Ja mensen, ik heb het ein-de-lijk geproefd! De Chicken Sensation van McDonalds. Erg yummy.

Het stukje kip is iets meer gekruid dan de McChicken en dus lekkerder. Alleen de saus is anders, maar het maakt ‘t broodje wel af.

I like!

…

I had trouble sleeping last night, maybe it was because my birthday was only hours away, like the night before christmas when you a kid and you stay up most the night listening to the many sounds of the  night for signs of santa or some shit like that. Or it could have simply been the temperature, despite being freezing cold outside it was as hot as a chinese sweat shop inside my room, not such a great environment for sleeping.When i did finally drop off, i woke up at about 3:48am with a sigh and a yawn, promptly returning to dreamland, before waking up again at about 7:ooam.

I thought 4 hours of sleep would be sufficient, considering i planned on going out for a few(hundred) drinks in the evening to celebrate my emergence into the world with a few friends. i’m not the kind of person who would go to all the trouble of arranging a big party for myself though, inviting everyone i have ever met EVER. That kind of hassle and hard work should be left to someone else. All i need is my best friends their, to have  few drinks with me. Honestly being “popular” always seemed like too much effort to me; making sure everyone likes you, always keeping your phone handy, texting everyone about everything thats going on all the time, and making sure your always up to date on all the latest trends, Pah! what a waste of time. Im sure its really fun, but im the kind of person who laughs at the word “Period”. *snigger*

“So what did you get for your birthday?” you might ask. Well i didn’t exactly get a lot of things, but by the time you hit your twenties you’ve probably already got most the stuff you need anyway, at least i do. You see, when i find something i want, i will normally put it on my mental wish list, then save up all my wages from cleaning other people sweat and shit up from the gym, and buy it at the end of the month. Once my next birthday comes around and my relatives ask me “So what do you want for your birthday?” i have to draw a blank because i got everything i want by now. Honestly id be happy with anything, but this year it was;

• Electric razor to keep on top of the stubble.
• A funny book called “Simon’s Cat” (www.Simonscat.com)
• A xbox 360 video game, “NAMCO MUSEUM” which after a quick play though i think is brilliant but also fucking impossible, like all retro games are when your older….
• Aftershave
• Cards containing money and best wishes, also jokes.

Speaking of jokes, all the cards this year had a recurring theme, centring around the fact that i (apparently) never do any housework. This is somewhat un-true, although my younger brother would disagree strongly, the thing is when i spend 8 hours a day at work cleaning, tidying, taking our rubbish and generally getting my hands covering in all sorts of chemicals and waste products, you don’t exactly feel like coming home and doing the same thing, even if the mess is mostly mine. Im not asking anyone to clean up after me either, i’m sure ill get round to it ….eventually, and i’m well prepared to except the consequences for not doing it as well.

Anyway the morning rolled on, the sun became higher in the dull british sky and my mom and dad wanted to treat me to a nice breakfast , so where did we go? McDonald’s thats wear. First of all, i can see why they would think i would enjoy going there, since i do go there every week at least once, and it makes it a lot easier for them too, seeing as they don’t have to worry about booking a table anywhere or having to actually cook something. But C’MON!  its my birthday and they think a Happy Meal would be nice?, im only joking of course, we did go and it was nice even though its junk food it was still the first time i had been out to eat something with my mom and dad in a while. I sent a text to my good friend kieran simply saying “Dick” with the intention of getting some attention (lol) and i succeeded when he called me back to sing the happy birthday song in the manner of a drunken baboon with laryngitis. fucking funny man.

While we there, the subject of conversation shifted towards my hair, and how it was too long. I wanted to

try a different barbers because  in my regular one, 90% of the customers they cut probably only have a shaved head, my mother suggested a place called “Nutcrakers” in the local high street, somewhere which i had frequently walked by but never really cared for. i arranged a haircut at 10:00am, and upon arrival at

the very well laid out and feng shui’d establishment i was still unsure as to what i was going to have done, except that i wanted it to be basically the same but shorter and more attractive. The hairdressers were attractive too, all women of course, all young with excellent child baring hips, all with opinions. i will often side with a women more often than myself or friends, because if anyone knows what looks good on a man, its a women, am i right?

I planned on spending most of the afternoon….well basically doing fuck all, and generally lying around to house sucking in oxygen, sounds like a waste of a birthday i know, but i didn’t want to wear myself out before a night of hilarity with my friends, while my arm remained attached to a drip full of jaggermeisters and monster energy drinks. I fucking love monster energy by the way, its essentially just a bag of sugar mixed with high doses of caffeine and carbonated water, very very unhealthy but very satisfying too. i wouldn’t recommend you try it though, especially if you have a heart condition, sensitive teeth and gums or a disliking to acid in your mouth.

