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Weekend, Weekly Eats

What I Ate This Weekend

June 30, 2014 By Robyn 22 Comments

Good morning! [errrr, late afternoon]

Sorry I don’t have a post up already, this weekend was slammed with lots of studying for a Physical Assessment exam I just finished. This week is rather overwhelming to say the least so I’m hoping to have a post up for Wednesday, but I hope you guys understand if it’s a little touch and go this week. Please forgive me!

The good news is that the end of this week marks the halfway point. Wahoo! But that also means there is A LOT due this week. Craziness how fast this summer session has gone and how much new information is stuffed into my head.

So instead of lots of words, I have some pictures to recap this rather uneventful, but study filled weekend. At least there was good food involved!

If school this summer limits the free time I have to explore this city, well then…I’m at least going to eat something good.

Friend date at Chloe’s in Union square on Friday afternoon, the perfect afternoon snack

 

Post library dinner at Peacefoods with friends on Saturday, this is becoming our Saturday routine and I’m not mad about it. This week we got the raw pizza and tamales + two unpictured cookies.

 

And then my amazing roommates brought me home a red velvet cupcake from the Cupcake ATM on Saturday night because they knew I was studying. Seriously, they are the best and I feel so grateful to have such an awesome rooming situation. And can we talk about that frosting to cake ratio?
Yes, it tasted amazing.

 

 

Sunday included chocolate banana oatmeal in bed [just regular banana oats with 1 T cocoa stirred in] with lots of coconut and almond butter.

 

And a mid afternoon run in Riverside Park, my favorite running path that’s right by my apartment. Who said NYC isn’t beautiful?

 

 

And then we camped out at Whole Foods on the Upper West Side to study on Sunday night. The best part…I can justify eating dinner out again. This hot bar bowl had chickpea quinoa salad, three kinds of roasted veggies, couscous salad a babaganoush!

 

Hope you ate deliciousness this weekend too! Happy Monday!


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