Parks and Rec

So, yesterday I had to get some human and cat food, and I also wanted to hand out some of my cards. So, I decided to walk to Liberty Park which is a pretty big park here in SLC. It's perfect because there is also a bus stop right there that takes me where I needed to go. I kind of realized that I probably need to go to that park on a Saturday or Sunday, because during the week it's a lot of moms jogging with a baby in a stroller, and retired people walking their dogs. The weekend is probably when all the Mon. thru Fri. 9 to 5 crowd take their dogs to the park, and they are probably more of my target. But, it was good practice, because I was nervous and felt a little dorky, but I did it, and people were nice, and also receptive. I also asked them to pass along my number if they had any friends. And I discovered that Liberty Park is much bigger than I thought, and quite beautiful. They even have rides, like fair rides!

I used to love this ride at the county fairs! Just swinging high above the crowds! They also had a little Ferris  wheel, which was never my favorite. But it's cute that they have rides for the little ones.

This is the biggest grasshopper I've ever seen! He was really cute, and giving me a little bit of the side eye when I was taking his/her picture. There are a lot of grasshoppers here, like I don't recall seeing this many grasshoppers anyplace else I've lived.

Frozen strawberries and raspberries, handsome cut fries, Goddess  dressing,lemons, and broccoli

Spinach, Romaine,crusty bread,cucumbers,pizza dough,avocados and bananas

Potatoes, fig bites, garlic, dark chocolate, and two dried fruit bars

Starting today I'm doing a seven day kind of informal potato cleanse. A YouTube channel that I love, Team Broccoli is doing a potato cleanse with her husband, because she feels like she is too addicted to vegan junk food. She made her own list of rules, and it's a little more lenient than the original cleanse, and also calls for more greens, and allows smoothies. So, I figured since I am on a budget and trying to keep my waste to a minimum, this is a perfect, and also it's fun to be part of something, and to support. If I feel great next Monday, who knows, maybe I'll extend the cleanse, but right now I'm only committing to seven days. Jenny's rules include one cheat meal, so that explains the pizza dough. The fig bites and chocolate are just because.

I made the Cheddar-y broccoli soup from Isa Does It for dinner, and had it with some rice and also this crusty Kalamata baguette from Trader Joe's. This was the best broccoli cheddar soup I've EVER had, and the bread. There aren't enough ways to say love. Who knew shoving some Kalamata olives in bread would make the flavor soooooooooo much better? The soup somehow almost has a buttery flavor, and yet there is no vegan butter, or even vegan cheese. I'm writing this recipe down before I return this book to the library for sure. This is going to be an amazing soup for in the winter when I come home from walking a bunch of snow puppies! I only used one half cup of raw cashews because that's all I had, and I still feel like this soup was very rich an velvety. Really tasty. The Goddess noodles and this soup alone make this book number one in my opinion.
I also wanted to mention the other day when I talked about the Goddess noodles from the same book, I forgot to mention that I did not add tempeh to the recipe. I thought about subbing tofu, but I didn't feel like it was necessary. I feel like it was very filling and satisfying with just the noodles and kale.
I came home to this cuteness yesterday. Sometimes it's almost unbearable how adorable my babes are!

Etta's legs are even crossed!

Whole body view!

I'm off to canvas my neighborhood, and find some clients. I am super lucky because they said it was going to rain, but it's blue skies and sunny so that's a good sign I believe!
Happy Tuesday!