Chia

~Before~

~After~ a soak in the fridge overnight.

Voila! Beautiful blueberry goodness.

This was my quick breakfast this morning. I was rushing getting ready for work, feeding all my animals, and watering my plants. I make this one often!

Blueberry Goodness

4 scoops chia (about 8-10 Tbsp)

Water-enough to fill the jar above in picture

1 1/2 cups organic blueberries

1 tsp maca powder

4 Tbsp agave

Once the chia soaks in the water overnight, scoop half of it out into your blender with the rest of the ingredients. Blend until smooth. Pour into glass or bowl (I prefer bowl if I am going to be eating at home). Add the remaining soaked chia into your blueberry mixture. It will be a tapioca type of consistency almost. This is what I eat at least two days out of the week for breakfast. I heart chia!

Tamales

I made tamales last night for dinner. It was 9 pm when they were finally done, so the pictures I took were very dim, which is why I copied one from google. They were tasty though! For the masa dough, you just have to follow how to make it on the package. The only change I make is to substitue vegan margarine for the shortening. You can pretty much add whatever you want as the filling for tamales.

A few good combos are:

Chick'n strips & Daiya cheese

Black beans & sweet corn

Yam or sweet potato & black beans

Plantain & black beans

Coconut milk, shredded coconut, & raisins (for a sweet variety)

With all of these, except the sweet one, you can add garlic, onions, green chilies, cilantro, pepper, corn, cumin & goya adobo. Once your tamales are put together and wrapped in your corn husks or banana leaves, then steam for about an hour.

Check out my homemade bird feeder! I needed something to get the birds attention away from my tomatoes. I just look a large plastic bottle and made holes big enough for the finches who live in the tree next to me to fit in. Then I put chopsticks through for perches. It's not much to look at, but it is recycling at its finest.

Oh, on a side random note, I made peanut butter shakes yesterday, and they were awesome! So easy and filling!

Peanut Butter Shake

1 cup to 1 1/2 cups Almond Milk

Peanut butter -lots! As much as you want, to taste.

1 Tbsp Cacao Nibs

1 Apple banana

5 cubes of Ice

Just a little groceries and pets

I am going to be making tamales at some point. I also need to make some more hummus.

I love these! Almond Dream Bites are awesome! I ate them with some peanut butter. Yum! Almond Dream is a great alternative to dairy ice cream. Even my picky 17 year old brother loved these! They are so creamy and addicting. Check out the products that Almond Dream has HERE. Check out my review on Coconut Bliss HERE.

Noggin stay still! I need a good pic!


This is my baby Panther, when I got him and then now. He has grown into such a handsome boy.

Don't mind the mess.

Lazy lug, my Nano.

Daiya Cheese

Daiya Cheese, where do I begin? Before this company came out with these two cheeses, I had pretty much come to the conclusion that if I was going to be a vegan, I would just have to live without cheese. Period. I have tried a few different brands of dairy-free cheese, and I hated every single one of them. I was very apprehensive to try Daiya. I decided that if this one didn't taste good, I was going to be over vegan cheese all together. This one was so different from any of the other brands I tried! It was AWESOME! I was so extremely thrilled with my first bite. IT TASTES LIKE CHEESE! Daiya is an awesome brand, because they are dairy-free (obviously), no preservatives, no artificial ingredients, and NON-GMO. The main ingredients are tapioca and arrowroot flours.

In this picture, I had a crescent with avocado, vegenaise, and nutritional yeast smeared on top and pita chips with a little Daiya Cheddar melted on them. I love how this cheese melts and stretches! It's amazing! I love you Daiya cheese! I am so glad that someone finally came out with a vegan cheese that tastes amazing!

~Grilled Cheese & Tofu Scramble~

Tofu Scramble

Half block of tofu

1/4 sweet onion, chopped

2 garlic, chopped

Small handful spinach

small handful mushrooms, chopped

Turmeric, to taste

Pepper, to taste

Nutritional yeast, to taste

Pinch of Parsley

Scramble the tofu & eat!

Garden Update

These are two tiny sweet pinapple that my mom grew. They are about the size of softballs. How cute huh? I also bought some cat grass and mint. I needed mint for some juicing so I bought a mint plant instead of the picked mint in the store. I normally grow cat grass, but I was in the garden section, so I just picked some up.

This is my new baby at work "Tasi", meaning "Ocean".

Coconut & Melon breakfast

1/2 honeydew (chopped)

1/2 cantalope (chopped)

1/8- 1/4 cup chia seeds

coconut water

coconut kefir

Soak the chia seeds in the coconut water until they absorb the coconut water. Mix in the fruit and kefir. Eat!

Another good combo is what my husband likes to call:

Mango Mush

1 small pineapple
3-4 mangoes
5 Tbsp chia seeds
So Delicious Coconut Milk

Soak the chia seeds in some coconut milk. Blend the pineapple, mango, and some coconut until smooth. Once chia absorbs some of the liquid, pour half into the blender. Blend. Pour the blended mixture into the rest of your chia seed mixture. Stir. It is sooooo tasty!

Happy Birthday Hun

Today is my husbands birthday. He is turning 34! Happy birthday baby! I love you!

My plants are growing!

I am so excited with how well my small garden is doing!

These are my Hawaiian chili peppers and green onions. I never knew how small green onions grow from seeds. Look how thin they are!

This is my scallop squash. It finally sprouted. This is the cute little sprout :)

This is my purple cauliflower. It's sprouted and seems to be doing well.

My broccoli is doing very well.

My baby carrots

This is my eggplant. Look at this beautiful blossom!