Friday night we had fajitas featuring the Real Food Daily seitan chicken (thanks, Anna!). I'd heard the seitan can be dry, so I marinated it in some lime juice and spices, and it was delish. But no pictures.
Saturday we woke up early and caught a ferry to Magnetic Island.
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It's only a 20 minute ride off Townsville, but I haven't been over there since I was studying abroad here as an undergrad. This weekend, though, was the Great Tropical Jazz Party, a 3-day music festival. Andy entered me in a contest, and I won two free tickets, so we went over and had a day of cheap entertainment. Before the jazz started at midday, we went to Alma Bay for a bit of swimming and sunbaking.
I took this picture three years ago, but it still basically looks the same. The water was super clear this weekend, and cold, but we went for a quick swim and then climbed up on some of those rocks and soaked up some vitamin D.For lunch, we had some PB&J sandwiches, and we picked up a carton of soy yogurt which we ate with bananas instead of spoons. Then it was on to the jazz!
Imagine: sitting in the sun, feet dangling in the pool, drinking a cold beer, kookaburras and cockatoos flying around, listening to great jazz with some friends. Have I mentioned I love the tropics?
We got back to Townsville in time for a late dinner at Chilli Jam, a noodle bar. I got the Udon Noodles with plum and pineapple sauce. Andy got a 'hot and spicy box' with hokkien noodles. Both yummy, and relatively cheap. We wondered why anyone would eat McDonald's when healthy spicy noodles cost a similar amount of money...
The camera batteries are charged again, so stay tuned for some Sunday food photos!
2 comments:
OMG. Australia sounds like a slice of paradise. I need to get there one day, sooner rather than later.
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Australia looks beautiful! Just like Urban Vegan, I would loooove to go someday soon... maybe we can have a vegan-blogger meet-up :o).
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