
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Life Lately//

Friday, February 13, 2015
My Thoughts on 50 Shades of Grey

Okay, I know this is going to be a controversial topic because people have opinions all over the place for all sorts of different reasons, but I'm not setting out to judge anyone who watches the movie or reads the book because that's their choice to make. I am just voicing my opinion on the whole thing and the way the world is reacting to it.
I think it falls on our shoulders to make a choice. For religious reasons or not, to be better than that. To be better than doing something because Jamie Dornan (Christian Grey) is hot, or because everyone else is going, or because it's really tempting and you're an adult who can do as they please. What you do with your body and your time is your choice, and it's not my place to judge or criticize those who choose to go, because I don't believe God would want me to do that either, but I can ask you to think about it. Think about why you want to go see that movie and what sorts of messages in society you might be supporting alongside it. And then decide what you want to do.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
5 Easy Meals to Make in Your Apartment #sarahsmilecooks
I am a
really picky eater. I tend to eat things like lunchables, and frozen macaroni,
and pizza, etc, but I just moved into my apartment and realized how much I
missed home cooked - not frozen five minutes before I eat it - food. Now, I'm
not a terrible cook, I'm actually really good at breakfast foods, I just had no
idea what sorts of meals would be easy to make, but also filling. I wanted
things that were easily customizable (to fit my no vegetable needs) and that weren't
too expensive or time consuming. These are the five that I came up with and
cook all the time now.
1. Baked
Potato//

So incredibly
easy because it can be cooked in either the oven or the microwave, and you can
basically put anything you want on it. Clean the potato, wrap it in foil, and
bake it on 400 for an hour (an hour and a half for bigger potatoes) until it is
a bit smushy when you press on it. For the microwave, just put it on cook for
about 10 minutes and then punch a few holes in it with a fork and pop it on
defrost for about 8 more minutes. Then I just add loads of butter and salt and
pepper, but you can add bacon bits, veggies, sour cream, etc.
2.
Alfredo Pasta//

MY
FAV. This is so easy to make but SO good. I cook the noodles according to the
instructions on the box (add oil and salt to water and boil it, then add the
noodles and let them cook for about 12-14 mins). I then microwave frozen
chicken strips that I buy from the store - I like the Tyson ones - and add that
to my noodles. I pour a little sauce over the noodles - Prago Original Alfredo
is yum - and chicken and heat it for another minute or so and voila! You can
also grill up some shrimp and add that as well, but I'm a fan of the
chicken.
3. Hamburger//

Easy
Peasy. Buy some ground meat (nothing less than an 80/20 meat/fat ratio), make
it into hamburger patties with your hands, season them if you'd like, and then
put them in your pan with a bit of oil. Keep flipping them until they're cooked
to your liking and then you're done! Dress your burger however you want - I
prefer bacon and swiss - and chow down!
4. Spaghetti//

The
easiest thing to do is use the same pack of ground meat as above for the
burgers, except don't make patties out of all of it. I usually use half the
pack for patties and half the pack for spaghetti. While your ground meat is
cooking, (the same way as the burgers above except loose ground meat, not
patties, obvi), cook your noodles. Once your meat is done, add some sauce -
again, Prago gotcha covered with tons of different sauce flavors and options -
and let that heat up while you strain your noodles! I'd say eat the sauce until
you finish the noodles you cooked (it usually lasts me about 3 dinners) and
then freeze the rest of your sauce! That way, when you're in a rush later
you'll have the sauce already ready and you'll just have to cook noodles!
5. Fried Rice//

Requires
the most ingredients, but so incredibly easy, and most of it's stuff you've got
around the house already! Put your chicken/shrimp in a pan with some oil and
get to cooking that. Once you're happy with it, crack a few eggs in the same
pan and scramble them around a bit, exactly like scrambled eggs. Once that's
done, throw in your rice and some soy sauce - and also your vegetables if
you're into that. (; Let that get all warmed up and then you're done! It's a
nice change from the pasta dishes but just as easy!
Just
in case you're like me and are a bit afraid of cooking rice without a rice
cooker, it's incredibly easy. Just keep an eye on it and add a bit of water if
it needs it so that it doesn't burn. Other than that, follow the directions on
the tin!
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Hope
these gave you a few ideas if you're new to living on your own and are
completely stuck! I tend to make everything in bulk and freeze the left overs
so that I have tons in my freezer for weeks when I've not got time to cook 3-4
times a week, and it's helped so much! I feel like I've been eating so much
better, aka no hot pockets and pizza rolls at every meal, but it also saves me
so much money to plan out my meals for the week and re-use the same
ingredients. I used to be so nervous cooking but I'm starting to love coming up
with all sorts of ideas and experimenting and I realize now that it's really
not as hard/scary as it looks!
Have a great week!
Monday, February 9, 2015
brits do it better

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england,
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old music,
playlist,
why i love england
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
How to: Pack for Study Abroad
While I was traveling I kept a million and one little tips about traveling, packing, places to stay and eat, and the best way to travel on my phone, and now that I'm settling back into school I thought I'd turn some of those into blog posts. Here are a few of the tips I wish I'd learned before I left, but hindsight is always 20/20, and I hope these help some of you out!

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study abroad,
study abroad packing
Monday, February 2, 2015
Life Lately//

Happy Monday! I thought today I'd do a bit of a combination between a general life lately post as well as a January favorites post. Lately I've...

Labels:
january favorites,
life lately,
life update
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