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First Ever Foodie Penpals
Posted on April 30, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life
Hi everyone! You’re looking at a girl who jumped on the Foodie Penpals bandwagon…and I love it. I totally see myself participating in this every single month! I’d read about the treats other bloggers I follow would receive and wanted in on the fun. So I did it too. And boy, am I ever [...]
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No Couch Potatoes Allowed – A Continuing Weight Loss Journey
Posted on April 26, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life
Hello friends! You heard me right: no couch potatoes allowed! I’m officially trying to run again and if you haven’t already picked up on it (or read any recent Facebook statuses or tweets) I’m doing the Couch To 5K program again! The Journey Begins… I first tried the program about 3 years ago and [...]
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Spring Might Actually Be Here
Posted on April 25, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
Hiya! It’s Wednesday!! It’s what I call Wednesday Funday. Wednesdays and Sundays are officially (for now anyway) my favorite days of the week. Sundays are Sunday Funday dinner with our friends and Game of Thrones night. Yeah it’s close to the new work week, but having that last bit of fun makes the weekend [...]
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What I Ate Wednesday [Er Tuesday] – #13
Posted on April 18, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
Wednesday Funday = What I Ate Wednesday! Let’s get to it! A re-cap of Tuesday’s meals. It was a bit of a crazy Tuesday morning for us…but I won’t go into details about it. I couldn’t eat my usual breakfast (boo) but here we go! I made a great salad of mixed greens, broccoli, [...]
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Women in My Family
Posted on April 12, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Indian, Spices
My parents are in India. Surprise, surprise. My parents are out there in the world traveling some where. They’re living it up though! About 12 years ago, my dad, who is a professor of engineering, started teaching at a university in Germany. He would go during spring term and for three months he and [...]
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Boring Day of Food
Posted on April 11, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
For the first time ever, I actually remembered to take pictures of what I ate on Wednesday! It will probably never happen again. It’s also not the most exciting day of eats, but some of the items should come as no surprise to you! So here are eats from April 4! Breakfast: Oats with [...]
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[Captioned] WIAW [From Mon and Tues] – #11
Posted on April 4, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
Hi friends :) It’s already April! Can you believe it? I certainly can’t. Jenn is doing another fun thing for April’s edition of What I Ate Wednesday: an extra cup of veggies! I seem to accomplish this more for lunch, but something is better than nothing. Deets and info on participating in WIAW at [...]
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Who Me?
Posted on March 30, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life
Hi everyone! I know the title of this post seems a bit weird, but it was the first thought I had when a fellow blogger awarded me with this: Becca over at Amuse Your Bouche tagged me and now I get to tag more peeps! The first thing I need to do is thank [...]
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What I Ate Wednesday – #10
Posted on March 28, 2012 by Aparna B. in Life, What I Ate Wednesday
Happy Hump Day readers! It’s that day again! The all mighty Wednesday. So it’s time to share what I ate, except I’m going to show what I ate on Tuesday. Again. Breakfast/Mid-morning Snack Breakfast was a Nutrigrain bar, banana and coffee! Don’t you just love the new coffee mug? Some of you might have [...]
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Comfort Food
Posted on March 26, 2012 by Aparna B. in Food, Main Dish, Vegetarian
Hello you lovely readers :) Did everyone enjoy their weekend? Did you do anything fun? I certainly didn’t do a whole lot. REB is in Chicago for a few days for a conference and he left on Saturday and will be back on Wednesday night, late. I had a pretty low key weekend though, [...]
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Greetings from the Mitten State! I'm Aparna and I'm just your average Indian girl living in Ann Arbor with hubby and corgi loving life! I'm a vegetarian and strive to live healthy, but also have fun taking photos and traveling. I'm hoping to offer you healthy recipes, tips on vegetarianism and more. Thanks for stopping by!

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