winding down

It was a good week, but I'm glad the weekend is here, even if my husband has to work. Sometimes I just enjoy cooking whatever is left in the fridge...in this case, I need to empty it out to give it a good cleaning, as I finish using up the last remnants of CSA food.

Ryan's lunch: 3 kinds of crackers; a tiny Pez pack from Halloween; cucumber slices; soy cheese & Tofurky "bears"; grapes; hidden underneath are celery sticks; on the side a flax plus pumpkin granola bar (a free sample from the food festival last weekend).

Our meals for the day...

...roasted cauliflower &
broccoli; cous cous; spicy
tomato & "bacon" strips.

And for dinner...

...chips; 6 layer bean dip;
plate of veggies & apple
slices...









Maia is entering this dress-up
stage which is totally foreign
to me after 3 boys!












All week long we've enjoyed these fabulous seed pods outside of the school when we go to pick up AJ. We've read The Tiny Seed a few times at home.












Maia loves watching them
float away on the wind...
"ooooooooooohhhh!"

trick or treat

PUMPKIN SEEDS!!!!!! One of my most favouritest things about this season!!












A relaxed day of autumn
goodness, with roasted
veggies: purple potatoes,
sweet potatoes, butternut
squash, carrots, parsnips
& turnips.

Maia wore her harvest
dress, and Ryan played
some of his funky toys
from his school party.

It was soooo windy we decided not to try lighting the jack o' lanterns. Maybe tomorrow night...before I break them down and cook them up to save for winter recipes!!

And now for the Halloween costumes...Pikmin!










































AJ sure had quite the stash before we removed all the non-vegan candies! We sent most of it away with grandma to do with it as she pleased. But the kids still had ample treats to stuff themselves silly with before bedtime. Maia tried her first raisins and Annie's fruit snacks. I did not expect her to participate in the trick-or-treating, but she wanted to go right up to people's doors and pick something to put in her pumpkin bag, just like her brothers. Too cute.

Vegan Mofo III is now complete! See you next year! Or hopefully tomorrow...