We were sidetracked last night with errands, so I didn't get to make the sushi. But I will make it tonight, and I'm really looking forward to it. I just do the typical roll - filled with carrots, cucumber, wasabi, avocado and vegan mayonnaise. Yummy!!

Someone came to look at the old house last night, so we have our hopes up (again). I'm hoping we hear something back from our agent today. Fingers crossed!

Going swimming tonight; looking forward to it and hoping the pool isn't as packed as last week. I didn't go on Monday because I had a guitar recital. I felt like a big dummy because I was sitting so close to the first row I could touch them, which made me uncomfortable, which made me start to shake, and my hands were shaking so bad I couldn't even hit all the right strings. I'm so dumb sometimes!

Mihani, I love Jill McKeever! She’s so down to earth and so FUN! Sometimes I watch her videos just for fun!

Today’s lunch. So good! I threw together leftover sweet potato, diced Field Roast sausage, kale (microwaved all this), topped with avocado and green onions. Yum!

Karrie, your Quinoa salad sounds very good. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

Mihani, I feel your pain. I've been limping around this week after trying to put air in my tire during a sleet/snow storm. I was probably hunched down in a squat position for all of 5 minutes, but it was freezing cold so my thigh muscles were not havin' it - and here I thought I was in shape from all the walking I've been doing.

I made a meal this afternoon to share with a family w/ a newborn and made extra for our meal. I tried to sneak some "new" nutrition into it but my husband was practically pouting like a little boy for having to eat vegetables. What a hoot! Cracked me up.

It contained: wild rice, brown rice, onion, sweet potato, fresh green beans, dried cranberries, sliced almonds, thyme, S&P, diced chicken. It was, in my opinion, delicious and would make a great WFPB dish without the chicken (I made my portion heavy on the veggies and had only a couple bites of chicken).

Hiiiiiiii guys (*sheepishly poking my head in*)

Sorry I've been so bad at keeping up with everyone's posts. So nice to come back and hear how everyone is doing and all the delicious things you're eating!

C&P - I LOVE salads that have some warm element. Lately, I've been warming up black beans with some taco seasoning and putting that on a big salad with avocado and tomatoes, so yummy! Congrats on the 5K too!!

Karrie, too hard on yourself! At least you had the courage to be up front with your guitar Fingers crossed for your old house

Mihani, hope you're feeling more limber today! And I can't believe you're looking forward to the weekend for work reasons .... are you going to take a day off? We are actually closed Friday and Monday. But my in-laws are in town Friday-Sunday so....

Trying to think of a nice healthy vegan easter meal to serve everyone. Whenever we have a big group, I get self conscious about my cooking and always lean towards ordering something. But it would be nice to have a proper dinner. I've got green beans/mushrooms, roasted cauli and brussels, and that's it so far lol.

Keep sneaking those veggies in on your family C&P, they might just come around! That is awesome that you signed up for a 5K. Great way to keep motivated!

Lia!!! Glad to see you. *hugs* I love this chickpea tart for holidays. It isn't hard to make and looks impressive. I know Carla made it and it was a hit with her family too. https://dreenaburton.com/vegan-chocolate-pumpkin-pie-festive-chickpea-tart-cranberry-sauce/ I could only find vegan, not-sweet pie shells in the freezer section.

Karrie, feeling better today, but still sore in my legs. I decided on a treadmill workout tonight rather than doing the DVD again just yet I'll do it again this weekend. Ohhhh, caeser salad sounds good too. I recall OSG having one that looked great although I've never tried it. WOOHOO on 2 more pounds gone! Have you decided on your menu for next week?

So, those Mary's Gone Crackers that I said were dangerous and "bingeable" ??? Yep. I ate the rest of them last night. I started on them and just kept going. Oh well, it's my first major slip of the 6 weeks, and they are gone. I will not be buying them again for a long while.

B - small handful of walnuts, a pear
L - big ol' salad, an apple
D - cheezy chickpeas and sauteed chard, a tangelo and some blueberries with almond milk and chia seeds

Awesome loss Karrie! Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned.

I have cut back on breakfast the past couple days. I am just eating a small handful of walnuts. I want to see how I do on 2 meals a day for the time being.

B - 4 walnut halves
L - big salad, an apple
D - leftover chard and cheezy chickpeas, small salad with cashew Caesar dressing, chia seed pudding with blueberries and a tangerine

The chia seed pudding was an adventure. I read a few tips and basically you want 3 T chia seeds to 1 cup liquid. I used almond milk and a little vanilla and put it in the fridge overnight. When I got home this evening it was still milk, not thick and pudding-like at all. So I started to stir it up and all the chia seeds were in one big clump in the bottom of the bowl. It took a while to whisk and mash them apart, but then it was pretty good. Still not a pudding texture but made a nice topping for my fruit. I figure it's 3 servings (to get my 1 T of chia seeds in each day) so I will have more tomorrow and Sunday. I think next time I should stir them after about an hour and see how that works out.

I was having a hankering for Caesar dressing after it was mentioned yesterday and googled for a recipe. Found this: https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/creamy-cashew-caesar-salad-dressing/ and made it tonight. It's very good! And a little goes a long way.

Thanks for the tip Karrie... I think shaking/stirring periodically during the first hour or so would definitely help. It looks much better this morning. Looking forward to it on my fruit tonight.

Off to work. Going to put on a BIG push to get stuff done today and tomorrow.

So sorry about the chickens Carla... and about Ruby too. So sad. Stupid coyote. Glad you found a new park you like and that you're getting a new treadmill. The BLT sounds so good. I was on an eggplant bacon kick for a while. It's really good. http://www.isachandra.com/2011/10/eggplant-bacon/

I was working on stuff for the accountant today and didn't get as much done as I hoped about the piles of paper on my desk. I wanted to get home and cook too, so I will put in a longer day tomorrow. I cooked asparagus and broccoli that will last me a couple days, and sauteed a batch of mustard greens for dinner tonight with leftover cheezy chickpeas.

B - small handful of walnuts
L - Romaine salad with the Creamy Cashew Caesar Dressing and ground black pepper. Wow was it good. I devoured that salad. An apple.
D - cheezy chickpeas and mustard greens, tangerine and blueberries with chia seed pudding

Tomorrow I start week 6. It sounds silly but I had some little reward stickers with things like WOW and Way to Go and Super on them. I have been giving myself a sticker on the wall calendar in my kitchen when I stick to the plan, and a red X on the day when I don't. In the 6 weeks I only have 4 red X's, which I think is pretty darn good! Those days weren't way off the rails. One was eating too many walnuts, two were the Mary's Gone Crackers... I think the last one was eating a whole avocado on my lunch salad. Compared to what a "slip" used to be, I'm not worried that those 4 days had much impact on my efforts all the other days. I plan a perfect week to finish off the 6 week plan. Then I am probably going to continue with mostly 6 week plan strict with a couple meals a week more life plan with more nuts and grains, and probably a glass of wine once a week, but I don't want to let myself slide back into bad habits. I still have a ways to go.

Great job, Mihani!! Those slip days sound pretty darn good, I’d be amazed if I could be that good!!

Today is the first day of week 2. Week 1 results: 3.8 lbs

I’m so sorry about your chickens, Carla. So so sad. Poor Ruby too.

Tonight is a cooking night. OSG Red Lentil and Kale soup, sweet & sour “meatballs”, lemon pie date balls and more green smoothies!!