"Cedarhill currently gives lifetime sanctuary to over 300 animals, including:
lions, tigers, cougars, bobcats, wolves, horses, domestic cats, dogs, and pot-bellied pigs."
One of the groups that I'm part of on Etsy is Etsy for Animals, many of our members participate in fundraising and nominate their favorite/local charities to benefit. Cedarhill is the one that was chosen this time. The sanctuary I nominated was SASHA farm here in Michigan. Another animal rescue that I love is Horses Haven, it's made of many loving hearts, human and equine. I was fortunate to spend time there this summer volunteering and met many horses getting a second, loving chance at life.
couple photos of the washcloths ;)
I forgot to take a photo of dinner last night before we ate so I thought I'd share some recent breakfasts instead. You've seen the giant bowl of oats that I'm partial to already. These pancakes were a yummy weekend breakfast from The Garden of Vegan the Orange-Poppy Seed Pancakes topped with some organic Earth Balance, real maple syrup and organic blueberries. I love that these pancakes are full of chewyness from poppy seeds, rolled oats, and sunflower seeds. They're also real thick and foolproof to cook up, I am not the best pancake cook ;)
ok, so speaking of sunflower seeds...there was a pancake leftover which I saved and warmed up in the toaster oven the next day. I was busy digging in and looked down and saw this...
there was some serious greenness going on and there was not spinach in this flapjack! Do you see it? Mid-chew I said to hubby that something happened to the food, it was green...'I want to eat this so bad, it's yummy, but I can't. I don't know why it's green!' I know the words 'what is she talking about now???' are rolling around in his head, but he just smiles and says I'm sure it's fine. I did what I do when I need any kind of info fast, haha I googled it and sure enough sunflower seeds can turn green when baked, who knew? apparently not me ;) Totally trusting info from the internet I ate the rest of my snack =) Take away note here is when you're feeling creative for St. Patty's day there's a way to make something festive without synthetic food coloring.
A sprouted grain bagel with vegan cream cheese, tomatoes, and enough black pepper to make your lips burn. Yum.
has anyone had red pears? delicious!
I haven't been spinning up as many green smoothies in the mornings now that it's winter here, so this has been my go to for warmth in the morning. I like to stir in whatever frozen fruit we have on hand to let it thaw and drown it in almond milk.
I love my warm lemon water while packing hubby's lunch.
red rooibos tea from a great company.
Hope everyone has a fun friday, we're off to a concert tonight!
"Orange-Poppy Seed Pancakes topped with some organic Earth Balance, real maple syrup and organic blueberries. I love that these pancakes are full of chewyness from poppy seeds, rolled oats, and sunflower seeds. They're also real thick and foolproof to cook up, I am not the best pancake cook ;)"--
ReplyDeleteOk I suck at pancakes which is why i never make them! But yours look awesome. I am also GF and vegan (so not gluten puffing up flour OR eggs) & usually pancakes are not easy...but the orange in yours...nice.
The chia seeds you just commented on. They are so NON essential to the recipe. Seriously. Totally omittable, dont let 2 Tbsp of seeds stop you from making a huge jass slab o' bars :)