slaw. fail.

do you ever spend extra time to carefully cut/slice/julienne your veggies to make a beautiful salad and then add one ingredient that spoils the whole thing? i think my confusing addition the other day was, sadly, basil. but i'm now thinking also that there were simply too many radishes!

i spiroolied up some green cabbage, shredded some carrots and kale, thinly sliced some watermelon and easter egg radishes, snipped in strips of several basil leaves and then stirred in my dressing mix of avocado, meyer lemon, a swish of ACV (i added more to my finished salad in the end though), a spoon of sunflower seeds, a splash of water, a small nub of ginger and a small clove of garlic. i had been having strange cravings for corn when i made this and later added a few kernels to top it off. it needed a bit more sweet or something!
paul couldn't eat it.
slaw fail!

(why do i post? i haven't posted so long and i need to remember to do things differently next time!)

favouritesalad.

on friday, totally uninspired to make my lunch, i threw together my favourite things for a lunch i could look forward to and enjoy:
- sliced field cucumber (skin scraped with a fork first to soften)
- a couple stems of fennel, chopped
- one avocado, cubed
- a couple small spoons of raw, traditional sauerkraut, chopped
- a few leaves of basil, sliced

and i planned to repeat it today so i could get a picture of it,  but i couldn't find any cucumber! so, here it is with zucchini noodles instead. and some radish! still yummy! ^_^

green bean + potato salon salad.

i've been wanting to go to my friend's wednesday night salon for what seems like a year now. so i was especially excited when i could go tonight!
i had fresh long long green beans from jon's garden and did some google searches for ideas of what to do with them for a salad to bring.
i found this one on fat-free vegan kitchen which turned out to be perfect! yay!
i'm not sure how closely i followed it - i think i added more potatoes and beans, oh and i added the carrot for a bit more colour, but yum! i guess i swoon over almost anything with fresh basil or lemon or garlic (or all of the above!) so this was a great combo. oh yeah, and the brown rice miso? oh yes!!!

and best part? it was a big hit!! green sauce for the win!!

sandwich! YES!

with a juicer back in action, i have veggie pulp again! so... yesterday, i soaked some flax seeds and ground flax and last night i combined the pulp and flax with some braggs and a pinch of salt and spread it onto the teflex sheets in the dehydrator. this morning, i flipped the breads onto the mesh (no teflex) and now that i'm home from work (1pm), i'm able to enjoy a sandwich for lunch!
i smeared some sprouted chickpea miso on it and then cut up some lettuce, cucumber and tomato (that looks like pickle!) from the farmers market ^_^ and put some nutritional yeast and cumin and basil on top. YES! the bread is firm and almost a bit crispy on the crust but soft and chewy!

but then it was super hard to eat with everything balanced on top and i spilled some. so i added another piece of bread. i love the red colour from the beet! ^_^

hooray for new old juicers and local organic food and translucent lime green grasshoppers on car roofs!

i forgot to mention that while in seattle, i happened to lament that my juicer was burnt out and my friend's brother timo and his wife said i could have their juicer they were planning to sell as they just got a new one! eek!

i did carrots with beet, lettuce, parsley, cucumber, celery and added wheatgrass and spirulina and camu camu.

it's been MONTHS! maybe even 5 months! so many months!

what a glorious night because i can juice again! and now that i have all that pulp, i'm going to make crackers and bread again! YES!

okay and then today... i made a potato salad with potatoes from my friend's garden and basil, parsley and chives from my nannying job family's garden. splash of apple cider vinegar and olive oil with salt and pepper... ah, and i added sliced bits of pickles for extra kid appeal. but mostly, local and organic ingredients! love it!!! potatoes and pickles not raw but hey... works for me!

 and just before heading to the farmers market, i saw this amazing grasshopper on a car roof. isn't it amazing and cute? it didn't look real!