A lapse in time

Wow...it's been too long since I've written here. I am going to try to be much better at this. Now that some exciting changes have occured in my life, maybe I'll have more to write about.

And here are the exciting changes.

We moved....to an apartment. It's an older one but pretty spacious. We're paying slightly more rent than we were at the house we were renting, but we're not paying utilities. We're planning on eventually buying our own home and saving where we can will help that dream come true.

I got a new car. Yup, I got a little standard Mazda. It's a new model, but we're saving over $100 a month on car payments and close to $100 in gas as well.

And last, but not least, I've developed meat protein allergies. Meat protein allergies are not very common. In fact, they're pretty rare, but those who know me, know this is pretty normal for me. Like tearing the tendon in my ankle that only 1% of people ever tear, or losing my tube and ovary to an infection caused by a common medical diagnostic test. That infection had a .01% chance of occuring. I guess you could say I'm in one in a million. ;-)

Anyhow, because of the new meat protein allergy, I've had to revamp how I eat. Luckily, my husbeast is always up for a new adventure, especially when it come to food. Since I can't tolerate pork, beef, or poultry (the jury is still out on fish, but it will be awhile before we test that one) I've swwitched to a plant based diet. He happily tries and enjoys all the new foods I experiment with. At home, we've switched to a mostly vegan diet and, when out, I eat vegetarian meals if a vegan alternative isn't possible. Since my meat allergy progressed so quickly (I've had a pork allergy for years, but in the past year, the beef and poultry allergies have appeared), I am only indulging in dairy and/or egg on occasion as I do not want to develop further food allergies.

At first, I felt a bit sad about not being able to enjoy things everyone else does, but then I realized this was an interesting challenge and something that could be a lot of fun. Because we try to eat a vegan diet at home, I now cook about 99% of what we eat from scratch. With this change, both the husbeast and I feel better and we both have more energy. We're both also starting to lose weight.

I am planning to come back and write about much of what I make, etc. I am also still busy crafting, so there will be pictures of this stuff, as well. :)

Speaking of making food, dinner tonight will be broken whole wheat spaghetti mixed with a fresh tomato sauce I made (6 fresh tomatoes, 1 can of diced tomatoes, 1 fresh onion, 1 lb fresh white mushrooms, 1 lb silken tofu, 1 can of straw mushrooms, fresh garlic, olive oil, basil, pepper, red wine, and a pinch of sugar simmer gently for 35 minutes), topped with whole wheat bread crumbs and a tiny bit of vegan margarine and baked until the top was crisp. Dessert is going to be a fresh blueberry, strawberry, and kiwi fruit crumble.