Toast

I started with breakfast, I worked out a meal that would be healthy while filling me up. After deciding that pineapple and avocado toast would be my lunch for both days I decided I could make that on the fly. Lunches and dinners were much harder to get right. With the limited options I had to come up with a few different meals and plug them in to see if they would work. Once I found…

Filler chapter time! This was originally part of a larger chapter but I felt bad for not updating for a while so I decided to give you an idea of Jackie’s first day. Vote, Comment and leave feedback!!!! ---- I stood in front of the old brick building and watched the shadows of kids playing cast on curtains. This was my new home now, for however long it might be. It took every ounce of courage I have saved up over my 13 years to ring the doorbell. The police car that brought me here had already…

Just past the Raceway gas station, where the speed limit drops from 55 to 35 on Route 10, stands a narrow bridge that hovers over the James River. As your car veers with the road to the right, the trees disappear and the dark, flat water rests beneath you. The bridge’s concrete and rubber expanders jump your car’s suspension up and down as you slow to enter the city. Along each side, the green trees envelope the shoreline and reach out their bright branches, enshrouded with leaves, to you in…

Throughout every hero’s journey they are faced with many challenges, create alliances, and remain humble. In the epic Beowulf, defeats multiple monsters, gains many loyal followers, and stays modest through his journey. Even in the modern world our characteristics of a hero has changed since the Anglo-Saxon period, one concept still remains, defending the good from. Much like the Dragon in Beowulf, Harry Potter must come to a final battle with the one thing that represents evil and death,…

Harvey Milk once stated, “It takes no compromise to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people their freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression. I find Milk’s thoughts to be very true based on witnessing how difficult it is for homosexual to be seen as equal to heterosexual people. The film Fresco y Chocolate depicts a flamboyant gay artist, Diego, who tries to seduce a college student named David throughout the film.…

In Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Edible Woman, the main character Marian is depicted as a “normal” woman, who is perfect and desirable. This perfection leads her to be “consumed” by men and those surrounding her, illustrating the name of the novel, “the edible woman.” Throughout the novel, The Edible Woman, Atwood connects this to the consumption of food around Marian leading her to reject any form of food that may be taking advantage of animals. In the final passage of the novel, I believe that…

Andrew Jackson overstepped his authority and abused the power of the executive branch. Jackson used his executive power to enforce the federal power of the laws that he chose to enforce while others he gave the states more power over enforcement. He also owned more than 300 slaves in his life time which he treated poorly and he acted like a friend to the Indians but then forced them out west. Jackson believed that extending the charter of the Second Bank of the United States was a form of…

Little Change Effects Student’s Life The Freedom Writers Film shows people about change. Everyone needs to change, including teachers, students, even education. ①Change is hard, but learning more about it does not have to be boring. People may ask: What is “change”? It represents a fresh travel; it means new born; it becomes different. How does it work? ②From this moment, every voice that told you “YOU CANNOT” is silenced. Every reason that tells you things will never change disappears. How…

that is filled with vegetables and side salad is a great quick and simple weeknight dinner. Make enough to have leftovers and you have a high protein, delicious breakfast ready to go. Healthified PB&J (20g protein) Still craving that peanut butter toast? Give it a nutritional boost by using Ezekiel bread (found in the freezer section, it’s a flourless bread made with sprouted whole grains) which has 5g per slice. Choose organic peanut or almond butter and top fresh fruit instead of jam.…

PROJECT 1 NARRATIVE Nutrition has a huge impact on each individual’s overall health. A balanced diet is required to sustain a healthy and longer life, with less chances of developing a chronic health disease. Without proper knowledge, keeping a balanced plate of food is challenging. In this project, I have learned to count calories, how to balance my estimated energy requirements, the amount of discretionary calories I am able to consume, and many more tips and guides on how to live a…