Lettuceless Salad
Today’s salad included lots of fresh veggies, tempeh and Asian sesame dressing, served alongside roasted Brussels sprouts.
Friday Lunch
Brussels Sprouts
I then let my stomach rest for a bit before heading into the break room to dig into the Thanksgiving feast provided by a company that shares the floor with my employer. (My work’s Thanksgiving potluck will take place on Tuesday.)
I intended to fill a small plate with some turkey, stuffing and a bit of sweet potato casserole, but I left the room with all of those things, plus a slice of apple pie.
Lunch: Round two? 😉
I hope I didn’t (once again) ruin my appetite for dinner!
Weekend Ahead
Hallelujah for the weekend!
Ryan and I are so grateful to have a weekend at home. We have intentionally kept our calendar clear because we have a bunch of stuff we need to do as well as a handful of things we want to do… like visit a corn maze and attend the Festival of Trees event at our local art museum.
Hopefully we’ll check all of the items off our “need to do” and “want to do” lists! I think it will be a busy, fun and productive weekend.
What is one item on your “need to do” list and one item on your “want to do” list for this weekend?
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I must try tempeh! Looks delicious.
Need to do: My ironing! (I HATE it.)
Want to do: Make pumpkin whoopie pies – yum! 🙂
Hope you have a great, relaxing weekend!
That lettuceless salad looks great! I’ve never tried tempeh before – how is it?
PS – I can’t wait for Thanksgiving! 🙂
so good! i buy the marinated kind & it’s delish. i love the texture – it’s more firm than tofu.
Need to: get caught up on laundry and vacuum!!!
Want to: go to a movie/dinner tomorrow night
Want to do? Have a fun dinner with friends…which i’m doing tonight!
Need to do? Finish organizing all of the baby stuff. It’s taking FOREVER.
What exactly IS tempeh?
Need to do – learn how to fix my new blog so I can reply to each post! 😉
Want to do – have fun with friends; sleep in!
haha – i saw your comment & meant to reply… i’m really not sure how to set it up. i had seth (from boymeetsfood.com) help me w/ that! definitely shoot him and email. he’s amazing! (seth@boymeetsfood.com)
I love brussel sprouts! On Thanksgiving, my boyfriend’s mom makes them by sauteing the leaves with pistachio meat and coconut. They’re heavenly!
Need to: do laundry! It’s been (embarrassingly) too long.
Want to: go to a dinner concert tomorrow night in Oakland! It should be a great show.
Enjoy your weekend! 🙂
Need 2 do : finish Christmas shopping once & for all!
Want 2 do : go on a date with my handsome guy <3
I want to hang out with my sister who’s home from college for the weekend and also relax with my husband!
I need to officially transfer my summer clothes out of my drawers and winter clothes in. Blech.
Need to do: nothing!! I’m so excited to finally have a weekend “off” from the real world. Though I probably SHOULD clean my room… 🙂
Need to do: Do something to plan my wedding. I may have finally decided on colors (that was painstaking), now my goal is to pick the bridesmaid dress styles and colors!
Want to Do: Online Christmas shopping! I’ve said this for like a month and a half now 🙂
what colors did you pick? so fun!
for some reason bridesmaid dresses were SO hard for me to select. best of luck to you, allison!
Thank you! I need all the luck I can get. I am having such a hard time making any decisions! Since my wedding will be near the water in the late morning I wanted bright and bold summery colors: Sunflower yellow and some sort of light, bright blue, not sure exactly about shades. I’ve struggled because I know many people don’t like to wear yellow dresses to avoid the washed out skin look, but it just happens to be my favorite color ever! I guess they could wear blue, too… As you can tell, I am not the most decisive person. I looked at styles last night for the first time at a shop and couldn’t find anything remotely appealing. I think I am in for a long search!
ii had the same thought! i wanted my bridesmaids to wear champagne but felt bad b/c i know they were concerned about looking pale. no one complained (to my face 😉 ) and they all looked stunning on our wedding day. it will work out perfectly! if you want yellow, go w/ yellow! it’s up to you & your friends will support you no matter what. 🙂
Want to do?: stay home and relax with my sick kitty
Need to do?: drive for 4 hrs tonight after work to my home town wedding dress in tow. Have an appt to get it altered tomorrow!
