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You are here: Home / Weekend / Fra-Fra-Friday!

April 17, 2009

Fra-Fra-Friday!

Wow, what an exciting, crazy day!!

I wish I had more time to tell you about my oatmeal experiment but this is all that matters: overripe bananas are the best! It was unanimous. Also, don’t let your oatmeal sit out for an hour before serving 🙁

Green, frozen, ripe, overripe

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Control

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Green banana

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Yellow banana

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Frozen banana

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CA-reamy overripe banana!! The sweetest and creaminess, thanks to natural sugars 🙂 You can totally see the difference.

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After sitting out for a while they got rather gross 🙁

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I probably ate about 1/3 a cup of my oatmeal for second breakfast.

And tried Tara’s waffles with compote made with alternative sugars (left some waffle crumbs)

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Mindy’s quinoa bread (which was so doughy and good!

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And Gina’s banana bread.

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I was getting full at this point, so I just had 1 bite of each.

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I am so glad I had a small breakfast because I was in quite a carb overload at this point. I probably had a tiny bowl of oats, 2 slices bread, 1/2 a waffle with compote and 3 bites of banana bread.

After lab I came home and quickly turned around to go pick up Sarah at the airport!!

I gave her a choice of restaurants for lunch and, as most out of towners do, she chose EarthFare 🙂

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I loaded up on raw veggies, beans and a few small bites of salads, plus blue cheese. I wasn’t that hungry from lab.

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After we each at over a pound of salad 🙂 Check out Tales Of Expansion for her recap!

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After lunch we went by Great Harvest to say hello to Matt and grab a sample 🙂

The ambrosia bread! And a butterscotch scotchie cookie. I had a bite of each!

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Plus a bite of this homemade pizza that Matt made for lunch – it was killer!

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We were conveniently right on the greenway, so we went walking! We walked to Kate + Nate’s and met them, and then took Gilbert out for a walk!! We probably walked for about 45 minutes to an hour. Sarah and I had lots to chat about – she’s very cool and easy-going 🙂

And she brought me biscotti! Remember when I won some from Sarah in the BSI a while back? They are SO delicious! The texture is the best party. Here’s her Earl Grey recipe.

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I had to try one 🙂

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So delicious!! These are on my “to make” list after exams are over!

I’m pooped and need to go get ready for Nate’s party tonight.

See y’all late!!

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  1. Lara (Thinspired) says

    April 17, 2009 at 4:57 pm

    Kath this looks like such a fun class! And what a fun Friday in general for you. How cool that you got to hang out with Sarah. Thanks for the oatmeal tip…just another one of many that you have given me! 😉

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  2. Lisa D says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Have fun at the party! And wow what a difference those bananas make! But if you blended them, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! I like my bananas kinda unripe because I think they taste more banana-y and less sweet

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  3. Angie says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:04 pm

    Looks like a great afternoon! For some reason, I don’t remember my food labs looking so fun!

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  4. VeggieGirl says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Fun experiments; and hooray for meeting up with Sarah!!

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  5. Sarah (lovINmytummy) says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:12 pm

    I’ve heard Burger King has Sponge Bob stuff, in case you are looking for a gift…or a Whopper Jr. Ew.

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  6. Marissa says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    Sounds like a great lunch!

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  7. Shannon (The Daily Balance) says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:17 pm

    What a fun lab! Those biscotti are adorable!! Have a great night 😉

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  8. Sharon says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:18 pm

    Wow, that is so much fun!

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  9. Mel says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    Your class sounds so fun… Just by looking at the oats, you can tell the difference!

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  10. Emily W. says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    What an awesome day! That class looks like SOOO much fun! And those biscotti?!!? YUM!

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  11. caitlin says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    aww i remember being at that earthfare!! 🙂

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  12. Kara says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    have fun at the party!

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  13. Heather says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    That sounds like a great food lab! I agree that the overripe banana sure looks like the best option!

    All the Great Harvest eats look so good! Matt is one lucky guy to have such a fun job. Was he always interested in baking?

    Have a great time at the party tonight!

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  14. Christy says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:47 pm

    I make biscotti all the time but I love that she has them in smaller pieces…what a fantastic idea! What stage of baking does she do this?

