I just wanted to post to say I am still here! Look for a post tomorrow.

So I told you I loved ED&BV- I can’t get enough of it! For lunch I had left over Smokey Split Pea Soup (I made this a couple days ago- I left out the smoked tofu though) w/ some home made corn bread (I got the recipe from The Happy Herbivore). I also had 1/2 a red pepper on the side.

Here is the soup in the process of making it. Isn’t it pretty?

My mom came over today and we went for a walk around the neighborhood. When we got home I was hot and hungry so I had a So Delicious ice cream bar.

Shortly after I had a pear (no pic!) and a cashew butter and pomegranate jelly sandwich. I was hungry! =)

Friday’s I only see Darren in the morning- after work he works at a restaurant as a server. This makes Friday’s really loooong for me! Today I was lucky- my sister came by and entertained Sienna while I cooked dinner. I made Bean & Corn Tortilla Lasagna w/ Avocado (again from you know where….).

Fresh out of the oven.

I paired my meal w/ a spinach salad. I topped in w/ walnuts and homemade cumin-cinnamon dressing (ED&BV….).

Goodnight!

So yet again I am apologizing for the lack of posting. Sienna has been working me hard these past few days. She is on the move! Not quite crawling but with the rolling and creeping she can defiantly move! Needless to say- I have to constantly be watching her! Any time I have a free moment I generally have 10 million things to do (like take a shower!) so blogging gets pushed aside. I’m going to work on keeping it up!

Thanks to everyone who gave me ideas/tips on how to cut my grocery budget. I find just bringing a calculator and adding as you put things in the cart really helps! Unfortunately it means trying less fun products and getting more “staples” to cook and bake with so I actually have to make things to eat! I actually like this- its nice to have things like homemade soup and cookies on hand.

On to breakfast- this morning I tried something out. I had a fruit and nut plate to start my day (since fruit should really either be eaten alone or with nuts). I had one banana, one apple (small), 1/3 cup raw walnuts and after I took the picture I added some cinnamon! It was so good! The fruit were perfect and went so well with the nuts- the cinnamon really enhanced the flavors. I will defiantly be doing this more often.

I also had a bowl of oatmeal made with almond milk about an hour or so after my fruit plate.

Have a great morning!

Sorry about the lack of posting- I’ve just been busy!

For breakfast today I just had two slices of sprouted grain toast with some cashew butter.

I also had an orange.

Nothing fancy! We really have to cut back on the amount of money we spend on groceries- its hard because I love food!! I’ve decided I will cook 3 meals for 4 people so that we have left overs and I will bake 1-2 times per week. If you have any money saving tips feel free to let me know!

I had the last of the Sweet Potato Lentil chili for lunch today- so sad! I just loved it and I don’t even really like regular chili! I also had some kashi crackers on the side.

I also had ants on a log! I used to eat this as a kid and I still love it. I subbed almond butter for PB (don’t have any) but it still turned out great! =)

Darren took Sienna over to his parents for a bit so I used to opportunity to bake! I really forgot how much I love baking- I used to do it all the time and for some reason stopped. I especially love making healthy treats- all of ED&BV’s are quite healthy. Even the indulgent ones (like Chocolate mint Melties) are full of things like Spelt flour, dark chocolate and unrefined sugar! Today I made the Double Carob Cashew Cookies although I didn’t have carob chips so I just used chocolate chips and I didn’t have cashew butter so I used almond. They still turned out great even though they were really Carob Chocolate Almond cookies!

I had 2 as a snack w/ some almond milk.

For dinner we just had a simple stir fry since we needed to use up our bok choy. I made a sauce out of almond butter (I sure eat a lot of this stuff!), braggs apple cider vinegar, garlic, soy sauce, honey and a bit of water. The stir fry consisted of carrots, celery, broccoli, bok choy, onion, and garlic plus some soba noodles!

I just had some chai tea w/ soymilk as my dessert (no sugar)!

G’night!