Moving Day Part 3.1

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I had the hardest time getting up this morning and as soon as I got out of bed the fur baby curled up and decided to take a snooze; she has no idea how lucky she is. After all the packing and moving this weekend I feel like I didn’t even get a weekend off and I am dead today-the rain doesn’t help either.  Yesterday we picked up the last of our belongings and finished cleaning our old place.  While we cleaned I enjoyed a Hint water that they sent me to sample and some chips.  The water was okay the flavor was a bit strong for me but it was at least refreshing while we cleaned.

With the help of my parents the 4 of us were able to clean the place and be on our way in just over 2 hours which was great.  We then stopped to have a picnic on the way back to their house, our temporary home.

White Bean and Avocado Sandwiches

Ingredients

  • 1-15oz can of white beans, drained, rinsed and gently mashed
  • 1/2 an avocado diced
  • 1 small tomato, seeded and diced
  • 1/4 cup green onions, thinly sliced
  • 2T reduced fat Vegenaise (or your favorite vegan mayo)
  • 1/4 of a lemon juiced
  • salt and pepper to taste

Makes enough filing for 4 sandwiches.

With my sandwich I enjoyed a Polar seltzer and for dessert an O’Cookie .  I was sent these to sample and the sample included 2 non-vegan and 2 vegan packages so my parents enjoyed some of the non-vegan and my hubz and I the vegan.  The favorite from my dad who tried both a vegan and a non-vegan was the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat which unfortunately is not vegan.  The vegan flavor we tried was Dark Chocolate Raisin Oat – it was good and I love how tiny the cookies are.

Moving Day 3.2 is still to come- I’ll try posting this evening if the internet is working at my parents house.  We are only on part 3 of the moving process and I am hoping that we don’t have too many more. *Dreaming of moving into our new place*

Moving Day Parts 1&2

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Hey Bloggies over the last 3 days the Hubs, my parents and I have been packing up, moving and cleaning our old place to move everything into our friends basement until we find out when we can finally move into our new apartment.  We were supposed to move in July 1st however due to building hold-ups we aren’t sure when we are going to be able to move in.  We just hope that it’s in the next 2-3 weeks.  For now we are crashing in my parents 2nd living room and it’s nice but we have no cellphone service and slow internet BOOOO; oh yeah and an hour commute to work.

When we arrived at my parents house after hours of moving boxes and cleaning I was delighted to see that a package from Divvies Bakery. Inside the box I found a number of goodies that of course will be blogging about them but I’ll start with this wonderful treat.

Okay before I enjoyed one of these wonderful cupcakes I first had dinner. For dinner we had swiss chard and chickpeas, brown rice pilaf and steamed broccoli.

Finally it was time to enjoy a yummy cupcake topped with frosting and sprinkles.  These cupcakes were delicious! They were so moist and the frosting was fudgie goodness.  I love that these are vegan and are made in a nut free facility which is great for those who have nut allergies.

The internet is so slow here I will finish blogging with Part 3 of moving days.  Nightie Night!

Vega Shake & Go Smoothie

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Vega Shake & Go Smoothie

For the last few weeks I have been trying out the Vanilla Almondilla Vega Shake & Go Smoothie and I have come to the conclusion that I like it sometimes.  I know you’re going how can you like some just sometimes? Well in the case of this Vega Shake & Go Smoothie I really didn’t like it as a shake & go smoothie.  I appreciated the simplicity of adding 2 tablespoons to one cup of water and shake to create a smoothie filled with

  • Two servings of veggies
  • 2500 mg Omega-3-6-9
  • 11 g complete protein
  • Only 100 calories
  • 1 billion probiotics cultures

However the flavor was just off for me.  I felt that the smoothie was just too sweet and it over powered the drink.  I alternatively used the smoothie powder in my one hour oats and I thought it was great because the bland oats helped to balance the sweetness.  I also found the smoothie powder great when added to a blender with water, spinach, banana and flax meal.   Overall I did like the Vega Shake & Go Smoothie however the forms in which I enjoyed it was not in the intended “shake & go” style.

Disclaimer: Vega 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.

Breakfast With A Friend

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This morning I met my good friend Denise for breakfast at Magnolia Bistro in Burlington.  This is my favorite breakfast spot in Burlington because not only do they have tons of vegan options but they are a certified green restaurant that sources their goods from local resources.  Although I was eyeing the potato pancakes I decided to go with my favorite tofu scramble, the sesame tofu scram.

I also enjoyed a fresh squeezed organic orange juice because it’s delicious and I’ve been trying to crowd out coffee.

Breakfast was delicious and I had a wonderful time chatting with my dear friend who is on her way back to Denver tonight boooooo. Now I’m off to work! Blog you later!

Q: What did you have for breakfast?

1 Hour Oats and Kale Soup

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This morning the Hubz and I got up and I decided to make “overnight” oats that Angela over at OSG has popularized with her easy recipe.  I obviously didn’t do mine overnight but you can easily make these in an hour or probably even less.

For the 1 hour oats:

  • 1/3 cup regular oats
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened hemp milk
  • 1 tablespoon chia seeds
  • 1 tablespoon Vega Vanilla Shake and Go
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla hemp protein
  • pinch of salt

Directions: Mix together the above ingredients in a bowl and place in fridge overnight.

To make this wonderful parfait I whipped up some banana soft serve (banana and hemp milk blended until smooth) and some almond drizzle (almond butter with warm water to thin out).  I layered the oats, banana soft serve and almond drizzle and topped with cacaco nibs.  DELICIOUS!

After our morning of oats, farmers market, post office and the selling of our portable washing machine we headed up to my little cousins graduation party.  We enjoyed some Tofurky sandwiches, veggies, strawberries, pita chips and hummus and BBQ Pop chips. After we socialized, ate and played a few “games” of ping pong we headed home to finally relax.  However before we are able to sit in relax I made soup and salad for dinner with yummy Sweet Potato Beer Bread and of course write this blog post.

Ingredients:

  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 1/2 sweet onion, diced
  • 1/2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 vegan chicken bouillon
  • 4 cups of water
  • 4 cups of kale, bite sized pieces
  • 2/3 cup of Westbrae  NaturalsSoup Beans, or use the beans of your liking
  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • salt and pepper

Directions: In a pot heat the oil and add the carrots and onion until soft.  Add in the water and vegan chicken bouillon bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer for 15 minutes.  Stir in the soup beans and the kale and cook until the kale is wilted, then stir in the nutritional yeast.  Taste for salt and pepper and add as needed.

Recipe: Szechuan Seitan and Beans

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Ingredients:

  • 3 cups of green beans
  • 2 cups of beet greens
  • 1 cup seitan cut into small pieces
  • 2T cornstarch
  • oil for frying seitan
  • Sauce:
    • 1T sesame oil
    • 1T soy sauce
    • 1T brown sugar
    • 2t sriracha, or hot sauce of your liking
    • 1/4t chili flakes

Directions:

Toss the seitan with the cornstarch, fry until crispy.

Mix the sauce together and set aside.

In a wok or large sautee pan add 2 tablespoons of water and cook up the green beans until tender.  Make a hole in the middle and stir in the sauce and beet greens.  Stir in the seitan to coat.

Serve with rice.