    Hope you girls have a great weekend!

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  15. Alison says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:49 pm

    Your food lab sounds like such a fun class. I wish I could do something like that.

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  16. Leanne says

    April 17, 2009 at 5:51 pm

    I would totally pick Earth Fare too! 🙂

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  17. K says

    April 17, 2009 at 6:02 pm

    What a great day!! I’ll bet your lab loved the oats 🙂

    Those empty salad bowls make me proud! Way to dominate the bowl you guys!!

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  18. run sarah says

    April 17, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    How fun- love the oatmeal experiment! Yay for blogger meet ups too!

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  19. Lisa says

    April 17, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    I really hope to meet one of my blogger-friends in the real world someday.

    Your lab looks like a lot of fun – there must be so much activity! In one of my anthropology tutorials we had our discussions while my prof and I separated bat bones and human teeth/bone fragments from some cave dirt. It was fun, if not very tasty.

    Have fun at the party!

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  20. zestycook says

    April 17, 2009 at 6:54 pm

    Very fun experiment Kath! Looks like you are in for another busy day

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  21. Meredith (Pursuing Balance) says

    April 17, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Love all of your oatmeal-banana varieties for your Food Science class.

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  22. Michelle Hisae says

    April 17, 2009 at 7:24 pm

    What a difference a banana makes! I can see significant differences!

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  23. The Duo Dishes says

    April 17, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    Good food can really make the day! Those biscotti are a great gift. Happy Friday to you.

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  24. brandi says

    April 17, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    what a fun day! enjoy the party, and all the oatmeal looks great!

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  25. Meg says

    April 17, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Love the experiments! Hope you have fun tonight!

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  26. MLT says

    April 17, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    I love your tee shirt Kath, where’s it from?

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  27. Hangry Pants says

    April 17, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    I concur with over ripe bananas. Frozen are second though.

    And I concru re: Sarah and her biscotti. Although I tried a different flavor they were still just as yummy and cutely sized and shaped.

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  28. Priyanka says

    April 17, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    Frozen banana oatmeal wins hands down! Yummy salad!

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  29. jennifer says

    April 17, 2009 at 9:25 pm

    What a fun sampling day!

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  30. Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen) says

    April 17, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    I have often wondered what goes on the labs in dietician school… and I am still kind of wondering. What was the oatmeal experiment about?

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  31. allijag says

    April 17, 2009 at 10:10 pm

    Sarah!!! 🙂 How fun, looks like you two had a nice time!!

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  32. Mara @ What's For Dinner? says

    April 17, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    What a great day!!! Jealous you got to meet Sarah 🙂

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  33. Michelle T says

    April 17, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    yay! I love the tribute to over ripe bananas! They’re SO under-hyped and people don’t appreciate them enough, but they are definitely my absolute favorite in oatmeal. Yummmmyyyy!!!!

    What a great day of eats. As always, you’re the QUEEN of beautiful yummy looking salads. Have a faaabulous weekend Kath!!

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  34. Jessica says

    April 17, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    What a fun and interesting oatmeal experiment!! All of the food in this post just looks amazing!! I realllyyyy wish I could try that homemade pizza!

    Reply
  35. lain says

    April 18, 2009 at 6:48 am

    Is someone wearing pajama pants in your food lab? It looks like it in one of the pics. haha!

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  36. Kath says

    April 18, 2009 at 10:23 am

    MLT ,
    Old Navy last year, I believe.

    Meghan (Making Love In The Kitchen),
    I was testing the effects of different kinds of banana on the sensory evaluation and gelatinization characteristics. Nothing technical or fancy!

    lain ,
    Yes!

    Kath

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  37. Erin says

    April 18, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    As always I am jealous of that salad bar and that BREAD.

    Ugh, I am rife with jealousy at your posts sometimes Kath.

    🙂

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  38. Jenny Beverage says

    September 12, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    No clue if it notifies you about comments, if it doesn’t I’ll find another way- If you have to cook in class, what do you do if you have a food allergy? I’m allergic to gluten and I’m pretty sure people with that should touch flour at all, right? Just wondering what to do when I start going to school. Thanks 🙂

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