I decided to put away my school work for the day and immediately tried to think of something to do that needs to be done. Then I realized I’ve actually done quite a bit today and now I’m blogging so that I can relax for the rest of the evening!
The day started off with a fabulous breakfast!
A strawberry brownie parfait! All I did was layer some strawberry yogurt, oats, sliced strawberries and thinly sliced leftover brownies (had a craving at about 10pm last night!).
This.was.amazing!
After this delicious parfait I headed out to The Carrot Common for some groceries. As usual, I only planned to buy specific items and came out with a LOT. Yay! for my tummy, boo! for my bank account!
Blurry, I know. I told Alan that our next house MUST have great natural lighting in the kitchen!
Here’s the low-down:
- strawberries
- kale
- green onion
- broccoli
- parsley
- coconut butter(!!!!)
- lemons
- tomatoes
- cashews
- nutritional yeast
- ginger
- Earth Balance
- New chips to try
- Braggs
- cherries
- tofu x3
- macadamia cashew butter (!!!!!!!!!!)
- Cool Mint Clif Bar
- S’mores Luna Bar
- Pecan, Banana and Coconut Lara Bars
This loot cost me $74!!!! Oye…
But look what else I found while there that I could NOT resist!
A purple pepper!!! I’ve never in my life heard of these and they had a whole whack load so I immediately snatched one up to try. Anyone else had one before? What did you use it for? It’s so pretty!
Anyway, while I was out I thought I’d pick up an equally expensive lunch at their juice bar. I brought it home and had it after I unpacked my groceries.
The 3/4 drank juice was the Sprout for Joy which contained: bananas, strawberries, oranges and sprouts. It was really tasty and the orange added quite a kick! You could taste the sprouts but after the first few sips you became accustomed to it.
The sandwich was the Grilled Tempeh and it contained: tempeh, tomatoes, cucumbers, greens and honey dijon on 7 grain bread. It was equally as tasty, the dijon was fantastic and although they packed in the tempeh it didn’t stuff me up like it usually does! I added leftover salad from last night for more greens!
Then I had to take out my first dehydrator experiment!
RAISINS!!! I figured it would be an easy and simple thing to try for my first go and it worked out beautifully! These are plump raisins! I think they’ll go really well in some hot oatmeal! I had to free the dehydrator up to put in some cherries and strawberries and now the house smells of strawberries! Yum!!! I’ve decided to dry a lot of fresh fruit for toppings in the wintertime (I don’t want to use them now as I want to take advantage of all the fresh fruit I can). I’m going to dehydrate a bunch and store them!
I then proceeded to work on both my final project and final paper until my brain was mush.
Now I must be off to prepare a late dinner for Alan and myself! I’m making Ginger “Chicken” from How It All Vegan! This is my second recipe from this book today! I also threw together the Green Goddess Dressing, can’t wait to try it!
Have a fantastic night my friends! Enjoy yourselves!
Saturday, July 24th, 2010, 7:08 PM | 
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I noticed the Cliff and Larabar…uh bars in your stash. If you want to save some money, making your own protein bars is easy and usually has a lot better macros than any that you buy. I just use whey, oats, natural PB and sometimes pudding mix. Especially with your talent in baking, you could probably find a good baked recipe (mine I usually just mix and freeze)
I didn’t know you were psychic, Mark! I plan to start making my own once this semester is over with and have more time!
Some serious financial damage can be easily accomplished at The Big Carrot! Your stash looks like it was well worth it
I hate when ya go for one or two things and walk out with twenty…Gah! It’s even worse when grocery shopping is less of a chore and more of a fun adventure!
I’ve had a purple pepper. Eh. Tastes the same as a green and comes out kinda brownish when it’s cooked. Nothing special. Sorry to take the wind out of your sails! I hope yours is better!
Let us know how the coconut and macadamia butters are!