Tonight is all about relaxing and enjoying a glass (or 2) of red wine and relaxing with my hubby and our fur baby. We decided to keep things simple and enjoyed a Masala Burger with babaganoush and sauteed mushrooms and onions and of course hot sauce. The weather here in VT has been pretty dreary today so it’s setting the mood for relaxation and currently catching up Top Chef Masters-my hubby is drooling over Gail Simmons right now; I think I need to get him a bib.
Hubby and I are resting up for our big Spring cleaning day tomorrow. So I’ll leave you with a photo of my yummy wine and messy burger.
Happy Friday! How’s everyone doing? Have you entered to win this pretty Earthlust stainless steel water bottle? If not there is still time!
Since we went to dinner last night we didn’t have any leftovers for lunch which meant I had to figure something out this morning. We had tons of baby bella mushrooms, baby spinach and broccoli so I made some yummy spaghetti with all of those and some garlic, red miso, earth balance, nutritional yeast and salt and pepper. I made enough so we would have dinner tonight and I won’t have to cook when I get home. Since there is no microwave in my office and I have to travel to the office next door I decided to have my lunch for breakfast and my breakfast for lunch. Do you ever have lunch/dinner food for breakfast?
Now I’m hanging out at Speeder’s – I know they should just let me move in here I basically pay their rent! HaHa. I decided to splurge and go with a Sky High Chai which is a soy chai latte with a shot of espresso it is the hubby’s favorite and he is sitting at his desk right now all jealous. Did I mention that we woke up to snow on the ground? GROSS! Where is spring?
Well bloggies this is a short one because I have school work to do and work to go to. Blog you later!
Hubby was running late at work tonight and since we were starving we decided to go to On The Rise in Richmond VT (finally). We have wanted to try it forever but have never seemed to be able to make it there. The menu is so vegan friendly there is even a vegan pizza! We ordered a small vegan pizza, a deluxe salad with marinated tofu, and a chocolate macaroon. The food was delicious, fresh and amazing.
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I had a hard time getting out of bed this morning; I think it’s because I got way too much sleep. Once I finally pulled myself out of bed and showered I decided to have some breakfast. You’ll never guess what I had…..SOYGURT. Today I had peach with oats, flaxmeal and banana. I also made myself a cup of White Coconut Cream Tea from The Art of Tea. I just took a sip of it and this tea taste like a macaroon. It’s like a cookie in a warm liquid form without all the sugar, fat and calories. What can I say it’s a dream in a drink.
After this is all gone it’s time to get a bunch of house work done before I head off to work. I look forward to the days when we don’t have to commute 45 minutes each way to work and when I don’t have to go in 3 hours before I have to be to my work…..or stay 3 hours after. You might be wondering why we commute and well I used to work in the city that we live in right now so we decided to get a place here but I left that awful job back in December and now I work in Burlington with my hubby (he’s always worked there) and we have to commute until July 1st when our lease is up. WAHOO can’t wait to move.
Q: Do you rent or own? How long have you lived in your current home? How many places have you lived in the last 5 years? We rent and have lived in our place for going on 2 years. However in the last 5 years I have lived in 8 different houses/apartments….crazy right!
It was beautiful this afternoon so I decided to expand our walk into a lovely picnic on the water front. Hubby has been working so hard at work lately it’s time for a little romance. I picked up a wonderful spread of food from Healthy Living and Fresh Market and grabbed a blanket from the trunk of the car and we headed out for a walk. Hubby was so delight and surprised it was a great afternoon and BEAUTIFUL! We had lots of amazing food from snap peas with tamari almonds, baguette, olives, dolmas, artichokes, veggies, babaganoush, red wine and vegan truffles.
Wonderful food and a beautiful view.
Q: What do you do for your significant other to show your love and appreciation?
After my morning at the coffee shop it was straight to the office to get down to business with my piles of files to work on. I was hopping that today I could catch up some organizing but it seems that just wasn’t in the cards. I spent all morning going and going and going….and I still have a ton to do. You see I only work four hours a day (on average lately it’s been more like 5-6) and I know you’re saying WHAT that is the life. Haha I wish it was but it’s really not long enough to get everything done each day and there is constantly something that needs to get done. I also am on call pretty much all the time so even if I’m not at work I might be called to do something. Anyways, now it’s time to get a snack and hang out at Healthy Living since I haven’t been here all week and I figured they missed me.
