Category Archives: vegan

Cookie Logic

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Susan

I’d been trying my best to eat healthier for the past few months. In the summer, with the easy outdoor living and abundance of fresh fruit and veggies everywhere you looked, it was fairly simple. As the seasons changed, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Food, That Man O' Mine, vegan | Tagged baking, bike riding, Cookies, diet, healthy eating | Comments Off

The Hunt for Dinner

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Susan

On KT’s last night before heading back to her school on the other side of the state, we decided that we would take her out to eat at one of her favorite vegan restaurants. It’s a small Jamaican sandwich shop … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Family, Food, KT, Mimi, vegan | 5 Comments

The Unexpected Package

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Susan

KT had been searching for vegan hiking boots for a few months. Little did we know that finding a sturdy leather-free boot would become such an odyssey. In desperation, she finally gave up and searched for a pair online. (Interestingly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, College, Family, Humor, KT, vegan | Tagged hiking boots, onions, vegan, Walla Walla, Walla Walla Sweet Onions | 20 Comments

It Ain’t Nothin’ Like Mama’s

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Susan

One of Mimi’s favorite foods is beans. She gobbles them down in any shape or form (Which can make life rather…um…aromatic…at times) Her most favorite beans, however, are my World(ish) Famous Baked Beans. As I was preparing to make a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Family, Food, Humor, Mimi, My Dear Mother..., Traditions, vegan | Tagged baked beans, Cooking, family traditions, potato salad, Signature Dish | 17 Comments

The Basic Necessities

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Susan

Everybody knows that when you go on vacation, you aren’t supposed to get sick. Well, almost everyone knows that. It seems that Shaun didn’t get the message. Late yesterday afternoon, he started feeling a little under the weather. He thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Family, KT, That Man O' Mine, vegan | Tagged Bold Native, flu, hotel, kleenex, Randolph Mantooth, toilet paper, vacation | 17 Comments

When Relatives Come to Visit

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Susan

Last weekend, our Aunt Edie and Uncle Jim made it to Seattle on their Nationwide Tour Extravaganza (OK, I’m pretty sure they just call it a really long roadtrip, but that sounds so tedious so I thought I would jazz … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Family, It's all Relative, NaBloPoMo, vegan | Tagged out of town guests, relatives, Seattle, Seattle Center, Seattle Folklife Festival, street performers, tourists | 13 Comments

Our Granola Girl

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Susan

We were spending some family time together, when out of the blue our oldest daughter KT asked what “granola” meant. My husband looked at her for a moment as though she had grown a second head before telling her quite … Continue reading →

Posted in KT, Life As A Human, Random stuff, vegan | Tagged Crunchy, Earth Club, Earth Day, Enviroment, Granola, Planting Peace, Save the Earth, Tree Hugger, vegan | 1 Comment

VegFest 2010

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Susan

This weekend we attended our second Vegfest. For those of you that are thinking this may have been a chance to veg out in a huge exhibition hall with hundreds of other folks…sort of a Woodstock without the bands…or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Cooking, Family, Food, Random stuff, vegan | Tagged free samples, vegans, vegetarians, Vegfest, Woodstock | 9 Comments

A Rather Different Easter

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Susan

Earlier this week, Mimi reminded me that there was only a few more days until Easter as she looked pointedly at the gaily decorated display of Easter Baskets in the store we were in. I merely looked at her and … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters, dogs, Family, Food, It's all about me!, Teens, Traditions, vegan | Tagged Easter, Easter Bunny, egg dying, egg hunt, growing up | 6 Comments