The Baby Chicks have arrived!

I know it's sad that these chickens are making their way towards being eaten.. but I love them, and I feel like they help me to have more of a connection to the earth. My dad and I take good care of them, and they live a good and free life. Five are "laying" hens, 10+ are for "meat". I hate defining them this way, but this is the fact of the matter.
Anyway here the cuties are..

Catching Up.

Tomato Avocado and Walnut salad with pomegranate juice!









Tofu cutlets served with plum sauce, broccoli, and rice with chives.

Tofu cutlets or ("Breast of Tofu") recipe can found here: http://www.everydaydish.tv/Recipe%20Pages/Breast_of_Tofu_Recipe.html
Tzatziki (Cucumber, Garlic, and Yogurt Dip) ((YUM!!))
http://www.greekhomerecipes.com/tzatziki.html
I like to serve this with pita.

I've also gone a bit smoothie crazy since the nice weather has started. There are so many recipes and variations and they're all just so darn tast-y ! Not to mention good for you! Drinking a smoothie is an easy and fun way to get fruit servings in, and to avoid refined sugar cravings.


This one is raspberry,
plain yogurt,
soy milk,
frozen banana and
2 table spoons honey to even out that yogurt flavor and the acidity of the raspberries.

I'll be posting more smoothies as the summer goes on. :)

My Garden - Photo Chronicaling

A reminder of why I'm Vegetarian...

Ugh. How terrible is this? Chopping up animals and eating them. Yuckers.. :(

Barbeques can be animal-friendly and yummy too!!

First barbeque of the spring/summer today and Mmmm mmmm! Was it ever delicious!

Grilled tofu

Marinade for at least 1 hour - 8 hours.

Lemon juice
salt, pepper
Oregano
Garlic

And keep the left over marinade!

Cut tofu into triangle cuts, marinade and grill! About 2 minutes per side. As it grills baste the sides, this will make it super tangy and delicious! I grilled some tomato to put over the finished product mixed with fresh for garnish but you could put just fresh tomato too. You could also mix the fresh tomato with cucumber too as a type of salsa. A mango salsa would be yummy too.. with salsas the options are unlimited!

To grill the potato and corn I just wrapped them with foil and let the grill do the work.. however I did over cook the corn a tad bit! *blush*. To be fair it was my first time trying to grill corn! :)

Beautiful day, satisfying dinner!
Animal friendly, nutritious and tasty!

Quesadilla day!

"Chicken" quesadillas with guacamole. The "chicken" is a prepackaged product from 'Presidents Choice'. This was pretty tasty.. but extremely messy!

Katie's Granola Goddess Mix

This is a yummy variation on other recipes I've found online.
There were no real amount of ingredient, I just kind of threw them in as I wanted! :)


But here's the list of estimations of ingredients:

1/4 cups Hemp seed
1/2 cup Almonds
1/4 Flax seed
1/2 cup cashew and sunflower and pumpkin seeds
2 cups oat meal ( not instant)
1/2 cup honey- could use
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup raisins and cranberries

I got the original recipe from here

However I found mine reallyyyy sweet, so I might use less honey and see if it still binds..
All you have to do is mix up the oats, honey, oil and nuts then put it in a pan and pop it in the oven for 15 minutes. Mix it up again, then toast it for another 15 minutes at 350. Then mix in the dried fruit, and push it together and wait for it to cool. During this time everything will cluster together.

Anyway mine turned out delicious! I even made some into bars :)