Things I Did This Weekend
I Drank Tea
It may be over 90 degrees outside. I may not care. I love my tea. What’s your favorite drink?
I Went out to Eat
An entirely vegetarian Indian buffet? Please and thank you, Woodlands. Eaten anywhere good lately?
I Met a Caterpillar
You can meet him, too. He lives in my parsley and will someday be a Black Swallowtail. Do you like bugs?
I Made Sweet Potato Falafel
I won’t admit how often I make this (and fresh quinoa tabbouleh to go with it). But it’s a lot. The recipe is from Fatfree Vegan. What’s a favorite go-to recipe of yours?
I Bought Books
I visited my favorite used book store (McKay Used Books). And bought too much. We all saw that coming, though. Have you read any of these? Know of something I should be reading?
Sweet potato falafel?! Why have I not tried this!!! I decided I love falafel. So I Think I need to try this.
You definitely should! That recipe hasn’t let me down yet (except that one time I forgot they were in the oven and let them cook 15 minutes too long…), and the dipping sauce/yogurt sauce recipe on the same page goes with ‘em perrrfectly.
You were a busy girl!
What a lovely weekend!
I love tea from Trader Joes- have you tried their mango tea? It’s delicious!
Oh, I haven’t–but I DO always eye it when I’m in the store. Now that there’s a positive review, I might have to go from eyeing to buying. I didn’t mean for that to be so catchy.
Yay tea! I actually had afternoon tea at the Drake Hotel again. Love it!
I have the memory of a fly so I don’t know if I already knew this, but do you live in Nova? I love Woodlands. Seriously, lOVE.
I’m actually in Nashville, TN–but apparently Woodlands is a pretty popular name for Indian restaurants, I’ve heard of a couple others (and they all seem to be REALLY good–so maybe they’re on to something?)
Sweet potato falafel sounds amazing! I’ll bet it tastes as delicious as it looks : )
Oo sweet potato falafel! I always meant to try that. I love that pear and ginger tea from TJ’s! I’m usually boring though and go for earl grey or chai.
I sometimes go for the plain teas as well, but have been in the mood for flavorful ones lately. And you should definitely give the falafel a try, so good.
I love tea, I drink it all year long in extreme amounts, I am able to gulp 5 litres a day
) That ginger pear tea looks interesting!
Looks like a good weekend to me!
Sounds like a relaxing weekend! I think I have a caterpillar in my herbs too eating away!!
I read Graceling..it was pretty good
Sweet potato Falafal sounds pretty amazing!
Graceling just might be the book I tackle next. And yes, it is amazing
Oh, I really want to make sweet potato falafel. And sweet potato HUMMUS! Have you ever tried it? i havent, but it sounds so amazing! Sweet potato is the best thing ever!
I didn’t even know such a thing as sweet potato hummus exists, I want to try it now too! Gonna track down a recipe and give it a go this weekend, definitely. I’m a huuge sweet potato fan as well
I love iced Earl Grey tea during the summer
I bought books too!
I think I need to give Earl Grey tea another go.
And what books?! I’m so nosy about other people’s reading
[and now that I'm able to catch up on the rest of your life]
So psyched you had a good weekend! I love drinking tea [almost as much as coffee]. My current fav is this green tea kombucha flavor. http://www.yogiproducts.com/products/details/green-tea-kombucha/ I’m usually not a green tea fan, but this is pretty solid. It’s definitely sweet and fruity, so it’s not a daily thing for me.
Sweet potato falafel is totally happening once Andrew starts traveling again. He + Sweet Potatoes = No Go.
I’m starting summer classes [okay, so they started yesterday], so it’s back to not reading for fun. I looked at how many books I’ve read so far this year, and it’s depressing. I miss reading!
And to be completely random and going back to your awesome dating post—good for you on not trying to force the dating thing. That’s pretty much what I did, and eventually made friends with Andrew that ultimately turned into what it is. It’s so much easier that way.
I keep hearing all about Kombucha tea, I’ll have to pick up a box on my next shopping journey. And why are so many guys anti-sweet potato?? They don’t know what they’re missing.
Hope you at least get to read something interesting for class? One of my favorite parts of being done with school is free reading time. And friends to more is the way to go, dating is too much work!
Sounds like an awesome weekend to me! That caterpillar is gorgeous! Is he chewing up your parsley, though? I don’t like a lot of bugs, but caterpillars and butterflies are okay with me!:)
It was a great one! And he pretty much decimated my parsley, but I don’t use that much of it anyway, I can share
I started reading Boneshaker, but it belonged to a friend and I didn’t get to finish it. My local library doesn’t have it, but I’ve read a bunch of Cherie Priest’s other books and I’ve liked them all. I’m currently reading Marge Piercy’s “Woman on the Edge of Time” and Ray Bradbury’s “Something Wicked This Way Comes.” I guess I’m on a bit of a sci-fi kick.