The Vegan 10 Zine

I have a new zine in my shop. Please go check out The Vegan 10  a zine that contains 10 recipes using 10 ingredients or less. Recipes for things like empanadas, soup, truffles and more that will not break the bank!

Summer Picnic

First day of summer we  went to the farmer's market, made a 'hand fruit salad' by stuffing as many fruit samples as we could into our hands & munching, bought some produce and a lentil bolani then hit up the AMPM around the corner for other snacks for a picnic in our front yard. I pulled the skeleton blanket from the dryer I washed the night before to protect our delicate skin from the itch grass. The weather was nice, we had plenty of shade in our front yard and I hope we can do it again on another lazy Saturday morning.....

Save The Drama & Pet A Llama

I had a Green Acres moment last weekend. We headed out to the country so Matt could help on the set of his brother's movie. Since we went there a month or so ago I knew there would be llamas on the route we took. I told Matt that we better stop this time - or else!!! We did and look at these super cute furry pals!!!!
I did not get to pet any - sad I know! However just seeing them made me smile. Plus the goat across the street was all attention whore-y and let me pet him till he started nibbling my hand...

My Current Go To Snacks - Vegan, Paleo, Protein & Tasty

These Earth Balance Cheddar Squares (aka vegan cheeze-itz) are amazing! I have not has the original in like 20 years but from what I remember these are spot on and delicious! I like getting a bowl of peanut butter and some of the crackers and mixing them together! Matt approves of these crackers too! I am holding onto our last box till we can get over to a Whole Foods Again.

I like to eat snacks grouped together for lunch since I tend to eat a bigger dinner. I get into a snacking rut...So I was looking for new snacks and came upon Graze.com. So far I have gotten 2 boxes and they had some stand out products. On Saturday Matt and I dug into the box that came that day and really liked the Tropical Sundae fruit mix, so much so we went out to search for more dried mango to munch on. Side note: have you ever noticed how much crap they put into dried fruit nowadays, finding simple dried fruit is hard!
You can customize your box selection to get only vegan items (go through after trashing non-vegan stuff to make sure there is no honey, I believe I found one honey product in the mix) and trash any products that you are allergic to our simple would not like. Use this code to get your fist box free: KENDYP89P.

I picked up this cookie while in Sacramento because I had not had anything directly marketed as paleo for vegans yet. I am not a fan of fad diets but I do tend to go for high protein and low/no sugar picks. I liked this cookie so much so that I have been trying to make my own version at home. Matt said it was to dry - whatever Matt! So far I have made a tasty batch of cookies that were not so pretty! I will keep trying though!