Anyway The night is calling me out, soon me and my friends are going down our local, drinking all sorts of fluids and possibly regurgitating other fluids, but to get to our favourite tavern we face a short walk though a relentless torrent of rain and blustery gales, its fucking freezing too. Stupid weather, how am i ever going to meet any short skirts or low cut tops in this meteorological madness. I made sure to eat a whole pizza before venturing out on the expedition.

Ill put the drunkenness up in tomorrows blog, if i have any brain cells left.

Which is the biggest enemy of the diet? the sweet or salty snacks and the fried food sold in the street. Never like in London you can see so many take away shops and people eating this food in the street, on the tube, in the buses and even ordering them at home!

And for how much you can try to put attention and to avoid it, there will always be the occasion in which you will have to raise a white flag to them… and it’s a classic especially in this city, where everyone drink without eating anything. After work you go to drink straight away… and at the end you are so hungry you could eat whatever is in front of you.

Solution? Burger King is trying to help with this! Some week ago, after a party, i was really convinced to come back home to cook something. My friends weren’t thinking the same and we stopped in Burger King. Surprise surprise, they made a “light” Sandwich to help all of us with the diet.

The Piri Piri Chicken sandwich is made of 3 chargrilled chicken strips, iceberg lettuce, red onion, reduced fat mayonnaise and piri piri sauce on bread baguette or sesame seeds bun. This reach an amount of 336-356 calories depending on the bread and it’s quite fulfilling.

Considering that a plate of pasta of pasta (80gr.) with tomato sauce and Parmesan is around 450 cal, this sandwich is not so bad. Ok, the fact to eat this kind of food for quality and ingredients is not the best, but at least you can limit the damages without big privations. The other alternative it could be the normal basic burger (275 cal.) or the simple cheese burger (320 cal.) but they are so little and without great taste that are not an amazing solution: you can risk to eat more arriving at home!

So, if you have one of this night where you have drunk quite a lot and you can’t wait to arrive home to eat, maybe this could be an idea to remain alive without taking a massive quantity of calories on top, and without renouncing to another little pleasure. What do you think?

PS. Mamy oggi mi sono dedicata a suggerire un nuovo panino “light” che hanno creato in una di queste catene tipo Mc Donald. Non che sia fan di questi posti, anzi! ma talvolta quando si esce senza mangiare e si beve un po’, e’ inevitabile fermarsi in posti del genere. E dato che qui di negozietti per il pesce fritto e fastfood, ce ne sono un sacco, meglio andare sul sicuro con una scelta ragionevolmente leggera. Il problema e’ resistere alle patatine fritte! argh!

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A friendly PSA from one who knows from experience.

This drawing is made to support the sale of the collected trade comic book of PC Weenies, a webcomic by Krishna Sadasivam for Geeks and people who can tolerate them.

Krishna grows a beard in response to a challenge from his fellow comics creators, while he doesn’t like a beard. Read more about it, and how you can support the artist in this post on his blog. For each copy of the trade comic book “Rebootus Maximus” sold through the website Krishna won’t shave for a day. Let him look like a hobo and freak out his wife, who is on family visit for a few months in India.

That is all.

Die weltweit ausgerufene Krise birgt nicht nur versteckte Chancen sondern ganz offensichtlich ungeahnte Vorteile. Jüngstes Beispiel ist die Meldung, dass sich Mc Donald’s aus Island zurückgezogen hat. Und was macht der ehmalige Filialleiter der Junkfood-Kette? Er eröffnet seinen eigenen Futterladen, verarbeitet zukünftig heimische Produkte und hat dabei angeblich fünfzehn neue Jobs geschaffen. Selbst wenn das Start-Up nicht gelingen sollte, ohne die Fettverchecker aus den USA werden die Isländer  auf lange Sicht gesünder bleiben und so eine Menge Geld an anderer Stelle sparen.

Hier der ZDF-Beitrag für unsere Lesemuffel.

Das Wort “Kaffeejunkie” ist schon längst in die Gemeinsprache übergetreten. In den Boulevardnachrichten liest man hin- und wieder was von Junkies in Ghettos, Vororten oder auf dem Land. Die Rede ist also von Süchtigen.

Interessanterweise wird englische junk ins Deutsche mit Müll, Abfall, Schrott oder Unrat übersetzt. Ist es etwas genau das, was in Junkfood steckt?? Müll, Krempel, Abfallstoffe? Oder geht es um die Sucht nach Altlasten und Abfall?

Ich denke, nach dieser Dokumentation und diesem Artikel sollten wir alle noch einmal darüber nachdenken, was wir alles so essen…

…und wenn wir schon dabei sind, können wir auch gleich noch über dessen Produktion grübeln.

Self explanatory..Read the article.
Story:
Everyone now knows that processed and fast foods are not the bastions of nutrition, but that shouldn’t make these ingredients found inside them any less revolting. This list sends a clear message: when a packaged food contains more than five ingredients and includes some that are difficult to pronounce, stay away. Make a b-line straight to the organics aisle and go for vegan meals or vegetarian recipes instead.

