Plum Cobbler!

Bloggies, I fell behind yesterday and didn't get a chance to blog at all. I was working and reading non-stop! Here's the recap:

Breakfast

I started my morning with a mug of Honey Lemon Ginsing Green Tea. This tea is really flavorful and, not that I usually do anyway, but doesn't need any sweetening.

I cut up and gobbled this grapefruit. When grapefruits are good, they are so good! This one was particularly juicy and sweet.
30 minutes or more later I made a quick bowl of Coach's Oats, steel cut oats that cook faster than regular. I sweetened with a little honey just for something different.

Lunch

After class I came home and decided to have some of these lovely looking cherries.
Cherries make reading sweeter.
30 minutes later I had an 'appetizer' of Food Should Taste Good multigrain and sweet potato chips with some garlic lover's salsa. yum!
I reheated a bowl of vegan chili and enjoyed a hot lunch.

Snack

I headed back to campus for my two other classes and instead of going home again afterwards decided to stay on campus, getting a little reading done, and get a Jamba Juice with the gift card my mom gave me! I went for peach perfection and took it down to the pond.



Purple!


I also had a few almonds and pecans I had hiding in my purse.

After work I decided that my plums were either going to go bad in the fridge or I would make the Plum Cobbler I had been so dying to make from FatFree Vegan Kitchen. Also my brother Eric was going to come over and hang out for a while and I thought he might like a break from dorm food!
I sweetened the tops of the plums with a drizzle of agave because I was worried they weren't all the sweetest plums...
Wets and dries.
True to cobbler nature, dough went on top of the fruit.
Popped it in the oven for 45 minutes and voila!
I'd never made this before so I had no idea what to expect!

Dinner

For dinner I started with a mixed salad of baby greens, tomato, cucumber, avocado, sunflower seeds, and a homemade lemon vinaigrette dressing.
I love when salads taste like food, not just plants!
For my entree I went for quick and easy: sauteed onions and a grilled piece of salt and pepper seasoned tofu. Doused in garlic chili Cholula and the meal was complete.
Dessert

Eric and I sampled the cobbler and agreed it was pretty good. If you can imagine a spectrum from pie to cake with cobbler in the middle, this definitely rates closer to the cake side of things. I would even describe it as something of an upside-down cake. With a little almond milk on the side it was totally satisfying!
We'll be in the present all caught up soon!!

No Glitches In My Gears

After classes I had an hour and 35 minute break before I had to head over to work. I opened a brand new box of Peppermint tea, woohoo! I love minty flavored tea.

Snack

Before I left for work I opened this bag of Food Should Taste Good sweet potato chips. These are deadly good. Sweet but not too sweet and with the perfect amount of saltiness.
I had a couple with some roasted tomato salsa.
Then I had a few pieces of candied ginger just for a little something sweet and headed out to work.

Dinner

Work went by really fast but I came home with a fierce appetite! I heated up some of the vegan chili from last night and mixed in some quinoa I had already cooked. Topped it with some roasted tomato salsa and garlic chili cholula, sweet potato chips on the side.
I am currently plugging my way through the reading for my Religious Studies class. It's not difficult reading but I sometimes get in the bad habit of reading with words in my mind while at the same time zoning out and completely failing to internalize what is actually being said. I have to pay attention while I read, otherwise, what's the point!

My motivational snack/dessert is an Orville Redenbacher mini bag of kettle corn. Only 100 calories in one popped bag, whoopie.
Today was a good day for me and I hope it was for you too. There was nothing exceptionally exciting that went on but there were very few glitches in the gears so to speak. That's a good day in my book.

See you in the AM!

Vegan Chili

Dinner

My first shift at work since I've been back flew right by and I zipped home to whip up some dinner. I started with a salad of baby greens, cucumber, tomato, avocado, and home made oil and vinegar dressing with a few squirts of chili garlic Cholula (it's so good, you should try it if you can).

I concocted a vegan chili using

• 2 cans of stewed tomatoes
• 1 can of tomato paste
• 1 white onion diced and sauteed
• about 1/2 cup vegan "Soyrizo"
• 1 can kidney beans
• chipoltle chili powder, regular chili powder, black pepper, and garlic powder

Served with "Food Should Taste Good" Multigrain chips on the side.
And now I am stuffed! I still have ridiculous amounts of reading and a kitchen to organize so I am going to get cracking till I just can't any more.

I hope you had a relaxing Sunday evening and I will see you in the morning.

Night!