Galway Girl: Eat. Sleep. Breathe.

I am alive, I swear. My lazy summer afternoons are long gone and I have found myself knee deep in graduate school. Leftovers and PB&J sandwiches have been the name of the game lately, I was in need of groceries all week long but did not make it to the coOp until Friday night at 9 PM. Welcome to grad school, Laura....where Friday nights are fun filled with overdue grocery shopping. Despite the level of choas in my life- I am loving every moment of school! I have this overwhelming feeling that I am right where I need to be in life and it feels wonderful. I have not become disapoointed or overwhelmed. All of the hard work is 120% worth it because I am working towards a goal that is very, very important to me AND everything I read/write it so incredibly interesting. I am also surrounded by extremely intellegent people who are motivated in their work, which creates an outstanding learning evironment. Being told that we should expect to do 60+ hours of homework each week was a bit frightening, but I'm managing to keep my head above water. Just barely.

There has been one major development in my kitchen over the last few days...a very exciting one. I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF A FOOD PROCESSOR.
You might be wondering why I'm acting as if I won the lottery...most 23 year olds would not be so ecstatic about a kitchen appliance. I cannot begin to count the number of times over the past year where I have found an excellent recipe, only to discover it required a food processor. I had to save recipes for trips home over Christmas break so I could use my Mother's. No more of this nonsense. T surprised me for my birthday, as if him returning from the Appalachian Trail in one piece wasn't enough...I am one LUCKY girl. We were both so excited to use the food processor we started rummaging through the refrigerator to find something to chop up. Then we began a list titled "things to make using the Cuisinart." Best list ever?

Last Saturday I needed a break from reading and writing reports. I remembered I had chopped up frozen bananas for a recipe I stumbled upon for dairy-less banana-chocolate-peanutbutter ice cream AND I was craving ice cream. A little food processing therapy was just what I needed. In all honesty, at first glance this recipe seems downright weird (and the pictures I took of the finished product do to). However, it tastes delicious, it is easy AND its healthy. It was the perfect Saturday afternoon pick me up and I have enough of it to enjoy throughout the week to come! Please pardon the sub-par pictures following the recipe-somethings gotta give and this time it was in the photography department.

Dairy-less Ice Cream
Ingredients:
4 overripe bananas, sliced into discs and frozen solid
2 TBPS natural peanut butter
2 TBPS cocoa powder

Place frozen banana slices in the bowl of food processor. Pulse the bananas. First they will look like small rocks, but keep pulsing until the mixture becomes smooth and creamy. When the bananas look like whipped cream, add the peanut butter and cocoa. I ate a bowl right away and put the rest in the freezer. Enjoy!