Happy Valentine’s Day! Got any fun plans today? We’re planning to hear a famous doctor talk then brave the chaos and go out to dinner – should be fun! And I’m planning a 10 mile training run before because it’s Sunday Run Day! Last weeks training run went much better than expected breaking in new Brooks Glycerin 13s.
And the weather was perfect, sunny but not too hot. Can’t complain about that!
Oh yeah, last Sunday was Superbowl Sunday too and we had more fun preparing tofu “wings” for dinner than actually watching the game. Hubby froze a package of extra firm tofu, then thawed it out to improve the texture. Sliced it into sticks, rolled in a little cornstarch, and fried in our deep fryer and coated with wing sauce.
They were delicious served with Follow Your Heart’s Vegan Bleu Cheese dressing, great texture and crunchy outer layer.
Other eats included this potato kale coconut curry stir fry using my two new favorite pantry staples – Maesri Prik Khing Curry Paste and Native Forest Organic Coconut Milk.
Salad with spicy peanut dressing and sprouts.
Layered leftover steamed broccoli and potato curry stir fry for lunch.
Simple oil free tamari tofu stir fry.
And kicky curry tofu stir fry with our dinner buddies.
I have a thing for adding chopped potato to stir fries lately, makes them heartier after hitting the gym.
This salad with my mom that included chopped raw beets and organic mushroom dressing.
And a crazy stir fry I threw together yesterday with Tofurky Vegan Sausage and Follow Your Heart’s VeganEgg.
Last night I whipped up a veggie quinoa dish in a wok with Creole seasoning and lately have been having fun cooking everything in a wok.
Rice, quinoa, pasta, and other grains cook fast over high heat in a wok and make it easy to add other ingredients for a simple one-pot meal.
Of course hubby and I headed to our favorite local Thai place for spicy dinner Friday night.
Never get tired of Thai, so many great vegan options with lots of veggies and kick!
And I headed to Grocery Outlet after the gym yesterday to score more deals on new vegan products to try.
Awesome deals on Nature’s Path Organic Vegan Granola this time! And Silk vegan yogurt and Nutchello which is awesome in coffee.
It’s been a great week of eats and I am loving this long weekend for fun and down time. Time for a fun training run, but first the list!
This family made a smooth transition to a plant based diet to reverse diabetes.
And this couple shed pounds and got off meds.
So did this guy and saved lots of money.
This couple is giving their family a health makeover.
Beets might be a body building super food.
Helpful ways to eliminate stress.
Living totally plastic free may be tricky, but here’s inspiration to reduce plastic in your life.
Happy Valentine’s Day! I never really celebrate, but I’m looking forward to all the sales on holiday chocolates tomorrow. ;)
I’m dying to hear what you think of the Nutchello. It sounds amazing and it kills me that I haven’t found it in stores yet.
You too! And yes, think we need to make a trip to Target today for deals and think of what will be showing up at Grocery Outlet! :-)
The Nutchello is delicious, like a malty, sweet caramel drink that’s great in coffee and would probably be awesome in blender banana soft serve.
Hi Christine,
Looks like you had a great week! I am so glad to see that Silk has a vegan yogurt. I have not seen it in my local natural food stores. I am going to have to request it. Thanks for sharing your finds!
Sure and it’s great yogurt, tangy with a thick and smooth texture – perfect with the granola deal scored.
Happy belated V-day! You make eating vegan food seem so easy. Still looking for a vegan restaurant to try, but only have met with restaurants that serve just one or two vegan dishes. Oh well. I guess I’ll just make a smoothie for lunch. Those caramel almonds + cashews look amazing, I’m keeping an eye out for those!!!
You too! Thanks, I’m having tons of fun preparing one pot meals in a wok lately!
Great run! I’m still working up to running more than 3 miles on the treadmill since my back injury but I could’t do that time running that far – very impressive – I’ve never been much of a fast runner.
Interesting article about beet juice – maybe I’ll try it before going to the gym this week.
I need to find some of that Nutchello!
Thanks! Strange how running distances come in waves, I was barely running this time last year while healing a minor hip strain and trying to find new shoes.
I love those fig bars!!!! Not priced too badly either! YUM to those dishes you posted and AWWWW to the Chi’s! I need to catch up on your blog so sorry it’s been so long!
They are good and such a deal, I need to grab a box for our next trip!