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Happy Halloween! and Restaurant Review!
How was your halloween? Mine was just fabulousss….As I said in my last post it was going to be very low key, as my favorite part of this holiday (is this considered a holiday??) hmmm never thought about that! i digress…so as I was saying favorite part is seeing all the little kiddies come to the door dressed in very creative costumes. Last year there was a little boy who was dressed all green and he was “going green” loved him
So Jason and I prepared by getting lots of the good stuff. He insisted on getting candy that was his favorite, just in case there were some left overs
I was looking inside here to make sure I got a good shot of our selection and I found an empty wrapper! Jason decided to ‘try’ some to make sure it was ok, then by mistake put the wrapper back. Oh the horror if a trick or treater picked up an empty wrapper…there would be tears
Sadly, we had 1 lonesome trick or treater…needless to say, Jason is a happy camper with his left overs
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Backing up a bit, Friday Night we tried a new Restaurant called Nourish . It is located in Lexington, Ma.
This is a foodie HEAVEN. A little about Nourish: We are a family owned and operated business offering an eclectic menu that ranges from nourishing vegan-friendly dishes to lip smacking carnivore-satisfying plates. With our dual mission of RESPONSIBLY SOURCED – RESPECTFULLY PRICED we are working with area farms and other small businesses to work as much local and organic food into the menu as possible, while maintaining prices that allow a broad range of people to eat with us.
It’s a challenging concept to pull off, to offer enough different dishes on a menu so that both the person who is looking for some tofu or tempeh AND the person who really doesn’t think dinner is dinner unless there’s meat on the plate can both be satisfied. To also factor in the importance of pricing so that you offer well-sourced food to a wide range of people and also allow them greater frequency is an additional challenge. But we’re committed to both. We’ve watched for years as the mix of vegans, vegetarians and meat-lovers combined in one family, or group of diners grew, and knew that with our two concepts we could bridge that gap so eating out would no longer be about someone making a huge compromise.
If you look closely, you can see the Taboule Chicken: Natural chicken pan-seared and sautéed with taboule, served with hummus, tahini, natural pickles, spicy harif, pita and side house salad.
Chicken with the taboule, hummus, small salad with tahini dressing and pita. This was 9/10. WOW I have never had taboule marinated chicken before! it was delicious. Everything was so fresh and healthy. The hummus was clearly homemade, so creamy
Blurry Hummus picture (sorry!!)
Yes folks, they had Pumpkin Yogurt
Mmmmmm
Then I tried a sample…sadly this was not as I had expected it to be. It was icy, more like pumpkin sorbet, which I just was not feelin’ I wa so sad that this yog didn’t live up to my standards…
I went with Hydrox Yogurt…..mmmmmm HUGE chunks of Hydrox!
Plenty of Toppings!
J got a sundae with vanilla ice cream, butterscotch, heath bar and homemade whipped cream which he was not too into either. It was real homemade, so it wasn’t light and fluffy like the stuff out of the can. Still a delicious treat though!
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So back to Saturday. I woke up and hit the gym in the am
- 15 minutes on the stepmill
- Weight circuts (lunges, rear delt, tricep OH press, abs)
- 2 mile run
I stopped at Whole foods to pick me and Jason up some lunch from the whole foods salad bar! I FINALLY FOUND THE PB&J LARA BARRR
My salad. This had lots of everything, I tried to snap a shot showing all the goodies
I also picked up this guy
it was enjoyed with this guy a little later in the day
Jason and I took our last ride on the motorcyle for the season. We went out for about an hour and a half. it was beautiful! then we went to Kelly’s House of Harley and dropped off his bike for the winter…Sad day 🙁
Last night we went out to dinner with Jason’s family and his Nana. I didn’t bring my camera sooorrrryyy!!!
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Breakfast this morning. A berry-filled bowl of oats!! with Cinnamon and 1/2 banana, walnuts
Hated it.
Sad little banana left from last week. I think this guy has seen better days
So today I am going to the VEGETARIAN FOOD FESTIVAL HERE IN BOSTON!
I am going with my mom around 1 and I cannot wait. Lots of samples, vendors etc… This will make for a great post!! Get ready!!
have you even been to a food festival like this?? What was your favorite part??
XOXO
NAOMI
Oh how fun! I can’t wait to read about the festival!!!
I want to try Nourish! I’ve heard a lot about it from Shannon @ Lessons To Learn. Sounds like a great place for a meet up! The yogurt place sounds hit or miss though 🙁
I’ve been to the Boston Vegetarian Fest in the past, but couldn’t make it this year. It’s a great time with lots of vendors, cooking demos, and great food. Have fun!
Awesome!! Have a great time at the festival, can’t wait to see pics.
I always leave your blog really hungry, as your foods and pictures are always so delicious!
That restaurants sounds like a place I would love =)
Have fun at the festival
Glad you had a nice Halloween! The hummus dish looks amazing! Oh and so does Whole Foods of course! Have fun at the festival! I love going to foody ones–so many samples!!
I was thinking about that festival but didn’t have time 🙁 Can’t wait to see how it was
I’ll definitely have to convince my parents to take me to that restaurant! Yum.
And I feel like my friend who works at Rancators let me down in not telling me they had pumpkin yogurt
Looks like jason will be eating candy till next month! Always a plus right?? I felt like there were no trick or treaters around my neighborhood either last night, and it really made me sad. when i was little there was always SOOO of us, that we were fighting for candy! hehe