Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Hello, risotto.

Im an Italian food addict, and I could live on rice and chicken, so as Im sure you can imagine, risotto is dream food for me.
I just recently began making it myself, and thought id share its simple deliciousness with you.

You can put just about anything in risotto, but this is the recipe for the risotto I made last night.
Grilled Chicken and Pea Risotto
You will need:
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 cups Arborio rice
1 3/4 cup white wine (not cooking wine!)
4 cups chicken (or vegetable) stock
1/4 cup parmesan cheese (grated)
1 tablespoon butter
1- 1 1/2 cups peas (cooked)
2 cooked chicken breasts or 1-2 cups shredded chicken

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Invisalign Update



Those, well. Are my teeth, obviously.

I thought I was due for an Invisalign update post. Not that I have a comparison picture up for you here, but I thought a photo might be helpful. I am on tray 17 out of 30, for top and bottom of my original trays- I have no idea if I will have refinements yet, fingers crossed for no. And I have a total of 8 attachments, 6 top/2 bottom. I also have a power ridge on my left central incisor.

If you can't tell, I'm wearing my Invisalign in the photo. The terrible quality is attributed to the front camera  with low lighting on an iPhone, sorry about that. In  my opinion, they're much more obvious in photos, especially close up than they are in real life. Lighting causes increased shadows and shine.

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Can you pass up a sale?

I know I can't.

Its unfortunate really- for my credit card at least. But, J. Crew had a sale. Again. And I succumbed to the % off sign. Again.
But all and all, I'm pleased with my purchases- and they let me have my student discount on top of the sale- which they normally don't do. Success all around.

Shall we check out the goods? Indeed.

My first purchase, Lauren would be proud of- a chambray shirt. I've been toying with the idea of purchasing one for a very long time. I am very anti jean/chambray combo- but considering I own 18 pairs of jeans (excessive, I'm aware), Its hard to come up with other options. I had to considered my current wardrobe before spend $80 on a shirt I wasn't positive I would get much wear out of. Now, I know I could have purchased a cheaper version, but I own more Forever 21 clothes than I should already, and quality is so much more important in the long run. In fact, I'm cleaning out my closet at school and home over spring break and removing all cheap and hardly worn clothes- more on that later though.
I justified the purchase a few ways-Patterned or colorful shorts do the trick, and there are always riding pants- part satin-y gorgeous, part fab texture stretch-, my fave skinny high waisted chinos, and colorful pants make a statement without excess. Leggings and yoga pants are the relaxed way to style. Even over flowy spring dresses and flouncy skirts- chambray works for effortless cover.