Meal Planning

What's for dinner?

Isn't that always the question? It's also the bane of my existence. I'm trying my best to create a weekly meal plan, if not at least 3 days at a time, in order to decrease the valuable time I spend wandering the isles in the grocery store hoping something will scream out to me "I'm your perfect dinner!"

So here's what's for dinner, at least for the next four days *fingers crossed*

* Corn chowder with tacos
* Lentil and veggie curry with rice and side salad
* Veggie 'chicken' stir fry
* Seitan pot pie with side salad

What about you? How do you tackle "what's for dinner?"

Thrifting

I love a good yard sale. Each Thursday I check the garage/yard sale section on Craigslist for all the ones listed within a 2 mile radius from my house. I get out the door on Saturday morning between 8:00-9:00am, alone, in order to make someone else's trash my treasure.

Here's a lovely chair I found recently for $5! That's right. This almost perfect condition chair from some year I cannot tell you is now my favorite sitting chair. You never know what treasure's await for you at your local yard sale!

Cupcakes

Since this is my first blog entry for Cupcakes and Cardigans, why not start with cupcakes! My intention with this blog is track my domestic and craft interests.

Here's some cupcakes that I made for my son's 4th birthday last weekend. The recipe that I used is the basic vanilla and basic chocolate one from Vegan Cupcakes!