I try to do a little cleaning every day so it's not such an overwhelming chore as well. I don't always succeed.

Hanging blinds can be a real pain, Spring. Hope your window is fixed.

Nanc, your menus lately sound SO yum! Your plan for keeping up on the chores sounds great.

That's interesting you are making a dye with bananas, Carla. Never even considered that would be a thing! You just reminded me I've been craving tofu.

B - ezekiel toast with a smidge of PB (should have had the smoothie because the toast triggered my starchy cravings for the day)
S - pretzels
L - leftover greens/onions/mushrooms, some of the steamed broccoli and asparagus, last of the roasted potatoes, watermelon
D - big ol' salad with chickpeas and some of the steamed broccoli added, an orange

I bought a bag of oranges last weekend on a whim and had one last night... it was so good! Fruit is so often hit or miss. There is a lot of broccoli left to eat up and some is going to get tossed after today unfortunately. I made so much stuff just couldn't eat it all.

Bananas as a dye...that's crazy...who would have thought! Can't wait to hear how it turns out.

Everyone has great menus...today looked like this for me:

coffee
baked potato
refried bean tostada...(I love em)...refried beans, LTO, cilantro, homemade soy yogurt...corn salsa

dinner...veggie Bolognese and Tinkyada (gf rice pasta) macaroni...COLD...small side salad

DESSERT: cantaloupe...fingers crossed that it is good. Also some red grapes

I'll echo those wishes - best of luck for you and the doggo today, Mihani!

In the banana vat, the bananas are just the reduction agent (& don't provide any color). You can use apples or pears, too ... which I will be doing in late summer or early fall when we have tons of both in the yard. Of course, it turns out you can just use fructose sugar and save a whole big banana-mashing-boiling extraction process!

I've lost 2 more pounds since my last weight check-in. I had my first non weight related victory yesterday when I tried on some pants that I hadn't been able to wear yet. They now fit just right. Yay!

plan for today
coffee coffee coffee
smoothie
fruit
Indian style garbanzo bean curry w/ baked tofu (hopefully I can control myself on the tofu this time!)

Happy Friday!

Carla, WOOHOO!!! Two more pounds and pants that fit. That's awesome!

Today’s plan…

Coffee
BREKKY…Yogurt, chopped banana with a sprinkling of grape nuts
LUNCH…refried bean dip…(tostada won’t work at my desk…I’m the receptionist) …beans, LTO, SALSA, yogurt sitting in for sour cream… air-fried broken corn tortillas and used as dippers.

Olives stuffed with garlic and jalapenos

EARLY DINNER…corn and bean salad
Grapes or watermelon

Carla…Congrats on clothes fitting…to me, that is the biggest high!

Mihani, at least your vet isn’t taking chances with your boy…soon you will be back to your regular routine.

Spring...Love seeing your posts, daily! Yum on the veggie dog....have you ever made the carrot dogs the vegan community talks about? I might try it this summer.

I’m down five pounds since May 1st. 20 to go.

My right knee is going to love ❤️ the new me! (Second knee (right) will be replaced January 2023.

Have a great day, mates.

Thanks, Spring 🌸…I definitely will try that…I do miss hot dogs 🌭.

Okay the mexican casserole is good! I may have screwed up a bit because I was so intent on getting the layers done that in retrospect I should have added a little enchilada sauce to each layer. I just poured it all over the top and while it did permeate I wonder if it would have been better if I had added to each layer.

Here's what I did:

Roasted the diced sweet potatoes on parchment paper didn't add anything but black pepper. Sauteed diced red onion (1 medium), red pepper (2), zucchini (1 medium), sweet corn (about a cup), garlic, a can each of drained and rinsed black beans and pinto beans, and fajita seasoning. Threw the roasted sweet potatoes in towards the end so they would be mixed in and get some of the fajita seasoning.

Layer of corn tortillas in a big casserole dish, a layer of the cooked veggies, big handful of baby spinach. I was able to get 3 layers topped with another layer of corn tortillas then poured the enchilada sauce over top.

Baked covered with foil for 20 minutes at 350. Removed foil, added dollops of the cashew cheese and baked for another 10 or 15 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes or so before cutting into it.

Spring, I made the cheese sauce you shared using the toasted sesame seeds that I had. I quite like it! I think you had mentioned cutting back on tomato because it was too "tomato-y" and I definitely think I should have done that because that's mostly what I taste, but it is in the fridge and hopefully the flavors will meld more. It's still good just more tomato-y than cheese-y. I added probably another 1/8 cup water because I wanted a thinner sauce, and a jalapeno pepper since I wanted it a little spicy.

I used the ninja personal blender for the cashew cheese sauce instead of the big blender and OMG y'all that was SO much easier. Cleanup was a breeze and I actually got all the sauce instead of working so hard to get it out of the bottom of the blender and ending up losing a good bit.

Served it up with a spoonful of the cashew cheese sauce and some sliced green onion. I did use jar enchilada sauce because I didn't think I would have time or energy to make my own. It does have a tiny bit of oil but next time I will make my own with NO oil.

Grats on your 5lbs, Nanc! Awesome!

Mihani, your casserole sounds yum! I just did a shop but I will have to try it soon.

How is your 'feast like a king for breakfast and like a pauper for dinner' plan going, Spring? I feel like my downfall with that is that I would eat like a king, and then in the evening eat like a king again! But it totally makes sense to me that it is the better way to eat.

The usual over here. Working on my projects and walking with the doggos.

Have a great Sunday!