Main Street Shopping

I went shopping today on Main Street OTR.

 

This is Mannequin, a vintage shop that donates to many charities. They just moved from Vine St. to Main.

 

I got these shoes.

This is Iris Book Cafe.

 

Shelves of books line almost every wall. There's also an art show held every Final Friday. That's actually the owner there in the corner.

 

She makes vegan chocolate chip cookies, too and they have vegan options and kombucha. I got one of these cookies.

 

National Geographics.

 

The comics section. Small, but has some good ones. I forgot to ask if they will get some new stuff in.

 

I need to get a record player. I got an X-Files novel, an Edgar Allan Poe novel, and a War of the Worlds graphic novel illustrated by Steve Niles (one of my faves). Only $8.50.

Receipts, My Cat, and Other Random Shit I Ate

Being vegan and healthy is not super expensive!!! I am going to show my receipts and tell you what stuff my mom got me. Sometimes she gets random shit and it's vegan and I eat it. I also have gotten some veggies from a friend and soon I will be getting veggies from a nearby garden!

Super cheap and super healthy meals include green smoothies, and salads. Or just adding greens to whatever you have for dinner.

My smoothies are usually frozen bananas, a different fruit, greens (like 2 cups worth) and tap water. I have a Ninja and I got that for Xmas from my uncle. One day I will get a Vitamix. Sometimes I wish Bakersfield would jokingly/seriously get me an engagement Vitamix. Before my Ninja I used a hand me down $20 blender from a gf until I accidentally dropped the lid inside while it was on.

Yeah, juices can be more expensive. At least to me because when I squash the fruits and veggies down the juicer tube I think of all the fiber I'm wasting and it usually ends up being $10- $15 to make 2 days worth. My usual juice is apple, greens, celery, cucumber, and lemon. Or orange juice! Actually this is my new favorite. And I love it. I am so glad I came upon the banana girl. I used to only drink a little bit of organic fresh squeezed oj because I thought it would make me fat. :(  Now i drink 32 oz. in five minutes without a care. And it's fucking delicious. The green juices I am really used to by now over the years, but I still cringe a tad. OJ is better.

I am not going to give up on HCLFV, but it feels good to eat pretty much whatever I want right now after getting back from Germany. It is also nice knowing that I like to eat stuff that makes me feel good. Like I still eat bread and candy and cakes and cookies, but I need vegetables (greens!) and fruit daily. They make me feel good. Period.

So my cashier was Joann. Good to know.

 

I took my cat, Bilf out for a walk.

 

Yay! I had been waiting to try these for awhile.

 

 

Yes, I see the palm fruit oil and the fat content.

 

Homemade fries- olive oil, salt and pepper. The vegan mayo is Just Mayo's. Organic Annie's Ketchup. Pickles and toms from mom. Bread was Veganic's Sunflower Sesame. Organic Stoneground mustard.

 

My mom ate this vegan meal with me! That makes me so happy. She said she would eat another meal with me tomorrow.

 

I have to get to Findlay Market sometime. Kroger is a few blocks closer than my farmer's market. On this trip I got a free bag of oranges because they couldn't find the price. I was too tired to argue. And a little excited. Free 4 lb bag of organic oranges!

 

And we had salad with our burgers and fries. I tried to make a dressing, but I didn't like it. Green peppers, onions, garlic, olive oil, ACV, salt, pepper, italian seasoning, and some nooch. Blah. My mom ate everything though. Tomorrow I'm thinking Mac+Chz with our leftover burgers.

 

 

And The Next Day After That

I don't think this is the right order in which I ate this stuff. This is leftovers. And I added some potatoes to it.

 

 

Mmm. One of my favorite meals. Vegan pizza. My mom had some pizza crusts lying around. I added peppers from a friend's garden, mushrooms, mozzarella Daiya, Field Roast maple apple sausage, and Local Folks Marinara. I made more pizzas and ate this whole pizza at least three more nights.

 

Carob Green smoothie. Kale from Lauren's garden.

 

Cantalope for breakfast. A whole one.

 

WOTD is nincompoop-a foolish or stupid person.

Next Day After Last Post

Organic fresh squeezed OJ! My fave breakfast.

 

 

On my way to work.

 

The root vegetable burger at Park+Vine's lunch counter.

 

Black beans, spinach, toms and mushrooms with snap peas. And soy sauce.

 

WOTD-maelstrom-a situation or state of confused movement or violent turmoil.

Kinda Sorta HCLFV

I am super tired.

 

 

 

 

 

This is instant coffee from Munich.

 

These are some blueberries (local and pesticide free) I ate before I went to the commissioner's office to hear people speak about getting a chance to vote for a tax that would pay for our Music Hall and Union Terminal (museums).

 

Some dates I ate on my way there. I found a moth larvae at the bottom. Gross. I almost spewed into a trash can. I got lost, too and went to two wrong buildings.

 

"Pop" cans!!! Even at the commissioner's office the word is "pop" and not "soda". Nice.

 

Sharon! This bulletin is 12 years old. Take this shit down.

I ate this after going to Kroger. Brown rice with snap peas, mushrooms, ginger, cukes, carrots, and avo. Yummo. It was Monday and our farmer's market is closed on Monday. Sad face.

 

I wrapped some up in seaweed, but the smell was making me sick while I was watching "Ahhh! Zombies" because they kept showing some gross stuff.

 

 

 

 

 

I made some kale salad with kale (from a friend's garden), pepper, lemon, nooch, dried cranberries, and more snap peas. Oh yeah and 1(!) tbsp of oil. I ate so much kale. I ate this after going to the library and contemporary art center.

 

These are some building pics I took because they're nice.

So Ready

Ugh. I am so ready to start my HCLF/RT4 lifestyle. Or just eating really healthy. I haven't gotten to eat as many greens and fruits as I usually do.


Here's something I ate for breakfast:

Oatmeal with cinnamon and vegan honey. The drink was some instant coffee from Munich with soymilk.

Vegan Airplane Food!

 

Ok. Airplane food is terrible. Actually the first time I ordered on the flight here I didn't plan ahead and got tons of fruit and a kosher meal that turned out to be vegan and it had yummy hummus in it. The grain in this pic was really like cardboard. I still ate everything though. The best part was the fruit and the two cups of OJ I got, too. The salad dressing was just oil. :( That looks like a potato, but it is a roll. I will take a picture of my next two vegan meals. Right now I am at the Moscow Airport. I can't get on Facebook or Outlook here. I can get on my email on my phone though. Bakersfield tells me that Germany is winning 5-0. Oh my. And it is only half-time. I can only imagine how excited he is. :) He makes me happy.