The other day I was contacted by a new reader who had a bunch of questions for me re: IGE. As I was typing the answers to a few questions out, I decided, hey, why not share with everyone?
And so…20 questions with IGE:
1. What type of work do you do? I work in the marketing department at a history museum. I design collateral pieces, event posters, update our website, oversee social media efforts and do pretty anything else that needs done. “Marketing” is code for “we do it all!”
2. Do you have any children or pets? No, and no.
3. What are the kitchen gadgets, tools, or appliances that you couldn’t live without? Here is a list of my must have kitchen items.
4. Where did you get your tofu press? I have a TofuXPress tofu press.
5. Were you raised on healthy eating & exercise or did you develop this as an adult? Absolutely. Growing up, my Mom had a healthy, home-cooked meal on the table every night at 5:30pm, and if I wasn’t sleeping, eating, or in school I was usually dancing, which kept me very active!
6. Are you the saver and bill-payer in your house or is your husband on board, too? I run the finances as far as paying bills, etc., but Ben and I have the same views on saving for our future, as we’d both like to retire young and move to the Amalfi Coast. :D
7. How long have you been married? 3 years last April, and counting!
8. How old are you? 27. Soon to be 28. Sickening.
9. What brand of pots and pans do you use? I use Calphalon pots and pans, although I have a small skillet from Target that I use for eggs. It’s cheap and thin which makes it heat up quickly and seems to cook them perfectly!
10. Do you count calories? Sometimes. I like Livestrong’s Daily Plate tool for tracking calories in and exercise calories out.
11. Do you ever drink soda? Nope.
12. What kind of tea do you buy? Blech, I hate tea! I will make an exception for Trader Joe’s Vanilla Cinnamon Black Tea, though. It’s delightful!
13. Do you hate washing dishes? Absolutely. In fact, I was banned from washing dishes when I was growing up. Between my two brothers and I, we each had to pick from either clearing the table, washing the dishes or loading the dishwasher after dinner every night. I backed up the sink trying to stuff too much food down the disposal one too many times, and was only allowed to clear the table or load the dishwasher after that. MUCH easier tasks, if you ask me! ;)
14. Do you hate the clean-up after cooking? I am a very messy cook, so yes, yes I do.
15. Are you a Type A, B, C, or D personality or a combination of? Total control/clean freak, anal Type A personality here. I’m fun. :)
16. What are your thoughts on wasting food? (Are you a member of the Clean Your Plate Club?) Card-carrying member of the clean your plate club here! However I don’t think there’s any point in cleaning your plate if you took too much food and are full before your plate is clear. I use salad-sized plates to avoid this problem!
17. What do you keep on your kitchen counters? Keurig, utensil holder, toaster, knife block, microwave, paper-towel dispenser, banana hanger/fruit basket, TV, food scale!
18. Do you favor a certain brand of spices? Do you have a large assortment of spices? I usually buy Tone’s spices, and have near insane amounts of them.
19. Do you have dessert every day? Oh yes. Every day.
20. Do you have certain skin care and hair care products that you swear by? I usually buy whatever shampoo/conditioner is on sale at the store – making sure to get the volumizing formula of whatever it is.
Here’s my skin routine. Although now that it’s summer, and my skin isn’t as dry aka I breakout less, I’ve swapped the salicylic acid based Clean & Clear Dual Action Moisturizer for Oil of Olay Total Effects Fragrance-Free Daily Moisturizer in the morning. It feels like silk.
I also now use Oil of Olay Total Effects Eye Transforming Cream twice a day. Three cheers for anti-aging!
So there you have it – 20 things you now know about me! Want to know anything else? Just ask. :)
19. Do you have dessert every day? ummmm YES! it’s a task that i am willing to conquer.
Yes, I have dessert errrrrrrnight, just like you! I find I can’t fall asleep without it :)
This was a fun post. Those bars look delish!! My skin care routine has become more basic as the years go by. I’ve learned that less is more and SPF in my moisturizer is KEY to keeping the face young looking and uncancerfied! :)
1. I’m a graduate student working towards my doctorate in psychology!
Thanks for sharing all that info about yourself. I can finally say that I am a proud 40-yr-old. It only took 6 months to come to terms with it. :(
I’ll pick an easy one–I’m 35 & will be 36 come November!
Do you have certain skin care and hair care products that you swear by?
Skin care mostly – since I have very sensitive dry skin, I have used a multitude of products. The most reverent one I trust is body wash/lotion of a name of CeraVe. My dermatologist turned me on to it and I LOVE it.
5. Were you raised on healthy eating & exercise or did you develop this as an adult?
Unfortunately, I did not grow up eating healthfully. I was chubby and my dad would try to put me on diets when I was as young as 8 years old. I did exercise because I was into all sports, so as I got older, I lost weight. I was never thin, but very fit. I am now doing both eating better and exercising, so I have finally gotten it together :)
I have almost an identical counter! Keuriig, knife block, banana hanger, paper towel thingy… but also a recipe holder, and cannisters for coffee stuff! :)
I FULLY support eating dessert every day!!
What do you keep on your kitchen counters?
I try to keep stuff on my counter to a minimum, however, insist the following stay:
Kitchenaid mixer
recipe box
salt
pepper
balsamic
olive oil
knife block
kosher salt
utensil crock
my fav. cook books
and….a toaster!
Q – What are the kitchen gadgets, tools, or appliances that you couldn’t live without?
A – my bread machine – I began making my own bread with a bread machine about 4 years ago, and I’ll never go back to buying store bread. My homemade bread is amazing — nutritious, tasty, and economical — and using the bread machine means that only ~10 minutes of my time are required to make a delicious loaf.
I use Pampered Chef brand pots and pans and I love them so much! They heat up quickly, are easy to clean, and seem to be super sturdy!