Frenchies

Snack

I picked up some prepackaged trail mix when I was at Trader Joe's.

This is one of my favorite trail mixes. I grabbed a pack on my way out.

Lunch

I had almost no time for lunch so I went with quick at simple. I had two servings of the mushroom soup rice and kidney beans and broccoli roasted with soy sauce. I also heated up a corn bread muffin and had some eggplant hummus and roasted tomato salsa on the side. Fast and tasty.
After studio I came home and had a juice orange. I'm loving these oranges!
By the way, I went with a frenchie! French tip that is. Savannah and I decided that although acrylics are really not good for the nails, it's worth it this time to not be worrying about chipping before the big performance.
Later I enjoyed a Fuji and a Tbsp. of almond butter. It's such a good snack but wasn't doing the trick so satisfy my appetite.

I decided to have 1/3 cup of raisin bran crunch with 1/2 cup almond milk. Did the trick :)
I didn't want to fill up before Shabbos dinner but I was a little hungry since the shabbos meal is later than I usually eat. I decided to make a batch of sweet potato chips.
I love the little crispy ones!

Served with some fresh ground pepper and my favorite condiment: mustard.

Dinner

Shabbos dinner was great as usual but I think the sweet potatoes were too much or something because my stomach was just not sitting right. When I got home I had a few pieces of ginger to try and calm the storm.
I think I may have overloaded on fiber which is very easy when you're a vegan. It's happened before and I just have to cut it back a little.

It's recital weekend!!!! Get Pumped!!

Full and Not Full

Snack

A little passed the halfway point into studying I couldn't resist those juicy oranges. I thought leaving them in the peel would help to avoid the juice mess that usually happens. I also lit my Oleander candle to set the study mood. It helped!

Dinner

Finally I finished and it was dinner time! Just in time too, Savannah rolled in and we decided to start watching the series The United States of Tara. My dinner is suspiciously similar to last nights but I don't care because it was so good! On the plate:

• roasted broccoli
• roasted sweet potatoes with yellow mustard
• mushroom soup rice with kidney beans (and a little something extra...see below)
• corn bread muffin with vegan butter

While I was studying I got an intense craving for the sun dried tomato and mushroom risotto that I made for my birthday last year. I thought I would use this black truffle infused oil to bring back that flavor. I mixed 1/4 Tbsp. into my rice but sadly it didn't do much if anything to the flavor :(

Dessert

About three episodes into The United States of Tara we took a dessert break. I went for Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet with mango and blueberries all mixed up.
Now I am really to hit the hay! Is it possible to feel full and not full at the same time? My stomach feels full for sure but it also feels sort of hungry...I don't think I had enough protein in my dinner or something. I nixed the hummus tonight so I could have that black truffle oil. Hmm, I guess it just means I will have to have a hearty breakfast! I'm already mentally concocting.

Good night!

It's Not Hard When All You Eat Are Veggies

Lunch

After class I decided to run downtown to Macy's to pick up my recital dress (I did pre-sale, saved 30 bucks!). I also hit Trader Joe's on the way back which did pretty quickly but still only left me 20 minutes to prepare and scarf down my lunch! I hate rushing when I eat :( My salad was

• baby lettuce mix
• snow peas
• tomato
• beets
• mushroom soup rice with kidney beans
• carrot sticks
• celery
• TJ's roasted tomato salsa
• TJ's Eggplant Hummus

The eggplant hummus is only 35 calories for 2 Tbsp. Um, hellooooo hummus!

Snack

After work I went for this Coconut Cream Pie Lärabar. I was walking to choir when I took this shot.Man these things are like dessert! Now I remember by the Coconut Cream Pie is one of my favorites.

Dinner

For dinner I decided, even though I was pretty hungry, to put the time in and cook. I was inspired by Tina's salad the other day which had roasted sweet potato chips. I sliced one sweet potato into discs, laid them on a baking tray which I sprayed with cooking oil, and baked them for 20 min at 350F.
Then I got to work making some cornbread! Somehow I ended up with two bags of cornmeal. Figured I may as well use them up! I got my recipe from Fatree Vegan Kitchen and used her recipe for Confetti Cornbread minus the confetti (bell peppers and corn). I also used gluten free baking mix because that's what I had! I am definitely sharing these with Miz Kelsey, my gluten free, roomie. Here's the drys,

and the wets. I combined the two and poured the batter into 11 individual muffin tins. They baked for 20 minutes at 400F.

Voila! Dinner is served! Roasted sweet potatoes, roasted broccoli, mushroom soup rice with kidney beans, cornbread muffin with expertly measured out vegan buttery spread, yellow mustard, and eggplant hummus. What more could a vegan ask for!?!?
Not to toot my own horn, but when I try, I can really whip out a tasty dinner! I guess it's not hard when all you eat are veggies :)

Dessert

I was thoroughly enjoying myself while I ate dinner with an episode of Six Feet Under that I didn't want it to end. I decided to watch the last episode of season 1 with a fruity dessert. Here we have

• scoop of my homemade Strawberry Lemonade Sorbet
• frozen mango from trader joe's
• frozen blueberries also from TJ
• Kelsey's raw coconut cashew cookie bar.

There really is sorbet in there, I promise!
See, there it is!
By the time I finished season 1, it was bed time. I missed last nights post but I knew you would understand that sleep was more important! Hope you had a good night too!