Saturday, June 30, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Since I was out of cupcakes...
I made cookies! Kris has created a fantabulous recipe for these chocolate peanut butter shell cookies that the kids and I made today. They are actually pretty easy for the kids to form and fun to squish little hands into the chocolate dough! And super excellent to eat, by the way. Don't tell my butt, but I have already eaten three of them. Before dinner. Within 10 minutes of them coming out of the oven. Shame on me.
(My older daughter desperately wants all the bloggers out there to know that she took the picture above. I think it looks better than mine.)
I did finally eat dinner, which was a bowl of Spicy Asian Noodles with Teriyaki Tofu. Oh, so yum! I stir fried some teriyaki tofu, zucchini, broccoli, carrots and edamame and added them to a bowl of angel hair pasta drenched in a spicy sauce, topped with a sprinkling of sesame seeds. The sauce is one I adapted/veganized from an Epicurious recipe, which is basically some toasted sesame oil, tamari, balsamic vinegar, agave nectar and a healthy dash of cayenne pepper all mixed up to taste. It brings a slight sweat to my forehead, which is perfect since I am about to go jump into our pool to cool off. Sweet!
I made cookies! Kris has created a fantabulous recipe for these chocolate peanut butter shell cookies that the kids and I made today. They are actually pretty easy for the kids to form and fun to squish little hands into the chocolate dough! And super excellent to eat, by the way. Don't tell my butt, but I have already eaten three of them. Before dinner. Within 10 minutes of them coming out of the oven. Shame on me.
(My older daughter desperately wants all the bloggers out there to know that she took the picture above. I think it looks better than mine.)
I did finally eat dinner, which was a bowl of Spicy Asian Noodles with Teriyaki Tofu. Oh, so yum! I stir fried some teriyaki tofu, zucchini, broccoli, carrots and edamame and added them to a bowl of angel hair pasta drenched in a spicy sauce, topped with a sprinkling of sesame seeds. The sauce is one I adapted/veganized from an Epicurious recipe, which is basically some toasted sesame oil, tamari, balsamic vinegar, agave nectar and a healthy dash of cayenne pepper all mixed up to taste. It brings a slight sweat to my forehead, which is perfect since I am about to go jump into our pool to cool off. Sweet!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Mouse Takes Over The World...only after a quick nap.
I love it when I catch Mouse being cute:
I guess she loves this cookbook almost as much as I do, although I don't believe I have fallen asleep on it yet. There's still time, though.
'Smores Cupcakes:
I seriously need to stop eating cupcakes.
(and yes, our camera has decided to start working again, after a little bit of tweaking, but I am not holding my breath.)
I love it when I catch Mouse being cute:
I guess she loves this cookbook almost as much as I do, although I don't believe I have fallen asleep on it yet. There's still time, though.
'Smores Cupcakes:
I seriously need to stop eating cupcakes.
(and yes, our camera has decided to start working again, after a little bit of tweaking, but I am not holding my breath.)
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Donation Solicitation
Today I set up a fundraising account with Firstgiving to help a local charity, Circle L Ranch. I would love to make my fundraising target of $100.00 before September, so if anyone would like to help me reach that goal, please feel free to donate as little or as much as you'd like. Thanks in advance!
Circle L Ranch is a rescue organization in Prescott Valley, AZ that saves horses, along with other animals, from slaughter. They also have rescued Premarin mares from Canada. I plan on visiting the Circle L Ranch some time this summer with my kids, and I would love know that I was able to help them help their horses! They have done incredible work in saving horses from slaughter and the Premarin farms, and have shown immense love to these beautiful animals. Please check out their website for information on their work and see the pictures of the residents!
Please use this link to donate:
http://www.firstgiving.com/quirkyvegan
Circle L Ranch Mission Statement:
Today I set up a fundraising account with Firstgiving to help a local charity, Circle L Ranch. I would love to make my fundraising target of $100.00 before September, so if anyone would like to help me reach that goal, please feel free to donate as little or as much as you'd like. Thanks in advance!
Circle L Ranch is a rescue organization in Prescott Valley, AZ that saves horses, along with other animals, from slaughter. They also have rescued Premarin mares from Canada. I plan on visiting the Circle L Ranch some time this summer with my kids, and I would love know that I was able to help them help their horses! They have done incredible work in saving horses from slaughter and the Premarin farms, and have shown immense love to these beautiful animals. Please check out their website for information on their work and see the pictures of the residents!
Please use this link to donate:
http://www.firstgiving.com/quirkyvegan
Circle L Ranch Mission Statement:"Circle L (Circle of Life) Ranch is a sanctuary for horses, dogs, goats, sheep, cattle, chickens, and turkeys who would otherwise have been euthanized or slaughtered for meat. It is our mission to find loving homes for adoptable animals and provide permanent sanctuary for the un-adoptable. It is our hope that our existence will not only benefit the animals whose lives we save, but will raise the consciousness of everyone who visits our ranch regarding the miserable, tragic lives and deaths of so many horses, dogs, and farm animals in this country and the world."
