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My Memorial Day was spent in perhaps a non-traditional way, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. After returning home from the lake, I broke in my new Air Pegasus kicks by setting out on a run in the midst of a light rain, which turned out to be strangely enjoyable. Then I headed to my second happiest place on Earth, Williams-Sonoma, where my dad and I picked out a grilling basket we had spotted in the most recent catalog. With this new piece of cookware, we can cook veggies on the grill without intermingling them with meat items…we gave it a test-drive today (see below). Then we headed to my absolute happiest place on Earth, Whole Foods, to pick up the ingredients for this evening’s “unconventional” Memorial Day menu: grilled eggplant with roasted red peppers. Not exactly the usual kick-off to summer, but it was quite foodie-riffic, so of course I loved every minute. What was on your agenda today?
Today’s eats:
Sunday
Just after completing my cereal review post, I added a new variety to my favorites list: Cascadian Farm Cinnamon Crunch. If it sounds like a total Cinnamon Toast Crunch rip-off, that’s because it absolutely is. One taste, and I was 10 years old again–from what my taste buds can recall, this organic version tastes just like the original.
snack mix with GoLean, Cinnamon Crunch, & sliced almonds
mango smoothie with soymilk, soy protein, & cinnamon granola
Monday
We left early this morning, so I kept breakfast simple…but I just can’t resist playing with my food:)
toast with PB & J; cottage cheese-apple flower
I whipped up another impromptu tofu salad this afternoon (I explain my method here). This one had currants, walnuts, vegan mayo, and onion powder. Fun tidbit about currants that I learned from Bobby Flay today: creme de cassis is a liqueur made from currants. Huh.
Walnut-Currant Tofu Salad in oat bran pita; salad; strawberries; goblet of rice milk
For dinner, we tried out our new grilling basket with some eggplant. Once combined with roasted red peppers, plus a little salt & pepper–delicious! I made my portion into a wrap with Garlic Lover’s Hummus. They are NOT kidding about the “garlic lover’s” label–I am still tasting notes of garlic, long after dinner. 0% Chobani made for a delightful creamy “dessert.”
grilled eggplant in the nifty new pan
combined with roasted red peppers
Grilled Veggie Wrap with garlic hummus; melon; Greek yogurt with almonds & cinnamon
Now, I am off to peruse my latest issue of Clean Eating. Good night, lovelies.
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
hee…I went to my second fav place in the earth too, next to whole foods: TRADER JOES! We are SUCH food-nerds! haha!
i’ve just recently started to read your blog but I’m loving what I see! Your eats from today look amazing…I’m a huge fan of eggplant! So glad to hear you had a nice day and it def doesn’t hurt that you went to Whole Foods! (for sure one of the greatest places of all time!
I went to Williams-Sonoma today too! Highlight of my day
I love that place!
hahah I love how it says HOMMUS
So glad to hear you had a good run and a good Memorial’s Day!
Glad you had such a good day today! And wow, I totally JUST bought that same cinnamon crunch cereal today at Whole Foods! Cinnamon Toast Crunch used to be a staple in my diet, haha.
All your eats look delicious! I’m loving the grilled eggplant and veggie wrap! Have a great night
mmmmmmm….mango smoothie…my favorite!!! I just ordered some pina colada spiru-tein, I had a sample pack the other day and put some mango in it…holy cow it was yummy!!!!
Your wrap looks tastey too, I love eggplant and roasted peppers!
i totally am going to try that cereal! i loved cinnamon toast crunch! did you get it at whole foods?
Williams-Sonoma followed by Whole Foods sounds like the most perfect day ever to me too!! (It might be because I want to buy everything on their shelves…)
Cinnamon Toast Crunch was one of my top 3 fave cereals as a kid, so it’s great to hear that Cascadian Farms’ version is spot-on! I’ll keep a lookout. Did you buy it at Whole Foods?
that roasted eggplant looks amazing!!
oat bran pita? I’ve never seen this, where did you get it or you made it?
have a nice Tuesday!
Caroline,
Grilled red peppers were on my menu as well! Nothing screams summer like that charred red flesh! Hope you weekend was great!
With Love,
Emily
Love the apple flower! And the tofu salad sounds really, really good. I must try that method out.
I was at my least fav place….work!!! :-0
I was such a cinnamon toast crunch junkie when I was a youngin! I’m talking BOWLS of it. I need to pick up a box of that!! Your grilled veggies sound perfect to me! Screw “typical” BBQ eats
Aw I love your breakfast flower
And your nonconventional long weekend dinner. Thumbs up!
The wrap looks delicious. I love anything garlic and although I find it hard to believe, friends and family swear I carry the lovely aroma of the stinky rose on my skin for days after consumption (Does this stop me? Never!)
Yeah to the grill basket – fun! You did great playing with your food – LOVE the plates and apple layout
I love garlic so much, I probably use/buy about 6-10 heads of garlic a week. Roasted garlic is one of my favorite food items.
Garlic is like salt or pepper to me.
Your always trying the neatest cereals.
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Oh girl, that grilled eggplant turns me ON! Lol, TMI, sorry. Eggplant is totally my favorite food though, which is odd perhaps, but it could be worse! Sounds like you kind of had a glorious deconstructed grilled babaganoush!