Delicious Day
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Today has been a delicious day.
I’ve been surrounded by glorious vegan treats!
To keep myself from too much “quality control” taste testing, I had a perfectly balanced b-fast.
Oat bran with bananner, blueberries, almond milk and Sun Warrior.
+ 2 egg whites and nutritional yeast
I had to pack up the ‘roons to send to Erin from Angela’s Shop 4 a Cause and I decided to make a batch of Supercharge Me cookies (from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan) to throw in the package 😉
I add goji berries, vegan dark chocolate, extra almond butter and lots of cinnamon
and make some HEFTY cookies! These things were massive – just the way a cookie should be 😉
I packed up the blonde macaroons, cacao almond butter stuffed macaroons, and 4 cookies (2 are for my boss –she loves vegan treats- and 2 are for Jeni and her pilot), for Erin, along with some other fun stuff.
Next, I made the tart shell for a raw strawberry tart and put it into the Excalibur to do it’s dehydration thang.
I used Matthew Kenney’s recipe and am hoping it looks just like the pic on the right when it’s finished 😉
Glorious 🙂
And since it’s a day that ends in “y”, I had a chocolate cherry bomb with maca and spinach:
And some millet bread with almond butter and strawberries 😀
I’m off to INSANITIZE (haha) and then head back to work.
It’s a GLEE night!!! <3
See ya in the morning!
xoxo,
Gina
Today’s tip: Alternate the type of greens that you buy each week. It’s a great way to change things up and get different nutrients in your diet. My faves: swiss chard, spinach, arugula and kale (in raw chip form, haha).
Upcoming: A gahhhhhlicky promo for my fellow garlic lovahs 🙂
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Your tart shell came out so perfect! Anytime I try to make a tart, my shells are a disaster. I’m calling you next time to make me one!
coming from a baking goddess, that is a very sweet compliment 🙂
i have organix swiss chard, arugula, spinach, and frisee last night! it was heaven. also – that box of goodies looks fantastic!! she is one lucky girl!
OK I was gonna leave a comment about all the amazing food up in this post but then I got to the end when you said “Tonight is a GLEE night” and my brain went blank. Where is my mind!?!! I forgot it was Glee! So excited!
Anywhoze, yes, gosh your food looks fab. I love how creative you are in the kitch!
I can’t wait to see how your tart comes out. Your shell looks beautiful! My sister in law just gave me an entire bag of all different types of fresh lettuce from her garden…ahhhh-mazing!
U are quit the macaroon goddess!! Love it! Im sure the person who won purchased those for Angelas Shop for a cause are going to be in heaven after eating those, and how sweet the other goodies you put in there!!!! I spy a ginger chew!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh love those dang things!!!
Hope you have a great night! xoxo
That’s so cool to dehydrate a tart crust – i never even thought of something like that. I am impressed if you didn’t do a lot of quality control with those delicious looking treats – I sure would have!
I love vegan treats! Ah, I wish we were neighbors 😉
me too, sometimes i need help eating all of this stuff! thank goodness my friends like vegan treats 🙂
YUM!!! And that reminds me that I haven’t made any Super Charge Me Cookies in way way too long..
Oooh, that picture of the tart looks so good! Hoping yours comes up just like it. 🙂
Nice comment on having chocolate cherry bombs on days that in “y”! Love it! And I had to stop and think about that one for a second.
the shell looks PERFECT!!! I am on a sun warrior kick right now, using it in oats, baked goods and LOVE it! I want to try the chocolate next!
I would switch up my greens if I could, but I am just too obsessed with arugula! When it is in season I can’t get enough of it!
I would not be able to control myself around those treats! Yum!!!
It all looks so good!
I need to try nutritional yeast with my eggs! It’s so cheesy and awesome. 🙂
Jenn
all those roons look very, very tempting 🙂
I love your macaroons! Erin is one lucky lady!
Lucky winner!! The vegan goods look amazing – as does the tart shell. Beautiful!
The package looks fabulous, thank you <3
no prob, i hope you like it! 🙂
hi gina
i just bought a food dehydrator and am wondering what you use yours for on a regular basis (apart from the roons!!haha)
hannah
fruit leather, veggie chips, raw onion bread, rawnola, kale chips and almond flour
oh girl, you had me a gaaaaahlick 🙂 can’t wait to see that one!
Haha you really did have a delicious day and that package looks amazing! ALSO! I have to massively thank you for introducing me to Insanity. I just started and I feel so great after all of the workouts. It’s so much fun!!
Yum. That tart shell looks pretty perfect! Can’t wait for Glee either…I saw the “Another One Bites the Dust” promo and died.
i want a dehydrator so bad, maybe i’ll get one for my birthday (next week) too bad open sky doesnt ship to Canada, that sucks 🙁
i’m hoping they change that sometime soon!
I just bought some millet bread last weekend and am IN LOVE!!!! Life is not the same anymore, hahah!
I want those cookies!!
I made the super charge me cookies for the first time this past weekend and loved them!! Oh and I am on such a millet bread + almond butter kick. Yumm!
What is different about millet bread? taste, texture? I’m curious, it’s pricer than others….wondering if it’s worth it for me to take the plunge. =)
Have you ever given you recipe for the macaroons? I wouldn’t be surprised if it was top secret…. =) No worries if that’s the case…Just didn’t know if I missed it. lol
taste and texture. it’s sweet, dense and chewy!
yes, it’s top secret for now 🙂
Holy cow! Erin hit the jackpot after winning your cookies. I’m so jealous. lol
Gorgeous desserts! You really are quite the chef!
That is my favorite Matthew Kenney cookbook, his eggplant bacon is the YUM!
the eggplant bacon is one of my favorite things ever 🙂
I have a question about the elliptical machines. I just tried it out for the first tonight and I did your elliptical workout. But, when I tried to go super fast, I felt like I was about to fall off because my heels kept coming up. Also, are you supposed to straighten your knee or keep it bent because it felt kinda weird sometimes during the workout since it kept straightening out.
try to always keep your knees slightly bent. if your legs are going too crazy when you speed up, you may need to add more resistance for more control- make sure to push down as you pedal
You little baker you! I can’t wait to see what your raw tart looks like (:
hahah i was little betty crocker yesterday 🙂
LOVE LOVE LOVE garlic 🙂
cant wait to see what culinary magic you sprinkle over that badboy!!
brilliant blog by the way, you rock x
thank you!!
Oh wow, those macaroons and cookies look ah-mazing!! Thanks for sharing!
Wow–you definitely have been busy in the kitchen!! Everything looks fabulous 🙂
love your place-mats in the previous post. Mind sharing where you got them?
pier 1 🙂