What is the texture of tempeh? I’ve never had tofu so the world of soy products is totally foreign to me. The tempeh looks like chicken so I wonder if the texture is at all similar.
I have waaaay too many needs this weekend. I host Thanksgiving so I need to get some cleaning, shopping, and dinner prepping done. The laundry is out of control. I have freelance work to get done for Monday. My dog desperately needs a bath, and if I think that I can’t imagine how guests on Thursday would react. Eek!
Need to do — map an SOW to and RFP Technical Volume before Monday. Blah.
Want to do — eat my weight in pre-Thanksgiving dinner with friends tomorrow!
For some reason I have been on a sprout fix lately! 🙂
Need to do – clean my bathroom
Want to do – shop til i drop 🙂
i have a need to /want to task—taking my puppy to the dog park for a play date with all my friend’s dogs…
a need to (that i don’t want to)—clean the apartment.
Where do you buy tempeh???? Looks sooo yummy!
Need to do: Write an essay
Want to do: bake some sort of dessert
i found it at my local grocery store (publix) by the organic/vegetarian/vegan products near the produce (refrigerated)
Need to: Pay bills and grocery shop
Want to: Start on my Christmas crafts!
Need to do: make enough room in our two-car garage for the two cars, patio furniture, gardening tools, huge pots, mower, woodshop, and 765 guy tools, etc. before the ice/snow comes. YUCK.
Want to do: Relax and enjoy a few moments of quiet before the rush of the holidays with a cup of tea and a good mystery.
AND – have made your pumpkin/spice cookies three times now – found that the Betty Crocker spice cake mix is the best and that I should make my own frosting for it as I cut corners and bought a can last night and it kinda overpowered the spice taste… but they’re a HIT each time! (My thighs don’t thank you, though…argh!) 🙂
haha i’m sorry, thighs! 😀
Need To Do: Continue working on ripping apart our kitchen!
Want To Do: Make homemade sauce with my Mom on Sunday 😀
Need to do: clean, Want to do: not clean!
I NEED to clean my apartment and study for my huge test on Tuesday.
I WANT to go to home depot and get a mini Christmas tree for my apartment! My first live Christmas tree! I love the holidays!
A corn maze sounds like fun! That would definitely go on my want list!
Anyway, my need for the weekend is to get one of my bridesmaids fitted (she’s about 4 months pregnant now and she’ll be giving birth about 3 weeks before my wedding- eek!)
My want for the weekend is to go to Disneyland for the holiday decorations on Sunday, but it’s supposed to rain out here in So Cal! Oh well, less crowds maybe?? 🙂
Have a happy, relaxing weekend!
I need to go to work but I want to stay at home and watch movies!
need to do: homework :/
want to do: try out some new holiday dessert recipes before deciding which one to make for Thanksgiving 😀
Julie, my dear!! I had no idea you were such a vivacious blogger. I’ve had such a great time browsing around on Peanut Butter Fingers!! Thanks so much for your kind comment. I’m so excited to see your photos too…it always feels like Christmas to me when I get the film back! My lab checked in with me a few days ago to let me know everything is going well. 🙂
NEED to do: Clean the dishes from the cooking mess I made tonight.
WANT to do: Sleep in tomorrow morning. Let’s see if the body lets me!
NEED to do: study for my exam
WANT to do: anything else xD 🙁
your friend Youjin’s blog joined …
Good Luck ~~ Beautiful Julie
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Need to: draft two essays
want to: magically hear back (and hear a yes, at that) from a publication I just applied to even though it’s the weekend hahahah
I totally made a want and a to do list last friday 🙂
My wanted to do was make your Pumpkin Spice cookies… I did and OMG! SOOO good:) Thanks for sharing and love your blog!
Excellent write-up. I certainly love this website.
Continue the good work!