Oh, romaine, one of my favourite veggies. So versatile. The little black dress of vegetables, no doubt.
Was it ever beautiful outside today. I only wished I could have gone outside to enjoy it. I did make lots of progress with my orders today so I am feeling happy about that. I hope to be caught up by the weekend with a couple hours to spare for desk work. I need to get working on the Farmer’s Market stuff too! Time is flying this Spring.
I find the warmer weather makes me crave salads in a crazy way. Big salads.
Crazy, not-sure-I-can-fit-this-in-my-stomach-but-who-cares big salads.
My newest thing is crushing some Mary’s Crackers over my salads. The crackers absorb a tiny bit of the salad dressing, soften up, and taste quite lovely in the mix!
My 3 Minute Vegan Parmesan Cheese (this lasts forever!):
Deliriously Crazy.
Spring Has Sprung Salad
Ingredients:
- 2 small hearts of romaine
- 1/2 Yellow bell pepper
- 1 tomato
- 2 T salsa
- handful Mary’s Crackers
- 1/2 cup Leftover Coconut Curry Sauce + cooked amaranth seeds (shown in the middle of bowl & adapted from here)
- 1 tbsp 3 Minute Vegan Parmesan Cheese
- 2 tbsp Better Than Bottled Balsamic Vinaigrette
I will eat my big salads in nothing but a HUGE bowl. :mrgreen:
To keep the light and refreshing theme going, a juicy grapefruit to finish off:
Tonight’s question: Does your diet change at all when the temperature rises? What foods do you eat most of and does the heat affect your hunger levels?
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Updates:
- I’m glad you are enjoying the new 1,000 Words series. I like to think of it as a mid-day mental vacation. :) Hopefully you will enjoy the photography and the posts will soothe your senses during those hectic days.
- Regarding the site being slow as molasses: Eric and I are planning a huge blog host move this weekend. OSG has outgrown my current host and the site has been painfully slow as you have probably noticed. I hope you will understand if there are a few hiccups in the process! ;) I’m hoping for a smooth transition this weekend, although Eric is doubtful, lol.
Eric and I are going to grab a quick bite to eat for dinner and get out on our bikes while the sun is still up. I’m not feeling highly motivated to bike tonight after baking all day, but I know once I get out there my mood will perk right up. Plus, I get to test out my new helmet (which fits like a GLOVE by the way!). Yay for helmet fittings. :)
Have a great evening!
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. ~John Lubbock
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What a yummy looking salad! Is Romaine the same as cos lettuce?
ALL i’ve wanted lately are salads! I can definetly sense a change because of the summer weather:)
My appetite definitely changes! I crave fruits and salads. :) And I tend to eat a bit less during the summer, mostly because it’s so hot I don’t even wanna think about food :p
I actually came to comment on your Greece post – but this just came up first. My brother =volunteered in Athens for 3 months a couple of years ago. He’s taking his girlfriend there next month to celebrate her graduation. He loved it! Taking a catamaran around the Greek Islands is on my travel ‘to do’ list.
Elaine from Seinfeld would love that ‘big salad’. I definitely crave more fruit and salads in the summer than other times of the year. There’s a great farmers market in our neighborhood twice a week and our weeknight dinner is usually this yummy raw corn salad and fresh spring rolls with ingredients from there. Of course the warm weather only sweetens the deal for me :)
Hope you’re bike ride was fun!
I crave salad and watermelon all summer long. Lots of fruit and fresh veggies. yumm!
Love your salad!! This vegan cheese sprinkle looks fab! I can’t wait to try it :)
I crave A LOT more fresh fruit and produce when the weather is warmer. Winter has me singing the carb blues…..
I hope you are well doll! I must catch up on the OSG world ;)
XXOO
I crave fruit, salads, and smoothies in the summer. Although my roommates keep the thermostat at 50 degrees (!!!!!!) so I am wrapped up in a blanket and sipping hot tea despite the warm temps gahhh.
May I ask where you purchased your glass tea infuser featured in the past? My bf’s christmas present this last yr was a Bodum brand (from Target) glass tea press with a plastic filter/strainer which holds the tea and it leaks around the center filter like a sieve…I need to replace asap!
I love salads in the summer along with wraps, pasta salad, and lots of fresh fruits and veggies.
I love that quote. I’m glad you’re enjoying your training. I’m having a lot more fun getting outside to train then I was a couple of months ago (when the windchill was -25). I am very thankful for spring’s arrival in Toronto!
