New York City

It all started when I went to the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) and they handed me a mimosa at 10:30AM- they won my heart. Now the next step is getting in to the school. The one thing I'm most excited about this possible opportunity, especially since New York City has soooo many vegan and gluten free cuisines. EEEP. However, Philadelphia is still my favorite city, and it stinks that a college like this isn't located there. Wah :[

My mom and I found the greatest place in the entire world- Beyond Sushi. We saw an advertisement for the place in VegNews, and we wanted to try it out. Oh my goodness it was heaven! The place was soooo tiny, but it doesn't matter because their food was big and tasty! We ended up getting just about every roll on the menu- the rolls on top are Spicy Mang and I think Green sominsomin (I forget!). On the bottom, I got a rice paper wrap with buckwheat noodles, carrots, cucumber, veggies, and a cashew sauce that was absolutely AMAZING. If you're in the city- Yelp it and I promise you will not be disappointed!

Birthday Celebration!

It's my...humph..22nd birthday; definitely not as enthralling as my last birthday. But the good news? My mom came to visit penn state! I'm so blessed to have an awesome group of friends as well as a wonderful family that is always there for me.

My lovely friend Anna from Dolce Vita made me the MOST.DELICIOUS.PIECAKE.EVER. Oh She Glows was her inspiration...and my oh my I'm in love with this blogger! She's pretty awesome, and I'm sure if you read my blog you definitely have seen "oh she glows".

My mom went to Zola's in State College and I got a coconut lentil dish, espresso, and a cake made of ALMOND FLOUR. gluten free, and vegan. Say WHATTT. It was an awesome, delicious evening- and the best part? My mom got me gift cards to WEGMANS- literally the best birthday present you could give someone turning 22 <3 <3 <3

Bills sweet potato mash with a lattice chip <3 #vegan #glutenfree

Coconut Lentils with Grilled eggplant #vegan #glutenfree

made with almond flour, and absoultely DELICIOUS. #vegan #glutenfree

White Wine Sangria + Secret!

My blog-love has been slacking lately, and I sincerely apologize to my viewers. It's been a roller coaster of a week- lots of awkward drama, work-related stress, school work, and parties. Woops, did I admit to the last one? Yeah, hangovers in need of cure. But to say the least, I ended up misplacing my phone for a week- aka no photography :[ I did fine with everything except that, especially since I made some awesome Indian dishes which I couldn't capture but would've been delightful for my blog. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to recreate them!

Speaking of parties- oh wait, were we talking about them? Well we are now! I feel like I don't have many drink recipes, and I spontaneously concocted this one moments before heading out to my friends lakehouse. Literally, so easy; and may I say so refreshingly dangerous?I've begun to just make these and bring them to parties, since the choice of alcy is usually 1) beers on beers, 2) cheap vodka not pleasing to the estomago. Not only is it neeevil (nice and evil- spongebob), but it could work as a sweet homemade gift idea too! The best part? It literally takes 5 minutes to make (and even less time to finish) It's that good- trust me.

Fruit de la fruit White Wine Sangria

- 1 bottle Sauvignon Blanc White Wine (or your favorite white wine works)

- 1 Mango, diced

- Handful of blueberries

- 8 strawberries, sliced

- 1/4 cup pineapple juice

1. Pour 1/4 cup of the white wine into a water bottle and put in refridge for later use

2. Pour in 1/4 cup pineapple juice into wine bottle, as well as your mango, strawberries and blueberries

3. Shake it up a little and serve chilled!

Iggy pic: Abercrombie and Fitch pose

Also! before you head off- I've been thinking of creating a secondary blog, focusing on kale and providing more nutritionally-based recipes. My love for kale is rather obsessive, and many people have been telling me I should make a blog specifically for it! Well, not really I just want to make a blog for kale lol. I just need ideas for a name of the blog. 

SOO if you have any suggestions e-mail me at aml5503@psu.edu or post a comment!