Midweek Munchies

Welcome to Midweek Munchies!

There is a chain of health food stores called Market Organics, and a while ago a new one opened up near my work... actually two of their locations are near two of our clinics! I stopped by on their opening day to have a look and pick up a few goodies, and brought this little haul home. As you can see, some fun stuff. And also a giant bottle of the magnesium supplement I take.



Each of these stores also had a cafe run by Evolve Cafe in it as well, a vegetarian cafe with lots of vegan stuff. It turns out that Evolve has closed down due to financial difficulties, but Market Organics continues the cafes as their own. Unfortunately they have decreased the menu, and now serve meat as well. I haven't been back since to see if the cabinets full of vegan sandwiches, salads, and sweets are still there. When I was there, I didn't eat but I did grab a super fun smoothing, that tragically they have taken off the new menu. It was called Miso Happy, and it has miso, maca, peanut butter, banana, vanilla protein, and almond milk. The miso was a subtle salty taste that I liked. Though after a few sips it all just kind of became peanut butter and banana.



One of the things I got was this Primal Jerky. It is quite sweet, even the original, though I enjoy it a lot. I really like the texture. My favourite flavour is the Teriyaki one, not pictured here. But it is AU$10 for a bag, and while they look big it is a case of big bag and tiny amount inside, so only sometimes.



I bought these Tigernuts because I had never heard of them and was intrigued. I really like them. They are a little bit nutty, a little bit sweet, kind of chewy. Also filling, so they make good snack.



And now, for a tragic tale. Funky Fields mince hit Woolworths a while ago. A vegan mince that was sold in the dead animal mince section, you know the drill. I wasn't that interested, but I grabbed a packet for super cheap on sale one day and stuck it in my freezer.



The day came to use it. It was weird looking, very meaty, right down to chunky white fatty bits in the mince. The mince hit the pan... what was that smell? Oh no. I hadn't checked the ingredients. Sure enough, they proudly announce on their website that their fat comes from... coconuts. Those little white fatty blobs? Coconut oil. I continued making it, and made quite a nice looking bolognese, but I couldn't eat it. One mouthful and I felt sick. My omni dad ate it, and even without coconut oil issues he wasn't a fan either (he is a big fan of the Beyond Burger). I packaged it up and froze the leftovers to give to a friend.



And then I had this for dinner. As well as some peanut butter toast. Oh well.



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Check out this goofy face in the sunshine! Dim Sim has been pretty good the last few days!