My cravings absolutely change as the weather changes. I too crave huge salads, more fruit and grilled veggie’s, fruit & pasta salad’s… when the weather warms up. The warmer it is, the more I crave lighter foods. Who wants a stew on a warm summer night ?! ;P
This pasta salad is a great one… (if I do say so myself hehe)
http://whatscookinwithmary.blogspot.com/2010/04/roasted-green-bean-and-tomato-salad.html
OR this one ;D
http://whatscookinwithmary.blogspot.com/2010/04/orzo-salad-with-artichokes-sun-dried.html
Hope you enjoy your bike ride! I’m contemplating taking a walk… which prob means I should just do it !
-M
oh yay! i just featured those Mary’s crackers on my post of fav gluten-free crackers! so good!<3
definitely less cooked in the summer.. and when it gets hotter out the last thing i want to do is make soup. i still dont mind baking tho.. or oven fries..always love those no matter the temp. i cut down a lot more of hot spices/ creamed dressings.
hmm i think weather does affect my food actually- interesting question.. made me think :) XO
I also love salads as the temp rises and I was reading in the Whole Foods magazine, delicious living, that we should try to eat with the seasons. Not just seasonally produce-wise but also temperature. warmth and wetness for the winter months and in the spring/summer more dry methods (grilling/roasting) and raw.
GIRL yo salad is lookin GOOD!! i havent ever had marys gone crackers! can you believe it?! so sad! i need to try!
One word for that salad: Yum!
In the summertime I crave salads and fresh fruit. I love when the summer months arrive and I can get my fix of strawberries, wild blackberries, and raspberries!
We just tend to eat a lot more fruits in the summer. I’m in Minnesota so the abundance of fresh fruit in the summer is fantastic compared to the winter. I LOVE the farmers market and it just reminds me of spring! Ours doesn’t open until June though, 1 more months! Ah!
The salad looks great, I eat a lot of salads though mine are usually quite a lot more boring.
I have noticed that when summer rolls around I CRAVE fresh fruits and veggies, especially from the farmers markets!!!
LOVE that quote!!!
My appetite definitely changes! I crave fresh fruits and veggies and cold cereal and smoothies in the summer.
I crave jumbo salads year-round, but my summer salads generally taste better since they have such fresh veggies.
This is my first time commenting here. Yesterday was my birthday and I asked for a blender. Today I had my first green monster and it was sooo good!
In the summer, I crave juicy fruit! Especially watermelon!!
when its warmer out i don’t feel like eating hot foods or heavy foods. so this summer I am excited to eat a High Raw diet, because its like and cool and will be a great boost of energy for all the summer activites we have planned
all of which will be shared on my blog
Yeah, I go for cold food in the summer. But, we also like to grill al fresco by our pool a lot, such as fresh seafood and veggies.
Summertime is definitely the time for salads. That salad looks like shear perfection!
I definitely love BIG bowls of salad and fruit when it’s hot out. Oh, and ice cream of course.
I love big salads! I eat them almost everyday! :-) I roasted some chickpeas this week till they were nice and crispy and they are a great at to a salad for crunch!
I definitely crave more fresh produce and less heavy/starchy stuff in the summer. And then at the end of the summer, I get super excited for fall…which means pumpkin and apple everything! My favorites. :)
New host! Good to hear :)
Summer brings smoothie cravings, esp. green monsters! Also, raspberries and strawberries. Oh, and corn on the cob!
my food cravings definitely vary based on the weather…especially breakfast! in the fall and winter all i want is hot oats and eggs and pancakes (not all together :)) but in the spring and summer i just want smoothies and yogurt!
your pictures are especially nice lately ;)
Good luck on the host move… web stuff can be so stressful sometimes!!
I find that in the fall, I automatically switch over to more “hearty,” cooked foods, and in the spring, I start to crave fresh fruit and veggies. That lettuce looks so yummy!! One of my favourite things to do with lettuce is use it as a sort of taco shell and add the fillings from the tostada recipe in Matt Amsden’s book, RAWvolution (cashew “cheese,” salsa and walnut “ground beef”). It’s so fresh and — in the words of some carnivores I know — “everything feels alive in my mouth!” The water content is super satisfying! My mouth is watering as I type this.
I CRAVE big huge salads in the summer too!!! Nothing is more satisfying! And I love using Crack Crackers as croutons! :) Best yet! ;)
The warmer weather definitely gets me craving big salads, melons, anything from the grill, and SMOOTHIES! I made a strawberry banana smoothie this morning that was AMAZING! :)
I definitely eat a lot more raw foods in the summer– lots of salads and fresh fruit! Yum!
Those are the best kinds of salads! Love how colorful yours is :)
summer = salt.
I have been on a HUGE sodium kick since the temps have gone up!
Katherine
I had a de-constructed salad for lunch today- warmer weather definitely has be craving fresher, raw food!
Also, I’ve permanently switched from hot oats to overnight oats for my breakfasts!
The quote in the end of the post is what I wrote for my grad (high school) write up! I love that quote!