Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Day’s Food & Mini Date Night

by Kristen in banana, calistro bistro, chocolate caramel hemp surprise, protein grenade

Yesterday, my mom, Kamea’s Nana, came over to babysit so Greg and I could have a mini date. There is a great organic restaurant (not vegan or raw, but with some vegan options, as well as salads), Calistro Bistro. It’s about 2 minutes away, if that, and I’m super grateful it’s there. They have a happy hour with delicious appetizers half off. So, Nana came over and we left baby Kamea in Nana’s capable hands for just under an hour. (That’s all I could stand to be away from her! It was tough!) In hindsight though… she didn’t sleep much that night (last night) so I am even further behind on sleep than I was before the date, and perhaps I should have taken the time while Nana was here to nap instead of go out. :( Live and learn. ;)
Oh, and while Nana was here, we gave Kamea her 2nd bath. She took to it MUCH better than the first one we did (details here about the 1st one). She didn’t cry at all the 2nd time.

During the day, I also made up a batch of Protein Grenades for my husband.

Here are my eats for the day:

2 organic bananas with a healthy dose of homemade raw vegan organic cashew butter
To make your own cashew butter,
simply place two cups of unsoaked cashews in a food processor, fitted with the “S” blade, and a pinch or two of Himalayan crystal salt. Process until it turns to butter. You’ll need to stop it every minute or so to scrape down the sides and help it along. You can, if necessary, add a little olive oil to help it along, but I don’t find that I need to do that.

2 scoop protein shake made with Chocolate Caramel Hemp Surprise
I used 2 scoops of Sun Warrior’s Sprouted Brown Rice Protein Powder and shook it up with some water and some Chocolate Caramel Hemp Surprise (basically a chocolate hemp milk with other goodies in it).

1 organic banana with more raw vegan organic cashew butter

Few bites of rainbow swiss chard salad I made with a mustard dressing and hemp seeds

Snack of raw almonds, goji berries, and goldenberries

At Calistro Bistro, we enjoyed a raw salad along with some vegan hummus, gourmet falafel, and a little vegan coconut rice pudding for dessert. Such a treat! I stuffed myself silly!!!

Kristen’s Raw 21st Awesome Giveaway – FREE VEGAN PROTEIN GRENADES!

by Kristen in awesome giveaway, protein grenade, sirova

Wowee! I’m extra excited about this giveaway. After the popularity of my husband’s protein grenade blog post, Sirova contacted me to team up with them in sharing some recipes so they could make Protein Grenades available for sale. The beauty of this is that you can now buy them pre-mixed (and for a limited time, they’re on sale!). Nice!

That brings me to my 21st Awesome Giveaway! Sirova is offering one lucky winner one variety pack of protein grenades, which includes 8 protein grenades (4 chocolate and 4 vanilla). Yeah baby! Check out details for the protein grenades here.

WANT THE CHANCE TO WIN?
It’s simple to participate. All you have to do is answer the following question in this post’s comment section. The contest will end Thursday night, March 25th @ 11:59pm. I’ll enter everyone’s name who answered the question into a drawing and announce the winner on my blog Friday, March 26th. *Please note: While I would love to hear from everyone around the world in answering this question, I have to limit the winner to a person living in the United States.

QUESTION: What are your favorite sources for vegan (i.e., plant-based) protein (raw or not)?

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