-- Deborah Wilson MD
-- Director, Feathers Foundation and Circle L Ranch
Saturday, June 09, 2007
Want to know more about me?
Since I am still lacking a camera, I will add this survey/meme/whatever here to fill some space and let you all into my world just a little bit more. I first found it here and then here.
1. I love...
myself, my husband and children, my sistah, my parents, compassionate/passionate people, animals, food, smiling, the power of my hands and heart, giving and receiving warm hugs, people that totally get my weirdness, energy, knowing there are others out there that feel and see the world the same way I do.
2. Right now I want...
to go to bed. Why am I up this late?
3. I feel like...
stretching.
4. I hate it when...
I let certain people affect me negatively.
5. I fear...
witnessing the death of my children. Being stuck in the desert for the rest of my life.
6. I'm lonely without...
John and the kids, a good book.
7. I need...
to seriously go to bed. To study for my Anatomy exam. To do the dishes.
8. Today I...
took the kids to the Phoenix Art Museum and had a fabulous time. I also ate at Green!
9. Tomorrow I...
have a birthday party to attend and am taking my older daughter to see a Ballet. And I need to study.
10. I just...
watched "Kung Fu Hustle". Seriously funny!
11. I want to meet...
Ryan Reynolds. Please?
12. I'm hungry for...
not much. I am full from Green!
13. I love it when...
my kids make each other laugh. I make new friends. I make a difference.
14. I'm afraid of...
swarms of bees and flies, death, feet, acquiring more adipose tissue on my butt :-), never fully reaching my potential.
15. I'm listening to...
the TV in the other room, the warm buzz of the computer, my dog snorting.
16. I'm wearing...
my cool linen dress I got from Target. I *heart* Target.
17. I wish I was in...
Ireland.
18. I'm craving...
still full.
19. I want to get...
new shoes. and an iPhone. a winning lottery ticket so I can use that money to open animal sanctuaries/rescues.
20. I can...
burp on command.
21. I can't...
sing well.
22. I have...
too many dishes to do.
23. I haven't...
heard from my friend Melissa in a long time....it's time to change that.
24. I'm nervous...
about that A&P exam I'm not studying for!
25. My Mom thinks I'm...
strange?
26. My Dad thinks I'm...
pretty darn cool.
27. I think...
my kids will save the world.
28. I'm happy when...
people eat my food, I'm 'nuggling my husband, I'm holding hands with my kids.
29. I'm sad when...
I don't follow through, I reflect on my prior disappoinments.
30. I like eating...
blackberries, cereal, noodles.
31. I hate eating...
crunchy food (I have braces), anything from an animal.
32. I love watching...
movies at home with the hubbie, tree energy, people learn, smiles on children, Ryan Reynolds (sorry!), my husband running.
33. I love listening to...
Mute Math, the Pogues, Moulin Rouge soundtrack
34. I love playing...
Peggle Deluxe, cards with my kids, host to guests (well, most of them).
35. I hate waking up to...
whining, the dogs walking in circles around the bed, lawnmowers, the phone ringing.
36. I can see...
the computer monitor?
37. I'm glad that I'm...
taking action on my life, doing what I want rather than what others want of me, married to a beautiful man, the the mother to amazing children, the sister to a wonderful and powerful woman, and stubborn and won't back down on what I believe to be right.
38. I'm disappointed that...
it took me so long to figure myself out.
39. I look like...
don't tell me....Jennifer Aniston (minus the fab body and the money).
40. I wish I looked like...
uggg, do I really have to answer this one?
Whoever my husband is hot for this week.
Since I am still lacking a camera, I will add this survey/meme/whatever here to fill some space and let you all into my world just a little bit more. I first found it here and then here.
1. I love...
myself, my husband and children, my sistah, my parents, compassionate/passionate people, animals, food, smiling, the power of my hands and heart, giving and receiving warm hugs, people that totally get my weirdness, energy, knowing there are others out there that feel and see the world the same way I do.
2. Right now I want...
to go to bed. Why am I up this late?
3. I feel like...
stretching.
4. I hate it when...
I let certain people affect me negatively.
5. I fear...
witnessing the death of my children. Being stuck in the desert for the rest of my life.
6. I'm lonely without...
John and the kids, a good book.
7. I need...
to seriously go to bed. To study for my Anatomy exam. To do the dishes.
8. Today I...
took the kids to the Phoenix Art Museum and had a fabulous time. I also ate at Green!
9. Tomorrow I...
have a birthday party to attend and am taking my older daughter to see a Ballet. And I need to study.
10. I just...
watched "Kung Fu Hustle". Seriously funny!
11. I want to meet...
Ryan Reynolds. Please?
12. I'm hungry for...
not much. I am full from Green!
13. I love it when...
my kids make each other laugh. I make new friends. I make a difference.
14. I'm afraid of...
swarms of bees and flies, death, feet, acquiring more adipose tissue on my butt :-), never fully reaching my potential.
15. I'm listening to...
the TV in the other room, the warm buzz of the computer, my dog snorting.
