gobble gobble

I woke up starving…never a good way to start off thanksgiving!
So I made sure to leave for work extra early so I could enjoy a steamy cup of coffee and a heaping bowl of oatmeal. And by heaping, I mean HEAPING! I used 2 packets of Nature’s Path (one original with flax and one cinnamon raisin) and added in soy milk (vanilla silk) and a tablespoon (or 3 or 4) of peanut butter!! Hello piglet

Basically, thanksgiving is going to be a FULL day, since it is already 6 am and I am starting the grubbing.

Then lunch rolled around and I had my sando that I packed the night before. Some people may consider it a little sad/pathetic that I made a sandwich (boring?) for thanksgiving lunch, but I had to work – whatevs. I tried to make it sorta thanksgiving-y with the jam and “turkey” meat…it was good, so who cares.

After lunch I decided to treat myself to a soy latte (from sbucks).

My PM snack was this odwalla bar (strawberry pom). I love these!

After work I was exhausted with a capital E. I was planning on gong to a friend’s house to celebrate turkey day, but first I had a glass of silk vanilla soy milk, then sat down to go online to buy my flight home for xmas (the clock was really ticking on that one)…and the next thing I know it is 945 pm and I am starving! Since I have to work tomorrow, the last thing I felt like doing was heading to the lower east side from the upper west at 10 pm.

Still…I had to some cooking so my thanksgiving wouldn’t be totally pathetic!

First, I made some potatoes on the grill that I seasoned with salt, rosemary, thyme, and lemon pepper. They were great and a lot faster to make than mashed potatoes (and dairy free).

Next, I tackled the stuffing. I wanted to incorporate both my mom’s recipe while making it vegan and organic. So I used the Arrowhead Mills organic vegan stuffing, organic veggie broth, organic yellow onions, and organic cranberries. The big changes I made were no celery or mushrooms (since Kyle isn’t a fan).

Here it is in all it’s glory.

After it was done cooking, I separated it into 2 portions and added in walnuts to Kyle’s portion. To me walnuts are EW…but I didn’t wanna deprive him (I’m such a good girlfriend).

Naturally it wouldn’t be thanksgiving without unnecessary post dinner eating. Yes, I was full, but I still decided to have a slice of toast with peanut butter (actually I had 2) along with another glass of soy milk.

At this point I was about to pop! SOOOOO full…but this holiday is a once a year experience, right? So I did a bad thing. I had a chocolate fudge peanut butter brownie. Oh sweet lord.