I'm here! I'm here!

We have been doing some MAJOR Spring? Summer? well, CLEANING around this house!! Rearranged the living room so we could fit our bikes in here, rearranged the bedroom, cleaned up the bathroom (ever increasing amount of stuff under the sink), scrubbed down the kitchen, etc. I am also getting rid of BOXES of clothes. I really don't know how I came into ownership of so much stuff!! Most of it is from years ago and I just never got rid of it. I've been much pickier with my purchases as I get older and money gets tighter but that has totally worked in my favor. No more of those wear once and then shove in the back of the closet shirts. I've also been sewing up the clothes I DO want but don't wear because they're too big. I'll post some pictures of those on here soon.

Yesterday I made these oat-based veggie patties from a packet:

You just added water, formed them into patties and cooked. They were VERY seasoned but when eaten with the fresh lettuce, avocado, and tomato, they were very tasty! I also used the rest of the avocado to make some guacamole. My new favorite add-in is Taco Bell's Verde sauce!! That way I don't have to have lime on hand and just throw it in! Perfect.

We also recently went to Gainesville (Rock City) to see Crass's "Last Supper" Tour. It was really awesome. The chick they got to sing the female-led songs was totally rad. Went to Karma Cream (twice, of course):

How cute! I always see these at Whole Foods but they're never vegan!! Little chocolate cup with mocha mousse inside, etc. Delicious!! And, TOFURKEY RUBENS! These were amazing. Who knew I'd eat sauerkraut?

Gonna make some tea and scoot on over to work. What a waste of a Saturday!!

Hope your weekend is free of w-o-r-k.

Kristi(E)

When being lazy pays off:

Waking up to a slice of this left on your nightstand :D

CUPCAKES!

Everyone loves cupcakes, right? My coworkers sure did! I've been talking up my vegan cupcakes BIG TIME for at least six months now. So when I finally decided to bring some in, there was a lot of pressure! I decided on cookies-n-creme and peanutbutter chocolate. Who doesn't love those combos right? Both of the recipes came from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World.

Everyone loved them!! :D

(I only have my phone as a camera so bare with the not-so-awesome photos). Either way, I still think they look delicious!!!

Then, for pre-Mother's Day (Saturday since I worked all of Sunday), I went and visited my Mom! I made a nice summery pasta for lunch and we sat in the patio and talked for a bit. I really enjoyed the pasta! The recipe was from Vegan YumYum but I think it's pretty simple to just guesstimate everything.

It had rotini pasta, sundried tomatoes (but I used regular diced 'cause I'm weird and not a huge fan of sundried), lemon zest mixed with parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs, the secret ingredient crushed red peppers, and I threw on a heaping spoonful of Parma! to top it off. Absolutely delicious! We finished off the whole bowl.

S'ghetti!

So, I love my pasta. When I was younger, all I would eat was noodles and gravy (really, I think it was every day). In my adult life, I have learned to love all shapes and sizes of pasta as well as their sauces. Tonight I made spaghetti (okay, so this isn't so original but it's great for when you get home late and don't want to slave over the stove)!

I used a cheese sauce packet from Road's End instead of my usual Parma (hints the weird creamy look in the Shrek bowl and the dollop of cheesy sauce in the white bowl).

I'm not the biggest Shrek fan but it's still a pretty neat bowl. Handles are handy!

The cheese sauce was really awesome! Call me crazy but it even seemed to have a hint of garlic to it. I think it would be really awesome mixed into a stuffed shells tofu ricotta recipe! That is definitely on my list.

P.S. Road's End makes the alfredo noodles from my post here.

For a snack today I made some sherbet...or what I'd call sherbet at least! The only ingredients were frozen fruits and vanilla almond milk but it was delicious!

Tomorrow is my first day of summer cleaning! I am very excited to get started and will post pictures if I make any noteworthy progress. Have a great night and thamk=you for stopping by my blog!

Really, that's what the gas station told me this weekend ;)

Kristi(E)

SUMMERTIME!

I'm gonna go with, IT'S OFFICIALLY SUMMER!!! I am more than looking forward to having some free time to get my life organized again. I was doing pretty well for the first few weeks of the year until college started back up. I just finished up the last of my essays and took my last exam last night so I am home free!

See, Summer!!!!!

I have Tuesday off which will begin my cleaning and crafting sweep. Bit of a late start on the whole spring cleaning thing but 'better late than never.' I've been compiling a list of projects and foods to tackle. Check these out!!

1. The whole not biting my nails resolution has been on and off...when I put effort into painting them and find a design I really like, it helps.

2. IDK what those are but don't they look delicious?? Some sort of oreo cupcake. Whatever it is, I will be making something similar this summer.

3. I think the flower on the cuff is such a cute idea! My pants are ALWAYS too long and I've resorted to cuffing them. I think the accessory makes the super long cuff look not-so-daunting.

Happy summer!!

Kristi(E)

P.S. I always save 8 million photos but never attach a source to them. I'll try to do this more in the future and apologize in the meantime for stealing!

Also, NEW BLOG LAYOUT! I know it's not fancy but the colors are inspiring for summer...at least for me! Whatever keeps me typing.