Monday, September 26, 2011

Some of the Weekend and The Yoga Festival

Hey Love Bugs! I hope you all had a great weekend!


On Friday, T wanted to make dinner. He make a broccoli/potato/bean soup. Basically he just cooked down the potatoes with garlic and added broccoli, sundried tomatoes, carrots, kidney beans, low sodium vegetable broth and spices. Then he blended most of it. This turned out amazing!!! He also made croutons with sprouted grain bread. I hadn't had sprouted bread in a long time, and I use to be able to tolerate it. Not anymore!!! Looks like no form of wheat works with me! Boo!
After the soup, I enjoyed a truffle.. or two..
No post is complete without some chocolate! ;)
On Saturday morning, T picked a bunch of figs from our tree!! We gave more then half away to family, so I didn't get a chance to make anything. Baby A LOVES figs!
After that, we headed to the shore to attend The Yoga Festival. I must say, I was a little disappointed. They had all these cool vendors on the announcement, and I would say half of them were there. :( It was pretty small! They did have a few vegan food stands and even a vegan cupcake stand! Too bad they weren't gluten free!

My sister and I shared a bag of pizza flavors kale chips to snack on. I love that they are called "Chippin' Kales" and it is a picture of kale in tuxedos. LOL! 
Since the Yoga Festival was a block over from The Twisted Tree Vegan Cafe, we went there for lunch. I started with the White Bean Soup! Sooooooo good!
Then I had a garden salad with a side of hummus. Yummy!
After that we headed back to The Yoga Festival to see if the missing vendors decided to show up. Unfortunately, they did not! But I did pick up raw macaroon from Good Karma Cafe's stand.
These were really good! They tasted like a cookie macaroon. If that makes sense.  ;)
Here is Baby A, T and I at the Yoga Festival.
And again, our little fam! 
More from the weekend soon! Have a great day! 

18 comments:

kelli said...

yummy figs!!!

foodfeud said...

Chippin Kale! That's too cute.

Andrea Pirkey, Jason Powers said...

The macaroons look yummy!

Callie {Rawxy} said...

Sexy momma!! What an adorable family pic :)

Ok - I'm right there with you on the sprouted bread. In fact, sprouted bread causes more trouble for me, than overly processed wheat bread - which, I can sometimes handle. Sprouted bread (or tortillas, pasta, etc...) though, is always a NO for me!

bitt said...

lovely family pic. you guys look so happy.

someone tried to tell me that sprouting the grain takes out the gluten. um, no. i guess some people can get away with that but i won't chance it. sorry you have to be GF but hey, you are in good company. ;-) there are about 4 new vegan/GF cookbooks coming out so that is good news.

i had fresh figs from a tree not long ago and they were amazing! i hadn't had too many figs before that now I am hooked! If I ever get my own place I am planting a fig tree for sure. lucky you!

Lauren said...

sorry to hear the festival was lacking food vendors...I was going to bring my bike down and ride around to see what food I could munch on...glad I didn't make the trip! Happy it didn't rain for you though :)That soup T made looks amazing! mmm...

Twins said...

love the family pic!! your guys are so cute, baby A xoxo

love figs, so jealous you have a tree. and I probably tell you this every time too, haha

love
michelle
pure2raw twin

Fayinagirl (means Free One) said...

the soup sounds yummy!

Such a drag when you're really looking forward to an event and it disappoints. Sorry it wasn't all it was supposed to be. But, you did get some goodies. :-)

As always, beautiful family.

JESSY said...

what a fun weekend! That soup looks so good. Cutest kid ever! :) I love kids! I cant wait to have some of my own!

April said...

These are great pictures of you and your family!

pureglow*16 said...

looks like so much fun!! great pics!

Michelle {lively kitchen} said...

Love the family picture - what a sweet family!

I've never tried purchased kale chips - I have a dehydrator so I'm able to make my own. Do the packaged ones stay crispy?

I want a truffle. Or two.

Treesa said...

Beautiful family, great pic!

We moved and now have a giant fig tree in our yard, problem is, having never had a fresh fig before, I have no idea when they are ready for picking/eating? Any tips?

Lauren said...

Hey Treesa! Pick them before the squirrels fet them! Lol! They will be soft and have a crack in the bottom where you can see the sticky stuff leaking out. So yummy! :)

Lauren said...

*get

colorwheelmeals.com said...

awwww......baby A loves figs....that is so amazing!! How do you feed them to her?? My mom has a fig tree!! I need to go pick some!!!

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HiHoRosie said...

Yum on the figs and super cute family!