Hi my dear Bloggies, how are you on this fine Sunday (or Saturday night for the night owls still on their ‘puters)? For me, I try to use Sunday as a day to chill out and center yourself for the upcoming week, which will be here before you know it, so I hope you’re making the most of The Day of Rest. I’m a mom so I don’t really get a Day of Rest, but I grab what I can. In between cooking & groovin’ in the kitch of course.
Saturday was not a day of rest. We did make it to that neighborhood Block Party I had mentioned, and before that, I “relaxed” with a 4 mile run with Skylar (Scott didn’t make it), an hour of yoga, I cleaned my house from top to bottom, whipped up some treats for the block party, drank an extra cup of coffee like I mentioned at the end of my last post that I enjoy doing, ya know, a real chill kinda Saturday. Kidding. They never are.
Thanks for the comments yesterday about the Vegan PB Banana Bread Cake
And I enjoyed reading about the way your treat yourself on the weekends, too. I love your comments, ramblings, rant-n-raves, so keep ’em coming my bloggie loves!
In the spirit of what I started a few weekends back, I decided that either Saturday or Sunday’s post would be a highlight reel of what I made the previous week so everyone can catch up in case you missed anything. If you wanna see last week’s highlight reel, go enjoy this!
Highlights of the Week
On Sunday I posted the Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Bread (Gluten/Soy-Free)
Can we say Hug-A-Carb, anyone? Sweet Katie will be so proud I’m hugging my bread over here!
Monday there was Homemade Hummus in the House
Tuesday I posted the Raw Vegan Chocolate Coconut Snow Balls
Wednesday I adorned your screen with Raw Vegan Chocolate Mousse
And also made sure you saw the Raw Vegan Chocolate Brownies
Thursday I hollered at you with Vegan Banana Nut Muffins
Friday I made the Vegan Peanut Butter Banana Bread Cake (Gluten & Soy Free)
And today I’ve also got more Raw Vegan Kale Chips. Yes, I made another batch and this time I used 1 large bunch of kale plus half of another bunch so I bumped up my coating recipe ingredients. If you missed that last time I made kale chips, here’s the Recipe for 1 Bunch of Kale.
So here’s my recipe for the Mother Kale Chip Load…
Raw Vegan Kale Chips Recipe for 1.5 to 2 Bunches of Kale
1.5 c cashews (soaked for a few hours)
1 Large Red Pepper
Juice of half a lemon (2 Tbsp)
5 Tbsp Nooch (Nutritional Yeast found at HFS’s or WF)
1 Tsp Salt (or to taste)
Optional 1/2 Tsp Agave
Blend everything together
Apply coating to the washed & mostly destemmed kale leaves
Put on Magic Box Screens (or the oven but watch it very closely because burnt kale is a very naassssty smell. If you’re doing the oven method, 300F for 20 minutes is a good starting point). This recipe made 3 very full tray’s worth for me.
Dehydrate (or bake) til Crispy-n-Crunchy
Look at the cheezy, noochey, cashew-ey goodness just stuck on the kale leaf like price stickers stuck to the bottom of your new dishes.
They’re like little trees. Trees of Noochy Cheez that is.
Containerize (if you can make it to this stage and not eat the whole batch in a sitting!). And I apologize for the Kale Overkill Photo Load here but if you were smelling these tasty morsels wafting through the house for 8 hours dehydrating, you’d be pretty damn photo-posting happy, too.
VeganMofo in the house today.
Yoga Today is Eka Pada Urdhva Dhanurasana (One-Legged Upward Facing Bow or Wheel Pose)
Eka=One, Pada=Foot, Urdhva=Upward, Dhanur=Bow or Wheel, Asana=Pose.
There’s your Sanskit translation of the day.
As a sidebar, I know enough Spanish to get around Central America and Mexico, or California or Arizona for that matter. And I know enough Sanskrit to translate basic yoga poses, but it’s an ancient and largely ceremonial language, akin to Latin. No one speaks Latin these days, but it’s always nice for me to have a little Latin up my sleeve, too. Knowing some Latin Root words improves my English. I know there are people from all over the world reading this, but for all you native English speakers, do you ever wish you were more fluent in other languages? Which ones?
Tip of the Day: Holly’s been blogging for 6 months and she’s got a Give Away going on!
And Heather’s rocking out with free loot, too!
What’s your approach with entering Give Aways? Do you, don’t you, sometimes, never, always? I do because I like to show support for other bloggers and their efforts, plus sometimes there is really cool stuff up for grabs that I really sincerely want….like I won glass straws in Sheri’s give away recently and Naomi hooked me up, too. And if that’s not enough, for all you Food Bloggers, check out the Foodie Blogroll. I won an apron from this contest which is now closed but my motto is that it pays to enter because you just might win!!! What do you do with contests and Give Aways?
