Happy Friday!
Yes my friends – for you all of you that are now out of the office on your way home or close to being off, I would like to say “Congratulations” you made it to the weekend! I just beam on Fridays, I feel everyone is happier and it is my treat day so Fridays are always swell.
I love waking up early on Fridays and racing down to the gym, for some reason I have an easier time getting up on the F-day. My InTouch mag kept me amused on the mill for about 30 and now I can safely say I am caught up on all the Tiger Gossip and can now follow along while everyone talks about it. Its so sad I have been out of the loop with my busy schedule that I have not even been to people.com! But I am back on that gossip horse now with my mind mush magazine 
Like I said it is Treat Day and for my treat this morning I drove over to ‘Bucks and got myself a grande Red Cup of Joy and savored every sip as I wandered through the mall and watched everyone hustle and bustle around. It was great!
After the mall wander it was time to “Get back to work Kris” so into the office I went with my lunch and enjoyed chatting with everyone online and on Facebook! You should all add me as a friend on Facebook or join my Facebook Fan Page - I would love to have you
FOOD:
Breakfast was a Green Smoothie- 2 scoops of Vanilla Chai Vega, 1/2 organic apple, 1/2 organic banana, 3 tbsp chia seeds, 1 cup almond milk, 2 cups water, 2 cups greens.
For the Green part of my breakfast I used 1/2 kale and 1/2 spinach. I love Kale and was upset to find out I didn’t have any freshly washed, and I was too hungry to wait I used some spinach. Not too shabby!
Lunch:
Lunch today was the same as yesterday – Wilted Spinach, Carrots and Avocado with a tad sprinkle of Sea Salt, however I did step it up a notch and also ate some Baked Sweet Tatters!!!
I love baked sweet tatters when they get all brown around the edges.
Snacks:
Well, of course some truffles and cookies 
Lots of Water and Tea!
Dinner:
Stuffed Baked Squash
I baked acorn squash in the oven @ 350 for 40-45 min
Then I cooked some Mung Beans with sea salt, pepper, and Mrs. Dash – I simmered these on the stove top for about 30 minutes and then added fresh tomatoes and spinach
When these were both done – I stuff the squash!
Vegan Christmas:
Well with only 1 week to go to the big day! 6 days for me, as we celebrate on Christmas Eve and have all the fam over for dinner and then gifts and desserts after. This has always been our tradition and I would not have it any other way. Having the celebration in the evening is so wonderful when the candles are lit you have a good glass of wine and just sit and listen to laughter and music. Can you tell this is my favorite time of year?
As you all know this year Ryan and I will be vegan for the holidays. We said at the end of October after our detox was complete that we will go vegan (even though I was eating vegan long before, really.) for 3 full months. Ryan wanted to experiment with his energy levels and working out on 100% clean vegan diet. We are very dedicated that the “worst” thing we are eating right now is Mary’s Crackers and they aren’t bad! Anywhoozle, this means no traditional christmas dinner for us.
I decided to make a few dishes to bring along to dinner and I can’t wait to try this one out. I asked for a few recipes the other day and I decided I will be making the Sweet Potato Casserole from OhSheGlows.
I will also be making some other glorious dishes to come along
My mom always makes the best food and luckily for me it is always healthy and clean so I know there will be lots for us to eat!
Desserts are more my forte so I will be bringing lots of those with me 
We have to have something to leave for Santa!
A Dogs Life……..
Bath Time!! Yes as soon as I said these word, Hudson was under that dinning room table! Well it was a struggle and I grabbed him and in the tub he went. Isn’t it funny that when you lift your pooch out of the tub they move there “arms” in a slow moving dog paddle….and they are out of the water! So Cute!
**EDIT – Since writing this post – Hudson decided to rip open the garbage bag and get all in there so he has had 2 bath time’s today!
What do you like better in your Green Smoothie – Kale or Spinach???
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that is so cool yall are gona be vegan for the holidays! i cant wait to hear about it!!
and AWESOME your momma makes great and healthy food! thats a blessing fo SHO
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I much prefer spinach – the texture that the kale gives just makes it too hard for me to drink! Maybe that's just my blender's problem, though
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I also prefer spinach in my Green Monsters. But I do LOVE kale in all other situations! Good luck with being vegan for the holidays, you are a stronger woman than I!
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SO awesome that you are going vegan for the holidays
I cant wait to see your food
Sweet potato caserole is a favorite of mine at christmas. and roasted brussle sprouts. Yum!
your smoothie looks wonderful! Kale is such a fantastic veggie. I love it too with sweet potato
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Hudson is absolutely adorable!!! When I wash my pup, she instantly tries to crawlup your arms to escape and looks so pathetic because with wet fur, she is half the size!
I need to try kale in my GMs- i've not made the step yet. As for vegan Christmas, good for you! It is events like that which keep me from being full time veg or vegan. I still struggle to turn down food, partially because I do like some things still and also , I find it all hard to explain. I should just give them the URL to my blog and tell them to read up!
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As was the case for thanksgiving for me (in years past) but so much so this year, traditional fare is overrrated for me personally. It doesnt agree with me and rather than trying to either eat it and suffer OR Try to make a vegan/veg approximation of say turkey! LOL I just decided to enjoy a glorious kale salad for me. and made Turkey for hubs. It worked for us. And whatever you make on Xmas will be awesome! no doubt
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My oh my. I do not eat nearly as beautiful or healthy as you for certain. But I still respect your choices immensely. And I do enjoy a lot of the things you have there: avocado (sometimes 1 a day), hemp seeds, squash dishes, sweet potatoes, etc…your desserts look very creative and skillful also!
I will not be vegan or anything, but I hope it all goes well for you!
Love ya…
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My gosh your salads put mine to shame. Just this week I did something new, and had baby spinach with homemade guacamole (just an avo, lemon juice s&p). The guacamole make the spinach moist enough to not need a dressing, and I feel like it really cleanses. I haven't gone the way of the GM yet, I'm waiting till next year when we finally will get a blender
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Precious pup! I always use spinach in my smoothies, but have been meaning to try them with kale since I just love it!
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yummy!!!
We have a wiener dog that lives next dog, he's such a goof ball… he comes over to play sometimes!! 
Good luck!! I'm sure it makes life a lot easier when your family eats clean too?? Hudson is soo cute, I can just imagine trying to wash Lance (aka 80 pounds of puppy love) ahhaha He would probably pout for a month!!
Anywhoo.. rambling again!! Have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jessica
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ps. I like either kale or spinach in my GM. Kale is my favorite veg of 2009 for sure!
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What a great blog…I love that you are going vegan for the holidays. And the acorn squash looks delicious. I haven't made one before but I definitely need to now!
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Aw, your dog is adorable! I like my green smoothies to be spinach-based. I just find that it's got a kind of richer-milkier consistency (well, as milky as a green could be…). But probably by far my absolute favorite green in smoothies is PARSLEY.
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Definitely a little bit of kale and spinach! Your puppy is adorable, I just gave my yorkie a bath this morning. We'll see if he'll get in trouble with the trash and need another one!
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dog=adorabble. & i am jealous of hte squash meal
good luck w/ being vegan for the holidays!!
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