John -10

http://cookieandkate.com/2013/sweet-potato-black-bean-veggie-burgers/ with oven home fries

http://cookieandkate.com/2015/vegan-sweet-potato-green-rice-burrito-bowls   

http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/smashed-chickpea-avocado-salad-sandwich/  

Sweet Potato, Black Bean and Corn Burritos

We had mushrooms, sauced, on polenta.

http://cookieandkate.com/2013/sweet-potato-black-bean-veggie-burgers/ the burgers unadorned. 

Sweet Hera waiting for me to get up so she can beg me to play with her and get underfoot.

John took the huge flight of stairs up from the parking lot to the lodge at Starved Rock. I drove!

Lots of questions about vegan food. Here are some photos of some of our meals. My very fave so far, and I've liked them all, is one I don't have a photo for . . . http://ohsheglows.com/2015/01/21/warm-roasted-winter-salad-bowl/.  The burrito bowls were also wonderful. Once you start looking at recipes you just find more and more. Everything has been delicious and filling. My least fave so far was the mushroom polenta dish, and even that was still good. Oatmeal for breakfast with a little peanut butter and some vegan chocolate chips . . . and some lentils! Try it. It is delicious and satisfying in this cold weather. I just made the veggie burgers and home fries last night, so leftover tonight. They were excellent. I never thought I'd be saying that! They truly were delicious. Next on the menu:

 http://www.connoisseurusveg.com/2015/08/sticky-sesame-cauliflower.html

and

http://cookieandkate.com/2015/thai-pineapple-fried-rice-recipe/  No eggs for us though, we are substituting in some Crispy Baked Tofu from the same blog.  Love this blog, the recipes have been bit hits. 

Kay :)