It's Snowing!

Happy winter everyone!

Hope all is well with you and yours, and the snow hasn't gotten too much in your way :-) Except of course for my dad who has been unable to fly back into Aspen for two days! But I think today is his lucky day!

Well I've been sick with a head cold for the past few days- Which always seems to happen on your day off :-) So i've been running errands and cooking. One particular errand that had to get done, since it has snowed close to 16 inches in the past two days is...

Rescue our garden gnome Tor.

He's buried Alive!! Where is he??

So I put on all my snow gear and headed out for a rescue mission.

after much digging, I found him, and his little mushroom lantern.

It was a long and trecherous journey.... As you can plainly see.

 

Moving on.... I did manage to make something besides quick soup or rice this week, I actually made up a pretty delicious recipe if I may say so myself :-) here you go...

Tofu Scramble

1 medium onion,  thinly sliced

1 medium garlic clove,  minced

1 Tbs Grapeseed oil

1Tbs Smart balance

4 inch piece of soy chorizo

1 block of firm tofu, drained and crumbled

1 tsp tumeric

1tsp cumin

1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp seasoned salt

1/4 cup medium salsa

dash of hot sauce

chopped fresh cilantro

salt and pepper

1. Saute the onion in oil and smart balance on medium heat until softened, add garlic and saute a few minutes more, then add the soy chorizo.

2.Add the crumbled tofu to the pan and stir. Add all the spices. (this dish needs to be really well seasoned, so add more of any of the spices if you wish) 

3. Turn heat to med/low. Add the salsa and hot sauce, season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir and  let cook for a 5-10 minutes (the longer it all cooks together in the pan the better the flavors will be) add in the cilantro.

4. Serve on a corn tostada or a corn crisp like i have shown in the picture. Enjoy!

I also managed to finish some knitting this week- lots of baby booties for two important ladies who will be having little additions to their familes come April. I have pictures of them, but debating if I should keep them a surprise! Ah, I'll show them to you. The surprise is which ones they will get!

I think there was a smudge on my camera when I took this,

But it makes them seem like it's from an old catalog! Ha! 

 I assure you, they are much cutter in person.

Well i'm not sure if it is the Actifed talking or if i'm just really run down and tired from this cold, but I'm really happy it's snowing, (Though I wish my dad could fly in! stuck in LA for two days, UGH!) it makes you want to stay inside and get cozy. Or in my husbands case go out and get all the fresh powder!  Well I wish you all the best this week, stay warm and healthy and don't forget to laugh! I'm going to try and make a wheat free vegan muffin that might actually taste good... wish me luck!