Mushroom Burgers and lip balm...

So... I finally got to go to The Green Edge, and I was not disappointed. Like most fairly new vegans I am used to the selection of, for example, refrigerated goodies be around 5 items including 2 varieties of Tofu. This place was heaven... I wanted to buy the entire store, but unfortunately this fortnight is extra hard for us. (All bills including electricity going out)

I did walk away with a neat selection. My chapped lips are in heaven thanks to the HURRAW! lip balm. I splurged and got two. One root beer and one black cherry tinted one. They're both awesome!

Their mushroom burgers were FANTASTIC! I wasn't expecting them to be THAT tasty, but the vegan cheese they used in combination with the mushroom and the mango chutney was beyond yummy, and they were LARGE. My burger had three huge mushrooms in it.

We made mini-pizzas with the cheese and pepperoni slices I bought and I loved it, the husband thought it was okay, but he was unimpressed. Now I'm boiling sweet corn and then I'm going to knit a small hat for myself, one without ears... contemplating a bath.

Tomorrow I am going to try the soy chicken in a stirfry, and later in the week we'll have the asam fillets. Can't wait. I am so stuffed... I think I was still stuffed from the burgers when I started in on dinner! :D

Veganism and bad videos...

So, I finally made that youtube video, and it was bad. Why? Because I couldn't get any editing and recording to work except for youtube direct webcam recording. That means no editing and bad quality. Eventually, after having re-done it five freaking times in one hour I thought "fuckit" and just settled for the last version. Stupid? Probably. I got most of my points across though. But this was a response to a larger youtube user, and that is kind of... silly of me.

I am going to make a good vegan video in a couple of days though, because there needs to be more reasonable ones out there. *le sigh*

Well, for now I am DONE. Now all I am going to do is enjoy a cigarette, do some knitting and load up an episode of House... if there is enough time... OH! I was supposed to take care of a bunch of other things as well! DARN IT!

Tomorrow is The Green Edge day! WHOOT! Root beer flavoured vegan lip balm here I COME! I can't decide what to get from the cafe though! Mushroom burger? Breaded tofu burger? Veggie burger? ARGH! So many choices! Or should I just get a sundae? Or both? EEEK! Maybe a thickshake?

Oh well, off to bed I go.

Failed baking and headaches...

I developed the headache from hell earlier today. Luckily I was able to banish it with a couple of painkillers and a nap. I am still tired as all hell though. I know why, I have been skimping on the water lately. The reason for that is that our water tastes like dirt, literally. Not very appetising, and it usually makes me a little nauseated, but apparently not dangerous according to the husband, and since all the water around here seems to have that taste I'll believe him.

I tried baking vegan cinnamon scrolls today. It did not go well. The texture was good, the taste was awful. I tried a shortcut by using bicarbonate soda instead of making a proper yeast dough. Never doing that again, next time I'll either use self raising flour or baking powder at the very least. At least hubby eats the things despite them tasting like buttfluff. (Not literally, but metaphorically)

Now I am sitting here and trying to decide if I should have a bath or if I should knit and watch some episodes of House. Regardless of what I end up doing I will be making a youtube video tomorrow. Nervous about that. It is an awaited response to a larger youtube user, I always get nervous about things like these, but... someone had to represent the vegan community in a reasonable and adult way. Dear heavens my fellow vegans can be asshats!

Oh well, time for that knitting! Knitting and tea! I am thinking rose and french vanilla for today. And then we'll see if I end up watching House or if I decide to listen to some of that Lana Del Rey. My sister is sold on her, and I have to agree that she is quite good.

Cold feet and warm beds

It is cold tonight, chilly in fact... I am curled up in bed, wanting more tea and to watch an episode of Supernatural.

I made my go-to dish for dinner, a pearl couscous with mushroom and a vegan hot dog chopped up into it. And kale... kale is awesome.

