14. Potato Pancakes

I'm a week into my vegan kick and still going strong! (I'm not going to lie I almost broke down and had to down a pot of coffee and eat a bowl of veggies to shake my cravings). For the past week I have been eating only quality food and have been trying things I would have never ordered or would have thought to make. Last week the bebe and I ate lunch at Cafe Manna in Brookfield. It was- ok- not my flava...I ordered potato pancakes that were heavily spiced in curry with what tasted like bland chimichurri drizzled on top so I decided to make my own version this week and spiced it up a little....

"where birdie? maaam, where birdie!?"

I think I'm going to end up with a pet bird soon.

Tonight's meal:

Potato pancakes lightly seasoned with salt, pepper and marjoram topped with Tofutti sour cream and habanero sauce with a spring mixed green salad on the side.

Green Goodness: This smoothie is perfect anytime of day, super healthy and you can personalize it however you want...

Put the following in the blender:

1 bananna

1 cup of spinach

1 cup of coconut milk

a bunch of pineapple

pour orange juice on top (enough to fill up the blender)

You can substitute any of the fruit options for different ones or use pineapple juice instead of orange juice.

playing with shadows...

Have

A Beautiful day!

13. Mac & Cheese

Due to my lack of preparation for my 21 day vegan challenge- day one was nothing exciting. There is only so much coffee you can drink in a day and salads are boring, for the most part. So for day two I decided to go with something a little more exciting and used ingredients I've never heard of before to create...MAC AND CHEEZE! Cheese? Sort of. Thanks to a recipe I got from Vegan YUM YUM I made a mac and cheese using no cheese or cheese substitute, rather soy sauce, tomato paste , soy milk, miso, tahini and a ton of nutritional yeast.

Did it taste like real mac and cheese? Not really- but absolutely delicious and added cauliflower and broccoli made it an exceptional hot dish.

There is a butter substitute!

Madison trip - getting the salon tour...

Children's museum excitement

Tonight's meal was prepared with help from ABBA. Thanks to Journie's music class "Mamma Mia" will be on repeat for the next few days...

PS. If you are inspired by any of these hurrstyles- you know where to find me.