ㅤㅤ ┈ᯓ𖹭 celebrating my mother and brother's birthdays today with our family's staple birthday meal, egg rolls, some sort of noodle dish, and chocolate tweed cake 🫶 this time around though there was additions of tuna crispy rice sushi made by my sister (honestly my favorite part of the meal), and also a pumpkin tart from a local bakery that was so heavenly. my brother had bought the ingredients to try making takoyaki too but they didn't turn out <//3 ㅤㅤ this was a wild cooking experience for me because i ended up having to do all of the egg roll rolling alone... it may look so easy but when there's 500 to do it really takes you out 😭😭 i also have a ton of micro burns almost everywhere from the frying process whoof . this was all extremely worth it though, i could eat these things 50 at a time and never get tired of them seriously. ㅤㅤ the same goes for the chocolate tweed cake which was flawless as always. it still baffles me that chocolate tweed cake isn't a globally popular cake flavor, if i could only eat one kind of cake for the rest of my life this would be it truly.

munching on extremely inauthentic elote and samosas while i start lord of the mysteries. only on episode 3 but wow. what a ridiculously beautiful show. the character animation kind of reminds me of a mix of terror in resonance and violet evergarden (the highest of complements you could receive from me frankly) the writing also feels reminiscent of the writing for the sherlock anime and there's so much interesting world building here, i fear i may be hooked...

ㅤ┈ᯓ𖹭 it's coming up on the holidays which is absolutely dreadful if you work in order fulfillment. i am trying to figure out easy easy things i can prep for the whole week without being too time consuming since come november 23rd i'll be working 5 / 12 hour shifts a week for a month or so 😵‍💫 this is my second year doing this, last time i was ordering so much food delivery and basically throwing away all the extra money i was getting from the overtime so this year we are locking innn. i think this week's menu is going to be on repeat for sure, everything could be prepped ahead of time, filling, and tastes amazing it's fantastic. ㅤ٠࣪⭑ 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒖 ⋆ ㅤㅤㅤ✶ cold brewed tulsi, hibiscus, and oat ㅤㅤㅤㅤ straw tea ㅤㅤㅤ✶ a dense bean salad (my own take on ㅤㅤㅤㅤ the scala salad version) ㅤㅤㅤ✶ peanut butter, (half raspberry half ㅤㅤㅤㅤ strawberry) jelly, seeds, and dark ㅤㅤㅤㅤ chocolate hummus sandwiches ㅤㅤㅤ✶ snack rotation: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• japanese pears ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• purple grapes ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• sliced cucumber ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• ritz crackers ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• pinenut hummus ㅤ┈ᯓ𖹭 i am trying cold brewed tea for prep for the first time. i go thru phases of loving tea then feeling like i don't have time to ever brew it so i'm hoping cold brewing ahead of time will circumvent that. this particular blend though is one i just tried for the first time off of a reccomendation from one of those crunchy wellness moms on social media and wow she did not steer me astray...not only does this taste almost like juice (i add liquid zinc and agave to mine) but it really has helped balance my energy levels and overall ability to focus. even if it's placebo it still tastes great so i'm definitely keeping this on rotation. ㅤㅤㅤthe dense bean salad is also semi new to me, as i am finally recovering from my previous distaste for beans in favor of all of the easily accessible fiber and protein, yada yada. this is my second time making it and it's incredibly good. i don't really have a recipe because it's just dicing up veggies, beans, and a protein small and tossing them with a flavorful dressing. i used a special lime infused olive oil for this and it truuuly brought it to an 11. ㅤㅤㅤand finally my toddler meal staple 🙏🙏 sometimes you just gotta fall back on pb&j. but because i'm extra i have been adding a seed blend (chia, flax, and hemp), along with dark chocolate hummus. if you feel weird adding hummus to a pb&j i assure you this is the best thing on the planet you don't taste any beans or anything, just try it. it makes it so filling i love having 50 of these in my freezer. ㅤㅤㅤmy biggest struggle has been finding snack foods that i'll consistently like. my job can make me not even want to eat my favorite foods sometimes from how physically demanding most days are. since i go through calories like crazy i was eating junk food most of the time bc it "didn't matter" but it was also making me feel like straight garbage so it did in fact matter. now trying to eat healthier things my poor sweet tooth has been suffering though 🥀 i need to find some healthy chocolatey treats that aren't 500 dollars and actually taste good because sometimes fruit just isn't enough rip.