I would love to spend the entire day tomorrow reading. But what should I read? I have to finish Wuthering Heights soon so I can start with another classic. And I am currently also reading "The Vampire Lestat". But I feel like some fantasy. I might have to go looking through my husband's side of the collection of books we have...

Oh well, I might just have to coax the husband to make me that cup of tea, my feet do not want to touch another cold tile in a long while.

No Sushi, but plenty yum!

I ended up not making sushi anyway. I ended up making pasta with vegan schnitzel and fried beetroot with a side of roasted sunflower seeds and a carrot/red cabbage salad. It was plenty yummy, and all vegan.

Now, what to do now? Well, if I can choose I will read for a bit, followed by some dancing around the room, then writing. Or writing before dancing. Who knows?

There is still plenty of dry roasted sunflower seeds left over (and yes, I roast them myself), so that will be my snack. Now for the after dinner coffee and a large glass of water.

Reading and Sushi

The visit to the Vegan cafe and shop has been pushed forward to next week. I am a little bit disappointed but my friend (and cousin-in-law) is a little under the weather at the moment, and health comes first!

I had an okay day anyway so far. Some scotch and beer has been imbibed (not good for the health), I made my own vegan burger and will be making vegan sushi for dinner. I got some kale, mushrooms, celery and carrots from the veggie store, so we will not go without yummy food. That much is certain. I also got organic beetroot and sunflower seed and will attempt to make something yummy with that. (I am a huge fan of beetroot. So yummy!)

Until then I have books to read, sites to check out, a new episode of Bones to watch (season finale unless I am mistaken), a bath to soak in and a youtube video to plan. Yes. I have decided to step into the youtube arena yet again. This time as a champion for rational veganism.

What to do first? Oh well, I think I'll start with the reading and work my way from there. The husband will probably be busy with his DnD campaign all afternoon and evening.

Keep healthy, people!

Ubuntu and Vegan Hot-Dogs

So, I have a geek thing to talk about. Ubuntu. I just changed my OS on my old netbook from the Windows XP (Because it was bombarding me with error reports and it couldn't even re-install itself) to Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Remix, Maverick.

This thing has never worked better, ever. The wireless is up and running perfectly (it never ran even okay on the Windows OS); the graphics, sound, mic and webcam is way better than it ever was as well; Ubuntu just rules with all the nifty features it has. I downloaded GIMP and opened it. In less time than it took me to even download GIMP on my last OS it was installed and loaded and I had played around with it. The thing is just amazing.

Also, I just devoured a vegan hot-dog with mustard and tomato sauce as well as fried onion. It was delicious. For those of you who can get it Fry's is the best in my opinion. The hot dogs are yummy and not to strong in their flavour.

Hopefully I will be going out tomorrow with the husbands cousin and aunt to try out this vegan store/cafe. I have to get me one of those lip balms at the very least! Now... cherry or root beer flavour? That is the question. :P

Coffee and Guitars

I've been thinking about the world and my life in general lately. So much that it has begun to make me uneasy. But then I just sit down with a cup of coffee and play my guitar (badly, I might add). A lot of the things in life are so incredibly small and can seem mundane. Sometimes we don't even pay attention to them. But days like these, where the sun is shining and you have some spare time for a cup of coffee and the guitar one stops thinking and start living.

On a more food related note I am going to mosey on into the kitchen soon to fry up some Fry's burgers and down that vegan goodness with a large dose of mustard. (I am a mustard fiend)

Somewhere along the line I want this to become more than just a small, personal blog. More like a lifestyle blog, but with less shallowness and more beautiful words. Words of compassion... and lots of yummy vegan food!

It be cold in here...

I am sitting here in my newly knitted "cat ears" hat and wondering what to make for dinner. Curry or pearl couscous with mushrooms? Either way I have more yarn, lots of plans and a lot of want and need to write.

I will probably end up in the sofa today after dinner with a cup of Rose and French Vanilla tea and the yarn knitting weird stuff while watching episodes of Supernatural. OR! I could watch some Disney movies. Oooh, decisions!

