Day 8: New Smoothie Recipe and Vegan Meal WIN

I promised a new smoothie recipe, and I will deliver. I am so sorry that it took so long, I have been busy all day.

1/2 cut pineapple
1 banana
1 handful kale
1 cup coconut milk
Raw blue agave to taste

I meant to take a photo, but my phone was acting up and it definitely wasn't the most attractive looking smoothie either. The green smoothies never seem to be very attractive, they are colors I have produced in other environments, let's just say. ;-) Either way, it was pretty good except it need just a little bit of sweetening. It was kind of sour and didn't have enough ice.

And on the prompting of my friend on my VZLG FaceBook page, I tried this awesome recipe for spicy posole soup. It tasted pretty good, but my mom added lemon juice instead of lime and it turned out way sour instead of spicy. So she added some sugar to offset the sourness, and then added chili powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt and black pepper. It made it taste super awesome and kind of like vegetarian chili! She also added black beans so I would have a little protein with it. She is always worried about me getting protein, even though I eat a ton of different things. :-) Either way, she made it taste really good! :-)

Here are some photos of the soup:

 

 

Soup in the process of cooking.

 



The end result, amongst scrips, a Kay Redfield Jamison book, and an S2 card.

 

 

I am so glad to be back to being vegan! Today I have had so much more energy and joie de vivre and I couldn't be happier. I knew I had made the right decision, though Mom keeps saying she is going to add parmesan cheese and kielbasa and bacon to my soup and try to tell me it's vegan mock meat. Typical Mom for you there. Either way, I have had a great day and my favorite vegan sushi for lunch. The fiancé and I are going out tomorrow and having sushi at a real sushi restaurant, which I am very geeked out about. I don't eat sushi with meat but I do love the veggie rolls and the salad rolls. So good.  :-)

 

I hope everyone has a good evening. I am celebrating Halloween in spirit and looking forward to World Vegan Day tomorrow when I will celebrate by finding a good vegan meal and maybe a sweet treat to celebrate! :-) Be blessed all, and enjoy the journey! :-)