Friday, April 2, 2010

Vacation!



In honor of today being the first day of Easter break, I made
tropical oats for breakfast this morning.
1/2 cup of oats
1/2 cup of chocolate silk
1 tsp carob powder
1 banana mashed in
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp flaked coconut
2 tbsp dried pineapple

Holy wow that's a lot of ingredients for just a bowl of oats.
No wonder I wasn't very hungry for dinner. That and up until
this very afternoon I had been having some digestive issues. I
really only get constipated a few times a year, but when I do its
pretty bad. I'm used to going a few times a day so once a day for
me is like not going for a few days. Sorry for the T.M.I.
Anyway I decided to stay up at college for my Easter break
but in about 45 minutes the boy should be knocking on my door.
We're going to celebrate Easter together and then my sister will
be visiting me from Sunday afternoon to about Tuesday afternoon.
To be honest I wish my boyfriend was staying the entire time
but I do love my sister and I will be happy to hang out with her.
I just hope she doesn't get too terribly bored up here, there's really
not all that much to do. On the bright side, she agreed to try
being vegan while she is with me, YAY!
Anyway, I am going to try and squeeze in a nap before the boy comes.
I have a feeling I won't be sleeping all that much tonight ;)

Thursday, April 1, 2010

These are a few of my favorite things...




So I'm not going to document my meals today, mostly because I'm just trying to use up leftovers/things I bought waaaaay too much of and they're pretty repetitive of the things I've eaten in the past couple of days. Pictured up above though, are a few things that I like to think of as essentials. The first being b-12 supplements. When you are vegan, unless you consume b-12 fortified foods and beverages, you are at risk for becoming deficient, which I've heard is definitely not a party. The second is cashew butter. Or any really good, relatively unprocessed nut butter. My favorites are cashew butter, Teddy brand crunchy peanut butter and PB&Co Dark Chocolate Dreams peanut butter. Note to anyone on the 7th floor of my dorm reading this: stop in and try my nut butters anytime you want, I've got plenty! The third item is one of my all time favorite liquid snacks: Naked juice. Its so good and so good for you, I definitely recommend them. My favorites are Gold Machine, Strawberry Banana and Berry Blast. Some flavors taste a little off, but that just might be me. Anyway, I have to wrap this post up because it's almost time to go to Bio Ethics, quite possibly the most boring, draining class I've ever had to attend. I just text or come up with oatmeal ideas the entire time ;)


Have a lovely day!