blueberries and naners.

In case you were wondering, I did not try the donut recipe that was linked in the last entry. I wanted to, believe me. Luckily, I don't have one of those donut pans, or the money to get one. So the world is safe for now.
I did, however, bake some muffins this morning. Yeah, muffins look kinda like cupcakes, don't they? I made Wolffie's Blueberry Banana Muffins from La Dolce Vegan, and I added some slivered almonds to the batter. These were delicious. Just the right hint of banana, without being all super banana. I had to add about 1/4 cup more soymilk than the recipe called for, because it was just too dry for a muffin mix. I don't know what happened there. It could have been because I didn't use four tablespoons of molasses as the recipe stated. I only used about a teaspoon, because I can't stand baked goods with an overwhelming molasses taste. Behold, our Sunday breakfast:


I was a good girl and used whole wheat pastry flour, so they weren't all bad. I did eat them warm with Earth Balance, though.
...Don't judge me.

donutty goodness.

Damn you, donut recipe!!

southern, sort of.

First off, here are the boys enjoying some sunshine. Aww, brudders.

There has been some cooking and eating going on, but we have barely had time to chew. I can't wait until our schedules open up a bit so we can enjoy things again. One day.
I love to cook fatty, southern food vegan-style, but that doesn't really fit in with our diet. I tried to compromise tonight with some tempeh marinated a balsamic vinegrette, then coated with Panko crumbs and lightly browned. We had the very tasty tempeh with a blend of greens (collards, mustard, spinach) cooked in low sodium veg broth, and this quinoa blend. I'm not a big fan of quinoa straight-up, but I liked it blended with millet and rice. Very good stuff. Did you know quinoa has an excellent nutritional profile? Just the iron and protein alone makes it some kind of vegetarian super food or something.
To complete our pseudo-southern dinner, I topped everything off with a light drizzle of Golden Gravy. Oh, don't pretend you didn't know where this was going. In my cooking, all roads lead to gravy. And all baking leads to cookies. And do you like how we are selling gallon sizes of gravy now? Ha.
Anyway, here's a horrible photograph of our delicious dinner:

apples, pancakes, and the Nietzsche Family Circus

Food? We had oat bran pancakes for dinner tonight. They sucked. Yes, I'm still being a big baby about the diet. I tried to buy a larger pair of jeans to wear, because all of my others are impossible to sit down in. But apparently, every pair of jeans one size up from my current "cut me in half or make me pass out" size fit me only around my waist, and nowhere else. They all have big hanging crotches, garbage bag butt space, and tree trunk thighs. I don't get it. Am I shaped like a freak or something? I'm like an apple with toothpicks stuck in it. Great.
...see? I told you I was being a baby.
Anyway. I found this highly amusing. Keep hitting refresh, and you will be entertained for hours! Thanks, K.

maybe a cookie tattoo?

The diet is going okay, I guess. Note my extreme enthusiasm. Ken and I are determined to stick with it, though. We decided that if we are able to each lose 20 pounds, then we will get matching tattoos. Whoo!
Here's some of our fruit for the week, all washed up and ready to go.


I takes a lot of fruit to drown the cookie cravings, believe me. Oh who am I kidding.