Check out my progress on Eating Local at the Lake
As I mentioned in my last post, I ventured to my family’s lake house. In addition to our time by the water, we took a short road trip to Serenbe in Palmetto, Georgia. Serenbe is small community made up of vacation homes, sustainably-minded shops and restaurants, as well as an inn. Every Saturday, Serenbe hosts a small farmers’ market; it is for this occasion that my parents and I traveled to the destination. It was a great way to spend a summer morning, surrounded by people with similar environmental values to my own. I had fun poking around the town too–there were plenty of things to see and dogs to meet. I came home with a sack full of veggies (heirloom tomatoes, baby carrots, and sorrel!), plus a few jars of fresh honey and homemade jellies. Get excited.
honey tasting
my heavenly gems
a taste of the local architecture
this little piggy went to market...
goodies sold in one of the town shops featuring...LARABARS!
When was your last road trip? What did you see?
I have much to catch up on, so let’s get to the grub:
Friday
Swiss chard fresh from my garden makes for good eats. I combined it with red beans, rice, soy sausage, and assorted spices for an easy, quick dinner.
just picked Swiss chard
Somehow, we didn’t have any soymilk at the lake house, so I had to settle for skim milk. I didn’t actually notice much of a difference in taste, but I’ll be sticking with the non-dairy stuff.
choco-berry smoothie with mixed berries, skim milk, chocolate rice protein, raw oats, & chocolate syrup
Saturday
GoLean, Heart to Heart, Cheerios, almonds, & dried cranberries; orange
When I’m at the lake, cooking takes a back seat…Sometimes simple tastes best, right?
Two-Hummus Wrap (roasted red pepper & original); apple & PB; salad with salsa
dressed with salsa
This dinner screams summer, no?
Amy's burger on whole wheat with avocado; salad; sweet potato "chips" with salsa; green beans; melon
This cereal tastes just like Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but it’s pleasantly moderate in sugar content. Yeehaw.
raspberry smoothie with soymilk, soy protein powder, & Cascadian Farm Cinnamon Crunch cereal
Sunday
Bananas and dates make an excellent combination. Why didn’t I discover this tasty duo before?
oats cooked in banana & soymilk, topped with almonds & dates
Once back from the lake, I prepared another easy lunch. All my favorites in one meal: PB, hummus, and veggies.
PB & vanilla agave sandwich; veggies & hummus; grapes
Continuing the lazy trend, take-out was on the menu for dinner. For the cashew sauce, I simply thinned out cashew butter with rice vinegar and soy sauce. Nom, nom.
Chinese takeout: steamed veggies (to which I added edamame & my own cashew sauce); plain yogurt with orange segmetns & a crumbled fortune cookie
Now I must attempt to study for my lab final tomorrow while simultaneously watching The Next Food Network Star.
we're ALL pooped
Ta-ta for now,
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
Nice!! There is just so much freshness in this post!
Fresh goodness + cute pig & dogs + watching TNFNS (THANK GOODNESS FOR WHO FINALLY WENT HOME THIS WEEK!!!) = perfect.
Good luck with your final tomorrow!!
I just came back from my road trip yesterday and we saw tons of cows and horses, no piggies, though!
That cinnamon toast crunch cereal sounds awesome. I often found the former cereal too sweet so that sounds perfect for me
Hehe, Food Network makes studying so much easier!
everything looks great, as usual. sometimes simple really IS best. i find that to be true a lot of the time. and i think your dogs are probably the cutest things ever! and ugh, the next food network star didn’t record at my house. good thing FN plays so many repeats! have a wonderful…what’s left of this sunday. hah.
-JB
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So much lovely eats! I love farmers markets…I hope I can stop by one in NY!
And lol, good luck on the lab final…I hope TNFNS helps with the concentration somehow!
good luck on your final!
cool tomatoes!
Wow look at all that honey, its like one of my dreams. Glad your having a nice time at the lake, it sounds like a lovely place
This post was filled with such fresh and wonderful things! I love farmer’s markets and all the wonderful finds that come with them. So glad you had a nice road trip and were able to fuel with some delicious eats! Oh and good luck on your exam, im sure you will do wonderfully!
yeah~~ so much fresh summer produce!!! Love all your simple eats! simple is really the best way to savor the food!
Aw, I’m glad you had such a great time at the lake! The farmer’s market definitely sounds wonderful and you can’t go wrong with a town shop that features Larabars
My personal fave? The Cinnamon Toast Crunch smoothie! I love that you topped it was the actual good stuff to bring out that flavor – I used to have a bowl almost every day when I was little…and maybe freshman year of college, too!
Good luck on your lab final! Only a couple weeks until a certain trip, right? We’ll have to email each other to coordinate something!
All your food still looks fresh and delicious
And Larabars at a farmer’s market? Never seen that before!
Love the picture of the pig!
Oh I love the whole post- especially the puppies at the end!
Farmer’s markets are the best! I just moved to a new area and am having fun finding all the markets near me
Incredible Farmer’s Market. (I like the piggy) & fantastic looking swiss chard.
Those little tomatoes are so cute, and that pig! Love it, looks like such a fun day.
Good Luck on your Final!!!
Love the fresh yummy eats in this post!
Oh my gosh! That little piggy looks like The Brat!! How funny! I’m a big fan of keeping it simple – your simple eats look delicious
I need to try the faux Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal! That used to be my drug of choice back in the day!
farmers markets are amazing! SO many fresh goodies to pick up!!
you definatly look like you know how to cook it! yumm!
swiss chard is awesome
good luck on your final
xxo
oh my gosh that town looks absolutely adorable! and the pig is so cute. i am in love with the pupper photo at the end. i have never tried swiss chard! it looks like it would be good though. ohhh TNFNS~im soo glad debbie got the boot!
Aww that piglet is so cute. And yay from eating fresh produce from your garden
Good luck on that final today!
Cute piggy! All your foods look very yummy.
Don’t you just love farmer’s markets?? So much better than clothes, shoes, or jewelry shopping, in my opinion!
Good luck on the final!
I missed the Next Food Network Star yesterday, but I’ll be watching the rerun on Thursday for sure. As long as I don’t find out what happened before then. haha…
Look at all your delicious eats! Simply wonderful, as always! I love how fresh everything looks. Yum!