Budget Sunday

I can't believe it's the last week of Vegan Mofo!! It has really flown by! Week four is occasions week. In my mind I am an occasions person. In my mind I bake all the things and make all kinds of holiday food. But in reality I am not an occasions person, and I rarely do holidays if I'm being honest. So I probably won't be following many of these prompts. I did get a picture of everything I ate yesterday, and I kind of accidentally followed the prompt for dinner.

I had this very filling smoothie for breakfast. It had frozen mixed berries, half an avocado, hemp hearts, goji berries and a banana. Hemp hearts are a great way to get a lot of protein in your smoothie if you don't care for protein powders. And hemp hearts are lots cheaper!!

I snacked on a few of these chips with salsa while I was cleaning. These chips are seriously the BEST tortilla chips ever, and this salsa has been a fave of mine for years! And it's still the same price as the first time I tried it! This is why I keep going back to Trader Joe's even though the small aisles plus crowds can be really uncomfortable!

Yesterday's prompt for Mofo was Sunday Dinner. I don't recall any kind of Sunday dinner tradition growing up, and I've definitely never started one of my own. I think of Sunday dinner as any day where maybe it's a grey day and you're spending it indoors and you make something that has to cook for awhile and makes the house smell AMAZING! I love those kind of days and meals. Yesterday was a day off, and it was grey and cool-ish so I made eggplant lasagna with no noodles. I layered thinly sliced eggplant with tofu and almond ricotta, marinara sauce and some shredded Chao cheese.
My apartment smelled so delicious and this meal was warm and comforting. I ate this on the couch under a blanket and watched Wonder Woman. Yum!