Who's Milk is it Anyway?

Good Morning Blogworld!

I want to start off by saying that I got a great comment this morning from Fehlease, which can be found here, asking for some clarification on what I meant when I said in my last post, "I'M BACK! Mind Blowing Nutrition Info!" that milk is not good for any body at any time. What I meant was chiefly cows milk but should include the milk of all animals. Her question has inspired me to do some more research so I can give you all the best facts out there and I will post it as soon as I can. In the meantime, check out that comment for a little more clarification. And again, thank you Fehlease for bringing this to my attention!!

Breakfast

Woke up bright and early this morning and decided on this watercolor apple. The skin was so beautiful looking and it had a flavor to match. I love when apples actually taste like apples, ten points for organic.

30 minutes later I poured up a bowl of Golden Flax cereal and Almond Milk NOT cows milk :)

Lunch

I pre-made my lunch today since I am going to stay on campus for my lunch break instead of coming home like I usually do. Remember that massive amount of reading that I mentioned I have? Yeah...hasn't gone away.

Anyway, on the menu for lunch today will be:

• fresh cherries
• salad with cucumber and avocado fixin's
• almond butter and boysenberry jam sandwich

Yum yum yum.

For summer school I am taking German 3 (to brush up on that Grammatik!), Vampirism in Literature, and Religious Studies 5: Jews, Christians, and Muslims. A pretty interesting line up if I do say so myself. I love that without planning it at all, my classes seem to relate to one another somehow.

I hope you have an interesting Monday. See ya later!

Lentil Soup Time

Lunch

For lunch I made a simple sandwich with Tofurkey, homemade guac, hummus, and yellow mustard. On the side I had some cucumber slices, carrots, blue corn flaxseed chips, and a pickle spear. Oh and salsa for dipping. Also, while I was at the co-op I saw that these Chai Colas were on sale so that was my excuse for splurging on them. It was so good! It tasted like a chai root beer float.

Speaking of the Co-op, while I was there I had a serendipitous run in with the coordinator of a cooking competition called Green Chef. I decided to go ahead and enter, why not?! The contest will be held on Tuesday in the Multi Cultural Center at 5:30. All I have to do is come up with a dish that uses the mystery ingredient which this year is carrots. I have to have 40 bite sized samples and I will be judged on creativity, taste, and appearance. I am so excited! My Dad and I had a mad collaborative phone sesh and bounced ideas off each other until finally deciding on a dish. No, I won't tell! It has to be a surprise till Tuesday! Don't worry though, I will documenting everything :)

I decided to get on with it and start soaking these garbanzos so I can sprout them. These will soak overnight.

Dinner

For dinner I decided to make lentil soup. I got my recipe from one of my all time favorite chefs on Food Network: Alton Brown! The only thing I did differently was that I couldn't find spice of paradise and I used more celery than the recipe called for. First I sweated the onions with a little safflower oil along with the carrots, celery, salt and pepper.
Next I added a can of stewed tomatoes, 2 quarts of vegetable broth, a pound of lentils, coriander, and cumin. I let this simmer for at least 40 minutes then blended half for a smooth/ chunky blend.
I grilled up a vegan italian sausage and tossed it right on top of my soup.
Served with the left over roasted broccoli. Dinner!!

Dessert

For dessert I indulged in a little dark chocolate coconut milk ice cream with cherries and strawberries. Yum!!! The strawberries were sweet and the cherries were tangy, both a perfect compliment to the creamy semi-sweet ice cream.
I am one tired girl. I have dishes to do (blah). But then I'm going straight to bed!

Good Night!