ㅤ٠࣪⭑ 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒖 ⋆ ㅤㅤㅤ✶ cold brewed tulsi, hibiscus, and oat ㅤㅤㅤㅤ straw tea ㅤㅤㅤ✶ mini strawberry cheesecake muffins ㅤㅤㅤ✶ broccoli, egg, and sausage breakfast ㅤㅤㅤㅤ sandwiches ㅤㅤㅤ✶ mediterranean inspired burger salad ㅤㅤㅤ✶ once again more pbj&h sandwiches ㅤㅤㅤ✶ snack rotation: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• chips ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• purple grapes ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• walnuts & hazelnuts ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• ritz crackers ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• pinenut hummus ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• if anyone has any snack ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤreccomendations please comment 🙏 ㅤ┈ᯓ𖹭 i thought i would have one more normal week at work but they sprung an additional week of overtime schedule on with 2 whole days of warning ! so this meal prep is a miracle in the making because i unexpectedly have so much going on and zero time for myself, i love my job 😍 ㅤㅤthe bright side of this meal prep is that my freezer is now jaaaaam packed so hopefully i will be able to use up all of that this month instead of ordering out like i did last peak season. i feel like a bear in hibernation finally eating my stores ʕ-•-ʔ ㅤㅤi started this out pretty much the same as last week. pbj&hs, salad, and tea. but i switched up the kind of salad and threw in some muffins to try and keep it flavorly interesting. i read an article recently that mentioned eating the same thing every day is good for weight loss too so i can say this is just part of my weight loss journey, not that i'm just extremely lazy and only know how to make 3 things. ㅤㅤthe most time consuming part of this prep was definitely the breakfast sandwiches. i definitely should've just baked the eggs but i feel like they get all watery and spongey baked so i did it the hard way in circular tins on the stove. which ended up being pointless because i had one of these this morning and the egg was still watery and spongey when i reheated it so clearly my recipe could use some further testing. despite the textures though the flavor was great. next time i'm gonna add green onions to the eggs 🙏 ㅤㅤㅤthe salad for this week is probably among the best i've made. it started as me trying to copy the 'jennifer aniston salad' but upon further research, jennifer aniston never even ate this salad so i have no idea who's salad i'm eating this week but it tastes incredible ! the original salad has no meat but i knew in my soul that it would go good with some meatballs so i added some sage pork and beef meatballs to them and it was the perfect addition. i also have decided that when in doubt just adding every single marinated and pickled thing in my fridge can genuinely never steer me wrong. the only thing i haven't quite nailed down with my salad game so far is how to make a good dressing. i feel so barbaric just dousing things in olive oil and lemon juice and it doesn't even really taste that good but i just don't know how to do anything else <//3 seeking salad dressing reccs, i'll even take store bought 🙏

ㅤㅤ٠࣪⭑ made the mistake of going to grocery store hungry. when i say this is the best thing i've ever tasted i'm so serious, the only reason it gets a 4 star rating is because i just Know the addition of crinkle cut chips would make this a 6. will be eating this nonstopppp.

ㅤㅤ٠࣪⭑ went to hmart on christmas because what else do you do on christmas. found this little guy there though which was the highlight of my whole month just look at him.. i wish you could add videos the video is much cuter. the artificial grape flavor is the reason this gets a 4 star rating, aside from that this was so yummy 🙏

