so last year...

Boy, it seems like the older I get, the faster the year goes by. Last year was not my shining weight loss year. No, I wouldn't say I even put a dent in what I've been accumulating for 15ish years (it's near the same if not up a couple).

I did manage to do a couple of things that I am pretty darned proud of though.

I quit smoking on Feb. 26th. I feel a bit like a quit every day, because it still calls to me from darkened doorways outside of grocery stores, etc.

I did do a 5k, very slowly, and walking only... but I DID finish it. I had planned to do more than one, but my motivation fell by the wayside. hehe.

I did not really cook much during the last couple weeks of 2010, thanks to family feeding me, and end of the year laziness on my part (hello boca patty).

I also stopped eating meat, dairy, etc. It isn't as expensive as I thought it would be. I think it's like most things, it's as expensive as you want to make it. lol. I do still depend *quite newbie-like I know* on some faux products, and that has cost some to have in my diet (again, hello boca.. and to a lesser degree tofutti).

Here are a few things I managed to get made:

Moroccan chickpeas and couscous from Vegan on the cheap cookbook

Coconut curry rice from vegan on the cheap cookbook

Tofu, red potato, soychorizo scramble with wilted curly leaf spinach & pumpkin seeds


I flipped through the Veganomicon for inspiration and found Cauliflower and mushroom potpie with black olive crust.












See the sexiness of the filling all made up? It could have been pretty.. but I got a hold of it and hack and slashed my way through the topping. In the end it didn't matter much. The picture of it done is reheated the next day. The recipe says 6-8 servings... lol... I cut it into four. Boo ate two pieces the first night (yep half!), and woke me the next morning telling me how he'd been nice enough to save the last piece for me.. I couldn't help but notice he'd picked some of the biscuity bits off the top of it. He said I was lucky there was any left at all.

Next time I make this I will double the recipe. Yum.