After 5 months of being vegan, last week I told my (vegan for 7 or so years) friend that I haven't been sick since - so last weekend we both got a cold... how's that???
Never mind, I'm doing fine. My spirits are up, just my body hasn't quite caught up yet, but it's getting there.
I really miss running. My last run was a week ago. The weather kept me from doing a long run on the weekend and then came the cough...
I'm hoping to do an easy run this weekend and slowly get back into a 4 runs a week routine.
I have started making sushi with brown rice now after discovering short grain organic brown rice at my favourite Organic store. It's not quite photo-ready yet as I still have to work out the right amount of sushi vinegar to make it stick properly, but it definitely convinced me and will take over from white rice.
Uni is going okay. It's quite busy but I feel good no matter what. One thing at a time, that's the way to go...
I'm still refusing to pull night-shifts in order to get assignments done but I can see myself having to face them this trimester... We'll see.
Today I went to the bar where I'll have my 23rd birthday party. The headchef is pretty much part of the family (boyfriend's sister's partner, i.e. 'brother in law' if both of us couples were married hehe), so he will accommodate my few wishes of vegan as well as glutenfree dishes :-). Don't you just love 'being different' :-).
But I'll make it as easy as possible for them (this will also keep them from making stuff-ups hehe) so I need to organise my invitations etc. and get the ball rolling.
Right, gotta go now, work on my psychology assignment :-)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Recent food adventures
A sunday lunch with the 'family'
homemade breads and salads...
and coconut cupcakes as well as date truffles... yumyum
I have become addicted to sushi again and have been filling my lunchbox with sushi variations over the last few weeks, but see for yourself :-)
My first inside out sushi
Vegan Burger at Burgerfuel
Damn good!
Vegan hotdog with vegan sausages from an Asian foodstore, lettuce, fried shallots, left over tomato sauce (pasta sauce) - it was good :-)
BF and I had a mix and match dinner . I had some fried tofu sticks, bean dip, salad, vegan ham and bread chips
homemade breads and salads...
and coconut cupcakes as well as date truffles... yumyum
I have become addicted to sushi again and have been filling my lunchbox with sushi variations over the last few weeks, but see for yourself :-)
My first inside out sushi
Vegan Burger at Burgerfuel
Damn good!
Vegan hotdog with vegan sausages from an Asian foodstore, lettuce, fried shallots, left over tomato sauce (pasta sauce) - it was good :-)
BF and I had a mix and match dinner . I had some fried tofu sticks, bean dip, salad, vegan ham and bread chips
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Apologies
Apologies for not writing for aaaaage but I had soo much on, I just didn't find the time.
First of all, there was uni - doing 4 papers really took its toll and was quite stressful.
Secondly, I worked about 12 hours a week, trying to get some more $$$ :-)
Thirdly, I trained for a marathon which required about 6-8 hours of running a week.
Finally, and most importantly, my darling boyfriend also wanted my attention and I have to admit he was somewhat deprived of it as of recently.
But now, everything is back on track.
Number 1: The trimester is over, I achieved 2 A- in my Psychology courses as well as 2 As in my HR and my Accounting paper, so I'm over the moon. especially, because I managed to keep the As coming despite all those other commitments.
Number 2: I'm still happily working away, our team is growing and my colleagues are just amazing. I assume, I am one of the few people on this planet who actually looks forward to going to work :-).
Number 3: I ran my first marathon on June 22 in 4 hours 35 min 39 seconds and am really proud of it because the weather was absolutely horrendous, so finishing in just over 4 1/2 hours was fantastic (headwind, hail, rain, cold, we had it all)
Here you can see me (on the right in the blue top)
Number 4: Boyfriend and I had a good talk about *us* and will both make more of an effort - for me that means making time for being together and doing stuff outside the house even if that means sacrificing a bit of study time or so.
Finally, I am still passionately cooking away, creating some yummy vegan dishes. Just last night we had pizza and I topped mine with vegan nacho cheese sauce made from cashew nuts blended with water, pickled peppers, paprika powder, onion powder, lemon juice, garlic, savoury yeast flakes, salt and pepper (then boil the sauce until thick and creamy).
On Saturday we'll be having a midwinter Christmas party at a friends place. While there will be staple Christmas foods such as ham and pavlova, I will also provide plenty of vegan delights such as vegan German Stollen (a Christmas loaf/cake thingy), vegan dips and breadchips, bread/buns, salad, roast potatoes and veges and drinks.
Okay, that's me for now.
First of all, there was uni - doing 4 papers really took its toll and was quite stressful.
Secondly, I worked about 12 hours a week, trying to get some more $$$ :-)
Thirdly, I trained for a marathon which required about 6-8 hours of running a week.
Finally, and most importantly, my darling boyfriend also wanted my attention and I have to admit he was somewhat deprived of it as of recently.
But now, everything is back on track.
Number 1: The trimester is over, I achieved 2 A- in my Psychology courses as well as 2 As in my HR and my Accounting paper, so I'm over the moon. especially, because I managed to keep the As coming despite all those other commitments.
Number 2: I'm still happily working away, our team is growing and my colleagues are just amazing. I assume, I am one of the few people on this planet who actually looks forward to going to work :-).
Number 3: I ran my first marathon on June 22 in 4 hours 35 min 39 seconds and am really proud of it because the weather was absolutely horrendous, so finishing in just over 4 1/2 hours was fantastic (headwind, hail, rain, cold, we had it all)
Here you can see me (on the right in the blue top)
Number 4: Boyfriend and I had a good talk about *us* and will both make more of an effort - for me that means making time for being together and doing stuff outside the house even if that means sacrificing a bit of study time or so.
Finally, I am still passionately cooking away, creating some yummy vegan dishes. Just last night we had pizza and I topped mine with vegan nacho cheese sauce made from cashew nuts blended with water, pickled peppers, paprika powder, onion powder, lemon juice, garlic, savoury yeast flakes, salt and pepper (then boil the sauce until thick and creamy).
On Saturday we'll be having a midwinter Christmas party at a friends place. While there will be staple Christmas foods such as ham and pavlova, I will also provide plenty of vegan delights such as vegan German Stollen (a Christmas loaf/cake thingy), vegan dips and breadchips, bread/buns, salad, roast potatoes and veges and drinks.
Okay, that's me for now.
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