watching TV.

Sadly I did not win a free bar :(

Mmm these were a good time waster!

Stupid me forgot to keep track of the time and so the top got slightly burnt. THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME!! I have never ever burnt a tuna pasta bake before. I am so ashamed.

Ok it's not as bad as you think. Besides, we put layers and layers of cheese so not all is lost!

Look at all that stringy cheese... soooo good!

My two girlies! :)

After eating our yummy pasta, we decided to pig out and eat straight out of the ice cream carton hehe. That was pretty damn satisfying.



I had asked both my girls what they thought about cooking dinners rather than going out. Emma said that "it was good and saves money. But I still like the idea of eating out because we don't have to wait as long!" Jessie on the other hand loves cooking food and says "it's a great way to spend time with friends and you don't have to always go out and spend money on expensive food!" Both of them didn't really talk about health issues, like being able to control what was in the food and how much of it was in the meal! For example, replacing vegetable oil with olive oil. However, when I did eventually mention to them about being about to cook healthily, they both realised the great potential and would consider a home cooked meal again!

Another main thing is realised was the fact that just because I cooked my own food, doesn't mean it automatically makes it healthier. Cooking tuna pasta bake (with a shitload of cheese on it!) was probably just as unhealthy as eating out and something greasy as hell. I mean, for starters, I didn't even cook it from scratch. For all I know, so much crap could be in that sauce and I didn't know about it. I REALLLYYY need to control the amount of cheese I put on there. Kudos for picking up light cheese but seriously, I went overboard with the cheese. I think to actually make this cooking with friends experiment more successful, I need to avoid cooking with pre-made sauces or something. I need to pull out some recipes and cook everything from scratch. That way I know EXACTLY what I am eating! Next time that's what I'll do :)

Nobody judge me!

Jocelyn

Who loves free food? I do!

Ahhh yes, another product launch night which means another night to take advantage of the wonderful free food and drinks. Canon hosted their 'One Night Only' product launch event which was pretty amazing. You can tell Canon are high up there in terms of cameras/printers! Each table had their own ice sculpture!

So today, I decided to run around the house trying to find something to eat for breakfast. I didn't really feel like spending money (again) on food so I had to mix and match around the kitchen. It never has any food =(


Healthy multigrain bread with cranberry sauce - I bet the cranberry sauce ruined the healthiness.

Yeah it was the closet thing to jam I had...

Not that I really care about fat free products, this was just in the fridge and thought it'd be a good breakfast.

A banana! Probably my favourite fruit to eat :) And I feel good eating it!


I didn't have a proper lunch today because after uni, I just drove home and for some reason was heappppsss tired. So a nana nap took place instead of eating food. Beau came to pick me up for tonight's product launch. I was heaps hungry but didn't want to eat a meal because obviously we were going to get dinner in an hours time so I snacked on chocolate and packets of chips. All one after the other. Hmmm.



I pretty much scoffed these down one after the other. No joke. And I didn't feel very good afterwards =(


Dinner came along at the Canon 'One Night Only' event and the food was pretty goooood! Free too so that was even cooler hehe ;) I think I missed out on the finger food being served before hand which sucked because I usually go crazy for all the finger food haha. Like i'm the type of person to stand next to the kitchen and grab the waiters as soon as they come out. I am cool like that. The entree was pretty damn good, prawns with avocado and some sauce to it. Really, really nice. Not sure what that oily sauce was, but either way it was really nice! The main was chicken breast with cous cous in some tomato base. That was also pretty good too! Didn't really fill me up but it was still very nice. I didn't feel unhealthy eating it because the chicken wasn't fried or it didn't have any oily skin. I guess the way they presented the food it looked very gourmet and because of that, I had this assumption that it was healthy. I had some of Beau's steak too which also didn't feel like it was fattening because the food wasn't drenched in any sauce or oily for that matter. It was very plain and I think that's why I didn't think twice about whether it was healthy or not. The dessert was so so. It was a banana flavoured cake but didn't hit the spot for me. When it comes to dessert, I most definitely do not care about how healthy it is or not. As long as it tastes good, that's all that matters. Being fat doesn't bother me because i'm skinny already. But I guess having heart problems and crazy stuff like that freaks me out... but I don't know, I feel like I can't constantly watch EVERYTHING I eat!

The classic bread with butter as a starter. I usually hate eating just bread and
butter but I wanted to fit in and I guess I just like to munch on something whenever
talking at the dinner table!

The entree! I really liked this dish. Notice how the prawn wasn't drizzled in
anything, making it look and taste a lot healthier!

Chicken breast with the cous cous underneath it. I'm still not sure what the paste and sauce
was but that too wasn't unhealthy tasting... it was light and didn't make me feel
like i'm going to die early.

Steak was plain with just a bit of sauce... I didn't really eat a lot of it seeing as it wasn't my dish!

Annnd the dessert! The chocolate at the bottom wasn't overwhelmingly rich so
another reason why I didn't feel too bad.


On our way home Beau decided he was still hungry so we didn't the typical thing and went into a drive through Maccas. Ahhh seeing as he was shouting me some Maccas, how on earth do you say no to it? Instead you say "yeah i'll have a six pack of nuggets... and i'll eat your fries."


