Weekend Vegan

This weekend was pretty good for my veganism. I had cheese in my lunch yesterday - still transitioning away. I have hidden the big bag of cheddar in the very far back of the fridge. Outta sight, outta mind! I had a chocolate after dinner - only two left! And, dun dun dun, the one unconscious vegan slip up I feel really silly about - I put half n half in my coffee at Starbucks on Friday. I don’t even like half n half! I just did it to cool down my coffee, not even a second thought. I only realized my slip up after I’d slurped the whole thing down. Whoops.

Joe and I went grocery shopping this morning. We did our best to avoid processed food and WOW it was amazing how much cheaper our groceries ended up being! My typical $40 bill was reduced to $25. Joe’s bill was $40. Why? He accidentally bought $13 cashews - ha! He promptly returned them when he realized what he’d done.

Joe and I typically buy two containers of 16oz salsa for $8. This week, we decided to try to make our own salsa. We got all of our produce and spices from Aldi and got enough of these things to make two batches to the recipe’s specifications. Turns out one recipe makes like, 5 POUNDS of salsa! So much salsa. We now need to have a salsa party. I also made another batch of glo bars for the week (with the addition of chia seeds and slivered almonds) and roasted brussel sprouts and potatoes for dinner. We also have lots of leftovers from the Lao restaurant we went to last night! Yumyumyum.

Here are some salsa pics. Come on ovaa.

I feel like this photo diminishes the amount of salsa but TRUST ME it was a lot.