Scrumptious Sunday

Started with coffee and Banana Nut Cheerios overlooking the Marina at Jeff’s dad’s place.

I spent the first part of the morning studying for the final exam doing my test corrections from Exam 2. I started to study for Exam 3 and then also looked over wedding photos from Saturday and from the wonderful Erica of Itzy’s Kitchen. She took photos of Wild Dunes in SC for another possible wedding site! Isn’t that wonderful of her? She is a sweetheart.

I had forgot my phone charger at home!! That meant, I could not call my mom or friends or sister at all !! Jeff left early in the morning for a fishing trip with his Dad, otherwise, I could have used his phone probably.

Mid-Morning I was still hungry so I had a slice of Banana Bread that Jeff’s dad’s girlfriend had made- It was FANTASTIC!

Late Lunch:
( since the guys were not back yet) I had leftover pizza from the night before…

The guys finally got back and 

Jeff caught a gazillion fish in the ocean! He had such a fantastic time and I had a fantastic ( quite) time looking over wedding ideas and Microbiology notes!
 
These were the only two fish they kept, King Mackerels! The FDA has advised women ( and children) on eating fish such as King Mackerel. Fish that are high in mercury can contribute to the build up of mercury in your system, which could be detrimental to children and women ( those intending to become pregnant in the next year or currently pregnant, as the build up can remain for up to one year). They suggest consuming such fish ( in 3 oz servings) no more than twice a week, although, this can be averaged over several weeks. For example, you could catch and eat this fish three times in one week and balance that by consuming one serving once the following week. Salmon and tuna are actually quite low in mercury as well as many other fish – It is suggested to consume no more than 3 servings per week of those lower mercury fish. Check out more information HERE if you are interested! Mercury levels for other types of fish can be found HERE . Although this info is outdated from 2004, its the best FDA has.

We arrived at home safe and sound but exhausted!! To accompany our lovely King fish, I made super-quick Organic Whole Wheat Cous Cous ( boil water, throw it in, sit for 5 minutes, fluff , eat!) and Healthy Fried Okra!

Here is how I make Healthy Fried Okra for 2:

Ingredients:
1 cup Frozen Okra, thawed
~ 1/4 cup whole wheat flour and 1/4 cup cornmeal ( you could just use cornmeal or a gluten-free flour), seasoned with salt & pepper
2 Tb Greek Nonfat Yogurt, 1 Tb Egg Whites
1-2 Tb Oil

Directions:
Heat oil in skillet. Whisk Yogurt and Egg white inside deep bowl. Mix flour, cornmeal, salt & pepper well in a separate bowl, pouring half onto a plate. Add Okra to wet bowl, coating well. Add Coated Okra to plate, sprinkle with remaining 1/2 of dry mix reserved in bowl. Add okra to skillet. Flip after approx. 3-4 minutes.

We heated up some frozen spinach, squash, pepper and onion as well!

After unpacking everything, making and eating dinner, starting laundry, and finishing my test corrections due Monday morning- I fell into bed and immediately asleep!

Body:
Rest

Mind:
I felt that I prepared for the final really well by doing the test corrections because they really force you to go back and find the answers to the questions you didn’t know! The ones I got right were ones that I already knew, so no sense in studying that!

I did find a few more alternative wedding places!

Soul:
Such a fantastic weekend! Wedding Location Search (2) Was So AWESOME!