I’m off to an early beach day in a little bit, so I wanted to get my post in before I left. How is everyone’s week going?
Yesterday I had a nice and relaxing day. The most challenging part of my day was having to leave my apartment to move my car for alternate side parking. I can’t park on certain sides of the street on Wednesday and Thursday from 10:30-12. If I don’t get a spot on the “right” side the day before then I have to find something to do by that time, which isn’t usually a problem. Yesterday I cleaned up around my apartment and took off, stopping by my mom’s office and then going for a manicure and pedicure with a friend. I was waiting for Danny to get home to run, so when I got home I made a gigantic smoothie and then fell asleep. I don’t think my stomach was very happy with me for filling me up so much and then not moving so I didn’t feel so well when I woke up. When Danny got home he peeled me off the couch and we went for a walk/run.
We warmed up with a 15 minute walk and then ran anywhere from 5-10 minutes and then walked a minute until we cooled down for 5 minutes. I felt SOOO much better after and was glad I went. By the time we got home it was 8:30 and we hadn’t eaten dinner yet! I have to get used to working out at night and stop being such a grandma, which is hard considering I get up at 6 am every morning. Hopefully tonight I’ll be used to it because I’m going to soulcycle for my first class! I’m so psyched.
Anyways, I have another recipe for you from my mom’s little party. I didn’t want to share everything at once because it’s too overwhelming. All of these recipes are quick, easy and very healthy. They are pretty universal and will be liked my most.
I made hummus, because I’m obsessed.
Traditional Hummus
- 1 big can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed well
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp tahini (optional)
- handful of fresh parsley (or 1 tsp dried)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 of water.
- sea salt and black pepper to taste
Add all ingredients to food processor. Pulse until well mixed, scraping down sides as needed. Slowly stream in water slowly, 1/4 at a time. Only add water until you’ve reached consistency wanted. (Less water=more chunky.)
*To make olive and garlic hummus, just add in a total of 3 garlic cloves and about 10-12 pitted green and black olives.*
Those amazing chips in the picture are Food Should Taste Good sweet potato and olive chips. They have a very short ingredient list, all recognizable ingredients and gluten free. (*Note: I bought these with my own $$, they weren’t sent to me, I just LOVE them!) You can even get a $1.00 off coupon on the website.
Don’t they look like little soldiers all lined up?
You can find the recipe for these here.
And lastly, today I wanted to share the grain salad. I used a base of Trader Joe’s Harvest Grain mix. It’s a mix of Israeli style couscous,, dried baby garbanzo beans and red quinoa.
Harvest Grains Salad
- 1 bag Trader Joe’s Harvest Grains blend
- 6-8 cherry or grape tomatoes, cut in half
- 1/2 box frozen corn, defrosted
- 1 can small white beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 large handful parsley, chopped
- 5-7 fresh basil leaves, chopped
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- * optional – add walnuts and/or feta cheese
- Your favorite balsamic vinaigrette to dress (I used 1/4 of a jar of Annie’s and 1/4-1/2 cup balsamic vinegar. Add less and mix, then taste and see if you need more.)
Cook the harvest grains for about 10-12 minutes in boiling water. Drain and rinse in cold water. Let cool. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and dress with balsamic vinaigrette.
Try one of these for your next party! I’m off to the beach, have a great day in this gorgeous weather!!
Tagged as:
appetizer,
health-veganism,
vegetables,
vegetarian
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What a great spread! I've used that harvest grains blend and never thought to put it in a salad- great idea!
Great job on the soldiers! Hope you had a fun day at the beach!
Open a bakery/restaurant/catering business. I want everything!
The whole menu looks great! I love stuffed mushrooms and will have to make them sometime when my mom is visiting, since my husband doesn't enjoy mushrooms as much as I do.
Also, the grain salad looks delicious and quinoa has quickly become one of my favorite grains. Nom. Nom. Nom.
Do you like baba as much as hummus because I tend to enjoy it even more!! But still love the hummus
YUM! That hummus looks great!
Looks very healthy and delicious! I am working on a different take with pasta tonight!
The salad sounds amazing!
Love those stuffed mushrooms! Hope you're having lots of fun in the sun.
I love all your recipes–they just sound so simple!
Have a fantastic time at the beach..I'm sure you'll have a blast!!
I've been wanting to make my own hummus…I just can't decide on a recipe that I want to make! Yours looks really good!
I recently bought the TJ's Harvest Mix. I love what you did with it!
Stuffed mushrooms look really good too
oh your summer sounds amazing so far! yay for fun
those mushrooms aren't so shabby either!
Those stuffed mushrooms look pretty incredible! I want some : )
love the salad at the end!
Food Should Taste Good chips…JUST bought some but havent cracked the pkg yet. I bought multigrain. i have heard great things bout em though!
wow – everything looks fantastic!! will definitely have to give those stuffed mushrooms a try. i love that they're bite-sized. and i'm always on the hunt for a good salad recipe
hope you had a great time at the beach!
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