lately # 1

Lately # 1, Some things I have been eating and loving! a little bit of life and a little bit of a garden update!

(the food mentioned in these "lately" or "what I ate" posts are not actual recipes, they are things that I have been eating and enjoying that I wanted to share with you all! you can certainly make them too but just keep in mind when I eat on day to day basis these are not exact measurements so use your best judgement!) 😉

I also created a separate "What I Ate" board on Pinterest if you want to save any of these as long images! 😉

if you want to see FULL recipes for any of them please let me know and I will make it happen, I have SO many things I want to share and there is only SO much time in a day so this will allow me to share MORE with you all!

I wanted to start a new "lately" series! I'm not sure how often it will be but I wanted to show you things that I have been eating + enjoying that I don't list as a FULL recipe post as well as little pieces of life and things that I'm loving at the moment like exercise or beauty or house things, inspiration, our garden and anything else that falls under the category of Food- Life- and Inspiration! 😉

I hope you enjoy them! 😉 let me know if you do!

QUESTION: do you prefer the more "pretty" pictures for these posts or do you prefer the more casual phone pictures??? I have both kinds in this post but I would love to know which you prefer for these "What I Ate" posts?!?!?! 😉

it's Healthy and I've been eating this a lot this summer! SRSLY the creamy avocado and the sweet strawberries and just amazing!

I make a bed of spring mix lettuce and top it with sliced strawberries, avocado, cucumber, celery (chopped tiny) a sprinkle of sesame seeds and a squeeze of lemon over the top! (sesame seeds add a lot of extra vitamins)

(if that's not enough dressing for you another go-to of mine is equal parts maple syrup and spicy dijon mustard with a pinch of pepper mixed up, Nick likes this ...but I usually keep it simple) 😉

H E A L T H Y Corn Tomato Mushroom Avocado Salad!

I'm lovingggg this lately! it's just a bed of spring mix lettuce topped with:

- corn

- mushrooms

- fresh cherry tomatoes from our garden!

- avocado

it's super light and refreshing, once you adjust your taste buds to enjoy simple food you will be amazed and how delicious and EASY food can be! but of course you could mix up the dressing listed for the salad above this! 😉

antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, vitamin packed wrap!

I stuffed a Food For Life brand brown rice wrap with fresh fruits: cucumber, tomato and avocado with a tiny squeeze of lemon and a tiny pinch of pepper and cumin!

Healthy + Filling!

TIP: that brand of wraps is BEST when kept in the freezer and not the fridge which is where it is at Whole Foods when you buy them... when you take them from the freezer and microwave them for about 30 seconds they don't break and crack as much as when they are from the fridge!

O B S E S S I O N! 😉

B A N A N A SPLIT nice cream bowl!

simply blend up 3-4 frozen bananas and top with my chocolate date sauce, fresh strawberries and carob chips!

ALSO check out my Blueberry Nice Cream with Chocolate Date Sauce! 😉

I have been loving grapes as a snack lately, sometimes I freeze them or add them to smoothies and they are so sweet its like candy!

same goes for strawberries and blueberries pictured below, I have really been enjoying just bowls of plain fruit in the afternoon lately, sweet and refreshing and gives me a lot of energy! try it out I think you will be surprised at how much energy you get, but make sure you eat enough otherwise you will be hungry again in 30 minutes! 😉

Black Cherry Tomatoes! this is the first year we are trying these, they are kind of late bloomers! this is the first batch that were ready to be picked off the tree and it's already August! the others ones we have been picking for about a month... but they are totally worth the wait, they are sweet and juicy!

Indigo Rose Tomatoes!

Cherry Tomatoes!

MY BABIES!!! Kooper above and Kushie below!!! they are my joy, they always try to "help" me take pictures by sitting right on top any props or boards 😉 to some that might be annoying but I love it! I love giving them attention! 😉

below is a picture of us tryingggg to get a family pic! 😉 for some reason I always think the "out takes" are the most precious memories... the candid shots... you know what I mean? and we sure get a lot of "candid" shots with these two lil crazy monkey's! 😉