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So I won't waste anymore of it!
On this morning it was hot as hades.
There's no way I'm adding more heat by boiling water.
But I prepared.
See, I check the weather forecast constantly, probably way too many times in a day, so I
knew this heat wave was coming.
A few days before, I made some super strong strawberry herbal tea.
And made it into ice cubes.
And now plain ice cold water is just a tad more refreshing.
Can you guess what came next?
Bananas.
Cherries.
All-in-one nutrition powder.
And hemp protein powder.
And now I'm out of that protein powder.
I really liked this stuff but I'm thinking of trying something else just 'cause.
So if you have a favourite protein powder, please tell me what it is in the comments
below.
'cause I have this smoothie every day; gotta have a little variety!
I spent the whole morning and most of the afternoon working on the vegan gua bao recipe
that just went up on Saturday.
It was so difficult /not/ to snack on these tasty little five-spice jackfruit pieces.
So tender, tangy, sweet, and salty with little crispy bitsies.
I was pretty proud of myself for not nomming on them.
And these puffy buns.
As they cook, they make everything smell like yummy steamed buns.
So soft.
And I knew they were going to be so delicious.
But still, I was disciplined.
I set up the gua bao for their final shots.
With fresh cilantro, sweet and salty jalapeno peanuts ground up, aquafaba mayo,...and more
peanuts.
And then my battery died.
If you watched my Instagram stories, you know this.
I waited forever.
Then resumed the shoot.
But once the shoot was over, I demolished them in about five minutes.
By the time dinner came around, it was so hot and muggy from the weather and all the
steam action in the kitchen.
I was tired so even though I really wanted to give all your awesome grilling suggestions
a shot this night, I just couldn't.
So we did salad.
A single roasted red pepper full of sweet and savoury flavour.
Lemon juice.
From a bottle.
Surprisingly, I'm finding it just as good as fresh.
Some soaked dates.
Red onion, garlic.
And a bunch of heart-healthy walnuts.
Gotta get those good fats!
Salt and pepper.
blend
and taste.
Tangy, creamy, delicious, and just a bit sweet.
This one was good enough to write down so you'll find the printable recipe link in the
description.
and pour
and mix
Annnd we need more protein so
beans.
Ta da!
Lazy but nutritious.
And tastes pretty nice too.
For dessert, freezies.
Every kid knows what these are.
At least in Canada.
Do you have these other places?
You must.
What's your favourite flavour?
Mine was white.
Or blue.
Because white and blue are flavours when it's a freezie.
So yeah, artificial color and flavour to top off that hot humid night.
Made me feel all nostalgic like.
Freezies this size were 50 cents; there were smaller ones for 25.
And I think the big Mr. Freeze's were a dollar.
So we'd go to the corner store and spend my two dollar weekly allowance on freezies and
candy and gave no flying fudgicles about the sugar content or nutrition or whatever.
That's the life, am I right?
What were your favourite corner store treats as a kid?
I'm curious.
What horrible sugary garbage did we all subsist on?
Anywho, that was my food day.
Feel free to share yours in the comments below.
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