Fresh is Best!

Yesterday, I got out of work a half hour early! I was very excited because it gave me extra time to go the grocery store to get more water and go to a farmers market!! There wasn't a whole lot for food at the market, there were 2-3 booths..the rest were selling material things(locally made!) and plants. But, I was excited to pick up the items pictured ...a bag of mixed greens, chives(with their flowers still intact!) and maple coated pecans!! The pecans were a treat because I can't resist spoiling my boyfriend and I...haha.

I just had to include a picture of the mixed greens...they are so beautiful!!

These and the chives were organic :)

A scrumptious dinner I made that night: mixed greens w/ chives, carrots, raisens and a pomegranite dressing by Organicville, brown rice cooked with one bullion cube by the brand Rapunzel and tofu baked with the leftover peanut sauce. We ate this dinner on the porch while watching two families of geese mingle on the lawn, very relaxing and fulfilling.

What better way to fill a hungry man's belly while he is away from his woman than with "Super Charge Me" cookies from ED&BV?! These were quick to put together and very filling!

For lunch today, I made salads with the mixed greens and topped them with the Tamari Roasted Chickpeas and Back-to-Basics Balsamic Vinagerette, both from ED&BV. ..hmm, I've started to rely on this book for a lot of yummy food!

So, I am really excited because I am going to be doing an independent study soon! The premise of the study is "creating a sustainable community" and the professor seems interested in the topic I have chosen, which is along the lines of how factory farming is detrimental to our environment. It is going to be a fast-paced study because we only have two weeks, but she wants to have discsussion sessions and field trips! ..I'm just so excited about all the new information I will learn and can share with other people.

I am also relieved that it will be one on one with a professor; someone who is more apt to have an intelligent discussion with you, instead of just saying "oh, that is so sad" and going home to eat chicken nuggets or something. This past semester I did a presentation on the workers of slaughterhouses and the danger/discrimination they face on the job and the corruptness of slaughterhouse corporations...everyone made faces at the disturbing parts, but no one asked questions, no one talked with me afterwards, nothing. Now, seriously, I am an approachable person, I am not confrontational at all. In fact, I'm sad to admit that I'm usually the first one to back down...but I was really excited for this opportunity to share information with people and not a single person responded, I was devastated.

Sorry about this little rant. I'm sure alot of you have had experiences similar to this. It is just really hard for me to wrap my mind around how people can be so closed-minded and uninterested in learning important information. Or how people can listen to these horrible stories and say "that is so sad" and then go right back to being a part of the problem. This applies to so much more than animal welfare/veganism.

Why do people work against eachother instead of with eachother?

P.S. Sorry this ended on a somber note...I am a HAPPY PERSON :) promise!