Four Year Anniversary!

Hey Love Bugs!

Today is a very special day for T and I.. 4 years ago we were married in The Bahamas! What a special magical day it was! I am so lucky to spend my life with the man I love. :) We are staying in and making dinner together at home, but it will definitely be romantic.

Sorry for all the mush! Ha ha! Anyway, we are going to the city on Saturday night for my Mother in Laws birthday. She is a vegan and wanted to go to Candle 79. So that should be fun. Although, I don't think I am going back there for awhile after this, I've been there waaaay to many times this year. LOL, I am ready to go somewhere different. T and I were actually going to go to Blossom today, but we decided staying in was nicer (and not dealing with weekday city traffic is always a plus!).

Anyway, over the weekend I made this amazing stuffed artichoke. I stuffed it with pieces of the artichoke stem, gluten free bread crumbs, garlic, seasoning and Daiya! Then I steamed it for about 40 minutes. Talk about amazing!!! On the side I had a Sunshine Burger with Daiya melted on top, avocado and romaine on a Sprouted Grain Bun.
I decided to change it up a bit and use sprouted buns instead of romaine leaves (they are 9 grams of protein each, baby likes). I think I will go back to romaine and use the buns on occasion (they are frozen). The buns are a little too much. One night I had 2 for dinner (hey, I was hungry!). This time I topped the Sunshine Burgers with raw pickles, raw kraut, romaine, stone ground mustard and avocado.
My number one craving right now is for WATERMELON!!!! I can't get enough!! And it's not even in season yet!!! I've been buying ones that are quartered or halved so I can see if they are good or not. I could cry when I open one up and the color is off and it has no taste! Mmm, this is a bowl of heaven! My baby is floating in watermelon!
I made this smoothie yesterday morning (sorry about the picture, my camera was acting funny and I couldn't get a good one). This has frozen organic cranberries, bananas, a Young Thai Coconut: water and meat, Sunwarrior protein, spinach, spirulina, maca powder, DHA oil and chia seeds. So creamy and delicious!
More lentils! Thanks everyone for all the iron tips! I didn't know about having vitamin C with my iron to help it absorb better, as many of you suggested. I've been having water with lemon all the time, so I shouldn't have a problem. Yesterday I made some rainy day lentils. I added red potatoes, kale, soy-free miso and chickpeas. Perfect comfort food!
Aren't these roses amazing?? T got me them from Whole Foods (they are Fair Trade!) for our anniversary! He is amazing!

Have a lovely day everyone!