1. Fertilizer in Subway Sandwich Rolls
While chemical fertilizers inevitably make it into our produce in trace amounts, you would not expect it to be a common food additive. However, ammonium sulfate can be found inside many brands of bread, including Subway’s. The chemical provides nitrogen for the yeast, creating a more consistent product.

2. Beaver Anal Glands in Raspberry Candy
http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/143560/the_10_weirdest%2C_grossest_ingredients_in_processed_food/

With yet another birthday under my belt, I’m even more aware of the relentless, groaning approach of my own mortality. I’m officially “old enough” to know what I can and can’t do if I want to not just live longer, but live better; I cut caffeine after 3 p.m. (can’t sleep); I study nutrition labels of everything I put in my mouth; I’ve even started reading the obituary pages every morning, wondering why they don’t list the cause of death for people my age who’ve obviously died “too young.”

Yes, reaching the “age of responsibility” means you finally understand “cause” and “effect.” Too bad our kids do not.

A new report recently published in the journal of Pediatrics shows our kids are reaching for snack foods on the sly without consideration of calories or nutrition. They like junk food. We, in part, are to blame. Kelley E. Borradaile, the study’s lead author and a Temple University professor who works at the Center for Obesity Research and Education, says kids who head off to school with snack food money (even just a dollar or two) spend it on bad food choices. The study showed bad food was chosen most often because it’s cheaper and (the ultimate kid defense) “everyone else is doing it.”

For six months, researchers followed hundreds of Philadelphia inner city kids ranging in age from fourth through sixth grade. They tracked the purchases of kids who stopped at a nearby convenience store before and after school.

These kids bought tons of potato chips, sugared soda, chewy or hard candies and candy bars. The researchers figured the food choices added an extra 400 to 600 calories to each child’s daily intake. And, what happens when you up the ante on calories every day without increasing your activity level? You end up with fat kids.

I don’t think anyone is surprised by the alarming number of obese kids out there; the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) now says 38 percent of our kids are overweight or obese. As I write this, there’s a story airing on CNN about a South Carolina 455 pound 13-year-old kid who is going to be taken away from his parents because they haven’t been able to help him lose weight. This boy is diabetic, refuses to follow a diet and refuses to take his medicine. In the story, you see the boy sitting in a chair, playing a video game. Mom was interviewed in her living room with the blue blur of the television playing 10 feet away and oh yes, she also weighs about 400 pounds. In this story, sadly, the apple (or in this case, Snickers Bar) didn’t fall far from the tree.

Clearly, blaming video games, television, farmers or Farm Subsidies is pointing a finger in the wrong direction; yet that blame game has been played for decades. Who can change the rate of childhood obesity? Look in the mirror and ask yourself: what do you see when you look in the mirror? What lessons are you teaching? Are you making exercise a part of your day? Do you keep healthy food at home? Do you reward good behavior with bad food?

Our kids know what will happen to them if they come home with an “F” in math or reading. Why not teach them the “cause and effect” of what they put into their mouths, how eating bananas will prevent muscle cramps, how milk is the original protein drink of athletes, or how many miles they’d have to run to work off that bottle of soda (about two miles). Clearly, all parents, whether they’ve reached that “age of responsibility” or not, have to make wise choices on behalf of the little ones who are always watching. Now there’s something you can really chew on!

Written by Laurie Johns
Laurie Johns is Public Relations Manager for the Iowa Farm Bureau.

Why not wake up to a breakfast of Froot Loops or enjoy a low fat Fudgsicle?  According to the Smart Choices Program, these foods get a green check.  Our nation’s largest food manufacturers are backing the healthy label that is promoting clearly unhealthy food.  The new food-labeling campaign called Smart Choices is designed to help give consumers a quick way to identify nutritious products.  The green checkmark label is already showing up on food packages at your local grocery stores for your convenience.  This is a frightening form of manipulation considering our country’s climbing obesity rate.  Read full article.

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Är helt sjukt trött numera. Måste vara mörkret som gör det, imorse var det sista jag ville att slå upp mina bruna. Dagen har varit spännande, i will tell you. Kom på jobbet imorse och fick mitt första egna kastat i ansiktet på mig. En timme efter det var det dags, och det kändes bra, jättebra. Har även lärt mig skriva i systemetl idag, så nu börjar det likna något. Har sett att Nelly har 100 kr rabatt idag och imorgon, och dessutom får man goodie bag om man beställer imorgon mellan kl. 18-21, tror jag det var. Jag är jättesugen på en vinterjacka, och rabatt är ju aldrig fel. Men jag får vackert vänta… Så jävla less på att vara fattig student, i vanliga fall går det bra, men här nere då funkar det fan inte! Extra kostnader, bara för att jag ska vara här, som uppgår till 4000 i månaden. Är inte bara hjärtat som lider, även plånboken. Men hade jag haft obegränsat med pengar, eller egentligen bara bott och levt på hemmaplan, hade jag köpt dessa tröjor från Junk Food. Har sett den svarta tröjan på Carlings, riktigt söt och skön! Är lite av en sucker för tryck, men problemet är att jag verkligen inte gillar tshirts, klarar inte av halsen! Men till lite roligare grejer, nästa vecka kommer Jessica hit! Jiho! Läste precis på hennes blogg att hon och pojkvännen bokat en resa till Egypten i vinter. Och på fredag åker Peter och My till Turkiet! Kan inte jag också få åka utomlands? 

