Merry Christmas!

I PROMISE I will start blogging more often. I have so much to say and miss typing it all down over here.

With that, Merry Christmas to all of you!

Pumpkin Pie!!!

I've been uber busy, and I am sorry for my absence. Ever since I got a job, I've been too lazy to blog after or before work. How lame am I!

But I just haaaad to share this amazing recipe! I love fall, and I love pumpkin, and I love love love pumpkin pie. This vegan pumpkin pie recipe is so good, and it's VERY easy to make! My mom, a non-vegan, even says this is the best pumpkin pie she's ever tried.

The recipe calls for granulated sugar cane syrup, but I couldn't find any so I used regular sugar and it turned out awesome. I also didn't make the crust; a premade crust had to do and it also turned out awesome. So feel free to try that as well if you try this recipe!

Happy Halloween!

I love love LOVE this holiday! I hope everyone has an awesome Halloween! Here is a picture of the pumpkins me and Phil carved earlier this week. I am very proud of my ghost :) Phil isn't too into carving pumpkins, but he did it anyway to make me happy. What an awesome guy.

Screw M&M's

My sister came home from vacation today. She came over with a big champagne looking bottle filled with M&M's for my Mom from M&M world.

I know M&M's have milk in them. I know very well they are made with milk chocolate. But they were staring at me. And I caved. I ate 2 hand fulls of M&M's. And OMG do I feel like shit, not just emotionally (I feel bad I slipped), but physically. I am straight up nauseous!

Now I remember why I don't eat crap in the first place. Plus, if you haven't had a certain type of food in a while, your body is definitely gonna react funny.

Needless to say, I won't be slipping up on the whole vegan thing again! BOOO DAIRY AND NASTY SUGAR!

McNuggets Anyone?

Seriously.....SICK.



"Who would still eat this?"

*everyone raises hand*

.....Really? REALLY? I'm over here yacking...

Pilates

Ever since I moved back to Illinois temporarily, I decided what better way to pass the time then to sign up for the gym? I've had a few gym memberships but I always cancel them usually because I rarely went. Last time I cancelled it, I was moving to Germany but I actually did go a lot. I missed that gym...but woohoo I'm back!

I signed up again and decided to try out some classes. I wont lie, me and cardio don't get along. I tried a step class and nearly died. Yeah I'm definitely out of shape, but at least I tried. So after that bad experience, I stuck to the eliptical and treadmill for cardio. I've done yoga plenty of times before, so this time I decided why not try pilates? I heard nothing but great things about pilates so I gave it a go.

Well after my first class, my entire core was throbbing. I couldn't even cough without my abs feeling sore. It was AWESOME. Obviously this class works. I now go 2 times a week, every week! It's actually a very relaxing class and I feel totally better after I leave. I will for sure keep up with this when I move back to Germany.

If you're not sure what pilates really is, check out this video. It shows pretty much what we do in class when it comes to our core. And GIVE IT A TRY!

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeee!

I made an awesome wish, by the way!
Well, Happy Birthday to me last Monday :P I turned 22 last Monday, September 13! WOOT WOOT!

Of course the traditional birthday dessert is the wonderful birthday cake. My parents bought me a delicious vegan cookies and cream cake from Whole Foods. It was so worth it! Just marvel on the beauty of this baby...



Doesn't it just look delish? I wont lie, at first I thought it was way too sweet. But I've noticed lately my sense of sweet has been a lot more exaggerated then before. I am a bit proud of this since that means I am doing well with not eating so much sugary crap. All in all, it was a very good cake though and I plan to go to Whole Foods any time I don't want to make my own cake and need one for any occasion. Go Whole Foods!!!