Monday, February 15, 2010

Valentines Day Yums and Loves!

Hey All! I hope you had a fabulous weekend and wonderful Valentines Day! I had to change my doctors appointment to tomorrow afternoon, my doc had an emergency to attend to today and I was his latest appointment since he is only there until 12pm today. So one more day!

Valentines Day was great! I started off with this smoothie: Romaine, Frozen Cherries, Frozen Banana, Frozen Raspberries, Maca, Flax, Hemp, Spirulina, 1/2 a Young Coconut Water and Meat, and chocolate SunWarrior! Mmm! We went to the city early and hit up a few spots for fun before dinner. Candle 79 had a prefixed menu. I started off with the arugula salad, this had artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, rose petals and avocado in it. Topped with a Meyer Lemon dressing.
My next course was the ravioli, this was beyond creamy and decadent..
For my entree I ordered the tempeh. This had seasonal vegetables, red pepper infused soft polenta, artichoke-basil salad. I always get the tempeh when I go to Candle. It is pretty much the only time I have it. They do an amazing job! Mmm!
We devoured our desserts before I had time to snap a picture! Sorry, we wanted to make the train, so we had it in a rush. No worries though, it was well enjoyed! We were very full too! Like I mentioned, before we went to dinner we went to a few places. One of the places was the Westerly Market. My friend Raw Nerd had told me about all the raw goodies they have there. We bought raw hot chocolate from Gnosis, an Almond Fig Spice bar from Gnosis, 2 Fine and Raw bars: Bon Bon and Vanilla Lucuma, and a Kookie Karma raw cookie. Although our intentions were to have some when we got home, we could only stomach a few small pieces of raw chocolate. The Fine and Raw Vanilla Lucuma is my favorite!! The Gnosis Almond and Fig is a close second! I can't wait to have some of this hot chocolate later on in the week!!! I will let you all know how it is!
Have a nice day everyone! Come back Wednesday for my next giveaway!!!

21 comments:

Tasha said...

Looks like you had a very YUMMY Valentine's Day!

Tough Cookie said...

Sounds like you had such a blast with amazing food! It doesn't get much better xoxo

HippieMom said...

Great! You enjoyed your day♥

thevegster said...

Sounds like you had a great Valentine's day! Your smoothies always look so great! I love maca by the way :) Such an interesting taste!

Ashlei

Gena said...

Oh my gosh, what a gorgeous dinner!! I am officially jealous -- True Blood reruns don't quite compare :)

Ricki said...

Looks amazing--I am soooo dying to go to Candle 79 (and Candle Cafe)! And I loved your smoothie, too--frozen cherries would really ramp it up a notch. :)

miss v said...

sounds like a wonderful v-day... and filled with some serious yumminess. that ravioli looks awesome!

Twins said...

What a fabulous dinner!!! And love all the chocolate goodies!

Pure2raw twins

feastytimes said...

Those ravioli look amazing. It sounds like you had a great V-day!

Fayinagirl (means Free One) said...

Looks like you have a wonderful V-day.

dreaminitvegan said...

You are in chocolate heaven! What a great day you had!

bitt of raw said...

oh the chocolatiness! lucky ducky you living so close to the city.

good luck at the doctors.

Jess - The Domestic Vegan said...

Aw, what a wonderful celebration! All that food looks AMAZING!!! I went to Candle Cafe when I was in NYC last year, but didn't make it to Candle 79. Next time for sure!

Your smoothie looks delicious, too! I still want to try that Sun Warrior.

HiHoRosie said...

Yum!

Audrey said...

Yum! Everything looks so good at Candle...and I love cherries in my smoothies. :)

Katie ♥ said...

Love your blog!!! Love PINK!!!

Your smoothie looks amazing, I will have to try that combo!!!!

Your dinner looked amazing as well!! What a great Valentines Day you had!!

Your pug is adorable!!!!! I have a pug too!! love pugs!!!!!

Lauren said...

Yum, that meal looks amazing! Glad you had a great V-Day!

jessy said...

i'm so glad you and T had such a fun, tasty, and wonderful Valentine's day. yay! your Candle eatz look rock'n, and i love those raw bars. this past weekend i actually found some raw chocolate at my local natural foods store. i picked up a vegan "caramel" chocolate bar - it was so delicious! hooooray for lots of raw goodies! i hope your appointment went well today, Lauren - keep us posted. hugs to you!

The Robertsons of Mumbai said...

Wow, Lauren! All of that Valentine's food looks so good! I hope one day I can come to Candle 79 myself! Glad you had a good V-Day!

Mandee said...

Looks like a lovely V-Day full of delicious vegan food :)

Debra said...

It all looks so good.
Debra @ Vegan Family Style