Well i did it. I finally wrote my first mini cookbook based on my ideas of getting kids to eat more fruit and veggies with dehydrated foods.
I have built my business on this concept.
Here is how it works.
You take items you grow in your garden or get at your local farmers market and simply dehydrate them.
Then when everything is dry and crispy, put it all in a blender and grind to a powder.
Then simply add 1 tablespoon to any baked or cooked recipe. The cool thing is…1 tablespoon of a combination of fruits and veggies equals one full serving of each!
I like the fact i can start by sneaking it in foods then i include the kids in cutting, drying and mixing.
Eventually they know what they are eating and love to be a part.
The fun thing is too that the kids can get experimental! That is where it gets interesting. lol
For example, I blend together dried carrot, apple, zucchini, kale, pear, radish and handful of greens like lettuces.
THis makes a wonderful neutral tasting blend for the most part.
I then include 1-3 tablespoons (that is up to 3 servings each of fruit and veggies) to various baked or cooked items.
It thickens up soups, sauces, and works wonderfully well in items like cookies, bars, cakes and even candies like fudge.
I even make milkshakes to die for and the kids know that fruit and veggies are in there somewhere! lol
Kids are funny. One time one of my kids wanted to dry onions, tomatoes, carrots and potatoes! lol
well it tasted pretty interesting and we learned it could work in lots of items but not so much with sweet stuff. lol
but hey, they want to learn why it is good to eat certain things and by dehydrating they may not see it in the foods but they know it is there. Why? Because i have been able to make their fav foods that look and taste just like ‘normal’ foods. lol
Move over Jessica Seinfeld!!
lol
I will have my mini cookbook ready very soon for purchase.
I hope you all will spread the word and learn to deal with finicky eating in a really innovative creative way!
blessings

Yesterday was our friend, Jeremy’s birthday. He’s one of the youngest in our group of friends at a ripe old twenty-two years. We all went to the apartment he shares with his live-in girlfriend, Megan, her two dogs and cat. When Drew and I arrived no one was there but the birthday boy himself, quickly progressing to the stage of drunk where one becomes half or mostly naked. Generally very entertaining. So, being the buddy that he is, Drew jumped in feet first and grabbed the tequila bottle. He has a weakness for good tequila. I did not drink as I’m not a big fan of driving dunk. Also, I just cant justify 65 calories per shot when I’m trying to loose a disgusting amount of weight. I have meals that don’t contain as many calories.

Moving on.

I was doing so well. I ate dinner around 5 so I could be in bed early. I had a filling dinner so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat at Jeremy’s apartment. I drank a shitton of water.I was fine through Danyele and Brandin’s dinner, when they got there at nine. I was great through Megan and Jeremy’s dinner, when she got home around ten. And then, sometimes between then and the cake Dani wanted pizza.

Bah.

And then the cake. I don’t even like carrot cake! But what could I do with Jeremy handing me a piece smiling so happily? Ugh. I ate it. The whole piece. Then the last quarter of Jeremy’s burrito when he didn’t want it. Gross, I know. This is what I mean when I say I have trouble stopping. Thankfully I only had one piece of the pizza and no more cake than the one slice. At least I retained a small amount of composure. Not much, but enough not to gorge myself beyond mere embarrassment.

And I am paying for it today. My tiny shrunk tummy hurts so bad. I’m bloated, gassy, nauseous, sluggish, cramping, constipated, and just generally not happy! This is a great reminder why I shouldn’t binge and over-eat. I won’t forget anytime soon.

♦

Drew’s birthday is today. He’s twenty-six. I love him. In lieu of a traditional party we’ll be having a LAN party for him on the weekend of the ninth through eleventh. LANs make me very…nervous. Uptight. Unhappy.

Think about it. Think, for a minute about how much I hate my things being ruined. My neuroses. My aversion to crowds of any kind.

Now, add to that: a large number of people, half of whom I don’t know hardly at all, drunk, for three days, in my house.

I love my boyfriend. So, for his birthday he’s having a LAN party here at our home. I will not be a bitch. I will not be unpleasant. Will not.

Le sigh.

Hvis du virkelig jobber for det, kan avstanden mellom deg og en Mc Donalds restaurant komme opp i 23 mil. Men da må du ha et stort ønske om å komme deg lengst unna en MickyD, og ta turen til Nord-Dakota. Ellers hvor du må befinne deg i USA vil du alltid være i nærheten av BigMacs, Mc Flurrys eller no Super Sizet junkfood. Ta en titt på dette kartet, så får du en liten pekepinn på hvor nærmeste restaurant ligger.

