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Weekend Wrap Up: Workouts, Weddings and Weeds

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This weekend was a fairly lively one that started out with a nice early morning run on Saturday- indoors due to the pouring rain and then a trip to the market.  The farmers market has been disappointing due to the lack of veggies (we live in the North so it’s not really prime veggie growing season) but I did leave with a bunch of beautiful leeks, broccoli rabe, Russian kale, cilantro, parsley, dill, fingerling potatoes, parsnips, chives and green onions. After our trip to the market we headed to Healthy Living to pick up the remainder of our groceries and I snagged this as a new exciting dinner treat:
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Have you ever tried any of the Sophie’s Kitchen products?

Following our shopping adventures we came home to the refrigerator repair guy outside our door- apparently he figured out the problem and wanted to rush right over (no calling first).  So he fixed the refrigerator and now my fridge is no longer freezing all my produce! Finally he left and Neil and I could eat lunch and get ready for my cousins wedding.

We attended the wedding and watch a lovely small outdoor ceremony and then headed into the tent (next door) to enjoy the reception.  It was nice to be able to share a special day with my cousin and her new husband as well as other friends and family.

We spent three hours at the wedding and then decided that it was time to make the hour drive back home and get ourselves some dinner since there was nothing vegan at the country BBQ wedding. We came home to a fancy dinner of toast and coconut milk yogurt.

Sunday we spent the morning lounging around the house until Neil and I decided that it was time to do something productive. I got to work on our disorganized closets and moved in the summer close and moved out the winter. While I cleaned the house the Hubz went shopping for more plants and headed to the garden to weed and plant- what a great guy eh’? Since he was out doing all of the manual labor I decided to cook him a yummy dinner with a few ingredients from our little balcony garden (see below).




For dinner I used most of the mustard greens and some cilantro to make these yummy Cauliflower-Mustard Green Spring Rolls (this week’s recipe of the week)

Parfait For The Win!

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Today’s post is supposed to be about self-care but honestly you’ve been getting a lot of those lately so I’ve decided to switch gears and do a little life check in.  If you are looking for a self-care post I encourage you to read my two latest posts:

I also have a new recipe post

In other foodie news the Hubz and I have been on a parfait kick for the past week.  They are quick, easy and so delicious.  We have been making them for breakfast and sometimes for dessert in a variety of combinations.  Our favorite though is vanilla soygurt, Justin’s chocolate hazelnut butter, berries and Uncle Sam cereal for some crunch.  Other combinations have been vanilla coconut yogurt with dates, kiwi, mango and Uncle Sam cereal for some crunch and then a variety of different flavors of coconut yogurt with berries and Uncle Sam cereal.  We are just loving it and I can make one cup of soygurt/coconut yogurt be enough for the two of us when it’s bulked up.  However the better deal that I have turned to are the large 3serving tubs of Whole Soy vanilla soygurt so good and so easy to use for parfaits.

Health Coaching Update- The Hubz is working on my new site and I hope to have it up and running in the next 6 weeks – there are are lot of details to workout.  I also have arranged for four workshops throughout this summer at Hunger Mountain Co-op so if you are in the area you should sign up for one of them.  I will be providing more details when everything is confirmed.

I also got my brochures printed and they look beautiful but I need to get a new photo of myself for the inside and I need to find some place less expensive (than Staples) to get them printed- any suggestions?

In other news the Hubz and I have a currently secret project that we’d like to roll out this summer and it is something I know you will be excited about. I also am getting back into recipe mode and I am planing to work on a summer recipe ebook. We also will be working on community summer garden plot soon and I will be doing more post about that. So there are a lot of things to look forward to.

What are you plans for this summer?