01 October 2010

Lunch and Shopping!!!

My friend Jason and I have been trying to go to The Honey Tree for what seems like months, and we finally got there today (pretty good reviews via word of mouth and on Happy Cow). YUMMY! Worth the wait, but also beating ourselves up for not going sooner, LOL. We ran into a mutual friend there, Carmen, who didn't know we knew each other (Jason is her yoga teacher, I'm her produce dealer, small world), so we all had lunch together.
The Honey Tree is basically a health food/product store with fresh lunch being served in the back. Almost everything they had was Vegan, YAY! I tried a little bit of everything. The greens (4:00 on the plate) were one of my favorites, as was the slaw (9:00), and the vegan "meat" loaf (12:00, seitan based) was phenomenal (and I was a meatloaf hater back in my omnivore days).
Then, being, well, me, I had two desserts. (Stop laughing! I didn't plan it that way! Really!) First I had the guava and soy cheese pastelito (ahhh, I'd been missing my traditional Miami desserts since becoming vegan), but then they brought out this chocolate mousse pie, and I couldn't resist...I just couldn't, it was SOOOO good!!!
And then, we shopped! It was a little pricy, so I just looked for some obscure things that I haven't seen at my Whole Foods. First, I found this Aztec Secret Healing Clay which I'm masque'ing with right now (no photos, but believe me, I'm lookin' good, haha). Then, I found the Sea Tangle Kelp Noodles that I've been wanting to try since Gena blogged about them last week on Choosing Raw. I almost ordered them from the website, but I had to order by the case, and the shipping cost was really high. That's why I did a little dance of joy when I found them today. I bought three packages, but I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to try them because, ummm, I'm a little full right now.

Have a great weekend, bloggie friends!

xoxo,
LJ

7 comments:

  1. Good vegan lunch and good vegan shopping? What's better than that?! Have a great weekend!

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  2. Right, JL? The only thing that made it even better was that it was good vegan lunch and good vegan shopping w/ a good friend. :)

    xoxo,
    LJ

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  3. Gotta love combo vegan shopping/eating trips. :) I recently tried kelp noodles, too, and really liked them. I hope you enjoy them, too! I actually have a bag of noodles identical to the one in your photo, just sitting in my fridge, because I sort of forgot about it...thanks for the reminder LOL.

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  4. LOL, my pleasure, Tiffany. VERY excited to try them, probably tomorrow. Thinking about sauces right now. :)

    xoxo,
    LJ

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  5. Ooh, let us know how the kelp noodles work out!

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  6. I am curious to hear what you think of the kelp noodles. I tried a different brand and wasn't thrilled with them. I hope the brand makes a difference and you like yours.

    Sounds like a great day. Our local health food store has a prepared foods area too, that is Dan's favorite part of going with me.

    Enjoy your weekend, hugs,
    Ali

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  7. Vegga and Ali--I made the kelp noodles last night w/ Averie's peanut sauce...I'll blog about them when I get home from yoga, but here's a preview...I LOVED THEM!!!!!!

    xoxo,
    LJ

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