Hvis dette gjør den litt småfysen på litt junkfood, så kan jeg hjelpe deg med å bli kvitt det.

Jeg har feriert i USA noen ganger nå, og det er mange ting som fasinerer med med dette kontigentet. Men når vi snakker om mat, og markedsføring av mat, så er det en ting som jeg alltid har lagt merke til. Og det er behovet etter å vise fram maten sin, eller kanskje det er armeikanerne sitt ønske etter å se hva de spiser før de bestemmer seg. I alle restaurantvinduer har de limt opp bilder av maten de selger. Og jeg snakker ikke om et lite bilde ved siden av beskrivelsen av retten i menyen. Nei, jeg snakker om gigantiske plakater, kjempe poster med nærbilde av burgeren eller hva det måtte være. Det glinser i olje, fettet renner og du kan faktisk telle kaloriene, så nært er det.

Men sannheten er jo alltid noe helt annet enn det man blir lovet. Som også ellers i livet.

Joe Feinstein har tatt noen bilder av hvordan Fast Foodens virkelighet egentlig er, og den kan du se her.

Så når man pakker ut maten av det flashy innpakkingspapiret og setter det opp mot svart og nøytral bakgrunn, skjønner man hvorfor de bruker mye penger på å få maten til å se anderledes ut.

Well, I had a blog, But it was kind of more like a bitch fest/ diary. And I’d like to think my life means more than that. Since moving back to Boston my life has changed a lot. Living with Dad, college, virtually not working but experiencing job interviews…. It’s quite different.

I think for now, this is going to be a timeline of my transformation. I want to look back one day and smile, instead of think “Wow, I complained a lot.”

So, That’s my intro. On to my first entry!

This is what started my change… I went to go on my interview with Apple today, and I’m getting ready to go, and my favorite dress pants don’t fit me anymore. I’d like to blame it all on the washing machine in the basement that only produces hot water and really does shrink everything, but I know that even that can’t shrink my pants that much. I keep telling myself that I’m going to work out, or try to eat healthier, but in reality, the gym I work at takes me an hour and a half to get to, and when you don’t make enough money to buy your own food, you have to depend on what dad buys.

“Oh, I went food shopping today. I bought Mac & Cheese, PB & J, Swiss Rolls, Ho-Ho’s, some cheese, and several cases of Pepsi.”

And I thought I was unhealthy. I try to make the best of what is in the cabinets, and usually do pretty well, but those foods do not help me out with my scavenging. It’s pretty funny. So recently I’ve taken to drinking tea in the morning, because 9 AM is too early for Pepsi and I still haven’t realized there’s a tap in the kitchen that produces water… And I think about how healthy I felt even for those few days I did the Master Cleanse.

It was miserable. I hate not eating. And that lemonade tasted like crap. But I felt so much less loaded down with junk. Lately every day I wake up, and seriously, it feels like… I used to feel like broccoli, and now I feel like a Hostess cupcake. Does that make any sense? It’s almost 4 AM.

Anyway. In an act to start being healthier, I’m going to do the Meridith Cleanse. Where I drink the herbal tea at night, I do the saline wash, I cut the word “Pepsi” from my beverage vocabulary, and replace it with “water” and “tea”, but still eat, healthily.

I think this will seriously improve my work, school and sleep habits too. It’s 3:43 and I’m writing a blog. Maybe that will change. Maybe it won’t.

I also want to track my Photography progress, so I’m going to post some assignments and other photos that I think are relevant to my growth.The ones I’m posting today I took for my self portrait project. Since I’m a photographer, I wanted something that didn’t scream “Facebook Profile Pic” and something that if you weren’t told it was a self portrait, you wouldn’t know it was. I love the artsy side of portraits. I like having fun. I’m not a fan of cutesy posing. When I go do actual photoshoots of people, I want them to look like they’re living life, not just sitting around in front of a colored backdrop. If I get to do senior pictures, I want them to look like they’re posing for the cover of their debut album… Instead of taking another goofball school picture. That is what I wanted these photos to say. This is eventually what I want my business to say.

What’s intimidating to me is how other people in my class interpreted the self portrait aspect. When it comes time for critique will they say these are overdone? Did I post-process them too much? Are we even SUPPOSED to edit our pictures yet since we haven’t learned Photoshop in class? Will everyone else just have a cheesey headshot? There’s so much to wonder about. It’s scary. I don’t like scary.

Anyway, here are my two best self portraits out of 109. Yes, I took 109 photos of myself yesterday.

