Saturday, March 30, 2019

...Dinner and a Movie...

...it was a chilly spring day...we made a fire in the fireplace...
...and had a warm and comforting dinner of cornbread and bean soup...love that...home fries, potato pancakes and fried cabbage...

...and for the movie...Agatha and the Truth of Murder

...we took Éphée's advice...she blogs at L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie ...it's a delightful and inspiring vegan blog...

...the movie was very good...it's a fictional story about what might have happened during her infamous 'disappearance'...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely day!

Friday, March 29, 2019

...Five Little Things Friday...

...it's been a while since I've done one of these...

...so let's dive in...

1


...I finished the crocheted basket...and filled it up with winter clothes...

2

...the Man surprised me with this retro clock...
...it's pretty...
...and blue...
...and it tried to wake you up with a soft light before it makes any sound...
...and then it gets brighter...
...and you can have the face back-lit or not...so sweet...

3

...I found another really old pair of too thick cotton socks...
...so I split the yarn in two and I'm going to knit another pair of thinner cotton socks...

4


...I used Grandma's Veg-O-Matic to make some hash browns...

5

...and finally we got all of the wedding photos...nearly 500 of them...so I chopped myself out of one because I promised a photo of the dress...

~Have a lovely weekend!

Thursday, March 28, 2019

...W.I.A.Y. ...

...we had a big breakfast of pancakes, tofu scramble and vegan sausage...so I was pretty filled up and did not have a snack...
...then for lunch...it was windy and chilly...and I wanted some soup...so I just threw together a creamy cauliflower soup...
...and ate two bowls full...
...in the afternoon I had a snack of banana and peanut butter on whole wheat toast...yummy...
...and the Lenten dinner at Church was burgers and fries...and I brought veggie burgers for me and Our Girl...
...and an apple and walnuts for dessert...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...the Holiday Candy socks continue...I've turned the second short row heel...and onto the red foot...difficult to see on the red sofa...
...when I was cleaning out my drawers...I found some old socks (from 2010)...they're worsted weight cotton...and they're just too thick for me...and they don't have a "princess sole"...so that bumpy worsted nub against my foot is uncomfortable...so I'm frogging them...better to make them into a dishcloth that will be used than to have unused socks cluttering up my drawer...
...and the winter clothes storage basket is almost complete...
...did I mention that the newlyweds have taken Kitten to their house...but she sometimes comes for a visit...
...and if there's any sort of a box around...she's in it...Jack was kinda pleased to see her...
...anywhoooo...the basket is the same size as the box it was modeled from...and I'll probably do just one more row around the top and over the handles...and then fill it up...

...what's in your workbasket?...

~Have a lovely day!

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

...Tuesdays with Julia...

...it's a two for one Tuesday with Julia...
...first we made some Pralin
...it's one of the rare vegan recipes...just sugar and almonds...
...and then we incorporated that into the custard and sprinkled it on top of the VEGAN CRÈME PLOMBIÈRES PRALINÉES

~Have a lovely day!

Monday, March 25, 2019

...Over the weekend...

...ready for another ramble through the weekend...
...we had vegan probiotic biscuits for breakfast...
...so yummy...still adjusting to cooking for 2...
...the crocheted basket for my heavy winter clothes grew quite a bit...
...I intended to be completely finished with it before the weekend was over...but that didn't happen...
...it is using up a bunch of yarn though...so that's good...I sorted by these colours...red - red-ish/black/white - white-ish...
...it's almost done...and it's pretty sturdy...
...collards were Instant-Pot-ed...
...and so were garbanzos...in muffin cups here for freezing...and I froze some aqua faba as well...I needed some for tomorrow's recipe with Julia...
...all those plants were watered...every other week or so...I put them all in the bathtub and let them soak up as much water as they can...
...Jack got a bath...he's not very happy about it while he's in the water...but seems to feel really good after it's over...I brushed his teeth too...he had to have three little ones removed the last time he was at the vet...he'll be 14 this summer...
...he's shivering here...and so...so sweet...
...I made another Guinness Stout cake...gingerbread this time...subbing EnerG for the eggs...and sorghum syrup for the molasses as that's what I had on hand...I may make the chocolate one again too...I have a few more Guinnesses to get rid of...haha...
...and finally...we saw this guy on a spring walk in the woods...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

Saturday, March 23, 2019

...Dinner and a Movie...

...dinner was nothing special...grilled tofu...we've been having wonderful crisp windy spring days...perfect for grilling...

...I added the BBQ sauce after...served with potato salad, Brussels sprouts, and a half of a plain bagel that was in the fridge and I just wanted to use it up...

...the 'movie' was more of Victoria...I think the Man is going to be glad when it's finished...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely day!

Friday, March 22, 2019

...Friday Favorites...Spring Cleaning...

...I love spring cleaning...do you?
...I emptied out my refrigerator to give it a good clean...completely empty...and this really only happens once a year...
...but I love when it's done...and everything is back in place nice and clean and bright and organized...so.worth.it...
...and back in the fall I showed you my drawers that I had thinned and straightened...and I meant to get back to it sooner than I did...but no time like the present...right...

...I sorted through all of my t-shirts and gave away about half of them...so now they all fit in one drawer along with my workout clothes...
...so now I have a completely empty bottom drawer...not sure yet what I'll put in there...long sleeved shirts or shorts or handknits...

...and then finally...I've got to tackle that closet...(right Mom?...you saw it)...it's overstuffed...I know I've got things in there I haven't worn in 5 years...and all of my winter/ski clothes are on the top shelf taking up a lot of room..

...so I thought I'd stash-bust me a big ole crocheted basket...
...and I thought this old moving box would be the perfect size...and I'll put handles in my basket like this box so it will be easy to move...
...I'm using 4 stands of yarn...just whatever I've got...this one is black/red/white...and I just join a new ball of one of those colours when I run out...it uses up a lot of yarn...and I have a lot to use up...so this is a win-win...I use up yarn that's just hanging around without a purpose...and I get a nice big basket to store my winter clothes in...
...it's going really quickly too...I'm hoping to be finished by the weekend so I can start organizing the closet...

...have you started spring cleaning yet?

~Have a lovely day!

Thursday, March 21, 2019

...W.I.A.Y. ...

...another day of vegan eats...
...a breakfast of peanut butter and Homemade Vegan Bee Free Honee on whole wheat toast...this is something I used to have all the time when I was in high school...and now rarely ever have...it was really good though...
...that didn't keep me full for very long...so I had a bowl of bran flakes with oatmeal and a chopped Gala apple on top with some almond milk...
...staying hydrated with some fruit water...
...this one is lemon-lime...so refreshing...
...the Man and I met for lunch at our favorite little trattoria...and I ordered a wrap...we rarely go here for lunch and the menu is different...this is a veggie and eggplant wrap and it comes with pesto...which is not vegan...so I ordered it with basil leaves instead of pesto...and they happily obliged...
...after lunch we went to the chocolate shop and the ice cream shop...they have a strawberry sorbet that is vegan...
...I made my usual afternoon plate of veggies...
...and for dinner one of my bowls...green beans, carrots, sauerkraut, black beans and rice topped with salsa and nooch...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!