i'm really leaving home?!

hello my dear friends!

i may or may not write a new post over the next few days. if you follow my blog, you know that i’m about to start college! tomorrow i work all day long cashiering at an event, and then my mom and i leave first thing sunday morning to head up to my new apartment! i have a great place with the perfect roommate, a fellow vegan! we won’t arrive at the apartment until monday, because the drive up there is too long for my mom and i to tackle in a single day. and once i get to the new place, things might be somewhat chaotic taking into consideration all of the unpacking and organizing that will need to be done. point is, this is why i might be absent from bloggyland for a short while. but the longer i go from posting, the more pictures you can expect of amazing vegan meals when i return! my mom and i already have a list of potential places to dine at during our little road trip. i will definitely be gracing a few vegan restaurants with my foodie presence. about where i’m moving to…if i haven’t mentioned this already, i’m going to be living in a vegan’s paradise. i still haven’t decided whether or not i’m going to announce the name of the city on my blog…but just know that it’s full of the most beautiful nature, lots of hippies, healthy food, adventurous opportunities, art, spirituality, environmental friendliness, clean air, more bicycles than cars, and plenty of down-to-earth people. sounds pretty damn amazing, right? i’m revved up and ready to go! is it sunday yet?!

before i bid farewell to all of you lovely people, i have a few recent eats to share:

brown rice pasta, marinara sauce, balsamic sauteed eggplant and onion, fresh basil

that was last night’s din din. it was delish. i don’t know if i’ll ever be able to eat pasta marinara sans basil. adding it completes the meal. i mixed some into the sauce, as well as garnished the final dish with it. perfection.

oat bran (1/3 cup oat bran, 2/3 cup water) with cinnamon sauteed plantain and fresh cherries

this breakfast was super tasty. i’m really loving plantains right now! they’re such fruitily scrumptious things. each bite is like a little taste of tropical heaven! i know i’m weird, okay? moving on. actually, one more thing. add cinnamon when you saute them! soooo good. alright, now i’m done.

caesar wrap (that's tempeh in there, by the way), black beans, side of jalapeno cashew cheese (which i put on the beans)

yesterday was supposed to be my last meal at real food daily before leaving town, but somehow my vegan butt made its way over there again today! i was out and about, running errands, saying goodbye to HE one more time, and then hunger came over me. sadly, this really was my last meal there (for now.) i won’t be going back to real food daily again until thanksgiving break! oh RFD, how i’ll miss you! my roomie and i will be sure to crack open your cookbook in the new kitchen and do some of your recipes justice.

anywayyyy, i just got home from a great dinner at an indian restaurant. i loved how a (v) was used to denote all of the vegan dishes. makes my life easy! i didn’t photograph anything because i was preoccupied with the fam, and the lighting in the room was no good anyhow. i don’t remember the names of what i ordered, but i ate lots of delicious veggies. tons of eggplant. my favorite! i have to start getting ready for bed now, because i have to wake up really early tomorrow morning, and really early on sunday morning too!

like i said before, i don’t know if i’ll be blogging over the next few days. but i might find some time. i’m going to play it by ear. i hope you all have a fabulous weekend! eat lots of amazing nummies! xoxo. nighty night!