Wedding, Bugs, and Some International Foods

Well I' m EXHAUSTED! Boy has it been a long weekend. I'll start by saying thank you for all of your positive messages about my interview/haircut! Both went fine, I think. During the interview the lady who was interviewing me had a list of questions to ask, obviously. I answered them honestly and she seemed to agree with and appreciate my answers, so that's good. As for the haircut, I decided to let my stylist (Kelly Lee) give me bangs! Not true bangs, but sort of "side bangs". Since my hair is curly I was nervous, but they don't look so bad.

This (scary looking) picture was taken on the way to the wedding. I had Kelly straighten my hair with the blow dryer, so you don't get an accurate picture of my true hair, but at least you see the bangs (kind of...)!

More Wedding/Mini Vacation Pictures
Little did we know Port Clinton (where the wedding was) has a week every year when they are infested by these bugs called "May Bugs". We were not-so-pleasantly surprised to see these bugs EVERYWHERE. Am I going crazy or isn't it June??? Why are there MAY BUGS IN JUNE?? They were literally everywhere.

As excited as I was about the cake, it sucked. I could barely eat it (that's so rare). I didn't even take a picture of it before it was cut because it was ugly. Here is my piece (which I did manage to eat). I think it went down rather easily only because I'd had a few cocktails. You know how that goes? The icing tasted like pure Crisco, it was gross.
The food was awful too. In fact, after we left we went to the store and bought a bag of pistachios. Thanks goodness for these, I was hungry. I plan to make pistachio ice cream with what is left over!

This morning after a LONG night of dancing, Nick and I were excited to have some of the continental breakfast provided by our hotel. When we got there it was two types of cereal (Fruit Loops and Cheerios) with 2% milk, and some old bagels. We both looked at each other and knew what we had to do:
One Sausage and Egg Biscuit and one McSkillet Sausage Burrito later....
we were finally satisfied, and we started heading back home. Overall the trip was a lot of fun. The food was awful, and nothing to really blog about, but the relaxation and bonding time was excellent.

International Dinner With My Friends In the Human Nutrition Department!
Remember how I told you about the International Dinner on Friday? Here is what I made:
Garlic, Basil Roasted Tomatoes: My Italian dish!

You can see the cooked product in this picture below, in the upper right hand corner.
A lot of people brought desserts and sort of ignored the idea of an "International Dinner", but others did well.

Below was my first plate of food: A venison hot dog (nitrite free! No special origin..), spicy rice noodles with cucumber (I believe this was an Asian dish), chicken tikka (Indian), and my tomatoes (Italian).
Then we roasted marshmallows! Again, no special origin, but so delicious.

Q and A From My FIBER Post
I received a lot of great feedback from my fiber post. It seems like many of you are really into fiber, which is awesome. Here are two questions that I got and which I thought everyone would like to see:


QUESTION
Cooking With Kate asked/said: i like those bars (Fiber One Chewy Bars) a lot and they keep me a lot fuller than any other bar I've tried. Am I getting some fiber from them then?

Answer: To answer your question about the Fiber One Chewy Bars, they are actually not the best source of fiber, as the first ingredient is "chicory root extract" aka inulin! Inulin is one of those "non-viscous" isolated fibers that companies put in their foods to increase the fiber (which is really just anything your body doesn't digest....). Since it's not viscous, it doesn't have a lot of scientific evidence about health benefits. Ugh, sorry to tell you that.

QUESTION
Melissa @ For the Love of Health asked: In your opinion, what is the absolute best source of fiber?

Answer: I'd have to say fruits and vegetables, as well as bread or other products that have whole grain as the first ingredient.

Some of the best sources of fiber are:
Peas
Sweet potato
Broccoli
Bulgur
Whole wheat pasta
BEANS
Oat bran
Oatmeal
Almonds

Question for the Day:
What are you looking forward to most this week? For me it's just the fact that I am done with school and I only have my thesis to focus on, which is nice.

And as always, feel free to ask ME anything you'd like :)