Luscious Fibers, Food and Life

back at the grit!

We're back at the Grit having brunch. Its a veggie restaurnat in Athens and its got some fabulous grub. I ordered biscuits and gravy, grits (of course) and vegan sausage. It's all very tasty!

country night

We're in Athens at the Melting Point enjoying a drink and listening to country night.

saturday breakfast and a fun evening

I'm *in love* with Isa's new book Vegan Brunch. I've enjoyed reading it, cover to cover and I've sticky noted many recipes I want to try.  This morning I made the frittata. I'm a huge fan of tofu scramble so I figured I'd love this dish as well and I was right! I used Isa's recipe as guide and threw in veggies and herbs I had on hand. There was a noticeable difference between this dish and tofu scramble and I like that you've got that extra 20 minutes (while it bakes) to make coffee, toast, clean up, do dishes, go back to bed...endless possibilities. Check out the final product...

Switching gears, on Thursday night I planned secret date night (Grant and I take turns planning some time together and we keep the details a secret from the other) and it was a fun time. I made a picnic dinner (details to follow) and we headed to Wolftrap to see The Rat Pack is Back. Grant loves Frank Sinatra so I thought he might enjoy this show.  Wolftrap is great because you can bring in food and wine and enjoy a nice evening while being entertained.  I was a little (ok a lot) worried because it had been raining and the forecast showed more rain likely. That's not good when your picnicking and watching a show on uncovered lawn seats. Happily the rain stayed clear of us and we enjoyed great food and a fun show. It was uncanny how much the performers sounded and acted like the originals.

I've posted some pictures below but I also wanted to share our picnic menu. I made dishes that would complement each other and mix nicely. It was a tasty summer meal and I'll definitely make this menu again.  The menu included...

white wine
olive mix
strawberries with balsamic vinegar (from the vegan table)
spinach salad with green apple, avocado and vinaigrette
chesapeake tempeh cakes (from vegan brunch)
chocolate chip cookies

a nice weekend away

Grant and I went away to our friend's cabin on the eastern shore for Memorial Day weekend. We always have a wonderful time when we go there and this weekend was no exception. We spent the time away relaxing, talking, grilling out, bird and animal watching, reading and a little bike riding (well a lot for Grant who went on a 52 mile ride on Sunday!) As I mentioned in my previous post we went to Delaware to see the Red Knots (thank you for correcting me Emily) but we mostly saw Ruddy Turnstones (in breeding plumage), and sanderlings. However, upon closer inspection of one of my photos, I do see the couple red knots in there!  Oh and we also saw Great Crested Flycatcher at the cabin which was a special treat.  You can check out weekend slide show here and I've posted a few favorites below.

Horseshoe crabs all around

Grant and I got up early to go to the Deleware shore hoping to see the migrating Red Nut Red Knot who stops in to feast on the horseshoe crab eggs. We had no idea that we would see thousands of horseshoe crabs inthe process of laying eggs. It was pretty incredible. We of course went on a crusade to flip all the up turned crabs. We flipped many but there many more left either get picked up by the tide or become bird dinner. We think we saw the red nut, but can't confirm until we get home. We are headed back to the cabin (a tech free zone) and i'll post pics when we return to DC.