give thanks

pomegranate seeds for the salad

to all of the people you love. i spent my thanksgiving with my best friend and his family this year. one thing about the holidays is that it brings people closer together. it's great to share stories over food about all of the experiences you've been through. or to just simply laugh with people you love.

squash soup

vegan dinner

i embraced wanting to have a traditional (vegan) thanksgiving this year, so i indulged. it incorporated some cranberry sauce, green beans, roasted root vegetables, mashed potatoes with gravy and of course pumpkin pie. his sister always makes her famous squash soup every year, and this time she veganized it! instead of cream she used coconut milk, so delicious!

the 'kids' table

what is great about our friendship is that we are family. i can do my laundry at their house, play music with his dad and talk for hours with his mom. i feel so at home every time i spend time with them.

finished

beautiful flowers from beautiful friends

I'm finished with my teacher training program! It was so awesome and beautiful. To be honest it was bittersweet. I became really close to a lot of people really fast, and was sad for it to end. I mean I know I will still see the friends i made outside of the training, but it was just nice to have three days a week out of my normal context...

What is normal, right? anyways, I'm just so excited to teach people yoga. It's transformed my life in so many ways, and the ability to spread it to people around me just makes me smilel! I can't wait!

snacks at whole foods

one thing i'm trying to commit to is eating better again. I was doing very awesome for the majority of the year, but i have fallen off the wagon. i know what i eat most consider healthy, but all this gluteness bread and thanksgiving food has got me feeling icky. Oh well, we only live once, and thanksgiving only comes once a year so I'm comfortable with it! Now with school being over, and more free time open I can dedicate more time in the kitchen and prep work for wholesome yumminess!