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Leftovers for the Weekend List

November 29, 2015 by christine

Brr, it’s been cold here! Down to the 20s last night with freeze warnings. But the moon has been beautiful on these cool and crisp mornings.

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The poor kale in our garden covered in frost!

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And Miko spending extra time warming his tummy on the fireplace.

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I’ve only been able to get the dogs out for walks during the warmest part of the afternoon, they want nothing to do with the cold for morning or evening walks.

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But the fall colors are gorgeous here!

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And lazy long weekend days have been great after a busy holiday.

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Eats have been interesting this week around Thanksgiving planning and eating leftovers – I think I’m actually tired of leftovers and ready for huge salads all this week! I made a big batch of stove top brown rice with quinoa, split red lentils, and kale for a simple meal flavored with tamari and Cajun seasoning.

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And stew using the leftovers of the rice mixture with roasted veggie leftovers and chopped leftover Field Roast Celebration Roast from Thanksgiving.

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Perfect for chilly weather and filling.

I also have a stash of shredded pumpkin and butternut squash in the freezer that were extras from Thanksgiving and have been using in them in smoothies with vanilla protein powder, frozen bananas, and pumpkin pie seasoning for festive smoothies.

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Leftover vegan green bean casserole for lunch yesterday, always good!

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Last night we deviated from leftovers to try a new product. Hubby is a die hard fan of all varieties of mac n’ cheese and has been having fun trying vegan varieties of it. Now this isn’t exactly a healthy food option, I know. It’s more of an occasional weekend fun food and probably shouldn’t be consumed regularly. But we tried the Daiya Deluxe Cheddar Style Cheezy Mac.

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Of course I had to add veggies to it and serve more veggies on the side!

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It was good and seemed very cheezy, hubby really liked it and plans to buy it again for the next mac n’ cheese craving.

I’ve also been working through leftover raw vegan pumpkin pie.

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But whew, looking forward to getting back to basics this week with salads!

The List!

One Green Planet has recipes to help get back on track after holiday eating.

Eat to avoid being sick this winter.

Climate change will continue to be a real threat with meat consumption.

This is a nice vegan transition story.

And a look at Vegan Thanksgiving celebration.

More of Christie Brinkley showing how amazing vegan can be.

A healthy plate for managing diabetes.

Dr. T. Colin Campbell answers how animal protein stresses the kidneys.

Filed Under: General, Lifestyle, Product Reviews, Raw News Tagged With: Daiya, daiya cheezy mac, health news, healthnut, plant based news, plant based recipes, plant-based, raw vegan, raw vegan pumpkin pie, vegan, vegan news, vegan recipe

Comments

  1. Laura @ Raise Your Garden says

    November 30, 2015 at 4:30 am

    I’m was so surprised to hear you get frost where you live! Cute brown shoes!!! Love one green planet and any pumpkin in any form. That pumpkin pie scrumptious. Hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving =)

    • christine says

      November 30, 2015 at 6:09 am

      Thanks and you too! Occasionally we get frost and even a snow dusting, but it doesn’t last long. :-)

  2. Jennifer says

    November 30, 2015 at 6:07 am

    “I think I’m actually tired of leftovers and ready for huge salads all this week!”
    I can totally relate! I was so happy to get rid of 90% of the leftovers this morning make Thanksgiving burritos. I will probably use up most of the leftovers for stuffing-quinoa burgers. I think my body is now craving green shakes and salads!

    • christine says

      November 30, 2015 at 6:10 am

      Me too, all of ours should be gone my tomorrow and I can’t wait. Going to Trader Joe’s today to load up on fresh veggies! :-)

  3. Linda @ Veganosity says

    November 30, 2015 at 8:53 am

    I have those brown shoes too! Very cute. :)

    Big fresh salads sound perfect for this week, with some soup. It’s really cold here too.

    I think Christie Brinkley needs to add good genes, lighting, photo shop, and money to her list of things that keep her looking young. Just saying. ;)

    • christine says

      November 30, 2015 at 11:24 am

      Thanks on the shoes, cheap vegan find at Target. :-) Yes on salad, heading to Trader Joe’s today to load up!

      That to for Christie Brinkley. :-)

  4. Jennifer says

    November 30, 2015 at 10:40 am

    The new Daiya Mac & Cheese offering looks great! The Chi’s are so sweet! I saw the Miko pic on IG and said “awwww” outloud!!

    • christine says

      November 30, 2015 at 11:23 am

      It was really good, I was impressed with the flavor and texture.

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