Vacation Stuff

We are having a great time in Seattle/Olympia/Lacey/wherever we are! :) It really makes it easy to find good things to eat since Jack and Pam are also following a fat-free vegan diet. We've had some great food. Their kitchen is awesome - they have my dream stove - and Jack is becoming a great vegan cook. He has made some homemade bread and some awesome veggie soup. Last night we made some chocolate chip biscotti. It was a real experiment - and we really played with the recipe - but he has it posted on his website and it is (ok. it WAS) delicious! We commandeered the last two pieces for this picture and they are gone now.

Today the 4 of us met their sister Jeannie in Seattle and went to the Pike Place Market. We saw tons of farmer's market type items, (flowers and fruits and veggies) and lots and lots of fresh seafood. We stopped for a little while and watched the guys at the fish market throw fish. That was pretty cool. The weather only changed about 4 times during the day. We saw drizzle, sun, a torrential rain, and more overcast weather. We also saw the Space Needle and ate some great roasted eggplant and basmati rice at their favorite restaurant. All in all - a great vacation so far. It's been relaxing and fun to just catch up. We last saw Jack and Pam in Gulf Shores at Thanksgiving.

There are no particular plans for tomorrow but Sunday we will go to church with them and Monday morning early, we will catch a plane for our long flight home.

Comfort Food

Sometimes you just need some comfort food. I woke up in the night thinking about creamy mashed potatoes. Now how can you make mashed potatoes without milk and butter, you may ask. Well, we have learned that if you use a little of the water that you boil the potatoes in, a little veggie broth, and some soy milk, salt and pepper - and whip them with that big Kitchenaid mixer, you get some EXCELLENT mashed potatoes! I used a pack of that fake chicken that we like, browned it in a skillet with a little broth, and made some gravy with soymilk. We ladled that over the mashed potatoes, had some English peas and some cream style corn and a hunk of homemade bread that I made earlier today. Sounds like alot of food, doesn't it? Well, it WAS! And it was delicious and hearty. We may pay on the scale tomorrow for the quantity we ate - but there was only 8 grams of fat in the whole thing - not just one plate - the whole dinner. Yummy.