Was hat es mit den Leuten auf sich, die bei McDonalds 10 Minuten anstehen und wenn sie an der Reihe sind, erst noch überlegen müssen was sie nehmen? Was ist das für eine Sorte Mensch? Sind sie wirklich von der Auswahl und den schier unendlichen Möglichkeiten so überwältigt, dass 10 Minuten intensiven Studierens der Produktpalette, nicht für eine Entscheidung ausreicht? Was war wohl der Gedanke bevor sie sich entschlossen haben überhaupt zu McDonalds zu gehen. “Ich weiß nicht was ich essen will, vieleicht kann mich das Angebot bei McDonalds inspirieren! Was es da heute wohl so gibt?!”
In der Regel gibt es doch eh nur 3-4 Kombinationen, die, je nach Geschmack, überhaupt in Frage kommen. Niemand bestellt die Apfeltasche. Keiner, der bei Verstand ist, bestellt den Fischmäc (Vegetarier ausgenommen). Und mal ehrlich, wer den Gemüseburger isst, der trinkt auch alkoholfreies Bier und schaut sich bei Pornos auch die Credits an.
Die größte Entscheidung die man zu treffen hat ist demnach Big Mac, Royal/TS oder McChicken. McRib wird nicht bestellt, weil man dann den ganzen Tag und die ganze Nacht danach stinkt und sich mindestens ein Kleidungsstück einsaut. Für den kleinen Hunger oder zur Ergänzung gibt es dann evtl. noch Chicken McNuggets oder nen Cheesy. Ja wir wollen Mayo, dazu ne Coke und nein nicht einpacken, zum “hier”-essen. Nein das wars. Danke, bis morgen!
Ist das wirklich so schwer? Muss man sich wirklich an der Kasse so feiern lassen, als ob hier eine wirklich wichtige Entscheidung getroffen werden muss? Muss man wirklich die Bilder anstarren und sich dann noch mal mit seinen Kollegen beraten?
Toll auch, dass selbst nach über 30 Jahren, sich nicht so etwas wie ein Gespürr für den Preis bei der deutschen Junkfood Kundschaft verbreitet hat. Was könnte es wohl kosten? Oh, zwischen fünf und zehn Euro, damit hab ich nicht gerechnet. Kann ich mit Karte zahlen?
Ich finde es sollte bei McDonalds einen Express-Schalter geben. So eine Art Firstclass Bedienung, für alle die fließend “McDonalds” sprechen.
Wer zu viele unnötige Wörter benutzt, wird nicht bedient. Fragen darf nur der McDonalds Mitarbeiter stellen. Und zwar genau fünf: Was darf’s sein? Ketchup oder Mayo? Welches Getränk? Zum “hier”-essen oder zum mitnehmen? Darf es noch etwas sein?
Danke tschüss!

Ibland vill även jag ha nåt snabbt och gott

Ja, det händer faktiskt att inte jag heller har så stor lust att laga mat. Förr var det lätt att ringa efter en pizza eller så gjorde jag en varm smörgås. Nu var jag trött efter en bärplockartur och så hade jag frostat av frysen.

De två sakerna ihop, kan vara lite för mycket på en dag för mig. Så noll inspiration fanns till middagen. Det är såna gånger när tröttheten sätter in, som jag är glad att jag inte faller för frestelsen med en snabb hämtpizza. Jag vet ju att jag skulle må så himla dåligt efter en sån, nu när kroppen vant sig vid lite kolhydrater.

Gjorde en Zucchini-Pizza tidigare i somras, den här gången blev det en snabbare variant, utan hemkokt tomatsås. Men jag kan lova, den blev nästan lika god som en vanlig pizza.

Zucchini-Pizza

4 skivor gul Zucchini

Smör till stekning

Havssalt och nymald Vitpeppar

10 tunna skivor Salami

½ gul Lök i ringar

½ Tomat i tunna klyftor

1/4 hackad röd Paprika

50 gr riven Boxholm’s Gräddost

1 tsk hackad färsk Oregano

Balsamvinäger och Kallpressad Olivolja

Stek zucchinin lätt i smör. Lägg som pizzabotten i en ugnsfast form. Lägg tomatklyftorna runt om och skvätt på lite balsamvinäger och olivolja. Täck med salamin och lägg lökringarna ovanpå. Strö över oreganon och den rivna osten. Grädda i 225° i 10 minuter. Njut med ett glas ekologiskt rödvin. Pizzasallad hade varit gott till, men jag var för trött för att göra en sån.

Jakarta, Meskipun sudah banyak yang tahu bahwa junk food atau makanan sampah tidak baik untuk kesehatan, tapi masih banyak saja yang mengonsumsinya. Tidak heran, karena produsen makanan itu punya banyak cara untuk melancarkan bisnisnya. Apa saja?

Demi memasarkan produknya, banyak produsen junk food yang mengklaim produknya sebagai makanan bergizi dan sehat. Beberapa produsen pangan bahkan sudah memiliki produk yang populer dan pasar yang luas sehingga tidak mudah untuk dihentikan.

