Pizza 'n Ice Cream
Tonight has been filled with the typical Friday night eats: pizza ‘n ice cream–quite the departure from my usual tofu and veggies, no? Fear not, I still managed to keep my indulgences relatively healthful. Stay tuned for the deets.
Rewind to last night:
Thursday
Last night marked the occurrence of a tragedy–I ran out of granola. Full disclosure: I finally trashed the Mango Coconut Melange granola–I had successfully picked out all the goodies (i.e., mango pieces & almonds) so that oats were all that remained.
peach-cherry smoothie with berry HempShake & soymilk with goji berries & Kashi Vive
Friday
After an absurdly hot and humid run, I settled in to make some Blueberry Carob Pancakes from ED&BV. I changed up the recipe a bit by using chocolate almond milk rather than vanilla soymilk and whole wheat pastry flour instead of barely flour. I topped them with a mixture of almond butter and pure maple syrup–heavenly! Question: why does carob get such a bad rap? When I was excitedly telling my mom about my fantastic breakfast (yes, I do discuss my meals with my family on long-distance phone calls), she reacted with near disgust.
Blueberry Carob Pancakes with maple almond butter
After months of drooling over other bloggers’ versions of “edamummus,” I tried my hand at making it this afternoon in my new food processor. Love the taste AND the lovely hue.
Edamummus; red bell pepper; almond rice crax; orange; greens with Bragg's
my version included edamame, silken tofu, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, ginger, & cumin
"stoplight" lunch
edamummus makes a good salad dressing too:)
Snackage:
Acai Berry Better Whey of Life yogurt with graham sticks
For dinner, my sister Lea and her husband Ryan joined my dad and me at the Mellow Mushroom. I come here solely for the crust–it’s so perfectly chewy and fresh! I wonder if they’ll ever make a whole grain version? Anyway, I ordered a customized pizza with my favorite veggies and without cheese; the waitress even made sure that the parmesan and garlic butter were left off the crust. I ate most of what you see here–let’s just say I was carbo-loading for my race tomorrow.
our dining destination
MM gets points for their uber "green" napkins
small pizza with marinara, broccoli, mushrooms, & spinach (no cheese)
Afterward, we headed to the local creamery for dessert. I ordered a small dish of their Only 8 frozen yogurt. Suffice it to say several brain freezes were involved in the consumption of this treat:)
chocolate-PB twist
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Hello and welcome! I have created this blog for people who love food, especially healthful, vegetarian food.
I have just graduated from Duke University with degrees in English and psychology. I plan to pursue a master's degree in nutrition starting in Fall 2010. Ideally, I would like to combine my love of food and the written word someday as a health writer.
Wow, I love it when any restaurant is totally helpful with veggifying my food order. Mellow Mushroom is a hilarious name!
that is my idea of a perfect pizza — i hate cheese! yum!!!
good luck on your race!!! =)
OMG i’m in heaven just looking at that! I just had 3 huge pieces of pizza and am v. content
Are you really racing tomorrow?? Good luck if so!
yum times ten on the pizza. i like that restaurant name for sure! and any night ending with ice cream is perfect in my book!
Good luck at your race, hon!
I got ED&BV today, finally!!! I can’t wait to start cooking!
Carob shouldn’t get a bad rap because it’s awesome!! That crust looks fantastic! Good luck today, girlie!! Rock it out
That restaurant looks pretty groovy haha – I really hope they expand to my area soon! I think all pizza places should offer whole wheat crust pizzas nowadays.
That restaurant looks pretty groovy haha – I really hope they expand to my area soon! I think all pizza places should offer whole wheat crust pizzas nowadays.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!
confession: i’ve never tried carob!
delish pizza… yums.
Caroline,
Sorry I’ve been MIA the last few days! Finals are looming…
When I make something with carob I always “rename” it chocolate for my family until they have tasted (and confessed their enjoyment) the final product. Sometimes it’s all in their heads. ;P
That ice cream looks great! I wonder if they sell it out here on the West coast?
With Love,
Emily
that pizza is super hunky! LOVE it. and rounding it off with a nice swirly ice-cream…way to indulge, girl!
I’ve never really tried carob before…though I did sneak a bit from the bulk bin in WF…shh, that’s our secret!
That carob breakfast sounds like ABSOLUTE PERFECTION to me…hahaha, I would eat that meal anyday!
And yumm, the pizza and fro yo look so delish!! I hope your race went well, i’m sure it did!
hope the race went well!
that crust looks INCREDIBLE.
Awesome Blog!! Best name ever!
All the eats look so very good!!
Have a great night!
mmm…..those pancakes look delicious!! I do talk to my mom about what I eat too…. it gets us closer , like living together!
silken tofu in hummus??? such a great idea!
that pizza and yogurt for dinner are sooooo perfect meal for friday night!
whaaaat that edamammuss looks AMAZING! how did you make it??
Pizza & ice cream = the the perfect night to me!
Hurray for edammumus, pizza, and fro-yo! I’m so glad you like the edammumus. Your version of it sounds good, too
It does make for a lovely colour addition to meals.