Veganmama on the road, Westport, MA

Oh Westport, MA how I love you. Let me count the ways...

You are 45 minutes from home and I don't have to deal with any Cape traffic when I want to visit you in the summer.  Perfect! It's only $7 to park at the beach and even when it's crowded, I don't seem to mind because, well, I'm at the beach.

It's quaint and mostly farm land and ocean. Nothing more appealing to a girl like me!

And if you leave the beach (Horseneck) and ride into town, you can visit this really sweet natural food market. Any place called "Gooseberry" has to be a happy place.

I probably could eat that whole basket of tomatoes myself, with a little salt and pepper. Heaven!

Bought a pint of the blueberries and ate the whole thing in the car while my family got icecream down the street. :)

If you know me, you know peas are one of my favorite things to snack on in the summertime; however,  they HAVE to be the sweet peas you eat right out of the shell. Best ones in the world are in Maine right about the 4th of July. 

Nature's candy! And then to top things off, they sold my new favorite flavor of Kombucha,  Gingerberry.

Can't we all use some words of enlightenment? I certainly can!

What I Ate Wednesday

Welcome back to What I Ate Wednesday, everyone's favorite posts!

Breakfast, as you know by now, is usually a variation on Rip's Big Bowl and some fruit. How great are the blueberries and strawberries right now in New England? :) Load up on beautiful fruits!

Lunch was so delicious. I toasted a corn tortilla on 350 for about 10 minutes or so, until it started to harden and get yumtastic. Then I topped with a simple summer bean salad I made and a slice of avocado. A few black corn chips for shazam factor!

My drink of choice lately is Kombucha. Have you had it. It's gingery, bubbly and delicious. Not something I can drink all the time, but when I'm craving some, I have to have it! You can find it at Whole Foods and some Targets.

Afternoons usually consist of a smoothie of some sort. This one was half a cup of almond milk (unsweetened), one frozen banana, about 2 cups of baby spinach and about 5 ice cubes, blended into a healthy frappe. How did I ever survive without my daily smoothie? Anyone else on the same page?

Dinner was so good. Remember Gardein? This is their Mandarin Orange Crispy Chicken with a side of sweet potatoes and salad. Delicious, simple and takes no time to throw together!

Funky things I've had to drink lately!

Every once in a while I like to try something that looks incredibly wacky, just to see if it's good. Here is a perfect example:  a drink I saw in a small fridge at the checkout of my local Whole Foods...white cashew water vanilla cinnamon agave. Say WHAT?

Did I mention it was $12 a bottle? And it's not a big bottle, peeps! Thing is, it's good. It's a little strange to drink straight up, but I would like a little poured over oatmeal or something like that. I am happy I tried it, but probably won't ever need to get some again. Here are some details:

The company is blueprintjuice.com

Think of me if you buy a bottle and try it!

What I Ate Wednesday

Welcome back to another fun "What I Ate Wednesday" post. A little shout out to my friend Aimee, who I know enjoys these posts the most!

I bet you could already guess I had Rip's Big Bowl for breakfast, right? To jazz things up, I added watermelon, bananas, grapes and strawberries with almond milk. I love almond milk so much I can't believe I've only been drinking it for about 8 months. It's delicious and filled with a lot of nutritional punch! Do you have a brand preference? I'm not yet brand specific, but I prefer the unsweetened kind. Most foods don't need that extra sweetness. Especially when you're eating fruit with a meal.

I went out on a limb and tried a different kind of drink: KOMBUCHA! Fun to say, right? Well, it's actually really good. Crazy tasting because it's naturally fermented, but fun. Both my husband and I liked it when we split this bottle. You can get it at Whole Foods and I've also seen some varieties at Target. This particular flavor was our favorite.

Lunch was a random assortment of yum: kale chips, mango, carrots, brown rice, bean and corn salad and peach salsa. Ole!

 

 

 

 

 

Since my daughter wanted to make her own dinner, she asked that it make it to the blog :) This is her whole wheat tortilla filled with black beans, a small salad and some fruit. Simple and kid friendly.

TVP loaf with peas, caramelized onions, mashed red potatoes, broccoli and buttercup squash. That's a whole lotta vegetables! 

For dessert, we made our favorite "pudding" from the blog, For the Love of Kale! This takes all of about 3 minutes to make and my kids do it on their own. Victory! And because I love the taste of raisins and walnuts together, I had to top it off with a small handful!