Hi boys and gals! Hope you’ve been enjoying this lovely fall weather we’re having. It’s finally cooled down in Georgia, much to the delight of my household, and I feel confident stating that bike riding has never been more fun. My boyfriend and I rode bikes to Garlic, a sushi/Thai place in the Decatur Square, yesterday for dinner. Every night of the week they have $1 sushi from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Sushi is good, sake is great but I haven’t tried the Thai yet. The bad part about going out for $1 sushi on your bikes is the ride home. At least, for my sake, the burps started after I pulled into my driveway. Afterward we had a nice quiet evening at the From Exile show. Anyone that knows From Exile knows that my last statement is opposite day.

I recently completed the Arden’s Garden’s 2 day juice cleanse. I hadn’t done a juice cleanse in two years and I will say it was quite difficult the first day. The second day was easier but because I had a big day the following day I allowed myself a salad before bed. I’m a big believer in easing into food after a cleanse/fast to avoid any digestion problems and introducing the system to food once again. The 2 day cleanse isn’t as major as a longer, let’s say 10 day cleanse, but I still think it’s a good idea to treat all cleanses seriously. Your body is doing major cleaning and you want to do everything you can not to shock your system after days without food.

I’ve been making a lot of the normal dishes lately: salads, pasta, soup, pizza, hummus and guac. Shown in this post is a noodle dish I made that has whole wheat noodles tossed in vegan butter, fresh ground black pepper, vegan parmesan cheeze and topped with a spinach, sun dried tomato, garlic, red pepper sautee. It’s my version of pasta cacio e pepe.

A new (but old) thing I’m into right now is nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast is something I’ve always used when making vegan versions of cheese but never on it’s own. Lately I’ve been sprinkling it on salads, pasta, tempeh, kale chips, anything that I think could use that “cheese” flavor. The photo below is it sprinkled on top of a tempeh salad.

I hope you folks enjoy your fall weather and upcoming Holiday! Halloween is my favorite! Coming up next is a fun costume post.