Woman in Real Life

It's What I Ate Wednesday! I am sharing a look at some foods that my family and I have enjoyed over the past week.

I am continuing to have fun trying new, simple recipes. I don't go for anything too complex. If I do, I get hot and irritated by the time I put the food on the table. And that's no fun for anyone.

One night, I paired an old favourite, Tina's delicious lentils and rice, with a new recipe for rapini with rotini. The lentils and rice recipe is great for parties because it makes a lot. When I am cooking it for my family of four, I often have trouble. You can cut the recipe in half, but NOT the water amount. So, this time I tried six cups of water, and it worked out great.



The rapini and rotini recipe called for...duh, rapini...but also olives and optional beans. We used kalamata olives and cannellini beans.


I decided to make another berry crisp. This time, I used frozen cherries and strawberries, as well as fresh blueberries and raspberries. This one didn't turn out as tidy-looking as the last one.


At the Toronto Vegetarian Food Festival this past weekend, I picked up some of Peanut Butter & Co's Dark Chocolate Dreams. Peanut butter...and chocolate...for breakfast...yum. This was my Monday morning treat.


For Monday lunch, I had some leftover quick lentil soup I had made the night before.


I followed that up with a decaf green tea and a gluten-free vegan date square that I had bought at the festival from Bunner's Bakery.


Monday evening, I tried a new recipe for spicy eggplant and tofu. I was skeptical, because eggplant can be hit or miss, but this was quite delicious.