It's Me Again!

Well, I've officially lived in Salt Lake City for a year. I can't believe it if I'm being honest.Especially because it is still incredibly easy for me to get lost. I've taken my time to feel all of my emotions, cry, cry some more and now I am going to start blogging regularly again. I just was feeling too many things and definitely didn't feel like blogging about food. And to be honest between my emotions and the heat, I haven't been eating the most exciting food. Most days I get home from being out in it, all I can do is peel a few potatoes and get them in the oven. I don't know if I'll ever get used to this intense, dry heat. Sometimes I come home and my eyes are burning from the dryness. I've never experienced that before.  There were a few rainy, stormy nights and early the next morning the air would still be humid and I almost cried tears of joy. Those mornings have been the best mornings I can remember. But it's time for me to join the living again, and it's time for me to get back to my normal routines. So, Hello again!!
As I mentioned, my food has been pretty damn boring. Between the heat and a tight budget, lentils and potatoes have ruled my diet. I did treat myself to a package of Trader Joe's gluten free pizza crusts and a package of their vegan shreds and made an amazing pizza with lentil "sausage" I just mixed some cooked lentils with smoked paprika, fennel seed, dried thyme and garlic. It was soooooo good!!!

On top of the lentils I added the vegan shreds, sliced white onion, minced garlic and green onion. And of course nutritional yeast! Trader Joe's vegan shreds are the best price I've seen for vegan cheese. You definitely don't want to eat them cold, but melted it's fine.

Sprouts market had green split peas in bulk on sale one day, so I made smoky split pea soup. I usually use the hickory liquid smoke, but I tried mesquite this time and I like it much better! When I lived in Erie, PA. I had split pea soup for breakfast for at least one full year. I guess I burned myself out on it because I haven't had it since. But this tasted delicious so it will be added back into my breakfast soup rotation!

And here is everyone but Roxy watching all the squirrel activity in the trees. My apartment has trees in the front and back so between the birds and the squirrels it's all very exciting!