Stay Tuned For Raw Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Possibly one of the best and easiest desserts I have ever made…
What a great idea with the trick or treating! That definitely sounds like a safe, fun way to enjoy Halloween for the kids AND parents.
I'm so glad the squash turned out well and Skylar was a fan! What a cutie!
xxoo
Heather
omg skylar is so amazingly adorable and beautiful!! haha thats funny when you walked away for just a half hour her room became shambles, I think I always used to do that with my mom too!! kids just love to make a mess!
I made your vegan donut holes yesterday! this was my first go at it and they were soo good!! I think I need a little tweaking with the flavors and would love to get some cocoa to make the cocoa ones, but they were really good! thanks for the recipe, Averie!!!
love love butternut squash! my mom made some homemade butternut soup on sunday and it is unbelievvvvable!!!! I cant believe how versitile it is!
xoxoxox
Your daughter is adorable! I think I was a princess every year until I was 8! :)
Great eats! I am loving squash! Never made squash seeds, but pumpkin seeds…mmmmmmmm!
Gosh your little princess is adorable! Although I know you must have to force that smile once and a while when your house is in disarray ;-)
thanks for all the fabulous recipes!!!
I am not a huge seed person either, but i have roasted pumpkin seeds before. They are good when hot, right out of the oven! good thing your scott loves 'em!
AWWW your little one is so precious!! I'm so sorry about her fall!! She is one cute fairty princess though!! Totally the costume I would have had too!
I really want to get a vitamix. Or, maybe I just need to move out. My blender is loud, and thus I hardly ever get to use it.
Acorn squash is sooo nummy!! I actally love eating the skin too! :)
Happy Thursday, Mama!!! :)
K Skylar looks so freaking cute. There is nothing better than a little one at that age all dressed up. I was always a pink princess of some sort, as well! lol. Our neighborhood also does a Trunk or Treat.. it was last night. Since I dont have kids I obv didnt join in BUT I was walking past and it looked cute…So glad she had fun!
Your squash looks fabulous. It looks like a flower btw. Mine are never that pretty!
Enjoy your Thursday!!!!
I just bought an acorn squash this morning to try some of the yummy things I've been seeing. I've never tried to roast seeds before, but I may give it a go this time.
good call on letting the candy go for a night so she can have all that crazy fun
haha!! My house looks like that constantly. I should take a picture of Kyras room and post it. It has gotten so bad that my hubs and I have to take a day to clean it together and then after it is clean I forbid her from stepping in the room for like a week. OK not really but I wish I could keep her out of there after it is clean. Same goes for the whole house. My daughter and husband, neither have a clean bone in there whole body. Its almost pointless to clean. haha
I remember the parking lot trick or treating when we were there. We didn't do it though. She looks adorable!!
~Justine
I am in love with Squash lately! Yum. Just tried a Sweet Potato Squash and posted it on my blog!
Do you do Yoga regularly? I just started a Yoga Teacher Training and am overwhelmed – I'm verrry new to Yoga – but I love…but well I suck :) Love your feedback if you want to check out my site – add me to your Roll!!
We re carving our pumpkins tomorrow night, and I can't wait to get my hands on those seeds!!
Trunk or Treat? What an idea! Will you still TorT on Saturday?
Love those surprises, except for the last one that involved a big egg on her head. :( Mommy's a vegan and doesn't do eggs!
I've got an acorn squash on my counter just begging to be roasted, thanks for the reminder!
I've seen those blender bottles on blogs but never really knew how they worked or that there was a little whisk ball in there! I like it!
Maxine is going to be a princess too! This is definitely a fun age. :)
Oh gosh is she ever cute! Mine are all too old for ToT anymore and it's kind of sad.
It is definitely hard some days to remain gentle and calm. Totally worth it, but definitely challenging.
I roasted butternut sqash two nights ago for dinner and everyone loved it. I need to get some acorn to roast too. I love squash.
I chew Extra bubblegum. For some reason, chewing gum helps me focus.
Skylar is such a doll :)
I ADORE roasted squash and pumpkin seeds!
I love the theme of this post :P
Roasted squash is delish. And so simple!
I hope I'm as cool a mom as you are when I have a kid. I'm gonna have to work on the balance between laid-back and stressed out.
Love Orbit. Sweet Mint is my favorite flavor I think.
Gosh Skylar is so so adorable!
I loved barbies and princesses when i was that young! And making messes! :D
that squash looks awesome! I will need to try making roasting mine that way!
I had to make the Trick or Treat Candy decision too. I figure it's only one day out of 365 and Snuffy gets lots of healthy eats 364 days of the year. So, let them eat cake!! …errr Candy!