Dikutip dari US News, Jumat (28/8/2009), David Ludwig dan Marion Nestle, pakar nutrisi dari New York University sudah lama mengamati jejak para produsen junk food dan menemukan 10 rahasia yang disimpan para produsen tersebut yang tidak ingin diketahui konsumennya.

1. Produsen junk food menghabiskan triliunan uang untuk melakukan pemasaran produknya yang tidak sehat pada anak-anak.

2. Produsen yang menunjukkan studi-studi kesehatan yang mendukung produknya cenderung mengalihkan dan meminimalisir bahaya kesehatan produknya.

3. Produsen junk food tidak tanggung-tanggung membayar para pakar dan ahli nutrisi dengan dana besar untuk mendukung produknya.

4. Semakin banyak proses dan bervariasi jenis produk olahannya, semakin berkurang gizinya.

5. Produk yang banyak mengalami tahapan proses akan lebih membuat cepat lapar sehingga konsumen akan merasa kurang kenyang dan terpaksa membeli produk itu lagi.

6. Bahan-bahan yang tidak diperbolehkan digunakan dalam industri pangan masih tetap digunakan hanya dalam nama dan bentuk lain.

7. Klaim produk sehat pada label produk dapat dibuat dengan mudah dan tidak menjamin produk itu sehat.

8. Perbedaan klaim makanan bergizi oleh setiap produsen pangan sering membingungkan masyarakat.

9. Melalui jalur tertentu, produsen pangan memberikan dana khusus bagi organisasi, institusi atau grup anti kesehatan untuk tidak melakukan penentangan terhadap produknya.

10. Produsen pangan (junk food) selalu melakukan tindakan pembelaan diri yang agresif ketika ada kritik yang menyudutkannya.

Ada banyak cara yang dilakukan produsen-produsen junk food untuk menjual produknya, dan tanpa sepengetahuan Anda, makanan enak yang selama ini Anda makan hanya akan menjadi tumpukan sampah di dalam tubuh.

Hindari produk junk food yang banyak mengandung lemak dan kalori tinggi tapi rendah akan nutrisi. Berbagai proses pengolahan dalam industri mereka telah banyak menghilangkan nutrisi alami bahan pangan. Perbanyak konsumsi makanan-makanan dalam bentuk segar, direbus atau dikukus, dan rasakan perbedaannya di tubuh Anda.

I mean, why dilute the calories with something healthy like fruit?

And did you see the website to find more great recipes?  So of course I had to check it out…  

 Gourmet cooking at its best…  You know you want to try them all…  

I bet these are big with the same crowd that eats deep fried snickers bars and such.  But then again, maybe not.  Seems to me, people who buy these are done with the cooking and the food prep part of their day.

Tenkte jeg kunne skrive litt om ferieturen vår! Denne sommeren ble det kun én uke ferie, og tirsdag for en uke siden satte kjæresten og jeg kursen enda lengre nordover; mot Nordkapp! Når vi først hadde kommet oss så langt nord som Tromsø ville det rett og slett bli for dumt å dra hjem igjen uten å ha dratt så langt nord som det går an å komme i dette landet, hvem vet når (om?!) vi kommer til å få den sjansen igjen?

Dette blir mer en bildeblogg enn et ordentlig reisebrev. Der er nemlig for mye å fortelle om til at jeg klarer å sortere det ordentlig,  – selv flere dager etter hjemkomst – så jeg lar bildene tale for seg.

Det ble en begivenhetsrik tur, med både planlagte og mindre planlagte hendelser underveis!

Dag 1 : Tromsø – Alta

Vi dro avgårde litt senere enn tenkt, men likevel med god tid til dagens etappe. I stedet for å kjøre hele veien (via Skibotn) la vi inn et par fergeturer for sightseeingens skyld!

Perfekt kjørevær!

Endelig kom ferja!

Kvalitetsfrokost ble inntatt ombord...

Flott utsikt!

...og flott norsk ungdom

Da vi nærmet oss grensa til Finnmark kom reinfare-skiltene bare tettere og tettere, og i Finnmark var de sørenmeg OVERALT!

En som hadde vett til å gå VED veien, ikke MIDT I veien

Vel fremme i Alta sjekket vi innn på hotellet, og tok oss senere en tur ut for å spise. Er du en snarttur innom er AlfaOmega virkelig å anbefale! Super service, og spennende meny (uten avskrekkende priser).Vi ble nesten litt lei for at vi ikke hadde plass til en 3-retter mens vi var der…

Legger ved et bilde av kjærestens middagsvalg;

"Ole Mattis på karbostopp"

- salat med reinsdyrkjøtt, rotgrønnsaker, tyttebærsyltetøy og hvitløksdressing. Overraskende godt!!!

Dag 2 : Alta – Honningsvåg

Etter en god hotellfrokost (mmm luksus) dro vi på museum! I Alta finnes der en mengde helleristninger, og en gangvei fra museet tar deg gjennom terrenget og forbi flere av disse områdene. Spennende!