ㅤ٠࣪⭑ 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒖 ⋆ ㅤㅤㅤ✶ cold brewed tulsi, hibiscus, and oat ㅤㅤㅤㅤ straw tea ㅤㅤㅤ✶ chicken & veggie soup ㅤㅤㅤ✶ curry tuna salad ㅤㅤㅤ✶ dense bean salad w/greek dressing ㅤㅤㅤ✶ once again more pbj&h sandwiches ㅤㅤㅤ✶ snack rotation: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• crackers to go with the tuna ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• frozen purple grapes ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• pecans ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• mini cookies and cream cupcakes ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• raspberry rose poppi ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• if anyone has any healthy snack ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤreccomendations please comment 🙏 ㅤ┈ᯓ𖹭 we are baaack with energy to actually eat non take out food let's gooooo. i hope to make a lot more of these kinds of posts in the future, they motivate me to actually make things for myself instead of just ordering out of laziness. i wanted to get myself together right after peak at work ended but just my luck that i got sick immediately afterwards. at least my body waited until i knew i'd have time to rest haha. ㅤㅤi also have a newfound obsession with poppi sodas i fear.. or rather one specific flavor. i love raspberry flavored things and i was looking for a fun drink to have and found their raspberry rose soda and wowowowowww it tastes so good. if you don't like the flavor of rose you probably wouldn't like it but raspberry and rose work so well together i'm gonna be drinking sm of this from now on. ㅤㅤi was a little worried about this week's salad, i didn't want to buy (or rather didn't have energy to cook) any new meat so i threw in some summer sausage which actually ended up going perfectly with this. and i tried out a new greek salad dressing from ken's with feta and olives instead of making my own which not only saved time but frankly tastes way better than anything i could do 😭 will be buying a new bottle asap it's so good.

ㅤ٠࣪⭑ 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒖 ⋆ ㅤㅤㅤ✶ once again more old brewed tulsi, ㅤㅤㅤㅤ hibiscus, and oat straw tea ㅤㅤㅤ✶ my collection of various soups and stews ㅤㅤㅤㅤ i have made for my freezer ㅤㅤㅤ✶ ground turkey sausage and sweet ㅤㅤㅤㅤ potato casseroleish ㅤㅤㅤ✶ curry tuna salad And regular tuna salad for ㅤㅤㅤㅤ flavor diversity ㅤㅤㅤ✶ spicy cucumber edamame salad ㅤㅤㅤ✶ once again more pbj&h sandwiches ㅤㅤㅤ✶ snack rotation: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• rosemary triscuits to go with the tuna ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• frozen purple grapes ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• almond m&ms ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• if anyone has any healthy or fun snack ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤreccomendations please comment 🙏 ㅤ┈ᯓ𖹭 so basically everything has fallen apart since the last time i could do meal prep 🫶 i am living in a sea of boxes in the house i just moved to while also going to showings for houses i might move to next all while dealing with work and having no working laundry right now because a pipe burst so i spent half my free time at a laundromat 😵‍💫 ㅤㅤBUT things are not all bad, for example the laundromat i went to just casually had a giant fish tank in it with a big striped eel named marty. things could be worse, just very time crunched currently, so i have defaulted to making anything that doesn't take a lot of my time to cook. it's also helpful that past elianna was thinking to make things ahead for the freezer like the sandwiches, soup, and sweet potato "bowls" which honestly turned out incredible despite my inability to ever find a real recipe and just going "oh i can guess what's in that" every time. also pretty cheap to make too we love it. ㅤㅤi know i keep saying i want to post more but i think it'll probably stay being fairly sporadic until i move again in a few weeks 🥀 there's not been too much else to update on aside from the fact that all my free time has been dedicated to playing resident evil games in time for the upcoming 9th one coming in like a month woooo !!

ㅤ٠࣪⭑ meal prepping for the week but this turned out so fun it deserves its own post. banana bread flights are the easiest and tastiest thing to make i could live off of them fr. the reason this doesn't get a 5 star rating is well. i unfortunately omitted sugar on accident 😭 which flavor wise didn't effect much, since i had added a bit of agave to the bananas at the beginning. but in baking typically sugar is also structurally necessary so the texture of these isn't quite what it could be sadly but they still taste preeeetty damn good !! ㅤㅤㅤthe flavors i did were carrot cake, espresso chocolate chip, cinnamon sugar topped, raspberry cheesecake, choconut, and one chocolate and peanut butter one that i'm excited to try later. the espresso chocolate chip smelled too good for me to save it i gobbled it up almost seconds after taking out of the oven and immediately wished i had made a second one haha. the base recipe i used was by foodwishes, but the concept of a banana bread flight i took inspiration from bakingwithyuka !

