Here's myself and the G-dog. He's dressed in his little Christmas jumper ready for the party, with his little elf-booties. I know, I know, I'm really mean to him, right? C'mon though, it's Christmas, and he'll be getting a stocking full of lovely treats to make up for it!
Here's a photo of what I'm putting in his stocking: a little kitty toy from Ikea, a new lead, some vegetable based toothbrush shaped chews, and my father sent over three packs of "Organic Pet" vegetarian mini biscuits in three different flavours (mint, sundried tomato & spinach, and banana). They aren't exactly vegan as they have honey in them - but they are healthy treats for him so I'm sure he'll be very happy!
Human food-wise, here's a photo of two new packets of soup I found in Aldi, by Soupreme. The vegetable and minestrone ones are vegan - you have to cook them up in a pot with some boiling water, and they are essentially just a big cuppa soup, nothing special and certainly not very healthy... but they are good for a quick snack with some barley, rice and lentil "soup mix" added into them to add some substance. The other packet is a fake chorizo tortilla flavouring from Aldi, which you are meant to add into an egg tortilla - I was thinking it's probably possible to make a tofu-based tortilla, so I'll be giving that a go soon :)
So anyway, I'm sorry for the lack of proper vegan cooking in this update, as always recently, I am way too busy to be experimenting in the kitchen and have just been sticking to making things I've always made: bolognaise, thai curries, pasta and rice dishes, veggie sausages with beans and waffles, etc. I've been trying to get back into eating salad a bit more too.
Hope you are all well and looking forward to the Christmas holidays!
Love Gerry's outfit. Hope you have a great Christmas and New Year!
ReplyDeleteThanks hun! I had a great time, although I couldn't travel home to Wales because of the snow so I missed my father greatly. My partner's family also didn't want Gerry in their house over Christmas which was a bit of a let-down, because I felt so sorry for him when I had to leave him on Christmas eve and day. It was bitterly cold in the snow and I had to trudge so often between our two houses, it was horrible! Then my partner was back to work the day after Boxing/Stephens' Day, so he wasn't really in a Christmassy mood either! New Years Eve was amazing though, really made up for it! Which was surprising as NYE is usually hyped so much that it ends up being a flop... but we went out with some friends and had a really good night in Dublin.
ReplyDeleteDid you have a lovely holiday?
I aim to get back to blogging a lot more now. Just got an iPhone so I'm going to be able to take some half decent photos of food that I eat when I'm out and about now :)