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What I Ate: Ben & Jerry’s Blueberry Vanilla Graham Greek Frozen Yogurt

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Tonight, me and B needed our dessert fix. Smores were boring and overdone, cookies required too much effort, and frozen yogurt by the ounce was too far away.

So we trekked to Walmart, and then Homeland (our local grocery store), because I HAD TO HAVE THIS…

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I’m a big fan of Greek yogurt, and this did not disappoint. Some bloggers said that there wasn’t enough graham swirl and that the yogurt was too tart, but I thought there was an adequate amount of graham. And I’m used to pay-by-the-ounce tart yogurt, so this was a literally perfect amount of tartness.

What I Ate: Big Truck Tacos

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Today, B and I hit up the Oklahoma City Zoo and swung by Big Truck Tacos on the way home. I wouldn’t say it was in an excellent part of town, but exiting suburbia is totally worth this amazing food, I promise.

EDIT: Look at young lil’ me, making broad statements about a neighborhood because I saw one boarded up building! For the record, I was totally wrong on my description of Uptown 23rd in this review, and I apologize for everyone I offended. It’s pretty clear from the amount of time I now spend in this awesome district of OKC that I was (like I said) totally wrong. Love and kisses, BTT/Uptown. You are an excellent part of town.

B had a torta (no picture, he eats really fast)

and I had two tacos…

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…the Wojo, which has veggies and beans with a splash of lime (my addition) and the Crispy ‘cado, which has two huge pieces of fried avocado, salsa, pico, and crumbly queso blanco (my favorite thing ever OMG, second only to feta, I’m a crumbly cheese addict). I also ordered chips and queso.

The tacos were super flavorful and weren’t overly spicy on their own. My mouth was stinging often, but I’m a huge baby, and pico even makes me yearn for a cold glass of milk. The “Asphault” salsa, which was a bright bottle of orange, fruity, spicy goodness, was probably my favorite part of the whole experience. I applied it liberally to all of my foods and even on each individual chip.

B thought there were too many flavors colliding in the food, however; he prefers more traditional Mexican dishes. He likes tortas from this sketch Latino bodega (it’s legit called Bodega Latina) in the RVA. But even he said that he would gladly make the trek back to BTT.

The truck came to Norman once, but with a much smaller menu, which was understandable. I preferred the offerings at the brick-and-mortar eatery. 

BTT had extremely reasonable prices, in my humble, broke-college-student opinion. My chips and queso, tacos, and drink cost about $10. I’m a medium to large sized girl, and I was so full I practically rolled myself to the car on my $10 meal. You can even bring back your cup for a drink discount later!

Final verdict? Go to Big Truck Tacos. Get the Asphault salsa. Thank me later.

“You Didn’t Know I Liked Sour Things?”

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We’ve been dating a year and a half, and somehow it hadn’t come up yet.

But, there we stood, my boyfriend and I, brandishing our OU IDs for free Eskimo Sno, and there I was, asking the spiky-haired owner for the most sour flavor he had.

He doped my ice up with wild cherry and sour apple, then sprayed it with a mysterious liquid.

He sprayed it many, many times.

He said, “Try that and see if it’s good enough.”

(It’s brown because it’s evil)

I spooned out a hefty amount and put it in my mouth.

My face twisted in sweet (and sour) agony. It’s hard for me to describe HOW SOUR this snocone was because just thinking about it is making my mouth seize, and it’s really distracting.

“That’s pretty good,” I choked out.

I couldn’t even finish the whole thing, but I made a quite valiant effort, if I do say so myself.

Sour spray usually costs 25 cents extra. While my bank account could spring for the extra thrill, my tastebuds really couldn’t handle it.

Another New Love Affair

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I eat this stuff on everything. Well, everything that isn’t savory. Cause I have no recipes for that yet.

This morning, it made an appearance on my banana, coupled with honey.

I had to drive over 30 miles to get it.

What is this thing I covet so much?

Find out after the jump…

Yes, kids. I’m a Whole Paycheck Foods snob. Their hot bar is heaven. I got over a pound of food in my little brown box yesterday. I HAVE NO REGRETS, people. YOLO and stuff. Sorry I’m not sorry that I love quinoa salads.

Anyway, I also get my almond butter at Whole Foods because it is one of the few places that I can get it straight up ground in front of my eyes and totally clean (meaning it hasn’t cavorted around with other nuts whilst processing). It’s very chunky and not at all like peanut butter, but I find it delicious. And surprisingly, buying it at WF fresh ground is the most cost effective way to get almond butter without peanut contamination. Cause I went to pretty much every food store in Norman, Oklahoma, and one place had almond butter that hadn’t been tainted and it was NINE DOLLARS.

I wouldn’t pay nine dollars for all of the almonds in the world!

Actually, that’s a pretty good deal. I’ll get back to you on that.

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cleaneatz:

Broccoli and Chicken Quesadillas

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces of pre-cooked shredded chicken
  • ½ cup of steamed broccoli, chopped up
  • 1/3 cup of part skim shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 whole grain tortilla
  • 2 tbsp plain, no fat Greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp red pepper sauce

Directions

Combine Greek yogurt with hot sauce and set aside.

Heat chicken and broccoli in a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Once heated through remove from the pan and place in a medium bowl.

Toss chicken and broccoli with salt, pepper and garlic powder and then set aside.

Place tortilla in the hot pan and allow to heat through on one side. Flip the tortilla and sprinkle half of the cheese over one half of the tortilla. Top cheese with broccoli and chicken and then sprinkle the rest of the cheese over the top.

Using a spatula fold the tortilla over on to itself (into a half moon) and top with something heavy (ie. A weighted pan or my personal favorite, a teakettle). Allow to cook for a minute or two OR until the bottom lightly browed. Flip the tortilla and cook for another minute or two on the opposite side.

Remove Quesadilla from the pan and allow to cool for a minute or so before cutting into wedges. Top with spicy yogurt and Enjoy!!

Nutritional Analysis

Calories: 390; Total Fat: 13.6g; Saturated Fat: 6.2; Cholesterol: 74mg; Sodium: 451mg; Carbohydrate: 29.1; Dietary Fiber: 6.1; Sugars: 1.7; Protein: 36

I love anything that has pretty colors, and this stunning green?! I could eat it up.

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Photo of the Day: strawberry margarita cupcakes from my friend Corey. So light and fluffy!

(This picture is not-so-sharp cause it’s from my iPhone. Not tagging it “photography” because it’s not really good photography. But it is good baking!)

Want to see more of the delicious things I’ve been eating? Check out more Photos of the Day here!

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Photo of the Day: Dinner from a banquet for my internship. Steak filet, baked salmon, carrots, asparagus, and rice. Dessert was a lemon tart. Drool.

See more Photos of the Day here!

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I could look at food porn all. day. y’all.