vegan taco lasagna & a greyt update

I still have not been feeling 100%, but trying to keep going.  I had the option to go out last night, but I have been really wanting to make vegan taco lasagna for dinner and boy am I glad that I did!!  OMG, another two thumbs up recipe.  You really could add more veggies and mix up the bean options to your choice.  The recipe originally called for just black beans, but the pinto beans worked out great!  The husband - again - said it was one of my best!  And all this time people thought us vegan's only ate salad!!  Surprise!! Vegan Taco Lasagna Adapted From: VegNews Serves 8

Ingredients: For the filling: 2 teaspoons vegetable broth 12 ounces button mushrooms, stemmed and quartered 1 onion, diced  1 clove garlic, minced ½ teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper

roasted asparagus and veggie tacos & prada count down!

Who else is ready for the weekend?? Tomorrow is our big Greyhound adoption day!!  OMG, we are excited and nervous but really looking forward to meeting Italy (or, Prada as we'll call her).  We have had eleven foster Cavaliers come through our home so we feel like we are "somewhat" ready, but it has been years since we had a BIG dog in our home.  Hoping everyone meshes really well together. Still waiting to finalize the day and how we are meeting up as Italy is a couple of hours from us.  Fingers crossed it's a successful day!

I couldn't wait yesterday to get home from work and have a nice quiet night home with J.  I have been dying to make roasted asparagus & veggie tacos and this was just the perfect night for them!  My husband couldn't believe how great the asparagus was IN a taco!  Who knew?!?  LOL!

Roasted Asparagus and Veggie Tacos
makes about 8

simple banana nut cookies!

Still on my DIY kick and having a blast!  The End Table to Dog Bed project is coming along nicely.  The back and one side are now finished.  The other side should be done today and then it's onto the front.  Just unsure still how I want to paint that.  Cannot wait for the panting to be done and I can move onto making the bed cushion to go inside!

I am also doing well on crocheting my own dog snoods, once I figured out how to crochet a circle and not an infinity looking circle LOL. Just having fun practicing for now.  Lets just say, my Cavaliers will have warm necks this winter. 

While painting away last night and waiting for paint to dry I was in the mood for a snack.  Not much in the house, so with a quick look around I came up with these little babies.  Note, there is no sugar in them so they are a bit bland.  I would have used vegan chocolate chips, but sadly was out.  They were still good and tasted like banana nut bread!

Simple Banana Nut Cookies

Ingredients

2 Bananas
1 Cup Oats
1/3 Cup Nut Butter of your choice
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Cup Walnuts, pieces
1/3 Cup Shredded Coconut

checking it off & introducing prada (not my handbag prada)

 

Really feels good to have some sweet DIY motivation going on right now.  I am even trying my hand at crocheting dog snoods, but I am in need of taking classes (will do after I finish my dog bed!). So, my DIY To Do List as of today:
 
 

• Dog Room (this is a long to do list, but need to get started). We have cleaned out the room that use to be my den (scrapbook room) and will be our kick butt dog room soon! My goal just this week is to finish cleaning everything up, box it up and this weekend pull out the carpet. Still need to pull out the carpet and then baseboards.
• Finish up End Table to Dog Bed project. Still have lots of painting, putting on the hardware and make the inside dog cushion. The backside is 100% done, finishing up the sides now.
• Make Steelers tee-shirt (from Rome, but way too big) into a cool skirt for football season! Forgot to buy elastic for the waist.
• Learn how to make cool dog collars for my pups! Ordered the hardware kit so I can start making them.
• Finish Avery's Memory Box to hang up.

Feels great to actually check a few items off!  So, the dog snoods (if you're not sure what they are click HERE).  Cavaliers will wear them to keep their food out of their long beautiful ears (iHop has one!).  Greyhounds will wear them in the winter to keep warm.  Because they have no body fat they get cold very easily.  Why do I bring up the Greyhound?  Well.......we are looking at adopting our first Greyhound on Saturday!  Right now her name is Italy, but we are changing to Prada.  She is a stunning four year-old brindle retired racing hound.  She is being fostered up in Northern Arizona and we cannot wait to meet her.  We pray that he Cavaliers welcome her and they all get along.  Is she not stunning??  So, the snoods will be for her - once I figure out what the heck I'm doing LOL.

Prada the bag looks like this -

AAahhh.....so pretty too!  Tomorrow I will be sharing this weeks lunch recipe, Red Lentil Chili.  Was perfect for this rainy Arizona Tuesday!