Discovering health, wellness and the little things in Chicago.
Since I write for my school's newspaper, The Phoenix, I will now put my Chicago restaurant reviews under the category "Loyola Phoenix". Taken straight from what I put into the paper, I will include the articles I write bi-weekly. Enjoy! College students are always on the hunt for the cheapest eats without traveling far distances. Most of us will spend our nights too busy to go to the dining ...
From flying back to Chicago from Kansas last Tuesday, dealing with numerous flight delays and getting back into the swing of a three-day school week, I ended up not going to Whole Foods or Trader Joe's once. Very proud of myself as I pretty much live through those stores weekly in order to get my odds and ends for the week. Almond milk, snacks, veggie burgers, etc. Thankfully, my mom sent me a ...
For my fall break four day vacation, I planned a few weeks back to go to Kansas to visit my mom. When you think of Kansas, most people imagine The Wizard of Oz, tornadoes and houses in the middle of fields. Usually people from Kansas tell you they live in a populated town such as Kansas City. Yet where my mom lives really is a scene out of The Wizard of Oz. However, we spent Saturday and Sunday ...
This past week (and the weekend before), I somehow managed to eat relatively good tasting meals and tried to mix up my options. Getting a little of my creative juices flowing. That's another goal for myself which I'm trying to meet: making the food I eat not only prettier but more simple in some ways and more fancy in others. I want to mix up what I eat. Rather than a plain bowl of oatmeal with ...
Another week flying by where I eat a total random conglomeration of meals that are usually pretty similar and also a tad bit random. Since I do still have a meal plan at my school I try to steal as many veggies as possible to roast or use in stir-fries to maximize my costs elsewhere. Yet of course I get sucked into the wonderful worlds of Whole Foods and Trader Joe's (both of which are 2-3 blocks ...
If you're a vegetarian or vegan... even if you aren't... you will have to try this recipe. If you're an Italian food lover, go buy some Field Roast Italian sausages after you read this post and make this dish. You won't regret it. We can all agree that making pasta is pretty much one of the easiest meals to whip up. I find it pretty funny when college students post pictures in their dorms of ...
