Not many pictures

This post has the potential to be pretty lame. I have had my camera with me nonstop, but I can't seem to remember to take pictures of anything.

This weekend, we went to Decatur. The car ride was really fun with Derek, Erika, and Jeph all in the car. We ate lunch with their grandparents in Mattoon, IL at Cracker Barrel. I have only eaten in Mattoon twice, but both times, I have ordered a seemingly vegetarian meal at a restaurant and I have gotten meat. His grandparents must think I am extremely high maintenance. But seriously, who puts ham chunks in lima beans? Either way, we had a good time.

Later that night, we all went to see a movie. Chloe, Jeph, and Erika went to see Alice in Wonderland, but Derek and I don't want to see the movie. They all left disenchanted. Derek and I saw Shutter Island, which was pretty good. It actually has been a hot topic of discussion between us since we saw it, and we keep realizing how good the movie really was. We want to see it again so that we can watch it through while knowing the ending. We think there is a lot more to the movie than we realized the first time.

This is Chloe, Derek's mom's dog. This is not the same Chloe as the other Chloe, who is human, a Leo, a singer for Little Sisters, Jeph's girlfriend, and a new vegan. She is awesome. So is the dog.

Speaking of the human Chloe being a new vegan, we decided to cook for the Porter clan. She is very on top of her veganism and has done a lot of research. The physical benefits have already pleased her, and she is very enthusiastic. We made vegan lasagna, garlic bread, and dessert. I didn't get a picture until we had already devoured part of the lasagna, but here it is anyway. We cooked for all three Porter kids and their mom.

The tofu spinach lasagna tasted much better than it looks in this picture. The room was dark and my flash made the lasagna look too shiny. It was delicious, though!

This was the dessert. I whipped up a baked apple mixture and we served it with vanilla Rice Cream.

Last night, Derek and I went to Handlebar in Chicago. It is a bar that only has pescatarian food. That means that they don't serve meat except for fish. Oh, here is some information: vegetarians do not eat fish. Pescatarians eat fish, but no meat. IF SOMEONE SAYS HE OR SHE IS A VEGETARIAN AND HE OR SHE EATS FISH, THAT PERSON IS NOT A VEGETARIAN. That person is a pescatarian. It is offensive to vegetarians when people are so unclear.

So anyway, we got vegan barbecued seitan sandwiches. They were enormous! I mean, it was definitely a challenge to eat them!

This picture barely does justice to how huge the sandwich was. When I put it in a to-go box, it looked like I hadn't even eaten any of it. I just ate off one of the top corners of the bread, and I was done. We will have these again for dinner tonight.

That's all I have right now. I have to go to work now. Georgia, Marie, Lydia, and Jerrica are coming on Monday and I am ecstatic!!