Roasted Eggplant + Quinoa w/ Yogurt

So darn bored in class... sitting in the back and flipping through my favorite cookbook of the month, "Jerusalem" by Ottolenghi. Gawd, I love cookbooks with pretty pictures. I own all their other cookbooks too (Plenty, The Cookbook). My mouth is watering, even though I already had a fat sandwich. Is it weird that I love to gawk at food?

Anyhoo, just wanted to share a super simple and quick recipe. Roasted vegetables for fall!! This vegetarian recipe will convert any eggplant hater. Fo' reals.

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Southwestern Chili

Yay to the weekend. To pumpkin patches, to corn mazes, to hayrides... I love fall. But it feels like the dead of winter here >.<  I checked the weather this morning and it said 0 Celsius. Omgee (also yes, I still use celsius because I'm civilized and I had British schooling all my life). That is the coldest it can ever get in Hong Kong (where I grew up) or LA. I'm used to either tropical or desert weather. I feel like whipping out my Uggs, but everyone would find me absolutely ridiculous. Why is everyone so opposed to Uggs? Actually, throughout high school I was so adamant about never wearing those hideous sheep clogs and swore to all my friends that I'd rather amputate my legs than be seen wearing them.  BBBuuuuutt, that was when I lived in Hong Kong. Now, if I don't wear them in the East Coast, my toes will fall off and I will probably really have to amputate my foot.

I digress... :) To battle the cold, I made something nice and warm, stick-to-your ribs chili. Delicious with some home-made cornbread.

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Banana Yogurt Muffins with Reese's Buttercups

Done with pharm!! I don't know how pharm students memorize lists and lists of drugs and their interactions. I think I went cross-eyed from reading my list for the exam last night. Gad.

These banana muffins are something I made for my friends in class. Although, I had only four left to share, after my roommate had 2 fresh from the oven, I had one, my neighbor took 2 and my bf took 3....
yea... they disappeared too quickly...

An easy muffin recipe that uses some yogurt in place of oil, get's rid of your spotty bananas and most importantly has CHOCOLATE <3

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Shrimp Fried Rice

I know... another fried rice recipe! I just have too much left over rice in the fridge and nobody likes the taste of dried up rice. This is a super simple, super clean (what does that even mean?) dinner plan after some heavy brunching on pumpkin spice pancakes.

Which reminds me that I went to Kroger this weekend and they had RUN OUT of canned pumpkin. I was soooo looking forward to some pumpkin laden recipes this week. So heart broken :(

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Bulgogi Kimchi Fried Rice (불고기 김치볶음밥)

Sometimes life give you lemons, sometimes life gives you kimchi... and it is stinking up your fridge so much, you make kimchi fried rice!! I mean, that's a common occurrence right?

I can't believe I'm starting a new blog. But I wasn't a fan of my old one, and I feel this is more ME. Oh my gahd - my friends are going to start laughing at what I write in here, so I'm going to stop blabbing. I'm hoping to keep cooking throughout school and keep myself less hangry for my friends and boyfriend's sake ;)  I make this fried rice whenever my kimchi starts to smell like someone died in the kitchen. Enjoy!

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