Gluten Costless Monthly Favorites: Moving To Mankato, Minnesota, White Edible Bean Vegan Soup Too More!

After months of planning, (worrying) too preparation, the solar daytime to motion to Mankato, Minnesota finally arrived - too my parents too I survived the moving adventure! After 2 days of driving, nosotros pulled upwards to my (first solo) storey unopen to 2 weeks agone (as of the fourth dimension this post service is live). Since then, I’ve finished unpacking, toured my novel college, started instructor grooming too had a few mini freak-outs hither too there.

Ready to larn what other adventures - including a few delicious discoveries - I’ve been upwards to? Plus, what's inwards store for the spider web log (and your favorite college celiac) during the residual of August? Keep reading to discovery out!

 too my parents too I survived the moving opportunity Gluten Free Monthly Favorites: Moving to Mankato, Minnesota, White Bean Vegan Soup too More!

Monthly Recap: What I’m Eating

Tons of crunchy gluten gratis snacks similar rice cakes, homemade granola, trail mix too oatless oatmeal crunchy clusters. The motion has got my appetite all of out whack, too I’ve either been non hungry at all or ravenous. To buy the farm along my liberate energy up, though, I’ve been loving uncomplicated snacks similar these. I’ve acquire such a texture addict, too rice cakes covered inwards nut butter too sliced fruit ever striking the spot.

Some delicious gluten gratis too vegan soup from a local bakery too soup bar! I was super excited to discovery that Friesen’s Family Bakery too Bistro is a whopping 1.5 miles from my novel storey - too it has several gluten gratis options! My mom too I tried their peanut butter cookies, too they truly were some of the BEST gluten gratis cookies we’ve ever tasted. (And they were similar 2 inches thick, too. Major bonus points!) All lastly week, though, I enjoyed some of their white edible bean veggie soup alongside my dinner. The soup was spiced hence heavily, I wasn’t certain I liked it at first…but the to a greater extent than I ate, the to a greater extent than delicious it tasted. Prepare to consider a looooot of Friesen’s soup inwards my future.

 too my parents too I survived the moving opportunity Gluten Free Monthly Favorites: Moving to Mankato, Minnesota, White Bean Vegan Soup too More!

All the avocado, spaghetti squash too fresh berries I tin acquire my hands on. Anyone else loving summertime produce? I got to store at Aldi for the start fourth dimension ever - it's less than 2 miles away from my novel storey - too I nearly jumped upwards too downwards to consider that strawberries too blueberries were 99 cents a carton. (They tin live upwards to 4 dollars inwards other stores). Tell me your favorite summertime create inwards the comments!

Monthly Recap: What I’m Doing

Recovering from our route trip too getting my novel habitation Casey-fied! I rolled into town nearly a calendar week earlier grooming started, too spent the start few days moving in, stocking my refrigerator too finding decorations for my novel apartment. I'm hence grateful for how much my parents helped alongside my big move; they drove our Honda van packed alongside boxes too stayed a few days inwards Mankato to acquire me settled. My favorite discovery for my novel place? H5N1 roll-able wooden isle - consummate alongside a pull-out cutting board - to give my tiny kitchen to a greater extent than counter space.

 too my parents too I survived the moving opportunity Gluten Free Monthly Favorites: Moving to Mankato, Minnesota, White Bean Vegan Soup too More!

Trying non to buy the farm crazy from technical difficulties. Two days afterward I moved to Mankato, my calculator started acting foreign when I turned it on. So dorsum to the calculator repair store I went! I may or may non convey had a mini breakdown when I had to drib off my laptop (for a minimum of $55 of repairs) exclusively a few days earlier I started instructor training...(UPDATE: The repair store didn't discovery whatever problems, too my calculator too I convey been reunited. It nevertheless has problem turning on sometimes, though, hence ship happy calculator vibes my way!)

Recovering from a fibro flare/muscle freak out. Around 10 days earlier I left for Minnesota, the information technology band inwards my correct leg (which I've strained before) started hurting. Usually, if I residual too exit it lonely for a few days, it goes away. This time, the hurting spread to the other side of my human knee too my other leg. After some emergency trips to a physical therapist too my start cupping too needling sessions, I'm piece of cake mending - fifty-fifty though non existence able to walk much or operate out similar common has been hard. More details to come.

 too my parents too I survived the moving opportunity Gluten Free Monthly Favorites: Moving to Mankato, Minnesota, White Bean Vegan Soup too More!

Exploring my novel hometown! When my friends convey asked what Mankato, MN is like, I say it's middle-class apple-pie America. It's a cute college town that's surrounded past times farmland but unopen to amenities similar chain stores, national parks, etc. Downtown Mankato is cute too quirky, too I was super excited to realize that my grad schoolhouse is literally across the street from my novel apartment. Even to a greater extent than awesome? There are fireflies alll over campus at dusk, which made my start eventide walk inwards Mankato fifty-fifty to a greater extent than special.

Monthly Recap: What I’m Planning

Surviving 2 weeks of instructor training! I'm edifice an entire college shape inwards 2 weeks, hence proverb that I'm "busy" is an understatement. It's been awesome to run into some of the other first-year MFA grad students, though, too to actually start feeling similar a "teacher."

Sharing lots of exciting reviews, giveaways too sponsored posts! Watch out for posts featuring companies similar BFree Foods (which went alive a few days ago!), GOPO too a novel probiotics build I'm trying out. Since my blogging schedule mightiness live a chip less regular until I acquire into the swing of grad school, live certain to subscribe to my spider web log (by pressing that super piece of cake "subscribe" push on the transcend correct of my blog) to remain upwards to date.

 too my parents too I survived the moving opportunity Gluten Free Monthly Favorites: Moving to Mankato, Minnesota, White Bean Vegan Soup too More!

Ditching my comfort zone every bit oftentimes every bit possible. I already did this 1 time past times going to my start ever bar (!!!), which hosts monthly readings past times MSU grad students. It wasn't truly my scene (celiac who doesn't potable + bar total of alcohol too fried nutrient = awkward). However, it was expert to run into a few people from the writing computer program too explore a side of Mankato I never would've seen otherwise.


Overall, July has been 1 heck of a busy, amazing, awful, exciting calendar month - too I'm certain August volition live only every bit packed alongside firsts, memories too surprises. I suppose there's nada else to say except, "Let the opportunity begin!"



What were your favorite eats too activities inwards July? What are y'all upwards to this August? Tell me inwards the comments!
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