Worry && Round Two

Worry is on my mind today.

Why?

well, first off, there's that hurricane hitting NYC that could be one for the ages...so yes, i'm quite worried about my friends living there already and for the city itself. 

then [on a much less important/terrifying note] there is this blog.

i was very hesistant to start a blog. 

i know myself, and know i'm bad at keeping up with things.

i predicted to a friend i'd stop blogging two days after i started.

and look what happened.

just that

the truth is, blogging is much more time-consuming than i had assumed.

photographing food? uploading photos? writing posts?

yeah. it all takes time.

and i officially have a new respect for the bloggers i have creeped on for so long.

i fear no one will read my blog and that it will be a waste of time.

that said, i'm going to give it another shot

i feel i have a lot to say about healthy living and lots of recipes to share.

and if it end up a dud? so be it. i have nothing to loose.

here goes round two; let's go!

A Second Hello, and a Super Easy Random Recipe

Hello again!

Today was long, busy, and quite a rollercoaster. 

 I woke up at 6 am, did some housewife-y things, and worked a lovely 7 hour shift scrubbing squashed cookie dough bites and raspberries off the floor at work.

Before work, I randomly opened my cabinet to find some lingering pistachios from a bag I bought a few weeks ago for cupcakes I made (see photo in last post...I should post the recipe sometime. it is uber-yum)

Anyways, I wanted to use them up and originally was going to try to make pistachio nut butter with them in my food processor. But then, I somehow got to talking about chocolate-covered sunflower seeds with my mom (btw, if you haven't had them, they are quite nommy) and decided a similar salty-sweet combo would be delicious, as well.

And thus, this simple Two-Ingredient Recipe was born:

Pistachio Piles:

 1. Melt one cup semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring until smooth. It should take 1-2 minutes, until it looks like this:

 

2. Roughly chop 1/2 cup - 3/4 cup pistachios or give them a quick pulse in the blender

 

 3. Toss the nuts into the melted chocolate. Proceed by giving them a swirl with a spatula until combined and clumpy.

4. Scoop with a spoon or mini-melon baller onto a wax-paper covered baking sheet and allow to harden in the fridge (or freezer, if you're impatient, like me)

 

...Sasha, did you have an accident?

I admit these may look like doggie-doo doo (the green chunks are extra graphic and look like Sasha's turds after shes eaten her veggies -- which assure me -- she does regularly :D)

BUT they taste pretty darn good

and literally could be made in less than 5 minutes

they could also easily be made with any other nuts, any additions of dried fruit, etc

when life is so complicated and sour,

who doesn't love something that simple and delicious? ;-)

Welcome, friends. Here's a little about me...

There are a lot of things in the world. I like the following:

Baking.

pistachio cupcakes with lemon buttercream and toasted coconut, in this case...

 but i really love baking period. brownies, cupcakes, granola bars...sometimes healthy..other times not

i just love to bake for the art and craft aspect of it. the deliciousness is another bonus :)

 

Frozen Yogurt. 

one of the few mass-produced prepared 'junk food' indulgences that i actually enjoy.

also, the fact that i work in an adorable frozen yogurt shop does not help...

 Studying.

 a main pass-time / hobby in my life. and to be honest, i wouldn't have it any other way.

i chose pre-health as part of my undergrad last semester (i will be a sophomore in fall) knowing the amount of work and time i'd have to put into the courses. but i'd rather be challenged than bored. homework = something to do :) even if i complain about it nonstop.

MY DOG.

and spoiling said dog...

 ...in this case, with tart frozen yogurt with cheerios.

Delicious, Healthy Food.
  like fruit. you know that saying, that however many out of however many people don't get enough servings of fresh fruit or veggies per day? yeah...i def am not in that category.
i have to run to the grocery store several times a week for produce...
so what if i eat, like, 8 servings of fruit and 8 servings of veggies a day?
what can i say, i've always been a produce-a-holic.
blame my mother for feeding me right when i was a baby :D

Reading Tons of Nerdy Psychopathology Books.
what can i say? i've found my passion... 
i'm an aspiring child & adolescent psychiatrist and can't get enough psychopathology in my life!
it just fascinates me.
speaking of things I can't get enough of...

Eating Copious Amounts of Greek Yogurt.
especially Fage, if I have a choice.
this was my fridge this morning, and after i snapped this (terrible) photo I thought to myself,
hmmm i'm getting low...need to run to Target soon
normal thought for 10+ normal servings in my fridge?
probably not...I just eat it like it's my job. 
I can honestly eat one of the 'big' tubs in one sitting and still want more.
and don't get me started in all the ways I like to spice it up..djakfl;dsaf;ndksaljfd,safmds,a.f
I JUST LOVE IT THAT MUCH, OKAY?!?!
okay must stop changing subjects and being a clusterf#&*.
which brings me to my next point, and title of my blog..

Root Vegetables.
sweet potatoes...DO ME.
beets...DO ME.
parsnip, squash...djaskfl;dsfhdjKLHDSK 
I think I like them, maybe a little too much...
feel free to judge
 
 

Good Cookbooks.

i love paging through them in my spare time, because I'm just that exciting.

above pictures my two main loves...healthy vegetarian food and desserts.

desserts = my main indulgence

i've never really cared for fried food

and junk food just doesn't do it for me either 

people think i'm strange for passing up chips and French fries for apples and greek yogurt but I honestly just prefer it.

My Lovely Friends and Family...

from Milwaukee (hometown) to NYC (where I attend school) and scattered all over the planet I cherish good relationship with great people.

and that's me in a nutshell.

mmm...nuts...

.Testing.

hello blog world...

My name is Katherine. After religiously stalking several foodie blogs for like, seriously over a year now, I decided that I finally wanted to take the jump into the unknown and stop creepin' and start [creepin' and] interacting.

I feel like no one will read this or follow me.

Especially since this is my first post.

But we'll see...morevery soon !@