Motivene bestod hovedsaklig av rein, elg, båter og mennesker i ulike situasjoner

Noen slåss...

...mens andre..eh..vel..ja.

For vi forlot Alta måtte vi også ta turen innom verdens nordligste sjokoladeri.. Northern Delights.

Mmm...

Vi tok en liten avstikker innom Trollholmsund på veien til Honningsvåg. Her kan man se restene etter troll som ble til stein en gang for lenge siden… Disse steinformasjonene så vi kun her ytterst mot havet. Tøft!

Trollholmsund

Vel fremme i Honningsvåg ble det middag og rett til sengs. Enkelt og greit.

Dag 3 : Nordkapp!

Frokost og så rett ut på tur. Men hva ser vi når vi kommer litt opp i høyden? INGENTING.

Tåka lå tjukk den første dagen...

Derfor bestemte vi oss for å dra litt rundt omkring i stedet for mens vi ventet på at tåka skulle lette.. men…

Hva skjer her da?

Bilhavari! Er sååå glad for at vi kom oss ned fra tåkefjellet før det skjedde.

To the rescue!

Det hele viste seg å være en liten filleting – heldigvis! – men for de som lurer så står altså bilen der oppe enda… (I påvente av ny del og at eier igjen skal hente gullet sitt hjem altså, den skal slippe å bli der oppe for alltid!)

Etter å ha levert bilen på verksted fikk vi ordnet oss (dritdyr) leiebil  – en av de eneste to de hadde! – og dro ut på tur igjen

Skarsvåg:

"Have you seen the kingcrab yet?"

Dagens trim!

Kirkeporten!

Her kan man se sola skinne gjennom mellom klokka 24-02, men pga tåka orket vi ikke sitte og vente på den… I stedet for ble det nok en tur innom verkstedet etterfulgt av en god middag

Dag 3 : Nordkapp og en annerledes hjemtur

Med god hjelp fra mammaen til kjæresten fikk vi ordnet en alternativ reiserute hjem, dvs en bilfri en, men først måtte vi nok en tur til Nordkapp!

Strålende solskinn!

Dag 1 vs dag 2!

Som dere ser var vi litt heldigere med været denne gangen

Etter å ha tatt en haug med bilder måtte vi rekke en buss…

...til Lakselv av alle steder!

Bussturen var i grunnen ganske underholdende! I tillegg til strålende flott vær og nydelig natur var servicefaktoren uventet høy; sjåføren stoppet både her og der i ødemarka for å slippe av folk som visstnok hadde hus et sted i skogen, og han visste tydeligvis hvor hver eneste skarpe sving, kirke eller gård lå

Vel fremme på flyplassen ble det “litt” ventetid…

Sukk....

Helt alene, og uten mulighet til å legge fra seg bagasjen… Vi var trøtte, og det er vel unødvendig å si at tiden gikk sakte..

Endelig!

Dere får tilgi meg for at jeg ikke orket redigere bildene mere..For dere som “har meg” på facebook så ligger det flere bilder der!

Listening to:     .: The reason & Piece :.

(il y a existent exactement deux personnes sur terre qui comprendront )

Moral:  cruel manque de sommeil

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Et voilà un mois qui s’achève en Angleterre. Franchement je suis entousiaste! j’ai rencontré des personnes extra et les cours à défaut d’être géniaux étaient pas trop mal [au bucher denise ]

Je ne vais pas raconter en détails tout ce qui m’est arrivé mais voici en quelques point un résumé:

C’est la première fois que :

J’ai bossé jusqu’à pas d’heure sur un projet scolaire en vacances

Q’une anglaise me saute au coup après à peine 1minute 50 de discussion lol

J’ai présenté un projet en anglais en amphi

Que je vois un troupeau de lapinou dans un bar

Que je vois des interrupteurs aux prises electrique

J’entends parler gallois

J’ai utilisé photoshop dans le cadre scolaire

J’ai finit un powerpoint à 4h du matin

J’attend 11heures dans un aéroport.

Que je travail un 14juillet

Je vais au starbucks.

Je vais au cinéma et l’on est deux dans la salle

Ca faisait longtemps

Que je n’était pas allé en boite

Que je n’avait pas vu autant de pluie en été

Que je n’avait pas dormi par terre

Que je n’avais pas fait un footing aussi long (normal vu toute les calories que j’avais en rab’)

Je n’ai jamais autant

Pris de douche froide

Marcher

Manger de la junk food

Failli me faire écraser par des chauffards

Jeter à la poubelle de la nourriture avariée pour cause d’humidité ambiante excessive

Vu de caméra [big brother is watching you FE4R!!]

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[ mais oui ma bonne dame en Angleterre il peut neigé en été! je n'ai fort heureusement pas pu jugé de mes propres yeux mais vu le temps pourri que l'on s'est payer cela semble complètement vraisemblable! lol]