Weekend Shinagans
This weekend has been busy, but great. Besides hanging out in bed most of Sunday, I did have some weekend parties to attend in celebration of Memorial Day. Before getting into that, I want to share a delicious recipe I tried on Saturday.
I love kale (kale chips!!, sesame kale!!) and I have used it in salads before, but only mixed with other greens as I decided to use Gena’s Massaged Kale Salad recipe to create a salad of only kale greens. 3 cups washed and chopped kale, ¼ avocado, 2 tbsp EVOO, 1/2 lemon, grape tomatoes (about 7/8), ½ large grated carrot. Thanks for this recipe Gena, it turned out great! Even if you don’t think you’d like a plain kale salad I recommend trying this recipe because the olive oil and avocado really coat the kale and make it wilt and it tastes delicious.
I served up a salad bowl full and sprinkled nutritional yeast flakes and Seaweed Gomasio on top for some extra flava flav.
I went back for seconds and then saved the remaining amount for Sunday’s lunch. Speaking of Sunday, here was my breakfast creation.
1 egg/1 egg white omlette with mushrooms, green peppers, grape tomatoes, and salsa.
With a Morning Star Veggie sausage pattie on the side.
My stomach was still acting up yesterday and since I didn’t have oats for breakfast I decided it would be lovely to have them for lunch. I ate the remained bit of the Massaged Kale Salad and had a bowl of oats. Great combo of greens and grains.
Plain ol fashion oats with some raisins and cinnamon cooked in with a spoonful of I can’t believe it’s not Better N’ PB.
After some much needed rest, Isaac and I headed to our second BBQ of the weekend. The first one was on Saturday evening and it was at our neighbors house. I didn’t take any photos of what I ate, but I did meet a food blogger from Richmond there!! It was really cool to randomly meet another blogger. As he said at the party, our blogs are almost completely opposite (I think of picture of his last post completely reiterates this), but it was still cool to meet and realize that he and a partner run the site EatingRichmond.com.
Back to Sunday’s cookout, here was my first plate. Veggie burger (not sure which brand), tomato & mozzarella sticks, raw veggies, chickpea salad (so good!), fruit salad, and WATERGATE SALAD!!
Notice how I said first plate above. This is because I went back for seconds on the watergate salad!! I was happy to know they had veggie burgers, but was so excited when I saw that someone had brought this fluffy cloud of a salad because it’s a favorite of mine stemming back to childhood. Anyone else obsessed with the green stuff?
HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!
A friend of mine is coming to visit for the day from Arlington. Not sure what we are going to be doing, but right now I’m baking some Whole Wheat Banana Bread and dehydrating some fruit. More on that in my next post.
In other news, I just joined twitter as EatingBirdFood. I’ve been on there for a while now as the tweeter for my company, but just decided to go on with the blog. Follow me.
Oh my gosh, that salad looks so good, and mmm love the fruits!
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Love cookouts! I’m absolutely in love with Watergate Salad too, so yummy. It totally reminds me of my dad, since it’s his favorite.
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I need to try kale, I feel like the loner who hasn’t had it yet! How cool that you met another blogger!!
That BBQ plate is filled with so many tasty bites! I wish BBQs in MI had food like that!
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Picture perfect rainbow coloured meals.
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I’ve heard other people talk about the massaged kale salad. It really sounds good. And I love kale. I have to remember to try it.
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That kale salad looks delicious– I really need to try that recipe. I love the BBQ plate! Everything looks so good. Have a great night
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At first glance, I thought that was a cookie with your omelet…then I realized that it was a veggie sausage patty!
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love that watergate salad…..mine always comes from Shoney’s. If I made it at home, I’d eat the whole thing!!!
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Molly- don’t feel bad, I would do the same. It’s addictive. Perhaps I should make some for the party on Sunday??
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That would be a hit with me for sure!!! No idea what’s on the menu. Hope there will be things for you to eat, but you might want to come prepared!!!
See ya Sunday!
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