Sunday AND Monday off? Happy 4th of July to me!

Breakfast! I soaked these goji overnight in some water.

I forgot that I had this juice in the fridge. Perfecto! I picked the plump gojis out and dropped them in some juice.

Ok, maybe I am late on this one but for all those of you that don't know, Starbucks makes soy strawberries & cream now!!!!! It is so yummy too! I asked the lady at the register, "Are you suuuuure there is NO dairy in this? And she said, "No, only soy." Yippy Hurray!

I know this is not a huge deal to everyone else, but I just had to share it. My broccoli is finally sprouting a tiny little flower with broccoli on it!

My Thai basil is doing amazingly well. This rain has really helped all my plants these last few days.

My squash has buds on it too now!

My yummy lunch of avocado, veganese, nutritional yeast and fresh dill. My absolute favorite sandwich!

Here was my dinner of pasta and a mojito...or two.

Basil Coconut Tofu

3/4 can coconut milk

Large handful of Thai sweet basil, chopped

1/2 block of tofu, chopped

2 Tbsp Earth Balance butter

3 garlic cloves, chopped

2 Tbsp green onion, chopped

Zest of one lemon

Pohnpei pepper (regular is fine)

Sea salt

Handful of crimini mushrooms, chopped

Saute garlic and mushrooms. Add remaining ingredients and cook on medium for about 5 minutes until warm and flavorful. Eat with cooked pasta or cooked rice.

And this my friends is why everyone needs to spay and neuter their dogs, cats and rabbits.

We get animals like this every day here. Two kittens were found as strays outside someones home. We rescued two and one did not make it. This girl was COVERED in fleas and mites, filthy, horrible conjunctivitis in her eyes, upper respiratory infection, and literally skin and bones. This picture was actually after she got a bath.

This is her now! She is doing so much better, thriving! Her name is Keaka which basically

means "survivor" in Hawaiian. Please pray she finds a loving forever home.

Half day at work

This was my breakfast at work with a little coffee. My friend sent me this pumpkin butter from the Missouri farmers market near her house. She sent it to me in my "hippy pack" :) ! It was soooo good! It tastes like pumpkin pie!

I made some nachos with pita chips, Daiya cheese, avocado, tomato, onion, and garlic.

I had a sandwich with hummus, pimentos, pepper, and avocado on sprouted bread. Yum! Oh, and the beer is a new one I am into called LandShark. It's a light beer and goes good with an orange slice if you have one.

Peace Cafe

I finally got to try Peace Cafe! It is located on 2239 South King Street, Honolulu. I kind of had to search for it because it is so small. I passed by it once and didn't even see it until I looped around again. The sign is very small right above the door as you can see. Any way, Peace Cafe is, as far as I know, the only all vegan restaurant/cafe on Oahu. It is a quaint little place with friendly people and great food. My husband described it as the very thing that the cafe stands for "Peaceful."

Their menu is small, but it still has quite a good variety of choices. They have sandwiches on the menu such as a miso-tahini flavored spinach & tofu cube sandwich or a pan-fried teriyaki tempeh sandwich. All their sandwiches come with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sprouts, & homemade aioli on a ciabatta bun. You can also chose from 5 different "lunchboxes" with choices like Moroccan Stew with spiced chickpeas in tomato broth with brown rice or a Caesar Salad with romaine lettuce in cashew cream dressing with toasted bread. If you have room for dessert, they have different sweets that you can have along side with your coffee or tea.

Don't you love this light? I had to say, "Excuse me, sorry to be in the way but can I just take a picture of this?" to the cashier because it was right next to her head :)

Refreshing complimentary water with lemons

I actually got two sandwiches, because I couldn't chose between the two. I got the Avo-Veggie sandwich and the Cilantro Hummus sandwich. I LOVED both! They were both packed with veggies, especially sprouts. The hummus sandwich had homemade hummus on it, which I liked. I hate when it isn't fresh. The cashier actually told me, Oh our hummus is good! It is homemade and they don't just use lemon juice. We hand squeeze all our lemons. That made me happy. I also found out that most of their ingredients are organic and they try to buy local as much as possible. I think next time what I will do is get the Cilantro Hummus sandwich and ask them to add avocado so that it will be like two sandwiches in one.

I like that the place was air conditioned and very cool inside. It was small, quiet, and peaceful even with the other 6 or 7 patrons that were in there eating at the time. The cashier was the only lady working in the front. She was friendly and helpful. I had a very pleasant experience there and will definitely be back! You can check out their website HERE.