Tuesday December 15th

Breakfast - oatmeal, banana, strawberries, kiwi, pineapple
Lunch - tomato soup, 2 whole wheat rolls with white bean spread
Dinner - Enchilada casserole and salad with low fat green goddess dressing

Monday December 14th

Breakfast - oatmeal and fruit salad with banana, strawberries, kiwi and pineapple
Lunch - leftover pasta, white bean spread on whole wheat toast
Dinner - leftover tomato soup, salad with romaine, tomato, cucumber, broccoli, carrots, cranberries, sunflower seeds, low-fat green goddess dressing

More of Me & My Niece

Sunday, December 13th

The last couple of days was variations of leftovers.
Dinner last night was salad with baby greens from my deck garden, romaine, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes and sunflower seeds with a small amount of Annie's dressing. Whole wheat rolls with white bean spread (McDougall's cookbook pg. 251) and tomato soup (Jennifer Raymonds - Fat-Free & Easy pg.69)

Fear vs. Love

In hindsight, it's pretty clear when one's approach is fear-based or love-based.

I try to come from a place of love, but sometimes, I slip into a fear derived mind-set without realizing it. During this time, I stop taking care of myself, I feel tired, depressed even. I don't journal, I don't practice yoga and I don't listen to my music or meditate.

Fortunately, once this is recognized, it's fairly simple to realign and get back to a heartful, mindful, intent and focus.

Bad Decisions Make Good Stories

No story in particular, just a thought....

Wednesday December 9th

Breakfast - bananas, strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, toast with corn butter

Lunch - Garbage Plate at Mama Kwans

Dinner - leftover macaroni and cheese and salad

Tuesday December 8th

Breakfast - fruit salad with bananas, strawberries, pineapple & kiwi

Lunch - black bean chili, 2 whole wheat rolls with corn butter

Dinner - Baked Macaroni & "Cheese" (16 oz whole wheat spiral pasta, added rest of can of drained tomatoes, some onion and jalapeno pepper to sauce & pasta before baking) and salad with romaine, shredded carrots, tomato, onion & cucumbers with small amount of Annie's Woodstock dressing (indulgent).

Monday December 7th

Monday was leftovers of the prior day.

Sunday December 6th

For breakfast I had a couple of hummus wraps (was out of pita bread). Lunch was more leftover chili.
Dinner, I sliced three large potatoes into "french fries", spritzed two glass baking dishes with oil, dusted the fries with a bit of salt, garlic powder and ground black pepper, laid them in the dishes & dashed with a very light coating of oil and baked until crispy (oven was at 430). While these started baking, chopped up some onion, jalapeno, red pepper, defrosted tofu cubes, cremini mushrooms and broccoli - squirted with a bit of Braggs and put these in the oven on a tin-foil lined baking sheet (a must for easy clean up) - toasted a couple of whole wheat rolls with corn butter and had a delicious meal that qualified as comfort food.

Got Water?

Too much rain recently has made my little swamp into a big swamp, as evidenced by the view from my deck.

Thursday December 3rd

Yup, leftovers again. Not only are they still tasty, it's economical.

Wednesday December 2nd

Oh Wednesday! The day of Leftovers!
Chili for breakfast? Of course! Perfect way to start the day.
Lunch was another hummus filled pita with all the fixins and dinner was leftover roasted veggies over brown rice.

Tuesday December 1st

Unfortunately, skipped breakfast again.
For lunch, had another hummus filled pita with lettuce, cucumber, red pepper, onion & carrots.
Dinner - I put 1 cup short grain brown rice in sauce pan with 1 cup water and 1 cup broth, brought a boil, covered sauce pan and reduced heat and simmered for 50 minutes, took off heat and let sit for 10 minutes still covered and then fluffed the rice. While this was cooking, I chopped up some mushrooms, onion, butternut squash, broccoli & cauliflower, spritzed them with Bragg's Liquid Aminos and roasted in oven at 425 until tender. Served the veggies over the brown rice with bread & corn butter.
I had poblanos in the veggies, but picked them out because the taste of the peppers didn't work well with the other vegetables.
Great meal, with leftovers for another.

Thanksgiving Photos

Our vegan feast!

Me & My Niece

Shelby has quite the talent for self portraits and the inclusion of a couple of other people. Here is one of the two of us (of which she changed my profile pic in Facebook)

Addendum to Monday November 30th

To the black bean chili, I added some TVP for texture and to absorb some excess liquid and some corn.