Saturday, August 28, 2010

Back from vacation!

I'm still alive!  We are back from our vacation and I have so much to post!  We ended up staying on vacation a day longer, then we came home to broken sprinklers, our water heater was leaking and a heat wave.  Doing laundry was slow going do to the heat, it was too hot to run the dryer during the day, luckily the heat has passed.  Then Keaton and I drove to get our Cleo dog, from my in-laws down south, so we stayed the night down there.  Then it has been stocking up on food and getting Keaton prepared for school starting this Monday.  Whew! 

Anyways, I have so much to post that I'm going to have to do it in parts.  I don't have time to start today but I will tell you it was so beautiful up in the Giant Redwoods and there is so much vegan food up in Northern California I don't know why it's not like that everywhere else.

                                                  Rhododenron Trail in Redwoods State Park
Until I post about the wonderful food and scenery from our vacation here is a meal I made from Viva Vegan.
Potato-Chickpea Enchiladas with
Green Tomatillo Sauce
and Pine Nut Crema
served with
Cilantro Rice

(This was a hit with us and I added some kale to it)

Alfajores with Dulce De Leche Filling
(I also smothered some chocolate along with the Dulce De Leche on some of them and
I used arrowroot because I didn't have cornstarch and they still turned out although they had a underlying taste because of it. Next time I will use cornstarch)   
Enjoy your Saturday!

9 comments:

  1. Those trees!

    Sorry to hear what you came home to. Hopefully you were all nice and relaxed so it wasn't too bad?

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  2. Awesome alfajores! I've never made them myself, but I can easily imagine how addictive they must be with that gooey caramel filling.

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  3. beautiful nature pic! and the cookies look good too :)

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  4. sad to hear about what about your home, thank God it wasn't winter time. I love the food...nice dishes.

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  5. Great post! No matter how good or bad a vacation is, it is always bittersweet to return.

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  6. I am going to have to purchase the Viva Vegan cookbook. I keep seeing delicious looking dishes made from it.

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  7. Sorry to hear about your troubles at home, but at least your vacation went well! I once took a trip to california and visited the redwoods, but only for a day, which was not nearly long enough. I am so excited to see your photographs and hear about your trip!

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  8. Northern California is beautiful, my wife is originally from the San Francisco area.

    It appears you had a little more adventure than you had planned after returning home but a vacation with beautiful scenery and good vegan food sounds fantastic.

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  9. Welcome back! Sounds like you had a great time, can't wait to read all about it. I always feel like I need a vacation from the vacation. :-)

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