Hubby and I decided that we would do our nightly walk down at the Burlington Bike Path after he gets out of work instead of heading straight home. Since we won’t be home until later and I’ve had my yummy yogurt with banana and oats for lunch I needed some greens and a little protein. So I made a little plate of goodness to enjoy while I get some school work done that I didn’t do this morning.
On my plate of goodness is tempeh of the sea, roasted sweet potato, kale and sauteed green beans and a few tiny pieces of chipotle tofu.
How do you balance work, relationships and time for yourself?
Yesterday all I seemed to want to eat was soygurt- Whole Soy of course- I had it for breakfast and lunch. I would have had it for dinner as well but hubby stopped me. Yesterday a.m. I had a big beige bowl of vanilla soygurt with cashews, flax sprinkles, oatmeal (not cooked) and a banana. I had seen on Caitlin’s blog about using uncooked oats in her oatmeal and I was skeptical at first but decided to give it a try. It is actually really good and makes the yogurt have a little more body and makes it filling. I even got the hubby to try it since to his disappointment I did not make granola as I had intended.
Disclaimer: Paramount Coffee provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.
Since hubby decided to work from home/day a half PTO I didn’t go to the coffee shop like I usually do, we both commute to work right now and I have to be to work later than him so I hang out at Speeder and Earl’s sipping coffee and doing school work or blog posts. Anyways, since he didn’t go into work I didn’t have to leave early so I enjoyed some of my “weekend coffee” which lately has been from Paramount Coffee who was kind enough to send me a few samples of their coffee (I recently spotted some ground flavors at the local TJMaxx). My favorite of the three I received has been this Fair Trade Organic Community Blend which is a medium roast and is “A combination of Asian and South American coffees in a medium-dark roast. A very rich cup with low acidity and pleasant flavor. (source).” I have also been enjoying the Fair Trade Organic Swiss Water House Blend (Decaf) which I like to sometimes mix with my caffeinated beans to cut back on the caffeine. Both of these have been really tasty and I can’t wait to try the third one I received which is a Fair Trade Organic Music Morning- sounds uplifting eh?
Following work I headed straight home to get something to eat since all I had at the office were some veggie sticks, pretzels and Tribe Forty Spice Hummus which is my absolute favorite! However I was super hungry when I got home and to my disappointment the wonderful smell of food that I came home to was non existent, hubby had made himself lunch and it smelled amazing! So I turned to the soygurt this time mixed berry and added a little oats and flax sprinkles. I also made hubby and I a green smoothie to share that included a frozen banana, a packet of chocolate Amazing Grass, unsweetened chocolate Almond Dream, a small spoon of Sunbutter and lots of spinach. I also enjoyed a tangerine and some water out of my new water bottle from Earthlust. Isn’t this water bottle so cute? GUESS WHAT! I have one to give away to you all as well so keep your eyes peeled for a post tonight about how you can enter to win your own stainless steel water bottle from Earthlust.
I forgot to take a picture of dinner but don’t worry it wasn’t very appealing to the eyes however it was delicious! We had a mix of onions, peppers, celery, cabbage, mushrooms, broccoli and tofu all stirfried up with BBQ sauce, soy sauce, chili flakes, garlic powder, and a little brown rice syrup and I served it over greens. It was really delicious but I was hungry later so I had a small banana with Sunbutter as we caught up on an episode of House and The Amazing Race- I forgot how much I love this show, GO COWBOYS! Haha.
This morning I am just hanging out at the coffee shop sipping on some decaf maple french toast coffee and I ate a bagel with hummus and tomato that I had picked up before we left home. You’re probably saying why not just get a bagel at Speeders? Well I would but they have Montreal style bagels which have eggs in them! I know right BOOO! So they are usually pretty good and don’t say anything if I eat outside food- love Speeders.
Oh and P.S. I found the charger for my camera battery so no more mediocre iPhone shots!
Question of the Morning: What is your favorite soygurt brand and flavor?