Spring Leftovers & Napping Furkids

This is how I fell asleep the other night!  With Cricket & Riley laying on my legs right next to each other.  Paco sleeps in his pen area for safety reasons and his immune issues.  We would hate for him to try and jump up on something and injure himself.  He doesn't seem to mind it - I think he actually prefers it - it's his own space that no one else can invade!  But aren't these two so sweet?  Cricket is certainly sweet when she wants to be and other times she's the instigator!





In other news...Spring has sprung!  And here are some leftovers that are popping up on their own from our Rooftop Garden/Container Garden.

2 kinds of chives!  They look better than ever before!  They are mostly onion chives but I think one is a garlic chive, too!  In this background of this photo you can also see some Lavender as well!

This is a close up of our Rhubarb that is start over for the season!  How exciting!  Can't wait to see what else progresses!  I do know that we need to start planting seeds to see what happens with those soon, too!

With my full time job as of late - I have been doing a lot of local speaking for high school students and organizations.  It's been fun!  I'm also highly considering joining our local chapter of The League of Women Voters!

Vegan Mofo ~ Spinach & Chickpeas, Turkish Red Lentil Soup, A Word About Lavender, and Mostly Liquids Week

Happy Monday!  Positive thought to all of you for a wonderful week!  I will have at least 2 posts today! 

Saturday I spent a little time visiting the Farmers Market as well as some of the discount stores in the area and found some really neat things.  (Which I will be blogging about a bit later).  I also spent time cleaning...I did quite a few dishes as well as our floors which needed vacuuming and shampooing MAJORLY.  I also made this dish.  It's Spinach and Chickpeas.  Here's what's in this dish...



1 C Chickpeas
1 Pound Spinach (Frozen)
1 C Vegan Bread Crumbs
3 Cloves Garlic
8 Ounces Tomato Sauce
Pinch Red Pepper Flakes
1/2 tea Cumin
Splash of Balsamic
1/2 tea Paprika

It ended up being pretty good!  It was a nice comfort food, really.  I was craving chickpeas and spinach so this work well.  Paco has been pretty active lately and I caught him in a rare moment this past weekend.  He was pretty drowsy in this photo.  We were watching 'scary' movies.  For some reason the dogs have really been digging them lately.  Not sure why.  Anyhow...this week I will start a new attempt with Paco's eyes.  You may remember me not liking the stuff I am using now and after taking some of Opal's advise I was able to find bulk Lavender.  I haven't gotten my hands on the essential oil yet but I figured the flowers would be a gentle way to see how he did with Lavender...I will soak the flowers in some water and use it as a compress and gently wash the stains using a cloth, I think.

I mentioned last week I am going to challenge myself and try and do MOSTLY LIQUIDS this week!  This could be flavored waters, teas and tonics, Juices and Smoothies, Pureed Soups, and as a cheat I will still stick with the pureed theme and do dips that are pureed (like hummus's and bean dips, for example) but only use celery to dip...things like this for my MOSTLY Liquids Week.   This is my first one of the week my lunch for later today.  This is Turkish Red Lentil Soup.  I sampled a bit of it after making it over the weekend and it was super tasty!  Here's what it has in it...



3/4 C Cooked Lentils
1-2 C Water
1 Onion
1 Carrot
3 Cloves Garlic
2 T Tomato Paste

I'm excited to try new-to-me pureed vegan soups this week!  I will be using my various Ninja Blenders for the pureeing process, too!  More on that in my next post!  What interesting foods did you eat this weekend!?