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I noticed a weird thing last week. A patch of dandelions. I haven't seen a dandelion all summer. I don't think they're suited to the weather here. I hadn't even noticed that I wasn't seeing them around until I saw the patch of them, and was like "hey wait, I haven't seen those in months!"
Meanwhile, the leaves on the tree outside of our balcony are finally starting to turn colour. Most trees around here are still green, or looking sunburnt, but there are a few that are beginning to turn. SO strange, it feels like it's still a week in early September here, not at all the end of October. The kids around here won't be bundled up in parkas and mittens to do their trick or treating, for sure. We finally got our Halloween candy for them, and I may be doing a little sampling before we hand things out. Wouldn't want to give them crappy candy, you know.
I also have plans to make candy corn tonight. I live for candy corn at Halloween. The problem with this is that most candy corn nowadays is made with gelatin, which is not vegetarian, let alone vegan. I found a recipe for how to make them, so I am going to enlist Shamus's help with that sometime this weekend, I hope. I also have the ingredients for making homemade Larabars, which pleases me greatly, since a Larabar costs more than a dollar for a thing that's 1 inch by 2 inches, and it only has 4 or 5 ingredients.
In the "holy crap that's cheap!" grocery report, I got some avocados today for $0.49 each, as well as a pound of asparagus (the thin spring kind) for $1.49. I got Shamus some mild cheddar cheese for $2.99 a pound, and two litres of milk for $1.50 (seriously! Milk was just over $4 for 2 litres in Halifax when we left!).
I also found a pretty great vegan recipe blog the other day, called The Vegan Stoner. I was looking for "lazy vegan recipe" on google, because I was home for the evening by myself, and I couldn't be arsed to make dinner properly. I made the chickpea curry, and reduced prep work by using our FANTASTIC BLENDER to cut up the onion, red pepper, and carrot for me. Hot tip: don't try to cut up a giant onion and a giant red pepper in the blender at the same time. It's not less work than just cutting the damned things on a cutting board. We also made the oat shake, which was good, but not especially lasting, and kinda thick towards the end. It's really weird, but it tastes great. It just has a texture that need some tweaking, I think.
Anyway, that's about all I got for right now. Let me know if there's anything you want to know about or whatever. Since I'm living here and getting used to it somewhat, I am seeing a lot less that is like "I don't think we're in Halifax anymore, Toto." Though I still think it's ridiculous that I needed to get a prescription for a bottle of Robaxin here. The FDA hasn't approved it for over-the-counter sale. >:c
Meanwhile, the leaves on the tree outside of our balcony are finally starting to turn colour. Most trees around here are still green, or looking sunburnt, but there are a few that are beginning to turn. SO strange, it feels like it's still a week in early September here, not at all the end of October. The kids around here won't be bundled up in parkas and mittens to do their trick or treating, for sure. We finally got our Halloween candy for them, and I may be doing a little sampling before we hand things out. Wouldn't want to give them crappy candy, you know.
I also have plans to make candy corn tonight. I live for candy corn at Halloween. The problem with this is that most candy corn nowadays is made with gelatin, which is not vegetarian, let alone vegan. I found a recipe for how to make them, so I am going to enlist Shamus's help with that sometime this weekend, I hope. I also have the ingredients for making homemade Larabars, which pleases me greatly, since a Larabar costs more than a dollar for a thing that's 1 inch by 2 inches, and it only has 4 or 5 ingredients.
In the "holy crap that's cheap!" grocery report, I got some avocados today for $0.49 each, as well as a pound of asparagus (the thin spring kind) for $1.49. I got Shamus some mild cheddar cheese for $2.99 a pound, and two litres of milk for $1.50 (seriously! Milk was just over $4 for 2 litres in Halifax when we left!).
I also found a pretty great vegan recipe blog the other day, called The Vegan Stoner. I was looking for "lazy vegan recipe" on google, because I was home for the evening by myself, and I couldn't be arsed to make dinner properly. I made the chickpea curry, and reduced prep work by using our FANTASTIC BLENDER to cut up the onion, red pepper, and carrot for me. Hot tip: don't try to cut up a giant onion and a giant red pepper in the blender at the same time. It's not less work than just cutting the damned things on a cutting board. We also made the oat shake, which was good, but not especially lasting, and kinda thick towards the end. It's really weird, but it tastes great. It just has a texture that need some tweaking, I think.
Anyway, that's about all I got for right now. Let me know if there's anything you want to know about or whatever. Since I'm living here and getting used to it somewhat, I am seeing a lot less that is like "I don't think we're in Halifax anymore, Toto." Though I still think it's ridiculous that I needed to get a prescription for a bottle of Robaxin here. The FDA hasn't approved it for over-the-counter sale. >:c