But, to the good news! I might be going to Earth Edge cafe on Friday! It is a place my husbands cousin tipped me off about and she is letting me tag along if I want to! She showed me some of the stuff she had gotten from there and WOW. Lip balm that smells like root beer, faux parmesan (yum!) and vegan cheese that melts! YAY! They also have a cafe, that serves burgers. Vegan burgers with vegan aioli! And they have sundaes! I want to go TODAY!

Oh well. I think I decided on the pearl couscous! With vegan hot dogs and mushrooms. I am off to cook some nomnoms! Later!

The Shining and Cold

It is cold outside, I am curled up in the sofa. A moss green blanket wrapped around me and one of my husbands jumpers with a hood pulled over my head. 

I have spent most of the day in a kind of daze. I keep wanting to make something... a drawing, a story, make something come to life. But the cold is seeping the energy out of me, and I cannot decide if I should cook dinner now or later.

Speaking of dinner, I have a recipe idea in my head. Just the thought of it is making my mouth water a little bit. I seem to have a need for pasta. It is good comfort food for cold evenings. I guess I should get started, even though I am not particularly hungry courtesy of a small handful of pecans. Oooh, I should add pecans to the dinner.

Oh well, I suppose I had better get started. Nothing is going to get better by me sitting here typing while half watching "The Shining".

Images, Words and Those Pains...

... I cannot wait until next month to see if the vegan diet does for me what it did last time I went on it. It almost eradicated my cramps, which was awesome. Right now I am not liking being a woman.

I am sitting here, sipping on a beer and playing around with images, words and creative thoughts.

I am hungry again, and I kind of wish I would have made more yummy food for dinner. We had hot dogs (vegan of coarse) with wholemeal bread. The husband had bought some veggie bacon that unfortunately contained egg white that he had with it. I, on the other hand, made a Tofu scramble that was delicious!

Tomorrow I'm making tofu curry. I can't wait! I have missed curry. It's so darned yummy! <3

Oh! I can have a sammich! Alfalfa sprouts and half of an avocado. Some onion and red bell pepper! *drools* Yumyumyum.

The husband is DMing a DnD game over Skype. It's quite cute, but it makes me feel a little bit lonely on Friday nights when they don't have Rugby League games on. I could plug in the PS2 and play some Star Wars games, I suppose... but right now I am content half-watching episodes of Dark Angel.

I also want to make this dish I have been thinking about. A pasta with kale, avocado and olives. Should be delicious.

Oh well, back to the Dark Angel and beer sipping.

Changes are exciting!

I'm on the cups of that change from lacto-ovo vegetarian to vegan. I'm excited. I have been working towards it for a while now, and in high-school I was a vegan for over a year. I was extremely healthy despite having some minor disordered eating. I can't wait for tomorrow when we will officially be out of dairy and eggs. The fridge is stocked and ready to go.

For breakfast I will have wholemeal toast with baked beans and soy milk with cereal.
Lunch will be potatoes, mushrooms and broccoli.
Dinner will, most likely, be a curry with brown rice.

I also have bananas, oranges, juice, red bell peppers, almonds and everything in between.

I'm also going to exercise. Minor yoga in the morning, since I haven't done it in a long while... then dancing and weights in the afternoon.

There will also be a lot of cleaning and washing. I have a lot of things to sort through in order to finally get some... well... order. I also want to clean out the juicer we have properly and try it out. Kale, orange and carrot juice sounds pretty good.

So, plans starting to come together. We're (husband and I) soon going to curl up in bed to watch an episode of Supernatural (Dean/Jensen is the cutest, despite all those cheeseburgers!) and drink a big cup of tea, and perhaps relax with some reading. I bought a French book at a second hand store today. We'll see how much I will understand of it, I haven't studied French since primary school.

Camomile tea, here I come!