Fries, Risotto, and Gummies!

Hi everyone! On Sunday, I used the last of my potatoes to make a big batch of oven fries; I had some with green beans and an Asian veggie burger from Aldi…

Yesterday I made butternut squash risotto, which I enjoyed with some Aldi vegan meatballs… 

And I found these cute gummies today when I went out on a quick grocery run…

Here is a picture from a walk that Zach and I took yesterday. It was raining, so there weren’t many other people out, making social distancing easy! 

Schuylkill River

And here are Cringer and Rogue hanging out together… 

Peace. :)

Lots of Spice this Week!

Hi everyone! My sister Alena visited again on Tuesday; for lunch we made the spicy macaroni & cheese from AfroVeganChick (I used the plain Chao – the chipotle mayo was spicy enough – and left out the ground coriander) and the spicy BBQ cauliflower wings from My cat loves Daiya! (I only used about ½ tablespoon hot sauce instead of ½ cup). We started eating the mac & cheese while the cauliflower finished cooking and then added them in once they were done.

Super spicy but so good!

For dinner we kept it simple and made spaghetti with the zesty Italian meatless meatballs from Aldi and a “garlic bread” bagel.

Yum!

And then today I made “buffachos” (also from My cat loves Daiya!), which was another super simple and tasty meal!

Buffalo chickpeas atop tater tots, with vegan ranch dressing

In other news, I harvested my first cherry tomatoes! 

And here are some recent sketches…

tomatillo (original photo)

tomato (original photo)

asparagus (original photo)

And finally, here are the sisters Daisy and Cringer doing some bird-watching together… 

Peace. :)

Spaghetti & Meatballs & More

Hi everyone! This week I tried the new Lightlife veggie meatballs...

...and I think these are officially my favorite vegan meatballs! They were really good! 

In garden news, my cucumber harvest total is at 80! This week, I pulled up half of the cucumber plants to make room for some broccoli. Last year's broccoli didn't do well in the heat, so I'm hoping that planting it later will help. I also planted snow pea, kale, and cauliflower seeds, so we'll see how that goes. Oh, and I checked, but the carrots aren't ready to be harvested yet, so I still need to wait a bit more for them. The cherry tomatoes should be ready soon, though!

Here's Daisy guarding one of the cucumbers...

And here's another sharpie & colored pencil sketch...

P.S. Buttons got the all-clear at her follow-up appointment on Monday; they had to lightly sedate her in order to get a good look in her mouth since she was being incredibly squirmy, but they said everything looks fine!

Peace. :)

Homemade Meatballs

Hi everyone! I finally made homemade vegan meatballs! The new recipe I tried this week was the “Meaty Balls” from Vegan Vittles by Jo Stepaniak.

They were really easy to make and definitely tasty! Zach gave them a try, but he wasn't as much of a fan (but to be fair, he pointed out that he didn't like non-vegan meatballs, either). 

leftovers

Here's a photoset of Daisy being cuddle-squished by Cringer; Daisy didn't seem to mind too much. 

Peace. :)

Random Food Post (June)

Here's some of the new foods I've tried since the last random food post.

I finally got around to trying the Gardein meatless meatballs; they were pretty good. I first had them with spaghetti sauce, but found out that I actually preferred them plain. 

I also tried Daiya's fire-roasted vegetable pizza, which is now my favorite of their frozen pizzas. Yum! 

And I tried a few of the Simply Asia noodle bowls. First up was the soy ginger, which was pretty good. 

Next was the sesame teriyaki, with some Health is Wealth vegetable spring rolls on the side (the spring rolls were alright, considering that they had major freezer burn, whoops...).

And finally, the roasted peanut, with carrots added in and cucumber on the side. Delicious! 

Here's a pic of Leela and Buttons lounging around.

Peace. :)