Friends and Food

I am very satisfied with life right now, and oh so pleased with my choice to be healthy and start the switch to having a more aware state of existing and living. If only I could just give myself more time---time to be active, meditate, spend more time with friends, and do things with Ryan. I also need some more music…new stuff, fresh stuff….suggestions?
The food has been fabulous! We had friends come over Labor Day weekend which allowed us to do our favorite thing, cook a bunch of food! These are a bunch of pictures. Recipes may follow if anyone is interested.

Mac-n-Nutrtional Yeast Cheese: This was my favorite.

Fresh Fruit and Coffee for breakfast. I also made some whole wheat, oatmeal, and blueberry pancakes too. Dinner Sunday night: a vegetable feast with the option of grass fed beef or salmon too!

The Chocolate/Banana/Walnut Coconut Milk Ice Cream never got photographed....ask Lawson, it was delicious!

Watermelons from the garden, yay!


Monday nights' dinner: black bean burgers with sweet potato fries, a green salad, and the macaroni and cheese above. Dessert were dark chocolate almond cookies made with whole wheat flour and agave. They were amazing, somewhere in between a cookie and a brownie. I'll make another batch and photograph soon, really really soon.

Eatin' Green, Bein' Green, and Savin' Green

So if anyone is wondering how my homemade coconut ice cream went, well the blurry picture below is not a good example....The cream came out pretty good, so good Ryan and I ate ever bit of it when the timer went off. I know that it will be way better next time when I fix my mistakes.
The ice cream maker ROCKS, but I wasn't using full fat Coconut Milk (that was all I had).






We used:

3 cups Coconut Milk (full fat is best)
1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
1 tsp. guar gum or agar agar (stablizer)
1 tsp. Cinnamon
some random Peanut Butter swirls

Lately, I've been shopping after work, and sometimes that can lead to random impulse buying and spending more money over the long run because I wasn't planning out my shopping trips.

Today was my day off, I could've mowed the grass, but instead I decided to see how many bargains I could find. I heard on a TV commercial that Harris Teeter was doing a double coupon day....I found that REALLYsketchy, but figured I'd give it a whirl. I realized that a lot of the products I usually buy are really expensive at the conventional grocery store, but since I did have some pretty hefty coupons (.75 to $1 Off) I figured doubling them would save me some money and it did! Below are all items I got using coupons that were doubled. I stocked up! The Small steps recycled not bleached toiletpaper only cost me .89! Although you may say, "well those aren't really food items.." I'd say you're right, these are more household items or pantry items, but they are expenisve too and I was glad to get them at such a good deal! I am trying to convert my whole house over to this new way of healthy living and that is very expensive so using coupons to do it a little a time makes it an easier transition.