Tuesday: Smoothie Bowls Wednesday: Homemade sushi Thursday: Pineapple Fried Rice Friday: Leftovers Saturday: Homemade Pizza Sunday: Fusilli Pasta Monday, Tuesday and tonight (Thursday) went as planned but on Wednesday I finished my shift at Y2 and had to go get Daniel and Oliver from my Mom’s house in Matthews so dinner plans went out the window. I had to feed Oliver and his bed time was fast approaching so I called my favorite sushi place, New Zealand Café, to order takeout

One of the comments I get the most regarding being vegan is that it would be too hard. Honestly, it was a little tricky in the beginning for me, but now it’s easy as pie. It took me about 6 months to transition from vegetarian to vegan (read about that here) and what helped me the most was meal planning. Also having Ensley as my vegan cheerleader was pretty helpful. Resisting Goldfish together as teachers was our greatest challenge #allthesalt #needwater Stuffed Squash Meal p

Some vegan recipes call for nutritional yeast, but I haven’t tried that yet. I know Ensley loves her nutritional yeast, so I’ll have to add it the next time and let you know! I use this white sauce recipe for my famous Veggie Pot Pie, so get cookin’ now and you’ll be a pro at making it by the time I get the pie recipe up on the blog. There are two important things to remember about this dish: The cashews need soaking. That’s the only high-maintenance thing about this recipe.

I love my church. We moved to the Matthews campus of Church at Charlotte when it was planted two years ago and have loved being part of a growing community. Even though we have been in America for 4 years, we are still making friends and settling in. When you don’t have a long history with people or a community, it’s tough to really get plugged in. Being involved in Bible studies and the worship team have helped us surround ourselves with genuinely kind and generous people. W

What better way to bring in Summer with this gorgeous vegan meal. Honestly it feels a little insensitive to go on about food when so many families are going through heartache at the reminder of the loss of their loved ones, so we just want to send some love and comfort to those who need it on this Memorial Day here in the States. Having said that, we did put all our recipes together to make a wonderful vegan meal that you could whip up for family and friends today. Add some b

Besides “Where do you get your protein?”, the second question Ensley and I answer the most often is “So…what do you eat?”. Pregnancy has made people even more curious about my routines and daily meals. A few weeks ago, Ensley gave you her version of this post (sans pregnancy!), and now it’s my turn. Check out my favorite routines and meals below! 9:00 am After sleeping for about 10 hours, waking up a few times in the night (thanks pregnancy!), I drink Kangen water to get me g