Wednesday, January 28, 2009

SNOW DAY!

This week could not go by any slower! Only because I have such an exciting weekend ahead! On Saturday we are having a pizza party for T's, and bro-in-law's and my birthdays. Vegan spelt crust pizza, homemade in my in laws brick oven! We are also having vegan cupcakes that T and I are picking up from a vegan bakery in NJ! Then Sunday... CANDLE 79!! Yay!!

Here's my new favorite lunch: massaged kale salad. I added hemp seeds, olive oil, sea salt, ground pepper, sun dried tomatoes and the left over raw sour cream. So delicious! I didn't buy enough kale this week so I only had this once. So disappointing!
A few weeks ago T and I were watching Lidia's Italy (our favorite cooking show, it's on PBS..she's Italian..it's great). We saw a recipe we had to veganize! Eggplant fried in olive oil, green olives, capers, onions, garlic, and tomatoes on top of gluten free pasta. She put hers on top of tuna. This turned out so amazing!! We were in love with this dish! Mmmm.. fresh parsley to garnish!
Today was a snow day! Yay! I made a special snowy day smoothie: frozen durian, frozen mango, banana, goji's, hemp seeds, flax seeds, chia seeds, coconut water and spinach. Didn't keep me warm, but WOW I felt good!
Today for lunch I made a raw wrap. I put sprouts, cucumber, sprouted beans, sun dried tomato, avocado, seasoning, raw parma, and scallions in side a collard leaf and wrapped it up and enjoyed! So crunchy and fresh, who need a sandwich?
I made soup for dinner since T was working in the snow all day! I used dinosaur kale, canellini beans, carrots, veggie stock, one potato and rice pasta. This was so filling! We are nice and toasty now! Perfect meal before curling up on the couch later to watch American Idol. Awww, this is the life! :)
I get my co-op box tomorrow. I haven't been taking pictures of it because I thought it was boring, but if I remember I will take one and post it! I am in love with fresh raw veggies right now, but it's been hard to not eat hot meals because I am cold all the time!!! Where are you SUMMER?

5 comments:

VeggieGirl said...

I HEAR YA!!! Bring on the weekend and summer!!! :-D

jessy said...

hooray for a snow day! your raw wrap & juice look so tasty & healthy! yummers!

the pasta dish looks amazing - i'm a sucker for eggplant anything! mmmmmmmm! and i love, love, love the dinosaur kale soup you made! it's warming me up just looking at it! yay! i'd love to see what you get in your co-op box! we joined a CSA and it should start in the spring. i'm so excited! i can't wait!

you've got one super stellar weekend planned, Lauren! take lots of pictures, have fun, and enjoy all the tasty eats!

I ♥ puggies said...

That raw wrap looks kick-ass!

Happy Birthday on Sunday!!!!!

yardsnacker said...

Hide this page from my wife, those look so good! She'll want to actually bite the monitor!

;D

Sam/Yardsnacker

Liz said...

oh my gosh, YUM!! Im hungry now!!! lol :D