Amy’s Indian Meals

What a day! Did anyone else wake up to blizzard like conditions? I popped out of bed all ready to hit up the gym only to realize it was snowing… again. We weren’t suppose to get much snow so I decided I should still go. Although I did play it safe by driving Isaac’s (4 wheel drive) vehicle. It’s a good thing I did – everything was cool on the way there, but the way back was treacherous. Not only were the roads slick, but heavy winds were blowing the snow every which way. I went 5-10 mph the for the entire drive home while listening to the radio and realizing schools were closing left and right. I came home and realized that my office was closed and everyone was working from home. It was definitely nice to stay at home with Isaac (since he was off school as well).

After getting everything straight I was starving. I made some stove top pumpkin oats, using a mixture that I had prepared the night before and left in the fridge to do its thing, and by thing I mean, get creamy. The mix: 1/2 cup oatmeal, almond milk, and water mixed with 3 tablespoons of canned pumpkin, cinnamon, stevia, and raisins.

The blob on top is chocolate tofu pudding I made as an after din snack in honor of this lovepie. It was frothy and quite tasty, but the recipe hasn’t been perfected so I’m not going to post it just yet.

I also had a mug of Climber’s High tea.

Oh yea, I wanted to show you all what I use to steep loose leaf tea – it’s an Finum mug size brewing basket that a friend gave to me as a gift during college. I use it almost everyday and love it.

Obviously a high energy tea was necessary for sitting on the couch all day with Olive snuggled beside me.

Despite being home with a fridge full of food, I was craving Indian for lunch so I heated up my favorite Amy’s meal.

I snacked on a little granola

Notice how the bag is almost empty and it’s only been 1 week. It’s that good. Almost better than the Raisin Cinnamon, but not quite. I think they’re about equal.

So crunchy!!

For dinner I made a new recipe starring some tomatoes that were canned from Isaac’s parents’ garden last summer.

Tofu, that doesn’t look like tofu

And, frozen basil cubes that I picked up for the first time this weekend at TJ’s.

Just want I need, considering the state of our basil plant.

The final dish, Tofu Tomato Sauce with ww noodles, turned out looking like this:

This homemade creation was WAY better than plain ol spaghetti — with no meat or dairy!

I promise I’ll share the recipe at some point, but I’m submitting it to the Nasoya Tofu recipe contest!

Boo. I feel badly that I tried out two new recipes and didn’t share either, but I shall have them for you soon enough. Just don’t leave me.

-Brittany

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Lots, if it involves kale, fruits, and protein!

Isaac’s dad brought over some baby kale from his garden so to make good use of it I made a delicious brown monster this morning. It’s interesting because when looking at the smoothie you’d think it would have tasted chocolatey right? Nope, that’s just the color that frozen raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, and banana; kale, cinnamon, water, almond, and vanilla protein powder make. It might have been a gross color, but it was delicious.

Speaking of delicious. I’ve been snacking on the 18 Rabbits granola bars that I received and I’ve been throughly enjoying each of them.

I thought I was going to be in love with the Haute Diggity Date flavor ,but it’s my least favorite. It wasn’t bad by any means, but not overly flavorful. My favorite thus far has been the Funky Figs and Cherries, which was everything a granola bar should be!

I’m not sure why but the fridge is a little bare this week so I resorted to a frozen meal for lunch yesterday. I have a little obsession with Amy’s Indian Meals and when I saw that there is now a Matar Paneer Tofu available and it was on SALE at Kroger, I jumped at the chance to try it.

Too bad it didn’t live up to the regular Matar Paneer! The tofu was a fine substitution for the cheese cubes, but I missed the curried chana masala that is served with the non-vegan version. Oh well, at least now I know which one I prefer.

And just when I thought there was nothing in the fridge that could possibly create a meal….

I combined a little Sabra with a nori wrap, some spinach, a sun dried tomato, and some peeled carrots. And waa-la, a lunch wrap was born.

I finally got my hands on the Spinach and Artichoke flavor.

For a mid afternoon snack, both today and yesterday, I’ve enjoyed Okios with Zadie’s Blueberry Almond Granola. Why change something that works, right?

I’ll admit I still have to add stevia to plain greek yogurt- it’s a little too tart for my taste, but 2 drops of liquid stevia and the granola sweetens it right up and it makes a filling and tasty afternoon treat.

I’m off to bed- Isaac and I are waking up early to hit the gym in the am! And guess what 12/10/09, tomorrow, is our 5 year anniversary (of dating)!! So exciting- we are celebrating by having dinner at home together and discussing/planning out a future trip to California!

Happy almost Friday.

- Brittany