Today Was The Day

Hello, hello! I woke up on the right side of the bed this morning, or rather I traveled to school the right way today. By walking!

I’ll be glad to have my car and parking permit when the weather gets a bit more blustery, but for now I think I’ll try to hoof it more often. The weather was crisp and cool, and the 20 minutes of travel gave me time to clear my head. Plus, it’s better for both my body and Mother Earth’s.

I ended up not really packing breakfast or lunch, but doing a brunch-type meal during my first class. Roasted green beans are delicious, even leftover and cold, but they did feel a little gaggy at 8am.

I pushed through, because I knew something better was coming.

I know that cinnamon raisin Bagel Thin looks unassuming, anything but!

I toasted him and spread one side with the most amazing goat cheese and the other with reduced fat pumpkin cream cheese. The combination was out of this world.

Confession – I bought the cream cheese in early September while we were visiting my grandparents in Ohio.

I brought it back home to Buffalo and squirreled it away until Pumpkin Month. It was still good. And it was good.

Finally I packed a crunchy Sweet Tango apple,

which I ate during the 3-hour break. We have a tough test coming on Friday so I crunched while I studied.

It’s possible my friends and I didn’t spend the entire three hours with our noses in books. Gossip, Grey’s Anatomy, and Biscoff Spread discussion might have filled some time as well. Especially when we realized that we made plans to get cupcakes more than a month ago and they still hadn’t come to fruition. We decided today was the day.

First we had to get through 2 more classes. Class #1 answered some really interesting questions I’ve always had about starvation mode and weight loss, and class #2 handed back last week’s exam that I scored a 96% on. Something to celebrate!

As soon as we were dismissed a group of us hit the Elmwood strip and walked down to Zillycakes.

I can’t believe that I’ve lived in Buffalo for three years and hadn’t gone in here yet; the inside was adorable.

Janessa and I decided to split to maximize our flavor sampling potential.

2 minis and full, which ended up being the perfect serving of cupcake when shared.

We had 1) a mini vegan pumpkin with vegan brown sugar and spice icing.

I ate this first because I was expecting the least of it, but this flavor actually ended up being my favorite. The icing was perfectly spiced and crunchy in a really pleasing way.

2) A mini caramel apple cupcake with salted caramel buttercream and toffee bits.

This was my least favorite, but it was still delicious. There were pieces of dried apple in the cake which we both loved.

3) A full-sized mudd cupcake with dark chocolate ganache.

The cake was studded with Oreo crumbles, just like dirt pudding! I liked the icing but it wasn’t at all what I was expecting. It was like a dark chocolate pudding but I always thought that ganache was supposed to have a more thick, stiff texture? Either way, it was delicious.

Wednesday’s class doesn’t get out until 4:30 so after cupcaking and taking a long walk with the husband and dog it was time for dinner.

We cooked up a box of mac and cheese with ~ 2/3 cup each frozen edamame and frozen veggie blend (carrots, peas, corn, green beans, lima beans). We got 2.5 servings out of a 2 serving box so beefing vegging things up certainly helps to spread your dollars and calories. I topped my serving with a dollop of sour cream and a liberal sprinkling of Sriracha.

Now I’m perfectly satisfied.

Have you ever had ganache? What’s it like?

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