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This week in our kitchen

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I always love to see what’s happening in other people’s kitchens. Here’s our week of dinners for a (mostly) plant-based family.

Monday – Jackfruit burrito bowls from Whole Foods (I tried these during Knit Night. You can buy them from the hot bar at our local Whole Foods.)

Tuesday – Coconut Chickpea Curry with rice, homemade tortillas and a salad

Wednesday – Veggie fajitas (like this recipe, but with a bit of soy sauce and maple syrup mixed in, which took it over the top)

Thursday – West African Tofu in Peanut Sauce

Friday – A basic veggie stir-fry, kind of like this one

Saturday – Farro and Chickpeas in Honey Lemon Butter

What have you been making recently?

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The ultimate local diet

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Sorry for the long hiatus.  I’ve been a bum.  Here’s some of what has been happening in our lives….

#1 – I am so excited! We planted our first garden! We started it about a month ago, and I’ve already eaten my first salad out of it. It was delicious!  I can’t wait for summer when it is all big and beautiful!

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#2 – I’m starting to read a new book called Food Not Lawns, and I am hoping to write about it. I was recently introduced to this movement by the Boulder Community Roots Farm, who sells at the Boulder Farmer’s Market. You can read an article about them here at Peaksoil. Basically they are a CSA that uses city plots (mostly front yards) to grow their organic produce. Its a great use of space, and I think it is an awesome way to really put the C in CSA. They don’t have any shares left for this year, otherwise I would’ve signed up. This is just the kind of program that I want to support with my food dollars!

I’ve also been reading another local foodie blog – LoveLandLocal. I thought that I was doing a good job at buying local, but Lynnet at LoveLandLocal is really inspiring me to push myself a bit farther.

#3 – And, for totally random fun, I’ve also been dabbling in hooping. I made my own hoop and I’ve been practicing at home. I am having a blast learning new tricks and watching on youtube. This is my current favorite video…
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Anyways, I can’t spin it on my shoulder blade or anything, but I impress my kids, lol.

Well, I hope to start blogging about Food Not Lawns in the next few days. See ya soon!

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Green Smoothie Challenge

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For anyone who hasn’t heard:  You should hop on over to happyfoody and sign up for her 30-day Green Smoothie Challenge.  It starts today, so you’re not behind!  And hey, join the yahoo group while you’re at it  😉
My smoothie today was banana, orange, strawberry, and spinach.  It was super yummy, and my dh (who makes faces at my green smoothies) was impressed.  He seems to like all of the ones that have strawberry in them, because then they aren’t actually green.  It just looks like a regular ol’ smoothie.

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Menu for 2/16 – 2/23

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Saturday – Vegan Mac and Cheese (from VegNews).
Sunday – Veggie Chow Mein
Monday – Three-Bean Chili with Cornmeal Dumplings (from Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker)
Tuesday – Breakfast for dinner, featuring Biscuits and “Sausage” Gravy (from Vegan with a Vengeance)
Wednesday – Snobby Joes (from Veganomicon)
Thursday – Bowtie Pasta with Garlic and Butternut Squash
Friday – Veggie Burgers and Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Tonight was the Veganize It! Mac and Cheese, and it was really good. My family is not a fan of “fake” meals, so I did not bill it as “Mac and Cheese”. I just said that it was a new pasta dish. My kids, who are not fans of potatoes, carrots, cashews, or onions, ate it up! Its a miracle! LOL. The sauce came out very creamy, and it looks just like cheese made from cow’s milk. It doesn’t really taste too much like cheese, but it tastes good, so who cares? I put a little extra garlic in there. We really like garlic though.

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Leaf

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My husband knows the way to my heart! He did all sorts of sweet things today, like hiding vegan chocolate around the house, and taking me to a vegetarian restaurant for lunch. He’s so great.

We went to Leaf Restaurant, and it was killer. I ordered the Jamaican Jerk Tempeh, and it was so very good (and beautiful, lol). I had never tried tempeh before, and I had been a little nervous to try preparing it. Now I know what good tempeh tastes like, so I’ll know if the stuff that I make at home sucks. 😉

Here’s my beautiful (vegan) lunch. You can click it for the giant version. We finished it off with a vegan chocolate raspberry cake. Mmmm. Heaven!

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