Day 31: Baking winter vegetables rocks!
Yesterday I (and Jor and Lisa) spent a few hours being interviewed by vlogger-extraordinaire Amanda Congdon for her project AmandaAcrossAmerica. I have no idea when she'll be posting it, looks like she's posting a few days behind her travel schedule. It was a cool couple of hours. Amanda has some exciting announcements coming any day now, but we promised to blog not a word of it until she does. For those of you who are wondering: this girl knows her stuff. She interviewed us for an hour without once looking at the pile of cards she had (sort of a la James Lipton) in her lap. She had read up not just on BlogHer, but each of our individual backgrounds and blogs too. At the end she quickly scanned her cards to make sure she hadn't missed any questions, and she hadn't. The interview went so smoothly from subject to subject that you weren't even aware of her managing that information flow and making those segues and transitions. I was impressed.
Yesterday I ate every meal at home, and we had just gotten our most recent Organic Express delivery, so I had some fresh ingredients to work with...at least for dinner. I didn't make too much effort with the other meals of the day.
Breakfast:
Organic Pineapple Juice
Tortilla
2 Trader Joe'es Breakfast Patties
Guacamole
Organic Banana
Snack:
Soy Latte
Lunch:
Vegan Biscotti
Leftover Orzo (thus finishing the last of the leftover...bye bye leftover.)
Organic Pomegranate Juice
Dinner:
Baked Winter Vegetables: My usual concoction...baking Yam, Golden Potatoes and Acorn Squash tossed in Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper, Garlic and Cinnamon, but this time I added Brussels Sprouts to the mix!!
Mushroom Gravy: My usual concotion, made with Nutritional Yeast, Soy Flour, Olive Oil, Organic Rice Milk, mixed with sauteed Portabella Mushrooms, Garlic and Leek
I confess: I ate too much of this yummy dinner. Or something hit my stomach the wrong way...maybe too much Gravy with too much Yeast? Maybe to many Brussels Sprouts (whicha r after all like mini cabbages.) Because I had a stomach ache after dinner that lasted for a while.
I urge you, if you aren't already, to take advantage of the wonderful world of winter vegetables. It is really really easy to chop 'em up, put 'em in a baking pan, toss 'em in some thrown together mix of oil and spices, and bake 'em until they seem ready (usually between 35 and 45 minutes depending on how full the pan is.)
Easy, hearty, Full of fiber and vitamin and mineral goodness.
