...7.25...Dinner and (no) movie...

...the Man wanted pizza for dinner...so I whipped up a regular one for him...

...but made just a flat bread with black olives for me...

...and I had just a 'salad' with that...actually just orange and romaine lettuce leaves...

...and then right at prime movie watching time...we headed outside...

...got seated facing NW...

...but finally gave up...we've had evening thunder storms every night this week and it's left us with cloudy skies at prime viewing time...

...so we switched our view to try and spot the International Space Station...we've seen it before...but again...to cloudy and no luck...

...you're supposed to be able to see it again about 4:45 AM...so maybe we'll get up and try again then...I'd hate to miss an event that only happens once every 6000 years or so...

~Have a lovely weekend!

...7.24...Friday Favorites...

...have I mentioned that I love living out in the country...?

...this sweet cow got loose and wandered into the field beside our house for some nosh...

~Have a lovely day!

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

...I started the morning with a peanut butter and banana smoothie...so yum!

...a little bit later in the morning...I made some toast...and slathered on some Nutiva...my sweet sissie had sent a jar of this goodness back at Christmastime...and we love it...so it's a staple now...

...for lunch...I "fried" some okra on the Foreman Grill...

...and had some mixed veg, garbanzo beans, spinach and rice with that...

...then for dinner...I got this roasted eggplant out of the freezer...

...dusted it with flour and seasonings and "fried" that in the Foreman Grill as well...

...meanwhile...the Man made a delicious fresh marinara sauce using up all of the fresh bell pepper in the house...

...layered...sauce...eggplant...sauce...eggplant...

...sprinkled vegan parm on each layer...

...ended with sauce...

...and vegan parm on the top...baked until hot and bubbly...

...served with noodles and a salad...it was so good...

...what did you eat yesterday?

~Have a lovely day!

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

...I took my favorite sock (in black this time) to New Mexico...intending to get a lot of knitting done...but I barely knit any at all...so I'm just now working on the cuff of the first sock...not that there's any rush about it...I won't be needing these trouser socks for a while as I'm not likely to wear them around the house...

...and...I finished my favorite pillow so far...this one was so easy and fun and I love how it turned out...

...what's in your workbasket?

~Have a lovely day!

...7.20...Weekending...

...or we could title this post the weekend of the gifted food...you'll see why in just a bit...

...we kicked off the weekend by firing up the grill...

...and grilled some tempeh and tofu...

...I cooked some chickpeas (garbanzo beans) in the Instant Pot...

...separated the aqua faba and froze that in muffin cups...

...then bagged and labeled for future use...

...I also froze some applesauce...

...and I made some vegan soy yogurt...strawberry...

...I had gotten some turnip greens...

...and fresh green beans in the grocery haul...

...so I cooked those...

...I had bought the green beans specifically to make a vegan version of ginataang gulay...but the Man did not relish that idea...so I just cooked them the regular way..and they were yummy...

...then in other news...my dear college friend Amy came for a socially distanced inter-birthday meetup...so I made smoothies for us to sip on while we walked around the Church campus...the heat index was 105° F (40.5556° C)...so this peach/spinach/grape smoothie was sweet and refreshing...sorry this is the only photo I took of our lovely little visit...

...OK...now for all that gifted food...

...it started with this bag of corn (already shucked...YAY!) and fresh homegrown tomatoes...

...so happy to have my kitchen windowsill lined with tomatoes again...

...so...of course I had to have a tomato sammie...so delicious...

...and then we found this gem on the back porch...

...it smelled so good...and the Man...said...'maybe they'll come back and leave one for you'...hahahaha...

...we split it right down the middle and ate the whole thing...it never even made it into the fridge...

...and then the next day...there were these two bags...

...a bag full of fresh homegrown peaches...

...and then six pints (SIX) of fat juicy blackberries...

...see what I mean...we ate this pint just out of hand...still warm from the picking...

...I put the peaches in my wooden bowl...they are small...but sweet and delicious...

...so then I took a pint of blackberries and dusted them with sugar and flour...but it didn't look like enough berries in the dish...

...so I added another pint...

...blended some Earth Balance with some self rising flour...

...added some almond milk and spooned it over the berries...

...and baked until golden and bubbly...so...so...good...

...I hope you had a wonderful weekend!...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!