This weekend the roomates and I tried to relax as much as possible before Monday.... The first day of school before the semester. To start the weekend off right Brittany and I headed off to the Delmar Loop. This is my favorite place in St. Louis. We started first at the Three Kings, an English pub restaurant. The atmosphere is friendly and inviting. The tunes are always good, and they have a wide range of beer on tap. Above the bar is a painting of King Kong, King Louis, and Elvis. The food there has always been good. I love the burgers, the rosemary chicken sandwich, and the fish and chips. It also serves ginger ale, which is more rare than you'd think. The real reason I love the Three Kings? The calamari! They have my absolute favorite fried calamari in the city! Needless to say this is what I ate for my Entree. Brittany enjoyed the flamethrower. 

Next we visited two of our favorite bookstores. First a small store called Subterranean Books. It's a beautiful little book store that has everything. If it doesn't they'll order it for you. Then it was a quick visit to Star Clipper. Very possibly my favorite store in St. Louis. It sells comic books and nerd gear galore. They always have something going on. They bring in local artists, have comic book signings, and will actually have a artist search for lion force comics  Saturday, January 26, 13-3pm. I've fallen in love with so many good reads here and the staff knows me by name. 

With all that excitement we finished off the night with board games Zombiecide and Mansions of Madness. Our friend Connor loves tabletop games so we always have plenty to choose from. He's going to France this semester and we sent him off after a great night. Every game night in this apartment includes endless pots of tea served out of dainty teacups. How else would you fight zombies? Today we celebrated Brittany's eldest brother Tim's birthday with nachos, cheesecake , and ice cream! Now that the weekend is over tomorrow starts the semester of accounting, statistics, baking and more!

As I've Mentioned before I am extremely busy and don't seem to have enough hours in my day. I am striving to eat healthier food though! It's so easy to slip into the fast food rut when you're rushing off here and there . But eating well is important! This week I conquered two meals at once. As I made a yummy Roasted Tomato and Parsley Salad I prepared Tabouli for the next day. This is the secret. Prepare as much as you can in advance so that when you have those days you are exhausted and the last thing you want to think about is cook, your life can be a little bit easier. These dishes are both vegetarian. Now, I'm not a vegetarian. Lord knows lobster and steak are two of my greatest vices. But I have lots of friends who are, and vegan as well. So don't be surprised to see an overwhelming amount of veggies up here. They're good for you! You should eat more of them! You can find the recipes to both meals in the recipe tab. Let me know how you like them!

Hello! My name is Tasha. I am a culinary at Saint Louis University, and I have a passion to cook. With every class I take I learn new skills, tasty dishes, and that cooking as such can be very expensive. Culinary school can have that food awareness effect on you. But as a broke college student paying her way through college, I can't always cook what I do in class. However, I do strive to fix up good, wholesome, healthy meals for my roommates and I as often as possible. I'll share with you all the recipes I use. Most can be prepped ahead of time. I understand time constraints. I work close to 40 hours a week, go to school full time, and am active in clubs on campus! If I can do it you can too! 
Aside from cooking I love to read, get crafty, collect comics, teach myself Ukulele, and ultimately get my nerd on. I hope this blog finds itself to be entertaining and useful for readers it may or may not have!