Why hello there!

I’m seriously going to be so excited whenever I manage to get a post up while I’m in school. Keep in mind that I’m writing these while classes have not even started yet…

Anyway, I have FOOD for you all today! Lots of it. I’ve always been interested in seeing what people eat in college (especially the food at UCLA, where Julianna goes), because there’s the infamous “Freshman 15” that creeps up in the back of everyone’s mind. I can see how that could happen quickly because all of a sudden, there are all these food choices around you in the dining hall, and it’s tempting to want ALL OF IT. Not to mention the free pizza that’s at every social event.

I think I’m quite fortunate to be at Boston University, where there are so many healthy options beyond the salad bar. The Sargent College of Health and Rehab Sciences (my college within BU!) has a food program called Sargent Choice, which just ensures the availability of healthy, wholesome meal choices. They’re so delicious too! {Not as good as your food though, mama.}

Alright, onto the noshes. Here are some of my eats from the past week!

Joining Jenn‘s world wide food party!

Breakfasts

In dorm: multigrain bread with sunflower seed butter and banana + apple with peanut butter

In dorm: oatmeal with vanilla protein powder, peanut butter, jam, and half a banana

In dining hall: cottage cheese with natural peanut butter (!!!), jam, and a sliced banana

In dining hall: oatmeal with cinnamon, jam, peanut butter, and half a banana + cottage cheese, strawberry yogurt, Sargent Choice granola (that I accidentally dumped in there…oh well!), and the other half of the banana + a chat with God 🙂

In dining hall: whole wheat French toast (basically, the answer to my prayers) with peanut butter and banana + scrambled eggs with ketchup + glass o’ milk

Lunches

FYSOP lunch every day: huge turkey, muenster, lettuce, tomato sandwich + kettle cooked potato chips + an unpictured chocolate chip cookie 😀

In the fancier dining hall: seafood stew (really tasty!) with naan + salad

Restaurant with family: I shared bites of yen ta fo soup, shrimp pad thai, papaya salad, and basil pork. Mostly shrimp pad thai and papaya salad!

In dining hall: salad with cowboy caviar, feta, and a hard boiled egg + black bean burger on whole wheat with some fancy pico on the side

In an on-campus food court: eel-cucumber-avocado-brown rice sushi

Snacks

Lots of apples (with and without nut butter)

Handy snacks in my dorm room: Wheat Thins, sweet and salty peanuts, mixed nuts

Dinners

In the dining hall: Firecracker tofu + brown rice + veggies x2

In the dining hall: Mexican rice with pastor chicken, salsa, and cilantro

In dining hall: sweet chicken sandwich on whole wheat bun + salad with hummus and feta

Dinner with family on Labor Day: clay hot pots (mine was the eel one on top left)

In dining hall: salad with hummus + grilled salmon with soba noodles (more like chow mein noodles)

Desserts

Ice cream social = free ice cream!! Vegan (soy) tahitian vanilla + strawberry added after this photo was taken

Insomnia cookie! Oatmeal raisin. Not reallyyyyy worth the $1.50.

In dining hall: plain yogurt + a dollop of strawberry yogurt + Sargent choice granola

And that’s a wrap! There were definitely more snacks in there, but I’m not going to take a picture of every banana I eat. For both of our sakes.

I hope to update you all on college life (since classes started yesterday) soon! I have a “Weekly Moves and Grooves” (aka weekly workouts) post in the works for ya too.

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

So tell me:

What have you been snacking on lately?

Has there been a food you’ve tried just for the hype/experience?