oh she glows - big vegan bowl

This week Eric and I made the Big Vegan Bowl from Oh She Glows. It's a pretty intense meal and delicious. I love Oh She Glows and all the recipes we have tried from there.

 

If you are looking for a nutrient packed meal that has everything you could possibly need you MUST try this bowl.

 

Here's our take on the Big Vegan Bowl.

garden box planning

I'm really excited about this, and it's not because I will be getting my "birthday present" a month in advance. Since Eric and I eat lots of veggies now that we've cut meat out of our food preparations at home, a garden is the perfect supplement in the summer months (not that I don't love the farmer's market). I've been planning this out since there was a gazillion inches of snow on the ground, and at one point thought I might have to shovel the lawn to be able to get my garden boxes built before I needed to plant seeds. Thankfully, the snow has melted, mostly, so hopefully I can get the boxes built and ready to go for when I need to start planting my seeds.

quinoa vegan burgers

Eric and I have tried a few different veggie burger recipes along with the store bought ones. The quinoa burgers we made for dinner last night are by far my favorite so far. I found them on the Produce on Parade blog.

 

Here is the recipe:



a new way to eat your greens

A week or two ago Eric and I found a great new way to eat your greens (collard greens, spinach, kale).

 

We found the recipe when we made a delicious carrot ginger potato bowl and have been making the greens as a side dish for some of our meals.

 

It's a super easy, fast recipe so it makes a great addition to your meal during the week.

Here's what you need for this recipe:

 

1 tsp olive oil

1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar

2 cloves garlic

1 bunch of greens (whatever type you choose)

salt and pepper to taste

 

Roughly chop your greens. Make sure to remove any large stems. Sauté garlic quickly in oil and then add the greens. Cook for a maybe 10 seconds and then add in the vinegar, salt, and pepper. Toss together and remove from heat.
 

 

The whole process literally takes less than 5 minutes. Feel free to try different types of vinegar. Just last night we tried balsamic. It wasn't as good as the apple cider vinegar; so far that is my favorite vinegar to use with this recipe.

another kitchen update

The kitchen is coming along. && it makes me very happy.

 

Here's my list of things to do (& as you can see most things are crossed off): 

1. Move refrigerator $0
2. Move cabinets around $0
3. Remove odd cabinet and replace with shelving $40
4. Remove wallpaper  $0 completed by removing soffit
5. Fix/replace side window $0
6. Concrete counter tops $100
7. Replace back-splash with pallet back-splash $0
8. Replace kitchen sink with black kitchen sink from parents $0
9. Buy new faucet $170
10. Build pantry for far corner $100
11. Paint laminate cabinet doors (grey)
12. Paint (ceiling $40, walls, pantry $30)
13. Paint refrigerator black chalkboard $10
14. Replace flooring in kitchen (not happening for awhile)
15. Spray paint baking sheets and hang inside cabinets
16. EAT wall art $6
17. Add outlet on other side of window $5
18. Drywall ceiling
19. Put in attic access $100
20. Touch up paint and trim
21. Replace kitchen light since the old one broke $30
22. Molding around top of cabinets

 

lace window decals

This weekend I was super busy working on little house things so I may have a few posts this week. One of the things I worked on was my front door windows. I've been wanting more privacy and a sunlight filter for the front door. The sun hits the front door just right in the late afternoon that it is blinding. This blog post will be a little bit of a nailed it and failed it.

 

The first thing I tried for the front door was a major fail. I had purchased the decals you can use on windows for $20 and attempted to apply those to the 9 small windows that are my front door window. This did not work as planned. If I wasn't such a perfectionist, I'm sure I would have been okay with the window decals. The problem with the window decals is, if you don't cut them perfectly, you can see your mistakes (very clearly). With it being such a small area, it was difficult to get them cut perfectly and the decals also didn't stick very well. For all these reasons, I decided to scratch the idea of the window decals and search out other options.

 

I debated between using an opaque spray paint, or a spray paint to make and etched glass look, but then I stumbled upon an excellent idea on Pinterest. Enter: Annabel Vita. Annabel used lace and cornstarch to create a beautiful and non-permanent window privacy solution.

 

Here's how you do it:

the least expensive backsplash you will ever install

This weekend the backsplash went in. I'm beyond excited to see everything come together. I decided to repurpose pallet wood for a number of reasons. The first reason being it was cheap; you can get pallets for free! The second being that pallet wood isn't perfect, and since my concrete counter tops are imperfect they go together perfectly.