Datflavadoe

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, smart, hard working and hilarious little big 9 yr old daughter! I am absolutely so proud of the young lady you are becoming!! You are the best person in the whole world and I love you to pieces!! Enjoy your phone(only 1hr a day) love you

Had a great birthday, thanks to these people...and many more, not pictured. This year has been out of the ordinary to say the least, but we have managed to make the best of it! Thank you for organizing this night! And...I am in love with this plant, thanks Glenna & Josh! Love you all 💕🥰

What a sweet couple!! Rolling the dice, for the win!! 🙏🏽

Gaz’s Butternut Squash soup
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So I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and we got the tiniest bit of snow today...f**k I’m being kind, the weather has been s**t. So I felt like making some heart warming soup today. Has this amazing recipe that I live by from his cookbook. And this VEGAN butternut squash soup is one of his best in my opinion! Go check him out.
Funny story.. Today I didn’t have fresh sage or even coconut oil, but I did have vegan butter(made from coconut oil) and dried sage. Also I melted coconut butter to use as the drizzle. The flavors were all there. Moral of the story is I had FUN and made something tasty!

I love a good ol’ fashion trip to The Italian Centre. It’s like a little 20 min Italian get away. Not pictured is the purple garlic, it’s the best garlic you can find in Edmonton. Also not pictured, they sell edible straws now... drink your water then eat the lemon flavoured straw. 🤔 I had to try it! It’s good, but I’ll stick with my multi-use metal ones. Do yourself a favour and go get their and dip it in some balsamic and olive oil 🥖🤤🇮🇹

SUSHI
This is one of my go to quick and easy meals, filling and nutritious throw together meals now. This is my first attempt at making vegan sushi and I must say it turned out great!! Great to bring to a non-vegan potluck, people love it!! I used brown rice, cucumber 🥒 carrots 🥕avocado 🥑 and lots of sesame seeds!! All you need to do is put about a cup of cooked rice(white it brown but it must be short grain rice or it won’t be sticky) onto a nori sheet. Leaving about 1” on the top and bottom of the sheet for sealing purposes. Cut your veggies small so you can bite through them easily and place them in the center of the sheet and sprinkle with sesame seeds. If you have a bamboo sushi mat, perfect! But you don’t need one. Place on top of a cloth and roll tightly, pulling towards yourself. Seal the edges with water and voila. A sushi roll!!! Cut in half then continue to cut each half into half 2 more times, until you have 8 pieces. Serve with pickled ginger, wasabi (optional) and tamari, soy sauce or coconut aminos!! Leave a comment if you make this and let me know what you 🤔
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Recipe inspired by YouTube Channel

No-Bake Mini Blueberry Cheesecakes! 100% 🌱
1st Layer
1 C. Rolled Oats
6 Medjool Dates
Blend together and press into muffin tins. Pro tip - use a strip of wax paper on the bottom to make for easy removal.
2nd Layer
1 C. Cashew Butter
(Or any other nut/seed butter)
6 Medjool Dates
1 Tbsp. Lemon juice 🍋
1/2 C. Non- Dairy Milk
1 Vanilla Bean (or 1 tsp extract)
3rd Layer -Top and freeze Overnight
1 C. Fresh or Frozen Blueberries
1-2 Tbsp. Maple Syrup

@ Edmonton, Alberta

Unlike some families(myself included before) we’re totally ready for Christmas this year!! Not that there’s more money or family around. But rather that we just feel it and prepared earlier and have our closest people around to share with us!! Brooklyn is 5 which is the best age for a kid who knows how Santa works! Patience is still something that we need to work on though....into adulthood I would say. Gonna miss this lil t**d while I’m in Mexico next week. Love you monkey😘😘

Fast food is a rarity in my diet but I’m happy that A&W has jumped on the vegan train! They now offer burgers in Canada 🇨🇦
&W

🌈 PRIDE 🌈 with the boys! @ Cafe Mosaics

Took a little walk yest**day around the river valley here in Edmonton. Alberta wild roses are everywhere now! As are the mosquitoes! Brooklyn was not as keen as I was. .
@ River Valley Victoria, Edmonton, Alberta

Took a little walk yest**day around the river valley here in Edmonton. Alberta wild roses are everywhere now! As are the mosquitoes! Brooklyn was not as keen as I was.