SuTao Takeout and More Easy Meals!

Hi everyone! Last Sunday, we ordered takeout from SuTao Cafe and then went to Wilson Farm Park for a picnic! My sister Alena, Zach, and I found a nice tree and spread out under its shade to dig into a delicious distanced lunch! 

My vegetable fried rice and spring roll

My leftover rice (plus Boca chick’n) was an easy packed lunch on Monday… 

This week, I tried two of the frozen pot pies that Zach had found at Wegmans. They were both good, but I preferred the chik’n veggie… 

I finally got around to enjoying the lemon raspberry cheesecake I’d gotten from our last trip to Vegan Treats; it was so good! 

I also tried this soup, which was simple but really nice; I’ll be ordering it again from Firefly Cafe and Outpost… 

Random, but this mix of end-of-the-bag chips (blue corn tortilla and Doritos spicy sweet chili) made me think of Halloween (also, how is it September already?)… 

I tried this vegan mac & cheese that my mom had gotten for me; I had it with green beans and coconut bacon and it was delicious! 

And I finally had the Gardein chick’n noodl’ soup; it was great, even better than the chick’n & rice soup I’d tried first! So, that’s another thing I’ll be ordering from the outpost again! 

In garden news, I’ve been harvesting a ton of pole beans... 

And here is yet another picture of Daisy joining me to meditate; she got herself settled like this and then just hung out on my lap… 

Peace. :)

Food and Flowers and More!

Hi everyone, and happy solstice! This was my dinner on Sunday: Boca chik’n burger with Violife cheese on a pretzel roll, with Alexia waffle fries and pickles and salad with a tahini dressing… 

I perfected the salad the next day by adding crispy onions! 

Zach and I went kayaking on Thursday; here are the pics from before we took off down the Schuylkill River… 

Once we were done, we ordered takeout from Moe’s for a late lunch/early dinner; I got a burrito with rice, beans, guacamole, grilled peppers, lettuce, and cucumbers, and it came with a huge side of chips! 

And here’s a messy picture of a delicious part of my lunch yesterday – a Tofurky beer brat on a pretzel sausage bun with mustard and smashed avocado! 

More Wegmans goodies from Zach to try… 

And breakfast for dinner last night was pretty yummy (not pictured: I also had a buttered bagel with everything seasoning)… 

Flowers from my walk this morning… 

And here’s how my garden is progressing, plus some blossoms!

Snow peas

Cucumber

Zucchini

Cringer in a box! 

Peace. :)

Some Food and More Signs of Spring!

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all doing well! For breakfast on Sunday morning, I had my leftover baked oatmeal while Zach tried out the Gardein southwest saus’age & veggie breakfast bowl he’d found; his review: “It was pretty good.” 
 

photo by Zach

An easy lunch of leftover rosemary potatoes, Gardein fishless filets, and ½ can of Amy’s lentil vegetable soup… 

With a bag of baby carrots being the only veggies left in the house, I finally went out to Giant yesterday (two weeks since going for groceries). I got three bags of frozen greens (kale and collard greens), two little cans of green beans, two little cans of golden wax beans, and a little can of sauerkraut (I have pierogies in the freezer). I also got two bottles of apple juice since I was running low. Back at home, I made another batch of chex mix, which I’ve been having for a snack at night… 

For dinner, I had leftover fettuccine Alfredo with a Boca burger and some kale!

And today was another easy lunch: The last of the chickenless nuggets from Aldi, two hash browns, and some canned golden wax beans… 

A sign of spring in our front yard yesterday… 

And more signs of spring around the neighborhood this morning… 

To close today’s post, here we have Cringer and Rogue, hanging out together on the couch… 

Peace. :)

Freezer Food, Pretzels, and “Catifying” Updates

Hi everyone! This week I’ve been working on using up stuff that’s in the freezer; here’s the Daiya pumpkin spice cheesecake that I’d gotten back in fall and then forgotten about – I had it with some So Delicious coco whip, and it was really good! 

I also enjoyed some delicious mashed potato bowls with carrots and a chopped-up Boca turk’y burger, topped with gravy I’d frozen back in November… 

I tried the sweet & salty pretzels last week and really enjoyed them, and then I saw the gluten-free version this week when I was grocery shopping, so I’ll try these next! 

The “catification” is progressing nicely, and the kitties have seemed to enjoy testing out the changes. Here are the shelves I’d mentioned Zach had installed; I got some mats and double-sided tape at Lowe’s, so now the shelves are safer, and I moved the dog bed that Leela had sometimes slept on up to the top of Zach’s old desk that he doesn’t use anymore. (And yes, Zach added Tigger as a masthead to the longest shelf, haha!) 

I got this tablecloth at Goodwill and draped it over the shelves we use as a shoe rack, so now it’s nicer for the kitties when they want to hang out at the window. Here is Cringer modeling… 

We’ve had this cat tower for a while, but I experimented with turning it ninety degrees, and now Daisy is watching the birds more often! 

I got this new scratcher on sale at Pet Supplies Plus; the one we’d had there was a lot less sturdy and kept getting knocked over. Here’s Rogue with a nice big stretch! 

I moved this lidded plastic bin to a low window and added an old seat cushion and folded sheet for some padding… 

And last but not least, I moved this cat bed that had been Leela’s up to the top of the fridge. No one had shown any interest in it when it was on the ground, and they were ignoring it on the fridge as well, until Zach caught Cringer hanging out up there one night and managed to snap a pic for me! 

To end today’s post, here’s Daisy posing so perfectly… 

Peace. :)