ㅤㅤ٠࣪⭑ moving day is TOMORROW!! i'll be more active soon yayyy. i needed to go to the bank to get a cashiers check for the deposit and my lovely sister was kind enough to bring me hojichaaa. if you don't know what hojicha is it's like matcha but with a more roasted and nutty flavor. this in combination with the black sesame cold foam was soooo 💛💛💛

ㅤㅤ٠࣪⭑ first meal made in my first apartment!!!!! i also have a coconut bread loaf in the oven. never kill yourself it gets better🤞 this was so so so good and ridiculously filling i only got through half of it i'll eat the rest for dinner. took off half a star because it definitely needed some kind of sauce or gravy but i have so many servings of this for my freezer now i can make sure to add one next time i have this.

ㅤ٠࣪⭑ 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌'𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒖 ⋆ ㅤㅤㅤ✶ cold brewed tulsi, hibiscus and oat ㅤㅤㅤㅤ straw tea ㅤㅤㅤ✶ my collection of various soups i keep ㅤㅤㅤㅤ stocked in my freezer ㅤㅤㅤ✶ curry chicken salad ㅤㅤㅤ✶ spicy garlic tuna salad ㅤㅤㅤ✶ rat's potato salad ㅤㅤㅤ✶ freezer treat drawer: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• seeds & chocolate banana ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤbread ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• sweet potato brownie bites ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• no bake cookies ㅤㅤㅤ✶ snack rotation: ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• frozen orange slices ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• frozen purple grapes ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• chocolate roasted almonds ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• multigrain tortilla chips w/ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ‎ ㅤ black bean and corn salsa ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ• if anyone has any healthy or fun snack ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤreccomendations please comment 🙏 ㅤ┈ᯓ𖹭 today was the first real "admin day" i got to do with the new kitchen. maybe embarrassing since we've been moved in for like a month but trying to blend 3 people's kitchen stuff into a postage stamp sized kitchen is a bit of an ordeal apparently. also please appreciate the seductively posing elephant shaped carrot i got today in the cover photo 🐘 ㅤㅤㅤ i got a looot done but it's honestly hard to feel that way because there's still so much left to do 🤧 the day started off with putting some of our spices into our new spice jars!!! which for some reason got delivered to our neighbors down the road even though their address isn't remotely similar? but the spice jars are so perfect, we desperately needed to clear as much shelf space as possible and these look so pretty too aaaa. ㅤㅤㅤ the other non cooking thing i prepped today was frozen aloe vera cubes. i saw a very pretty girl online say that she rolls a frozen aloe vera cube on her face in the mornings instead of just ice and i thought it would be fun to at least try. if it makes my skin worse you'll never hear from me again though x ㅤㅤㅤ my only complaint with this week's menu is that there wasn't an officially green salad. it Should be fine considering i still added a ton of veggies in and i'll be adding lettuce to the wraps and sandwiches i turn the other salads into but i still crave rabbit food. i'm thinking we need to revisit the spicy cucumber edamame salad next week. also saw like 2 videos on my feed recently talking about steak cucumber salad with chimichurri and i'm now helllllaaa craving it so that might happen next week too we'll see.

ㅤㅤ٠࣪⭑ been having a really bad week and broke my no more delivery rule to get some kolaches 🤧 never tried this place before, there's so many restaurants near my new place i need to try, but this was soooo yummy and just what i needed. bread can heal all fr. the kolache in the first picture was a sausage and gravy which i was a little worried about bc i've always been eh with gravy but this doesn't really taste meaty as much as it tastes peppery, creamy, and herby which makes it an 11/10. also the cream cheese with the crunchy cinnamon on the cinnamon one....my goodness..... and obviously this goes without saying but the bread takes all of this up by 50 points. so crunchy but also chewy and pillowy and perfect and