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This space is where I share everything from new recipes, to adventures with my husband, and of course all things vegan. I love getting to know my readers so feel free to comment on the posts! Thanks for reading I look forward to engaging with all you!
Crate & Barrel Wedding Registry Review
Crate & Barrel is a home good store. They are in the moderate to high spending range and their collections are often unique and of great quality. Needless to say, Joe and I love this store! We've been gifted crate & barrel things numerous times from my mother. We decided to go to the Crate and Barrel at the Grove. The Grove is an out door mall that houses a bunch of cool shops and restaurants. There's a Cheesecake Factory, AMC theatre, and a Giant three Nike store that Joe obsesses over.
Burbank Farmers Market
This place was sample heaven!! We tried almost everything. Almost all of their items were vegan. The owner was very knowledgeable of all of the products and had an awesome deal going. You can get 1 for $5 of get 3 for $12. We decided to go with 3 for $12 and got wheat pitas, spinach artichoke hummus, and black bean chipotle hummus. Everything we got was amazing. He also gave up samples on yummy homemade corn flax crackers. We're gonna get some of those next time. He was extremely nice to us too!
Lentil Loaf
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- In a medium saucepan saute onions, carrots, and celery until the vegetables sweat. Create chia egg and set aside.
- Add all spices, lentils, ketchup, barbecue sauce, and liquid smoke. Mix ingredients until well combined. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. If mixture is dry, add lentil liquid, 1 tbsp. At a time.
Pros and Cons of a Two Year Engagement
It's coming up on year one of our engagement and its been quite a journey. I presented the idea of a two-year engagement to Joe aka my fianc-bae. (Welcome newbies!!) I figured it would be beneficial for us seeing as how I'm not working, it'd give us the extra time we needed to finance the wedding. There are a couple of pros and cons that come along with a two-year engagement. Any newly engaged women can benefit from this post. If a two-year engagement is your plan, here are some things to consider. Hopefully, they're helpful.
New Chapters.
What's new? Well, I'm glad you asked. I'm working on launching my bakery. In the beginning of the year, I expressed wanting to open up an online bakery by the end of the year. I am on test kitchen beast mode. Along with that major project, I'm gonna continue to post recipes, take photos, shoot videos, and last but certainly not least, plan my WEDDING!!
Garden Burger
These garden burger burgers came out right on the first attempt which isn't that frequent in the Piper test kitchen. I normally remake my dishes a couple times just to make sure its perfect for you guys. These garden burgers are so amazing and versatile. They're great as breakfast patties, sliders, burgers, and "ground meat". I love to eat them in lettuce wraps to avoid the extra calories in bread.
Capturing Vegas!!
Vegas is full of amazing things to do!! While I was there with my fiance we visited some of the must see amusements. MGM Grand lived up to its name in every way. Seeing that golden lion was by far one of the coolest things ever. On the contrary to what The Wizard of Oz expressed, he most certainly was not cowardly. He stood proud and majestic in the center dome of the hotel. Apart from MGM Grand, we went to Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium for a quick educational lesson on marine wildlife and the amazing variety of Sharks they'd attained.
The Joys of Adulting
Recently my Fianc-bae and I moved to the other side of the country. Literally, the complete opposite side; we went from NC to CA. We have no friends or family here. Everything that we've been experiencing has been completely new and completely REAL. Being a young newly engaged couple certainly has its challenges. Adulting during this process has proved to bring about even more of them. What is Adulting? Adulting is when a person, in our case two persons, begin to realize that they/we want to live outside of tomorrow and actually plan ahead for a future. Adulting involves saving, budgeting, planning and much more.