Chip enjoyed today's bruschetta and approved the inclusion of more tomato in this lunch. We got some beautiful carrots from our CSA this weekend and I threw some into a salad. I asked Chip how he prefers them: diced (we call it "carrot confetti"), julienned, or sliced (in little round slices). He likes the carrot confetti, "so I don't have to taste their awfulness." Such a grownup about eating his vegetables!
Salad with organic greenleaf lettuce, organic baby spinach, CSA carrot, Roma tomato from our garden, red onion, and organic pine nuts, organic local pepper jack cheese from the farmers' market, Ancient Grains crackers, Kashi granola bar, natural peanut butter and jelly on Ezekiel sprouted grain bread, and an organic Gala apple.
Chip let me go grocery shopping and to Costco this weekend, while he went to the farmers' market. I came back with tons of fruit, and he came back with tons of veggies. It worked out pretty nicely...our fridge and kitchen are filled with beautiful produce, as are our bellies (and our lunches)! We are still really enjoying the little tomatoes, and it's been great to have so much awesome produce on hand. I'm going to miss summer when it's over!
Watermelon, local cherry tomatoes with basil from our garden and shaved Parmesan, organic dried cranberries, organic Sultana golden raisins, pretzel snaps, natural peanut butter, and a sandwich on sprouted grain bread with hummus, organic spinach, CSA cucumber, Cheddar, and red onion.
That's right! A special weekend lunch! Chip and I were out and about today, so I packed some snacks to munch on while we were away from home. I didn't have a big breakfast, and after I went running and then spent two hours at a greyhound meet and greet with Roxie, I was pretty hungry! We met a family there that really fell in love with her, and we're expecting to receive their application on her any time. It's really exciting, but I got tears in my eyes once I said goodbye to them. I adore this girl, and it won't feel right to sit on the couch without her snuggled up to me. She's such a special dog, and I really hope this potential adoption works out. But really...who could resist this:
In other news, we are getting another foster tonight. She is coming up from Jefferson County Kennel Club in Florida. Her track name is Where's Raw Bone, and I think we're going to call her Bonnie. She's a little black girl who was born October 25, 2007. She ran 3 races and took 4th, 7th, and 7th. Tonight we're headed to a dog washing place that donates their tubs to our rescue group; we'll get all the hounds from this haul cleaned up, microchipped, etc. and then bring little Bonnie home.
OK, back to the lunch. It was more like a collection of snacks, but still satisfying and delicious (and vegan).
Peanut butter on Ezekiel bread, organic baby carrots, organic flame raisins, organic roasted and salted sunflower seeds, and an organic Gala apple.
When I saw this recipe on the Clean Eating Mama's blog, I got really hungry. I knew I had most of the ingredients on hand already, and that the temperature would be dropping over the next few days. There's nothing like a hearty soup to warm you up (but not fill you up too much). We both enjoyed it this evening, and we're both looking forward to having more for lunch tomorrow.
I used spinach instead of kale (I just don't like kale...I've tried really hard), and I did a cup of lentils and a cup of brown rice instead of two cups of brown rice. I also played around with the spices, and really liked the crushed red pepper that we threw in. My soup turned into more of a stew than Tasha's did, but it was delicious nonetheless. We ate it with toasted Ezekiel bread dipped in...yum!
Homemade spinach soup, Ezekiel bread and local Colby cheese, organic flame raisins, organic dark chocolate squares, and a whole Gala apple.
