Saturday, June 23, 2012

My Week: Farmers Market Scores, Pizza, & Wraps


Portland has decided to give Summer a wet welcome complete with gloomy skies and and a grey shadowy blanket a la The Killing.  I have no complaints.  It's Saturday morning and I'm still cuddled up in bed with my boyfriend, cat, and laptop, listening to the downpour via open window.  The rain is what keeps Portland pretty and green, as well as washing away some of the pollen that's been feeding our seasonal allergies.  Welcome, showers.

Here are some Instagram photos I've posted over the past week:


Gluten free, vegan cookies with oatmeal, pistachio, and dark chocolate inspired by the recipe in Babycakes Covers The Classics.  They were a little greasy so I plan on using less oil next time.  But overall a really nice cookie recipe.


Some non-produce purchases from the Portland Farmers Market:  A raw vegan fig bar from Eatin' Alive and a gf/v strawberry shortcake whoopie pie and cinnamon roll with icing from Petunia's.  So many options in Portland, Oregon!


I've really been into making wraps.  This was a breakfast wrap with daiya, spinach, saffron quinoa, avo, garlic aioli, and sriracha.


This one with avo, aioli, quinoa, and kale.


A work lunch with left over saffron quinoa, cucumbers, tahini kale (hiding), and black sesame seeds.



Pizza night!  Always the best night!  Have you made Romesco Sauce?  It's a red sauce with toasted hazelnuts in it.  We love it on everything, including pizza.  This one with soy curls, green beans, crimini mushrooms, and daiya.


I finally made it to Loving Hut for lunch with my mom.  Loving Hut is a vegan chain with over 200 locations.  Each location is individually owned with a unique menu.  The food is tofu/soy heavy at the Portland location with only a few gluten free options, but our meals were very tasty and the service was super friendly.  I'm  glad that places like Loving Hut, Veggie Grill, and Native Foods are offering vegan dining options to the masses.


With warmer weather comes more smoothies.  This one was spinach, strawberries and almond butter.


And last but not least, my most favorite summer kombucha drink, cherry chia.  I could drink one every day.

It's been a good food week around here.  With the farmers markets in full swing we're eating lots of delicious local scores.  I had an exhausting work week and look forward to plenty of relaxation over the next few days.  Hooray for rain.  

19 comments:

  1. your wraps look so delicious!! yum!! and that strawberry whoopie pie -- oh my gosh --- swoon:)

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  2. Gorgeous eats! Those cookies sound sooooo good! The Farmer's Market treats sound great too, especially the raw fig bar! Yum! Beautiful wraps and that pizza looks yummy! I've been to the Loving Hut in Orlando a bunch of times and I love it :) I wish they would open one on Long Island ;) Pretty smoothie too!

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  3. What I'm jealous of - 1) getting to sleep in on Saturday. 2) Portland. I'm visiting again in spring and I'm crazy pumped for it. 3) Breakfast wraps. Sounds like you're enjoying some awesome eats!

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  4. Thank you Sarah! The raw fig bar was amazing. Hoping to get another one this weekend :)

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  5. Thank Allysia! And if you have time while you're in Portland get in touch with me. I'd love to meet up for a cocktail or juice or some vegan ice cream or food. It's Portland, the possibilities are endless :)

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  6. Yum, you got some tasty eats in this post! Made me hungry!!

    I'm loving smoothies lately too! So refreshing! :)

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  7. Whoaz the aioli looks great! Where was the recipe from? Never had romesco sauce...I seem to have thought it was something totally different but it sounds incredible. I also like the green beans on yr pizza!
    PS if you still want a copy of the zine, email me yr address and I'll send one out to ya!

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  8. cherry chia is my fave too! we are in sync!

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  9. mm yum everything looks so good. you portland folks with those soy curls. i haven't tried any yet.

    what type of wraps are those? i am curious to try the rudi's GF ones that are supposed to actually be vegan. but my store doesn't sell them.

    hooray for rain??? ok i guess you live in the right place. ;-)

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  10. Thanks, Lauren! I'm very happy that it's smoothie season :)

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  11. Actually the aioli is store-bought, made by veganaise I think. Yeah, the green beans on pizza were pretty great. And I just put in my paypal order for the riotgrrrl issue!!! yay! My paypal account is under my full legal name... snw.... shhhh... :)

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  12. Totally syncin' with cherry chia. Also, just got some more of your cheese from FF. Yummmmmmmmmmm !!

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  13. Haha. I know. Soooo Portland :)

    The wraps are the TJs brand. I'll keep an eye out of the Rudi's.

    Yeah, I like to cool down between the heat spells (you know when Portland hits 80 I start to melt) and it helps keep the pollen from blowing around. This is totally my climate zone :)

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  14. yay! awesome!! thanks!! were there a lot left?

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  15. Yummy eats, especially the wraps and cookies. I am also loving kombucha during this hot Louisiana summer!

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  16. No, actually, a lot less than the last time I was there. Maybe 10 total? Did they re-order?

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  17. Hi Leslie! Happy to see you stop by! Yes, kombucha is so nice during hot weather :)

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  18. the funny things is that they JUST did. like moments after you typed that. your chi is powerful! :)

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