bring it on October!

I could pretend to wish everyone a happy October, but I think I'll wait 'til this stomach virus has left the house! The younger two kids have it now, and with Dada working a long weekend in NYC, I kept lunch pretty simple for the older boys.

Ryan
& AJ's
lunches:
mini
pumpkin
muffin;
mini
banana
blue-
berry
muffin;
tofu
salad
sand-
wiches;
1/2 of
a tang-
erine;
a pickle;
carrots.



Last night before I went to bed I flipped the calendar in the office to October. And that suddenly jogged my memory. October! Mofo! And I proceeded to Google "vegan Mofo 2010". I came up with conflicting sources, some saying it was in October again, some saying it had reverted back to the original November. But given that the official Vegan Mofo blog on Wordpress contains nothing but a test link to a participant survey--which by the way you can access by Googling it directly, which I found first, and therefore filled in the survey before reading the message not to do so--I'm guessing Vegan Mofo isn't happening until November. Does anyone else out there have more definitive info?

I like the idea of having Vegan Mofo alternate among the months over time. It allows for more variety. Imagine a June Mofo with all the local berries, or an August Mofo full of tomato recipes! How about a February Mofo overflowing with posts about vegan chocolates and spicy desserts and Valentine dinners. Yeah, it could be really interesting shaking Mofo up a bit! Not that I don't adore Halloween, 'cause I do, it's our favourite holiday! And the kids absolutely go nuts planning for the annual Thanksgiving feast. I'm drooling already!

spring flowers

Spring is here! It's only March, but the April showers AND the May flowers are here already. And as Ryan would tell you, the Mayflowers bring...Pilgrims! LOL

Ryan's lunch: tofu salad sandwich; apple slices; Tofurky asparagus rolls; baby carrots; steamed broccoli.

I think my paring knife needs sharpening! It was mangling the apple peel (which admittedly wasn't so firm unfortunately). I need to become more adept at knife sharpening.

Catching up on my food from the weekend...

Friday:
7:30am- smoothie: 1 peach, 1/2 cup frozen mango, 1/4 cup blueberries, 3 frozen strawberries, liquid DHA, water.
9am- sushi!
12:30pm- 1 avocado; marinated green beans; baby carrots.
2:30pm- Raw Revolution chocolate coconut bar.
4:30pm- mixed nuts; 1 banana.
8pm- tomato salad (tomatoes, snap peas, grapes, scallion, lemon juice).

Saturday:
7:30am- bowl of cantaloupe; smoothie: 1/2 banana, 1 nectarine, 1/4 cup frozen blueberries, 3 frozen strawberries, grated coconut, liquid DHA, water.
10:30am- some raisins, sliced almonds & date pieces.
12:30pm- bento lunch while hiking: spinach salad (baby spinach, tomatoes, scallion, shoyu); cantaloupe; 1/3 of a Raw Revolution chocolate coconut bar; 3 baby carrots; olives; pickle spears.
2:30pm- flax crackers w/almond butter; an orange.
5pm- cold miso soup.
8pm- 2 sliced bananas w/almond butter, grated coconut & agave nectar.

Sunday:
7am- smoothie: frozen strawberries, blueberries & black raspberries, 1 banana, grated coconut, liquid DHA, water.
9am- flax crackers; 1 mango.
11am- apple slices w/almond butter.
1:30pm- 1 banana; Raw Revolution chocolate coconut bar.
3pm- marinated zucchini; sliced tomatoes.
8pm- 1 avocado.

Hi Maia!