Onto food, here are some highlights... Cantaloupe! So sweet, so delicious! I wish I had another one to suck down!
I used the left over broccoli rabe my Mother in Law made and put it on top of gluten free pasta.. yum! Heavy on the greens, light on the pasta!
I also have been nibbling on this bad boy! Of course, the health food store didn't have the caramel bar again! So this time I grabbed a Maca Bar. I love Righteously Raw bars, they are my favorite raw chocolate!
For lunch one day I made a big kale salad (I pretty much have this 5 days a week for lunch). This time I added avocado, raw sauerkraut, raw crackers and nutritional yeast!
And finally, a garden update! Holy moly, look at this thing grow!
The weather has been so hot and we get a good rain every few nights, so our garden has flourished faster then last year at this time.
Since we already harvested our kale, we replaced it with watermelon and cantaloupe. Just for fun! I hope we actually get a few!!!! I will be in craving heaven!
Here are our cucumbers.. we have a ton already!
See.. YUM!!! We are going to make raw pickles next week! If you have a good recipe please post them! We made them last year but T was afraid to make them raw. He was worried about contamination or something. This year we are doing it my way! :) Don't mess with a pregnant lady when it comes to pickles! He he!
Two zucchini from the garden! Wow-e! I can't wait to juice these! Have you ever juiced zucchini? It's like cucumber but fluffy! I love it!
Speaking of gardens.. the lovely people at hometownseeds.com are offering readers of Ginger is the New Pink a 20% discount now through July 31st, 2010, using the coupon code "Thanks" at checkout. How nice of them! :)
Have a great day everyone!
23 comments:
Very nice garden! Stay Cool!
The garden looks lovely! Nice job!
Ugh, this heat is killing my pain :-( I guess I got out of Miami at the right time.
xoxoxo
OH MY! That kale salad looks INCREDIBLE! I haven't had kale in years because we don't get it here, but oh how I wish they did because I want this salad desperately. Perfect summer food!
And look at your garden! Congratulations, that is seriously impressive!
See, these kale salads are showing up everywhere. i don't know if i can do them- the kale leaves are quite harsh aren't they, compared to the bog-standard salad leaves...
LOVE melon. Need to get some of that x
Hey Sarah! The key to making a kale salad is massaging the oil, lemon and seasonings into the salad until it becomes softer. You can marinate it for a little if you want as well. I find if I massage for a good 3 minutes, it's perfect! :)
Beautiful Garden!!! :)
He he! I just ordered some seeds from Hometown seeds! I cannot wait. Thanks for the coupon.
Thanks for the discount at hometownseeds.com ! That was so nice of them.
Your garden looks amazing, and all your eats do too...stay cool!
Your garden looks wonderful!!!
Great work you two!
Yay for kale salads and that chocolate bar...yum.
Sorry about the heat, being pregnant during the summer wasn't so fun for me either.
It's hard to stay cool when you're preggers. Hang in there. =)
Your garden is so lovely.
Chocolate bar? My kids love those.
ok you and I differ on the taste of that maca bar. ick i spit it out! not a maca fan at all.
but i love all the other eats.
your garden looks great.
if you don't want to worry about bacteria and fermenting, you can always just slice up pickles and put them in vinegar or leftover pickle juice in the fridge for a few days to a few weeks. they soak up the flavor but don't ferment. still good!
your garden is going crazy, Lauren - it looks wonderful!!!! so many yummies growing - i love it! :D this heat is too much for me, too - an excellent idea on staying in and keeping cool.
i know i always say this, but you make the most delicious kale salads and they always start a craving with me. mmmmmmm! your pasta bowl with broccoli rabe looks ever-so delicious, and sadface on the lack 'o raw caramel bars. i have had that raw caramel bar before, it was some of the best chocolate i've tasted. i need to try the maca one, too. yummm-o! i saw in your last post you were experiencing some nausea again - i hope it passes soon, my friend! stay cool & happyfaced. yay!
Your garden looks amazing!
Wow your garden looks great. I only got one cuke off my plants last year so you're doing well.
Send some of that heat to me if you like, I could do with some thawing out!
xxx
Beautiful garden!!
Oh and that kale salad looks amazing!! Our type of salad!!
maca chocolate bar, yes please!
Pure2raw twins
do you have ani phyo's newest book? she has a GREAT raw pickle recipe that is super super simple and soooo good! I am pregnant myself (due in sept) and am a big fan of bubbies pickle but i made some of ani's pickles and they where delish!! i haven't posted a blog about them yet, i've been meaning to.
i love love love your blog, i have been following for quite some time, you are such an inspiration! I still struggle time to time with a full vegan transition, any tips??
i've had a crazy week...glad you're having a great one...
love everything...i can't wait for my garden to look like yours...we planted watermelon too...but they died...(insert VERY sad face here)...
love all of your eats all of the time...wish i could have every meal with you...
have a beautiful night pregnant pickle lady!!! haha!
Oh yummy pasta!! I drool all over your pasta all the time!!
Super stuff from the garden! And I see your choc's are back :)
The garden looks beautiful and all of the food looks delish!
your garden looks great! mine, not so much. i don't know what's going on! too much heat and sun? we haven't gotten rain in sooo long but i water everyday. oh well.
good idea to stay in the ac - it's gross out!
Your garden is gorgeous!! Well done!
Raw pickles are safe because of the vinegar ... it's so acidic nothing will grow in it. You can also pickle zucchini and other things. We just do or pickles with vinegar, onions, garlic, and some kind of sweetener, that's all they seem to need.
Make sure you try the Mint flavor of the cashew creamery...actually..lol, all of their flavors are amazing. Westerly has them all. What a splurge worth making! Hope the NJ weather gets better soon!! I LOVE blueberry picking. We used to go to a place near six flags in nj for organic blueberries. They were the creamiest, sweetest, most delicious blueberries ever. You can totally taste the difference in comparison to the store bought version.
Wow! Your garden looks fantastic. Jealous of all those cukes. Have fun pickeling! Righteously Raw chocolate sounds so YUM! Hope you can manage to stay cool. :)
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