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Spring Vibes for the List

April 24, 2022 by christine

Easter was a great time with family, Miko was happy to snooze in his lap blanket while the bigger, younger dogs played hard in the backyard.

Miko is doing okay this week, he has lower energy days with more coughing, but still a decent appetite and good about taking his medication. And happy to enjoy the cooler, wet weather in his warm beds last week. But spring is coming back this week with warmer temps and dry weather.

I have been trying to eat well while juggling stress, it has not been easy and my creativity is lacking as you can tell. But the smoky “ham” flavored soy curls we did for Easter worked out well.

We got a decent amount of rain last week making for beautiful clear air and clouds. And it has been ages since I visited Davis, California – since well before the pandemic. We headed there this weekend to check out the vegan and shopping scene which appears to still be recovering from the pandemic sadly. But still a hip, vibrant college town scene with lots of fun art and thrift shopping.

I stepped into one vintage, thrift clothing shop and found I am not as young or as hip anymore after overhearing a group or 20-somethings get in a light-hearted fight over who would buy the zebra-printed waist pack. I am just not cool enough to pull that off, ha.

For a progressive college town, the vegan dine-out scene appears to not be what it used to be. Sure, there are good local chain places like Burger Patch and Plant Power Fast Food. But unique, local options seemed to be lacking compared to what I remember. We decided on a mostly plant-based health food local place called Musette. When we arrived, we found it was in the middle of a mostly empty indoor shopping mall, but offered some unique plant-based superfood bowls with house made curry and other creamy plant-based dressings. We got the Pannier Bowl, a filling blend of brown rice and lentil “meatballs” with turmeric rice, lentils, curried cauliflower, raisins, picked onions, beets, and a vibrant blend of healthy flavors. Also the Century Bowl combining a jackfruit and mushroom “meaty” blend, quinoa, chi chickpeas, and kale with citrus and a smoky eggplant tahini sauce that was wonderful.

Other eats was a hearty protein pasta marinara dish and curry Thai tofu takeout again. I did harvest a large cabbage from our garden and found out why I should not let them grow that large because they start splitting the cabbage head into smaller heads and blooms in the center. But it still made a good tofu stir fry.

And here I am back at the Sunday blues, or trying not that have them facing a 5-day work week ahead with a lot going on. I am trying to be positive, but burnout is a struggle and it’s time to start planning a vacation soon. And look to this list for a positive start to the week.

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  • How to get iron on a vegan diet.
  • Essential vegan products at Trader Joe’s.
  • I need to try Vegan Mob, next road trip!
  • Vegan shoes for men.
  • What does vegan clothing mean?
  • High protein vegan recipes.
  • Tabitha Brown on why she went vegan.
  • New vegan scrambled “eggs”.

Filed Under: General, Lifestyle Tagged With: dining out, eating out, news, plant based, vegan

Comments

  1. Laura says

    April 27, 2022 at 7:03 am

    Your thrift store experience is so funny! Nope, not hip either to pull off anything in zebra pattern either. In fact, at 42, I’m loosing any cool that I ever had! Sounds like you had a great Easter! It snowed here, bleh. In fact, it’s snowing and 32 degrees today and I really want to be out tilling my garden. But it was 80 degrees here 2 days ago! Our weather is so weird.

    • christine says

      May 1, 2022 at 7:37 am

      Yes and we overheard another guy say he’s in a “hotel manager” phase now referring to fashion, it was awesome. Ugh, sorry about the snow, hopefully you’re getting spring weather now! It’s been strange here too with cold rainy days then in the 80s the next.

  2. Hannah says

    May 2, 2022 at 4:50 am

    Exactly why I both love and hate thrifting. I enjoy the experience and the thrill of the hunt, but I definitely can’t ever wear the clothing I find. It’s much more successful when I stick to plates and props for photography!

    • christine says

      May 5, 2022 at 5:31 am

      Haha, true – it’s rare I find good clothing items for me in thrift shops with my awkward height, but ThredUp is next level for me!

  3. Jennifer Bliss says

    May 3, 2022 at 5:53 am

    Looks like some really nice days with sunshine! I crave sun these days! Such precious photos of Miko, too! And I’m jealous of your garden! We haven’t even starting planting yet because of our weather. We will be planting some stuff at my parents house. Hopefully soon….hopefully!

    • christine says

      May 5, 2022 at 5:38 am

      Yes, can’t complain but we always need rain here too. Sorry about your weather, hopefully you get some spring weather soon.

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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