Today I attended another local vegan meetup thanks to Facebook Group Power to the Veg! This time it was in Auburn to try out a new vegan restaurant called Nectar Cafe and it was a great time chatting with local vegans, I could have easily stayed for a few more hours! I took the EV […]
Split Lentil Soup
This week is moving quickly, Wednesday already! And tonight is our last night of freezing temps for awhile and that’s alright with me. And the chihuahuas too, hopefully they’ll be more willing to go outside! Tonight they’re happy to park it by the fireplace. Skipper is happy to thoroughly check the kitchen floor for more […]
Quick Cheesy Sauce
I survived my 7.5 mile leg of the CIM Relay yesterday in frigid 27 degrees, barely! When I arrived at the start of the leg, I didn’t want to leave my warm car as I watched other runners uncomfortably dash to the start in skimpy running clothes. I finally did. For the race, I layered […]
Butternut Cardamom Quinoa
I am glad the weekend is here, 5 day work weeks are brutal after a blissfully long Thanksgiving weekend! The weather is still crazy, freezing cold rain most of the night and snow flurries today! Enough to stick around our patio for a bit until the sun came out and melted it away. Pretty rare […]
Warming Lentils and Quinoa
Things are looking more festive here now that the Christmas tree is decorated. And so is our orange tree in the backyard. It’s freezing, temps are supposed to be in the low to mid 20s tonight. Orange trees, like chihuahuas, do not like freezing temps. Luckily I still had some old-school C9 Christmas house lights […]
Leftovers and More Leftovers
Can’t believe this blissfully long weekend is almost over and I have to go back to work tomorrow. Sigh. Oh well, it’s been a great weekend of relaxing, running, working out, shopping, and eating – oh my the eating! Friday night I took a break from Thanksgiving leftovers and headed out to Baagan for a […]
Thanksgiving Recap
So who’s out Black Friday shopping? Not me, I’ll be heading to the gym this morning! It was a very small Thanksgiving for us with just my mom and her dog coming over and he quickly claimed our couch. Miko didn’t mind, he spent most of the evening in the kitchen offering his clean up […]
Sage Carrot Dressing
Remember 3rd Rock from the Sun? A show from the 90s about aliens sent to Earth and how they observed humans. It was one of my favorite shows, hilarious with classic Joseph Gordon-Levitt. And the start to the Thanksgiving episode was precious when they went grocery shopping before Thanksgiving and thought it was the Apocalypse. […]
Mint Chocolate Hemp Milk
Thanksgiving is just a few days away and I still have not completed a menu. This year we’re having a very small scale Thanksgiving at our house with just my mom and a lot of dogs, so I’m not too worried about it. I’ll probably finalize my ingredient list and hit the grocery store on […]
Dijon Balsamic Dressing
It’s been a great long weekend so far with a fun filled day of shopping and eating out with my sister yesterday. But shopping all day is exhausting! We started with an early lunch at Baagan to fuel up and we both got the Chana wrap, a wrap stuffed with chana garbanzo beans, plenty of […]