Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Vegan Trader Joe's

Potatoes, tofu,pickle popcorn,avocado,spinach.lime fruit floes,butter lettuce,lemons,gluten free pasta,frozen blueberries and strawberries,Jasmine rice,South African seasoning blend,olive tapenade,tahini,red and yellow onion,maca powder, complete cookie, bananas
I decided to get my groceries at Trader Joe's this week. I needed maca powder and they have the best price I've ever seen. I also kind of started craving tofu again and I've never had an issue with their tofu. I was only going to buy the high protein because it's vacuum sealed, but I made myself buy one water packed container just to face my fears!
I know I always get the same things pretty much everywhere I go. But these are two new two me items I tried and they are definitely the standouts. The popcorn is almost gone because I couldn't stop snacking on it yesterday! It has an amazing pickle flavor, and isn't super oily or messy. Seriously if you like pickles you need this popcorn in your life! I also decided to try the South African smoke seasoning blend. I used it last night on some potatoes and tofu and it was AHMAZING! The ingredients are paprika flakes, sea salt, garlic and basil. So it isn't spicy but it is very smoky. I took a bath while the potatoes and tofu were baking, and when I came out of the bathroom my apartment smelled so incredible!! I feel like this would be great on grilled veggies and corn on the cob for all you brave grill masters out there!
I also ran into Natural Grocers for some Epsom salts and booch. They have Kevita booch and probiotic drinks on sale for $1.99 so stock up if you live near one! 
This was my delicious and healthy dinner last night. Tofu and potatoes roasted with a little coconut oil and the smoke seasoning, quinoa and butter lettuce all in a bowl drizzled with a lemon sriracha tahini sauce. Yesterday was the anniversary of losing everything in Seattle so it was obviously not an easy day. I requested yesterday and today off because pain and customer service don't mix. The jerks can smell frazzled nerves and will be the worst. Honestly I also thought I was maybe going to drink and I wanted to have today off to nurse the hangover. I'm very proud of myself for getting groceries, and taking a soothing bath and having this healthy dinner instead. I also let myself feel and cry. I'm glad I just woke up sad, not sad and hungover.
My little bird/squirrel watchers! All the girls love to watch, but Kiki and Joan will spend hours running from my bedroom window to the spare room window and so on an so forth. It's pretty hilarious. Not to mention great cardio for them!



10 comments:

  1. I NEED THAT POPCORN! Must get some on my next TJ's trip! Also, glad you had a day off to relax on that day. I know that must be hard to think about (I remember that!), but it seems like things are going pretty well now! :-)

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    1. You have to try the popcorn! It's so amazing, I seriously don't know how the got the flavor into popcorn. You might want to get two bags!

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  2. It is good that you were able to have a couple of days off to look after yourself and process. <3 Your dinner looks amazing.

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    1. It really was amazing. I'm so happy that I've learned how to make fluffy quinoa!

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  3. I’m glad that you decided to be kind to yourself with a bath and nutritious meal.
    Please be sure to give youself all the credit you deserve for not just surviving but thriving when faced with such a huge difficult challenge.
    Ttrockwood

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  4. I'm sorry that it has been a rough couple of days but I'm glad you are treating yourself well. Your grocery haul looks amazing and tofu is just too good to stay away from for too long. Your dinner meal looks absolutely delicious and hooray for affordable kombucha!

    I'm glad that you didn't drink. I know it's a hard time but you are so strong and you've been doing so well and I'm so proud of you!

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    1. Thank you! I'm really happy I didn't drink either.

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  5. Awesome haul and your dinner looks so, so good! It sounds like you took really good care of yourself on such a tough day. Hugs <3

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    1. Thank you. Now that I can make fluffy quinoa I'm really enjoying it!

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