Did I feel good about myself afterwards? No I did not. It was so beautifully tasty, it made me sick! You can just tell when something isn't good for you. I mean, just look at the photo compared to the other ones... I don't know whether its because the other photos were in a more posh environment and the Maccas photos are taken in a car but I just feel grossed out when I see the deep fried crispy nuggets. Argh they taste so good, but you just know they are bad for you. So why did I get it then? Because it was free? Because I was just simply hungry? I have no idea but I feel like every time I order it, I don't care about anything and then once I close the box and scrunch up my rubbish I just feel so crappy inside.

I think the big problem with me is that I still don't know what's good for me and what isn't. Say for example, tonight when I got all my free dinners... how do I say no to it? It's not like I can request anything else. And then at the same time, how do I know this chicken is actually free range chicken? It's so hard to try and be that environmentally aware person. I need to work on what I NEED to eat properly. And actually have proper meals throughout the day! If I had a proper lunch, I would not have eaten those packets of chips one after the other.

Nobody judge me!

Jocelyn

Ah the joys of the weekend!

So it is the first post and already I find it difficult to have time to be at home to load up photos. Luckily I always have some form of camera with me to take photos!

Friday afternoon was the day I decided to do this food blog. I thought might as well jump right into it by cooking dinner! I had already organised a dinner date with a friend, which automatically meant "lets go to a nice restaurant that we haven't discovered yet"... when I suggested to cook, he instantly said "uh no." But after much nagging, we decided to cook our own pizzas!

Good old Faram and his story telling habits!

Me, being a poser.

The shit we eat. I loved that chocolate bavarian!

You are never stingy when it comes to making your own food!

Masterpiece!

Cooking our own food did make me think about what I want to put in my food. I specifically chose ingredients that would make me feel 'healthy' - having avocado made me feel good ahaha. But then I smothered it with mozzarella cheese which most likely canceled out the healthiness. What I realised though, I still never took notice of the nutritional labels or anything. Even when I went to buy the bbq chicken, I didn't even care less whether it was free range or not. There was just that one chicken, I was hungry and nothing else mattered. In all honesty, I have no idea whether my meal was healthy or not. The only thing that made me feel good was the fact that I could put as much cheese and chicken on there as possible and that I knew what was in my food.

Oh and just for shits and giggles, we found this piece of ham that made our night.

It's even got a fringe!!

Saturday is a day I rarely get to eat. Starting work at 8am, running around the house getting ready because I am most likely hungover/tired from lack of sleep means that I never get time to make myself breakfast. To be honest, I don't even make time to make my own breakfast. It's just so much easier to say "i'll just buy it when I am there". And it is easier! I get more time to sleep in and I don't have to worry about searching for food in the fridge. So what did I eat for breakkie? A bacon and egg roll. Yeah I am ashamed. With a chai latte.

Looks pretty gross. But it filled me up!

Obviously, for lunch I didn't bring anything from home so once again I bought food from the cafe opposite the store. I don't know why, but I wanted chips and a burger so badly. I felt like shit afterwards. I felt fat too. When will I learn?

Mmm cheeseburger with chips. So fatty.

The funny thing is, when I look at the actual food, it's fine and I can't wait to eat it. As soon as I take the photo with my phone, oh dear god, I just feel like shit!

Saturday night dinners... Its either a full on dinner or just nibbles because alcohol seems to be more important. Yes I sound like a trashbag. But i'm only 21 once! Hah, so knowing what would happen to me if I drank alcohol and had nothing for dinner, I quickly raided my friend's fridge to find a microwave lasgane. Done. A quick dinner that will put food in my tummy and keep me from passing out at 12am.

I hear about how bad these are for you, but I really didn't care. As long as I ate
something, that's all that mattered to me. Oh Nadia, don't judge me!


You'd think i'd have snacks in between meals but I just didn't have anytime to find something to snack on! I swear, the days I work are the days I rarely pig out.


Sunday morning, oh Sunday morning. Hungover. Gross. Need water. Need greasy food. Argh. Luckily for me, I had an amazing full time lover who isn't a fat shit like me and is slightly more health concsious than me. Every day he basically eats porridge - boring, I knoooow! But for me it's good because whenever I sleep over, I get to have a healthy breakfast! And it makes me feel so good! Even when I drench it with honey. Today he was lovely enough to bring it into bed before we started work together :)

Ok, i'm not going to lie. That looks like vomit. Covered in pee.
But it was really healthy!

Once again, not bringing any food to work, I went downstairs and grabbed a burger meal again. Schnitzel on a roll and wedges. Hey, I was hungover and I needed fatty food to cure my hangover. But to be honest, after taking a bite of that oil oozing schnitzel, I just did not feel good about myself. I couldn't even drink that free can of Coke they gave me. I don't know, just the thought of eating so much oily food and probably having a heap of alcohol in me just made me feel like I was going to die early. I go through these phases.

An early heart attack :)

Dinner was with friend again, this time at an Italian resturant. Mmmm the pasta was AMAZING. Prawn linguine, my favourite <3!>


One day, I want to cook my own prawn linguine...

Soooo good! I had to undo my top button of my pants though...

Annnndd thats a wrap for tonight! I did not know I could talk so much about what I ate the past couple of days. This is going to be pretty interesting!!



Nobody judge me!

Jocelyn