...11.19...What I ate in a Day...as a Vegan...

...I started off the day with a big bowl of mixed cereal...there are rice chex, bran flakes, raisin bran, raw oatmeal, some sort of fiber cereal that we neither one really liked that I'm trying to use up...topped with apples, pecans and dried cranberries...and almond milk...

...later in the morning...I had a Cutie...and an everything bagel...and I was trying to use up the rest of the Beurre Colbert from earlier in the week...so I just used that instead of cream cheese...and it was actually pretty good...

...for lunch...I made us both delicious vegan grilled cheese sandwiches...

...and got some vegetable soup (frozen in muffin cups) out of the freezer...it was a yummy comforting lunch...

...afternoon...I had a fresh pineapple snack...

...and then for dinner...navy beans, cornbread, steamed squash and onions...and my banana, flax seed and walnuts for the day...and tea...of course...

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

~Have a lovely day!

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

...my sweet S.i.L.'s birthday was last week...and I made her an embroidered lover's kitchen towel...

...with her and my sweet brother's initials...it's a pattern I've used before...it's simple and cute...

...and since I'm pretty sure she's gotten by now...I can post about it...

...what have you been working on lately?...

~Have a lovely day!

...11.17...Tuesdays with Julia...

...the recipe we made with Julia was Vegan Beurre Colbert which is a meat flavored butter...pretty easy stuff...but I didn't really have anything to put it on...Julia says it's best on broiled meats and fish...

...so after my successs with the vegan ham made from tvp bits and vital wheat gluten...I decided to try it without grinding the tvp...just leaving the chunks mixed into the seitan...

...I wrapped it tightly in foil and cooked it in a vegan roth...

...then I melted some vegan butter...

...and gave it a nice sear...

...on both sides...

...I also made some vegan potato pancakes...

...so we had the vegan Beurre Colbert with cabbage, carrots, peas, and potato pancakes on top of seitan steaks...

...it was really good...

...melted over the seitan steaks...

...and all of the particulars for the Vegan Beurre Colbert are over at The Vegan Version...

~Have a lovely day!

...11.16...Over the Weekend...

...well...it was a gorgeous weekend...

...I can hardly believe the weather we've been having...

...really...really perfect weather...

...so we spent as much time outside as possible...

...Our Girl loves to be outside...and she loves to run...

...so what else did we get up to...

...I decided to try dehydrating mushrooms...

...I just washed them and sliced them and put them on the dehydrator...

...it didn't take too long...and it was really simple...

...and I filled up two jars wtih dehydrated mushrooms...

...I made some crinkle cut fries for Our Airman...

...fried twice like before...

...I also made a Guinness Stout cake for Our Airman...the veganized recipe is here...

...we got sub sandwiches for lunch on Saturday...it was fun and different eating those at home...

...I made croutons...

...and filled up two jars with those...

...and finally a roasted the eggplant that I'd bought last weekend...

...the I put it in the freezer to use later...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...11.14...Dinner and a Movie...

...we did actually watch a movie...but before we did that...

...we spent the afternoon playing with Our Girl...

...she loves her chair...

...and her books...

...and her baby doll...

...and Grandmommy's cel phone...

...we had kabobs for dinner...tofu and peppers and onion with vegan potato salad, sweet potatoes, and broccoli...

...and the movie was A Cotswold Death...it was a pretty straightforward murder mystery...it was a play in a series called Play for Today...the Man chose it...it was pretty good...

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

~Have a lovely weekend!

...11.13...Friday Favorites...

...Our Girl loves to dance...

...headed to the playground...we started out with a jacket on...but it's so mild outside right now...perfect weather...

...she fell and got a boo-boo on her forehead...but that didn't stop her from figuring out the slide...

...she says 'wheeeee' every time she slides...

...you can never have too many baby pictures...right?...

~Have a lovely day!

...11.12...What I Ate in a Day...as a Vegan...

...after water, tea and vitamins...I had a lone trail mix granola bar that I found lurking in the cupboard...and I really just ate it to use it up...and two delicious Cuties...

...mid-morning...I used up the Man's leftover coffee to make a cold latte...not iced...just more room temperature...it's crazy warm and humid here right now...

...and with that I had some red-skin peanuts...

...they remind me of my late Father-in-law...as they were his favorites...we usually only have them around Christmas for some reason...

...I feel like I've been eating too much lately...haha...so I just had a big (HUGE) salad for lunch...

...with homemade vegan ranch dressing...it was delicious...

...and then dinner was nothing spectacular...the kiddos were not here so we ate in front of the TV...of course...the Man does not like Foreman grilled broccoli...so this is just steamed...and oddly labled spears again...even though they are florets...not sure what's up with that Food Lion???the tofu sticks are just baked and have A1 steak sauce on them...and that's the first boughten (ND word) tomato that I've had in a while...the noodles are just leftover spaghetti noodles...we always make too many noodles...but I like them with just Earth Balance salt and pepper so it's ok...

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

~Have a lovely day!