Happy Friday my friends! I hope everyone has some fun weekend plans in store. I am trying to fit in some of the movies that did well at the Oscars, considering I only saw Blue Jasmine, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Square (documentary feature about Tahir Square on Netflix), and the live action short films. Please recommend your favorites in the comments so I can prioritize some of the best picture nominees! And what is on your agenda this weekend? I’m curious (but mostly nosy).
I have pulled together some of my favorite things from the interwebs lately and will let you go ahead and get to the good stuff. I am working on getting some coffee into my system as we speak to make it to the weekend. Get reading!
Good Reminders
How to Dice an Onion (Like a Boss) from Huffington Post: I never thought to remove the root before dicing up my onions! These GIFs are easy to follow to make sure you’re not crying for hours while dicing onions. I feel like I dice onions daily and liked learning how to speed it up- I also have a new best friend to remedy mincing garlic (I get mine from Trader Joe’s or Sprouts).
Life Lessons: On Packing a Lunch from Hummusapien: After my breakfast recipe post from Wednesday, many of my friends noted that packing a lunch for work is harder than figuring out breakfast. Alexis lays out a great post on the essentials for packing a lunch (I love my glass tupperware), what to prepare, and a ton of easy throw-together ideas and snacks.
Good Laughs
Beyonce Coffee Mug from the Kitchn: A good reminder that you have just as many hours in the day as Queen Bey (let’s just forget for a second about her housekeepers, personal chef and trainers, etc). I could use this for my morning cup of tea/coffee. I could also use more upbeat music in my morning!
Food Porn Index from Bolthouse Farms: This genius website is trying to get hashtags of healthy foods trending on social media, and has fun interactive veggie games. My favorite is the KALEBRATION- where you play the slots and line up your kale.
Health and Nutrition
Teaching Our Girls the Truth from Sarah Hillware: I have known Sarah since undergrad and work (remotely) with her on a girls health education initiative within DC public schools called Girls Health Ed. Her TEDxBerkeley talk is a wonderful reminder that we have to teach younger girls confidence and self love.
The Full-Fat Paradox: Whole Milk May Keep Us Lean from NPR: People who eat higher fat dairy are leaner, based on recent studies. A study of 10,000 kids indicated that children who drink low-fat milk are more likely to become overweight. I myself have started drinking 1% because I prefer the taste to skim, and it’s interesting to tune in to the debate that continues on how much fat we should have in our diet.
Edibles
Bean Brownies with Banana Cookie Dough Layer from Imma Eat That: These brownies not only look incredible, but have some sneaky nutrition packed into them- black beans, greek yogurt, oats, peanut butter, and banana form the base of these sweet treats. Kylie has done it once again and I can’t wait to try these.
Brussel Sprout Fried Rice from Post Punk Kitchen: I have had several recipes out of Isa Chandra’s new book (try the coconut french toast- I died), and this recipe is another creative take on a favorite of mine. Fried rice is so easy to pull together and now that we have a rice cooker, I can’t help but make too much perfectly fluffy rice that needs a next-day makeover.
Blogger Favorites
Three Important Rules from Jumping Je: I am pretty much obsessed with Jessi and her selfies and am happy to know her in real life. This post made me reconsider my frustrations and down-swings during this bleak period. I am still looking for my own mantra to guide me, but Jessi’s wisdom is golden for those days that you just aren’t feeling yourself.
Ode to a Kitchen from Joy the Baker: This post really resonated to me, having lived in many places and having loved many spaces full of memories. Joy is just a real human being who blogs for the fun of it: “This blog is still just me as the one who makes cookies, takes pictures of them, does the dishes, writes silly words, and tries to answer emails.”
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Love!
Marisa
Wendell Sharp says
Don’t miss Nebraska and Dallas Buyers Club!!!
Marisa says
Thank you for the recommendations, Wendell! Have a great weekend.
Jessi Even says
<3 <3 <3 Going to have to check out these other ladies you think so highly of as well! Thanks dear, happy I know your beautiful self in real life too!
Marisa says
You should absolutely check em out! Happy weekend with the golden girls.
Kylie @ immaeatthat says
Thanks for sharing!!:)
Marisa says
Anytime, Kylie! Thanks for always making me drool at your creative ideas.
Wendell says
Oh, almost forgot. Don’t miss
Short Term 12.
It’s $.99 on iTunes this week.
Lauren says
I have to catch up on the Oscar nominated/winning films too. I would like to see American Hustle, Blue Jasmine, and Her.
Marisa says
Blue Jasmine was an interesting movie, but I hear outstanding reviews about the other two! Let me know if you end up watching either!
venice says
I have watched gravity and wolf of wall street. I highly recommend gravity.
I am DYING to watch 12 years of slave, american hustle, and captain phillips.
🙂 V
venice says
Oh and Dallas Buyers Club looks fantastic
Marisa says
Let me know if you want to watch any of those together! I will definitely try to see Gravity soon.
venice says
Yesss the S.O. does not want to watch captain phillips so if you’re interested in that, let me know 🙂 otherwise, the 4 of us can watch any of the others!
Donna says
Sorry, but I am stuck on your last blog entry…Fat Tuesday? Is every Tuesday fat? And how, how, did I miss a place giving out free pancakes…sigh. So much to learn!
For a surprising chuckle, see the LEGO movie. The theme song will never leave your brain. Alix and I are hanging out this weekend while Dave is flying to China as I type. Any requests for something he could bring back for you?
*hug*
Marisa says
Hahaha yes I can see how there needs to be some context for that! Fat Tuesday is Mardi Gras! The names are used interchangeably. It was also National Pancake Day! Glad to hear you guys are relaxing- I think instead of bringing us something back, we can all go meet him? That would be a good deal! 🙂
Leah says
I recommend Dallas Buyers Club – it was great!! The way Matthew McConnaughey transformed himself is unbelievable to see. And Jared Leto was great in it too.
Marisa says
Awesome! I did hear rave reviews of both of them. Thanks for the recommendations!
Emily @ More Than Just Dessert says
I LOVE that teaching girls the truth TED talk. I am all about working to try and promote healthy self images for girls at a young age. Also, this is really random but for some reason I never cry when I cut up onions? haha Everyone else in my family has tears in their eyes about 30 seconds in whenever we are cooking together, but for some reason i’m immune! 🙂
Marisa says
Thanks for watching it! I am a huge proponent of young ladies feeling empowered. And that is an awesome non-genetic thing you must have going on! Share your secrets with us?