Emma's Creative Sleeping & Vegan Food Is Delicious

Emma makes herself comfortable in very odd ways. It all started when she was a puppy and since then, she has only gotten more creative with her lounging.  She takes it all very seriously, you see, and claims that only professional loungers know how to get comfy no matter what.

This weekend, she started out on the top of one of the couch cushions, but over time, gravity won out and she slid down.  Being the professional she is, though, she learned to go with the flow. 

Keeping her rear elevated seems to be a common theme with her lounging, although she's also been known to keep things parallel. 

See that sleepy stare of annoyance I'm getting for sticking the camera in her face?  I slowly backed away because I dare not invoke the wrath of disturbing her precious sleep.  She'll have you know that she works very hard! 

Changing subjects abruptly- vegan food is delicious.  Mike made one of our old stand-by meals last night, Black Bean & Sweet Potato Enchiladas from the Vegan Planet cookbook.  We love that the recipe makes so much and uses simple, cheap ingredients.  Last time we had them he put some ghost pepper salsa on them, but this time he went with mango habanero salsa.  Still spicy with a bit more sweetness.  Either way, they're delicious!     

Today Mike had to work 12 hours, so I took over in the kitchen & made a recipe we haven't had before- Indonesian Tempeh Salad from the Vegan Fire & Spice cookbook.  It was a bit similar to the Thai Tempeh Salad that we make, but different enough to make us want to have it again.  The only thing I changed was using sugar snap peas instead of snow peas since that's all the co-op had.  Besides that, it had poached tempeh that was marinated in a delightful peanut sauce (really, all peanut sauce is delightful, IMO), bean sprouts, carrots, green onions and chopped peanuts.  Spooned onto some romaine lettuce made it into a very satisfying dinner.   

Tomorrow my new treadmill is being delivered!  I've been missing having one and am really looking forward to getting a lot of use out of my new toy.  Next on the wish list- an iPhone, perhaps?  Is is wrong that I only want it for it's camera so that I can more easily (and discreetly!) take pictures of food in restaurants?

Coming up tomorrow- I'll most likely be posting my last dog treat recipe for a while.  It'll be #80, which is all I have so far!  I have more ideas floating around in my head, though, so it's only a matter of time before I add to my collection..........