Midweek Munchies

Some more random munchies! A lot of ice cream in this post, plus a couple of other things.

So I know everyone has been losing their mind over the vegan Magnums. I was more cautious - they have coconut oil in the chocolate coating and the ice cream is based on pea-protein, which I am not overly fond of. But I got a packet of both the original and the almond on sale, and shared them with my parents (three in box, three people in the house, worked out well). I thought the original was a bit meh, I could taste the coconut oil (though it didn't make me sick), and the ice cream was just fine. I preferred the almond because of the crunchiness of them in the coating. I suspect I am in the only vegan in the world who won't be buying these again, though I'd eat one if I was somewhere and they were handing them out.



The vegan Cornetto's, however, are a completely different matter. I LOVE THEM! I love them so much. I always want them in my freezer. I love how the cone is so crunchy, but to crumbly, and when you get down to the bottom they have that little bit of chocolate. The ice cream is soy based, which some people don't like but I love a soy ice cream. I will happily keep buying and eating these.



While you are poking around in the ice cream section in the supermarket (which now includes several brands of vegan ice cream and sorbet, though most of them coconut based), don't forget about fruity ice blocks! Especially in the heat of summer, I much prefer a frozen fruity treat to a creamy one. I grabbed this box on a half price sale. Both flavours are refreshing and not too sweet, and they are the perfect size for a quick cool down treat.



Here is a little ice cream sundae I made one afternoon for a snack. It had So Good Almond Chocolate Ice Cream, some honeycomb crumbles from the bottom of a bag I had gotten in one of my mystery boxes, and some fresh blueberries. It was a great combination.



Moving on from ice cream, I like to make overnight oats for breakfast before work on the Saturdays I have to go to the clinic. I often make up my own combinations, but I love looking for other inspiration. I made these Vanilla Overnight Oats from Plant Crush and they were lovely. I doubled the recipe of course, because I am a hungry person, and that was a great amount to fill me up. I didn't have vanilla milk, but I did my normal trick of regular oat milk and some vanilla essence (which I also like doing because most vanilla milk available here is very sweet, and I didn't need to add any other sweetener either). I topped mine with peanu tbutter, blueberries, cinnamon, and almonds. Recommend!



And finally, a cute package from the lovely Cadry. With my very favourite food in the world, Justin's Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups. Also a bag of Little Secrets - this flavour is like peanut M&Ms! It was fate, because the day before (I didn't know the package was coming) I had been talking to someone about these and how I wish we could get them here... and then I got some! Also some cute pickle toys for Dim Sim. Thank you so much Cadry!



Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



Those that follow me on Instagram and Twitter will know I had a bit of a scare with Dim Sim the last few days. I mentioned in my last post we were waiting on some culture results to confirm a UTI. They came back negative... so why the bloody urine in a senior cat? She had a bladder ultrasound yesterday, to rule out tumours or stones, and it was all clear. This is good news to rule out lurking badness. So we chalk it up to idiopathic cystitis... which is medical talk for we ruled out all the stuff we can for your bladder inflammation, and we don't know why it happened. Cats are big fans of idiopathic!

Edit: Last night Dim Sim had a seizure! I am pretty sure it was caused by the sound of my opening a foil packed right near her while she was on my lap. Feline Audiogenic Reflex Seizures are a disease that occurs in older cats. We have seen a few at work. Even though I know what was going on, I still called my feline specialist boss to cry and confirm that I didn't need to rush her down for a CT scan or blood tests today. And now she is all back to normal. I need to be careful what sort of noises we make around her from now on. This all sounds like I am talking with my vet brain, but I assure you that my mother brain was hysterical. Seeing your baby have a seizure is terrifying and awful. Thankfully they are not aware of it when it is happening. But she is acting like everything is fine now.