Boy I am pooped this weekend. I haven’t really done THAT much but again, the heat. Thank goodness it is going to start cooling down a little again. I am most excited about it being cool enough to open the windows at night. Jon and I had a crib sitting in our living room, but we took it apart and now we are painting my dresser since it got all dinged up during the move. So we now have a big blue dresser in the living room. We are also in the process of figuring out our fire alarms…. which might need to be replaced. Ugh. I just can’t wait to get our new office and nursery set up and have some organization back in my life.
Farm Round Up:
What I got:
2 cantaloupe (FINALLY!)
1 watermelon (either yellow or orange fleshed)
1 pint blackberries
9 oz green beans
7lb 4oz cherry tomatoes (golf ball sized)
10lb 8oz slicing tomatoes
1lb green peppers
1lb 8oz poblano peppers
3 red italia peppers
2 small eggplant
5 white onions (very small)
What I’m cooking:
BBQ Sauce (9lbs of tomatoes cooked down and frozen for future use)
blanche green beans and save in freezer
Blackberry Muffins (modified from Protein Ninja)
Chickpea Eggplant Hemp Veggie Balls in a Tomato Sauce (from Protein Ninja)
Bhindi Masala from Isa Does It (to use up the rest of the okra from last week)
Stuffed Poblano Peppers (using up the peppers mostly)
Tomatillo Tofu Burritos (using up tomatillos from last week)
Jajangmyeon Spaghetti Squash (cuz I never made this last week so I still have spaghetti squash)
Most of the meal planning this week was trying to use up things from the week before. This week was light on veggies, but man we have so many tomatoes still. It’ll only get worse because next weekend we will picking up our in-law’s share from the farm. o____o I will probably ask if my friend Justine wants to come with us and take whatever she wants. I just have a hard time saying no to things. XD But I know I will be eating all that melon IN THE RAW!
Why running is the world’s most egalitarian sport
I am not a huge fan of watching running parts of the olympics. I did enjoy watching the women’s 10,000 meter when I was sick last Friday, but otherwise I get bored with all the heats and such. But I am trying to watch it regardless after reading this article. I have noticed the largest range of nations being represented by running events. The Olympics is a pretty white sporting event, but it is awesome to see it start to diversify.
Vegan Eats and Treats: Olympics Kickoff Party!
I love reading Amy’s blog, which I am a little surprised about. She rarely features recipes, but instead usually posts recipes from various cookbooks. And she loves to throw a party. I love this idea of an Olympics Kickoff Party where there are foods made from different countries and “sports” for everyone to compete in. Maybe this is something fun to do next summer Olympics.
Rio 2016: how British athletes are challenging the Olympic tradition of junk food peddling
I thought this was pretty interesting. Junk food gets lots of advertising because there is a specific brand. For blueberries to get a commercial it involves several farmers banding together for form an advertising committee. So it is nice to see another way to get publicity for fresh produce! Especially when being promoted by athletes.
Gastropod – Kombucha Culture
I love the podcast Gastropod. If you haven’t checked it out yet, it is a podcast all about food usually talking about it from a scientific and historical context. Their most recent episode is all about kombucha. It is really interesting to hear about it’s roots in the United States, and I can safely say I would NOT be drinking kombucha in the 90s… way too pseudosciencey. But it is interesting to hear how kombucha has changed over the years, and it is nice to hear about safe it is to make. It really makes me wish I still had my old mother culture to start brewing again.
Christine @ Run Plant Based
Great links, thanks. I have mixed feelings about the running events in the Olympics too, I enjoy them to a point. Very interesting on Kombucha, I have tried my own kefir water and kombucha at home and they’re fun, but just tough to keep going and maintain. Great recipe inspiration, thanks!
Jennifer
Yeah, after awhile does get annoying. I think I watched more heats to narrow down the competition rather than actual races. I do like watching the actual Marathon racing. Watching the 10,000 meter I think “man those people must be so bored running so many times around the same track”
Susan
I love Amey’s blog! It is one of my favourites. 🙂
I am not much for sports, so my house is a power battle between people wanting to watch the Olympics and people wanting to watch Gilmore Girls DVDs (that’s me). I do like the gymnastics. But that article was interesting, I had been wanting to find out more information on the refugee team.
Jennifer
XD I understand that. The only good thing about the olympics is that if you don’t want to watch it, you can know it ends after 2 weeks and you can fight about other shows to watch.
kimmythevegan
Holy moly you got lots of good produce! Sounds awesome. I need to be better about my meal planning. Maybe you’ll inspire me.
Amy’s adorable!!!! I secretly want to go to one of her parties =)
Jennifer
Don’t be too impressed. I almost always have ONE recipe that spills over to the next week. XD I didn’t make those stuffed poblano peppers till tonight, when I picked up even more produce.