Clearing Out The Clutter

While the kids home for a good three weeks on Christmas break, the house got trashed… There is stuff piled here, there, and everywhere, it is driving me crazy! Monday, I woke up extra early, and cleaned the living room. I got a big bag of clutter out of the house, just from one corner of the room. I was feeling pretty good about it, so I moved on to one of the kitchen cabinets. I got another full bag out, and now I’ve got a little more space to store paper towels. Both of those cleaning tasks were fast, and I’m going to keep it up throughout the house.

I’ve also cleaned out the closets. I cleaned out my closet, and all of the kids closets right before Christmas. I love the donation bins around town, they make it easy to donate unused and outgrown clothes.

Today, the kids were back to school, so I spent a lot of time just catching up on dishes and laundry. Next week, I hope to get a few larger cleaning projects accomplished.

Jan 3

Sneaking in Vegan Meals

This year I’m still going strong with vegetarianism. I’m adding more vegan dishes to my menu. I hope to be 50/50 vegan-vegetarian by 2018.

Tostadas! Vegan for me, vegetarian for the family. This is one sneaky dish that everyone loves.

Beans and Rice. I add in homemade salsa and frozen corn while heating up the rice.

Vegan Chili. This dish is one of my favorites. I make a big batch and freeze it for future meals. I even got my carnivore hubby to try this one out. He said it was “pretty good”.

Roasted veggies, Baked sweet potato, and homemade veggie rice-a-roni. I used what I had on hand, and made one delicious meal.

Last night’s dinner for me was baked sweet potatoes and rice with garlic and soy sauce. Vegan and tasty.