16. I'm wearing...
my cool linen dress I got from Target. I *heart* Target.
17. I wish I was in...
Ireland.
18. I'm craving...
still full.
19. I want to get...
new shoes. and an iPhone. a winning lottery ticket so I can use that money to open animal sanctuaries/rescues.
20. I can...
burp on command.
21. I can't...
sing well.
22. I have...
too many dishes to do.
23. I haven't...
heard from my friend Melissa in a long time....it's time to change that.
24. I'm nervous...
about that A&P exam I'm not studying for!
25. My Mom thinks I'm...
strange?
26. My Dad thinks I'm...
pretty darn cool.
27. I think...
my kids will save the world.
28. I'm happy when...
people eat my food, I'm 'nuggling my husband, I'm holding hands with my kids.
29. I'm sad when...
I don't follow through, I reflect on my prior disappoinments.
30. I like eating...
blackberries, cereal, noodles.
31. I hate eating...
crunchy food (I have braces), anything from an animal.
32. I love watching...
movies at home with the hubbie, tree energy, people learn, smiles on children, Ryan Reynolds (sorry!), my husband running.
33. I love listening to...
Mute Math, the Pogues, Moulin Rouge soundtrack
34. I love playing...
Peggle Deluxe, cards with my kids, host to guests (well, most of them).
35. I hate waking up to...
whining, the dogs walking in circles around the bed, lawnmowers, the phone ringing.
36. I can see...
the computer monitor?
37. I'm glad that I'm...
taking action on my life, doing what I want rather than what others want of me, married to a beautiful man, the the mother to amazing children, the sister to a wonderful and powerful woman, and stubborn and won't back down on what I believe to be right.
38. I'm disappointed that...
it took me so long to figure myself out.
39. I look like...
don't tell me....Jennifer Aniston (minus the fab body and the money).
40. I wish I looked like...
uggg, do I really have to answer this one?
Whoever my husband is hot for this week.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Artistic post ahead! (Not really)
So, no new camera yet. That means I have to be creative if I want post about my foodly expeditions. And yes, I have absolutely no talent when it comes to using my paint program on the computer. Did you know that I minored in Studio Art in college? Yeh, it doesn't show, does it?
Tonight I made a delicious pasta dish I thought I would attempt to recreate via the paint program. Pretty, no? It is a sun-dried tomato white sauce over ribbon pasta with sauteed baby bella mushrooms and crumbled tempeh bacon. It was really tasty and I so wish I had an actual picture to show you. *sigh* And that pink and purple bowl? I don't actually own a bowl like that, but hey, I was taking some artistic license with it.
I bought some beautiful rhubarb the other day, wanting to make something dessert-y with it. The cashier told me she just eats hers raw with some salt. Does anyone else eat it this way? I am not willing to try it that way just yet. I am a rhubarb coward. But anyhoo, I decided on making a strawberry rhubarb cobbler using one of the other fruit cobbler recipes in La Dolce Vegan, just subbing the different fruits. It is sitting on my counter just begging for me to dive into it...but my tummy is a tad too full just yet for some. I can also guarantee it will be fabulous based on how good it looks and smells. Here is my older daughter's rendition of the cobbler:
I was told that the two white spots in the cobbler are sugar. She helped me make the cobbler and her big addition was sprinkling sugar on top of the cobbler right before baking.
Here is my younger daughter's rendition of her dinner, titled "Green Bean and Pasta, with Scribbles":
All this cuteness made your heart explode just a little, didn't it?
So, no new camera yet. That means I have to be creative if I want post about my foodly expeditions. And yes, I have absolutely no talent when it comes to using my paint program on the computer. Did you know that I minored in Studio Art in college? Yeh, it doesn't show, does it?
Tonight I made a delicious pasta dish I thought I would attempt to recreate via the paint program. Pretty, no? It is a sun-dried tomato white sauce over ribbon pasta with sauteed baby bella mushrooms and crumbled tempeh bacon. It was really tasty and I so wish I had an actual picture to show you. *sigh* And that pink and purple bowl? I don't actually own a bowl like that, but hey, I was taking some artistic license with it.
I bought some beautiful rhubarb the other day, wanting to make something dessert-y with it. The cashier told me she just eats hers raw with some salt. Does anyone else eat it this way? I am not willing to try it that way just yet. I am a rhubarb coward. But anyhoo, I decided on making a strawberry rhubarb cobbler using one of the other fruit cobbler recipes in La Dolce Vegan, just subbing the different fruits. It is sitting on my counter just begging for me to dive into it...but my tummy is a tad too full just yet for some. I can also guarantee it will be fabulous based on how good it looks and smells. Here is my older daughter's rendition of the cobbler:
I was told that the two white spots in the cobbler are sugar. She helped me make the cobbler and her big addition was sprinkling sugar on top of the cobbler right before baking.Here is my younger daughter's rendition of her dinner, titled "Green Bean and Pasta, with Scribbles":
All this cuteness made your heart explode just a little, didn't it?
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