Birthdays and Thanksgivings

This past weekend was not only a couple of thanksgiving dinners but we started our weekend off with my sisters birthday! Which meant that my husband and I got the opportunity to make a few tasty desserts! (At least we thought they were tasty!)

My sister is always so kind and generous!  She always goes out of her way for her family so we really hoped to attempt to make it a special day for her! (Hopefully we succeeded)

We started with Friday where I attempted to make Chloe Coscarelli’s Celebration Cake. It didn’t turn out as pretty as the picture in the book but it sure did taste good! I would definitely recommend this!

On Saturday was Andrews turn for dessert. He made Chloe Coscarelli’s Cookies n Cream Cupcakes. These were ones we have definitely had before … and will have again! They are bites full of all things wonderful! Mint and Oreos in cake form … where could anyone possibly go wrong with this?!

I would definitely say that there is no way around describing this weekend as a weekend full of food! I had meant to capture a few pictures of the birthday and thanksgiving feasts we had Sunday and Monday but well lets just say I was too distracted by all of the food and great company that the plan totally escaped my mind until we were having tea later in the evenings!

In the past we had gone for either Field Roasts Celebration Roast or Gardein’s individual Turkey’s. But as neither were available my husband and I were very spoiled by the Lentil Loaf his Mom made us and the “Country Meatloaf and Golden Gravy” from Chloe’s Kitchen that my sister made for us and her family! (Looks like we really had a weekend of all things Chloe!) Those paired with mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes and so many more things I think we will be full for at least the rest of the week!

What are your favourite things to make for meatless holidays?

Constant Repeat

Ever since I first heard this song a few weeks ago it has been on constant repeat in my mind. A never ending loop!

It first caught my ear when I was driving and tuned into the words on the radio and heard the line about photoshop – probably captured my attention because of my school project at the time. Manipulating a photo with photoshop and placing it in a magazine article that outlined the negative impacts of photo manipulation.

I suggest you take a listen to this song! It is definitely catchy but also inspiring! Definitely something that I struggle with! We need to love ourselves no matter what our size is and realize we are perfect just the way we are.

Rudy

Having a dog around is always wonderful! But one of the extra perks is definitely when you are cooking and they clean up the floor. … At least I think so anyways — (p.s. of course we still clean the floor after)!

Well a few weeks ago I was making bulgar and tofu tacos and a little bit of the tofu fell on the floor. I thought for sure Rudy would not like it and it would be similar to popcorn where he ate it and spit it back out haha! But he went crazy for it!! He was begging for more!

Something else we found out that Rudy is crazy for appears to be hummus … when my sister and her family were visiting the other day we had hummus out for a snack and when we were all in the other room Rudy sneakily licked out the entire dish!

I haven’t ever really thought about feeding our pets a Vegan diet just because we eat one. I know people do it … it is just not something that ever crossed my mind. But it is definitely entertaining to watch Rudy go crazy for tofu and hummus!