Jun 8

Vegan Meals: May part 3

I’m finishing up May’s vegan meals with way too many pictures of food.

Stir-fry Bowl

Pasta Bowl with extra black olives

Homemade soup from leftover veggies

I grew some beautiful Cilantro in our little garden. These lovely greens were from last year’s seeds that dropped into a planter. Now, personally, I like Cilantro, but while cooking an innocent meal for my family, I learned just how much they really don’t like Cilantro.

I made Cilantro-Lime Rice, and everyone tried it, and only I liked it. I also got griped at by everyone for making the worst meal ever. It was Fajitas, homemade guacamole, and chili-lime corn, along with the hated rice. They are crazy, it was delicious.

This was an exceptionally delicious batch of Vegan Mac & Cheese with Baked Potato Wedges

I was pretty bummed when I found out that my favorite local grocer was no longer carrying Vegan Chocolate Chips, but I lucked out and found them in Missouri! One more reason to visit my home state.

So one of my goals is to perfect homemade vegan ice cream by the Fourth of July. I’m making each batch from scratch, and coming up with the recipes all on my own. This was a batch of double chocolate with a banana base. I thought it was amazing, Agnes said it was completely gross!

Leftovers, delicious ones at that

Tofu Scramble

Homemade Vegan Au Gratin Potatoes with Broccoli. My goodness, this was really good.

June is here, and I am trying even more items that I’ve never had before. Dylan and Agnes have discovered a bunch of vegan snacks that they like, and they are trying a few more vegan foods too. I still don’t have the boundless energy that is supposed to follow veganism, but my health has truly improved.

Jun 7

Vegan Meals: May part 2

I stocked up the fridge with lots of vegan baked goods.

I love baking bread from scratch.

I made vegan grilled cheese with homemade bread and vegan cheese shreds.

Clean out the fridge rice bowl

All of these tasty veggies were on sale, and they were delicious.

Kale and Baked Potato Bowl

Vegan Taco Salad

Homemade vegan Banana Nice Cream

Kale and Quinoa Bowl

Vegan Quinoa Lasagna bake with homemade garlic bread

Homemade Soup with fresh rolls

I’ve got one more post in this series, and it is packed with veggie goodness.

Jun 6

Vegan Meals: May part 1

I’ve made it five months completely Vegan! I’m really happy that I’ve stuck with it, and I’m feeling pretty good too.

When the weather warms up, I really don’t feel like eating anything. I’ve made this cool salad of Avocado, Artichoke Hearts, and Black Olives a few times.  It is delicious.

I’ve run into a few Avocado sales, and that calls for homemade Guacamole.

Late night snacks for The Expanse. My youngest kids love the Coco Loco chewy bars too. I have to buy at least two boxes every time I go to the store.

Lemon Pasta with Kale. Simple and delicious.

Breakfast for dinner.

Taco Salad

Homemade Sushi

Broccoli Vegan Mac & Cheese

Stuffed Avocados

Vegan Not “Tuna” Salad and Baked Potato Wedges

Awwwww yeah!!! Look what I finally found locally! VEGAN CHEEZE!!!!! I was so happy when I came across this at my favorite store. It is delicious, and now I can enjoy proper Vegan Pizza.

Taco Salad bowls have become a family favorite. It is actually a meal that everyone will eat, so yay, no extra cooking for me.

I’ve got another two posts coming up. May was a good month for vegan meals.

 

Jun 5

Favorite Photos From the month of May

May flew by the fastest, and I didn’t really take too many pictures. We always seemed to be running here and there, and there just wasn’t time to turn around.

Naptime

Cute vintage Pyrex from my Momma

Those chairs are for the porch, but don’t tell Jinx. She’s pretending to nap in the great outdoors.

The backyard is ready for Summer.

I can’t help it, I love stormy skies in Kansas.

Jun 4

In The Garden: May

The weather warmed up a little too quickly, and everything was in full bloom early this May.

The Iris that I transplanted into the North Garden bloomed with huge white blossoms.

I guess they like their new home.

I can’t remember if this is the third or fourth year for the Hosta in the North Garden. This year they came up early, and they are huge.

Please ignore the endless weeds that I haven’t gotten to, and just focus on those giant Hosta leaves.

The Red Lily has sprouted, and we are just waiting for it to bloom.

I wish I could remember the names of these fragrant little blooms in the planter. They smell fantastic, and the tiny birds are just going crazy for them.

I’m really hoping these purple blossoms bring the butterflies and hummingbirds our way.

 

Out front we have a little garden around the flag pole. Agnes has been picking out lots of Petunias to add. It is a bit of an eclectic mix, but that pretty much sums up my family.

I’m waiting, waiting, waiting on this little Daisy to bloom. This is my very favorite flower, and it looks like we are only going to get one or two of them this Spring.

The baby Chickadees finally made their fluffy appearance in the garden. Cupcake and Biscuit had two little chicks, but two more have arrived with another momma. They are adorable, but they are eating through the two bird feeders every other day.

We’ve been keeping track of our birdy visitors, and we have had thirteen different types of birds that have visited the feeders. This little guy is Red, he is our darling House Finch, and he has the prettiest song. We’ve added a hummingbird feeder to the garden, but so far no visitors. The kids had fun making hummingbird nectar though.

June is here, and we have the pool up, and I really need to tend to the gardens a bit better. It seems to be either too hot, or too rainy to get out there and get too much done.