Last night’s Birthday bash was a good time! I was a bit slow moving when I got up this morning, but it was nothing a little juice, water, hot yoga, and Union Square Café Bar Nuts couldn’t fix…
Eric asked me to make the famous Union Square Café Bar Nuts -a double batch! Everyone always raves about them and they make the house smell intoxicating…a great appetizer. I followed the recipe to a tee, except substituting the butter for Earth Balance.
Karly, Dan, Jesse, Zac, Jaime, Henrick, Steve, Ange, Nienke, Preena, Morgan, Sarah, Adam, Lisa, Nicole, Blake, Stephanie, Ricki, Cameron, Nancy, Jen, Eric and I made up the group. It was a full house!
We had a few organic red and white wines, Corona, Organic Mill Street, Sangria, and some hard liquors for the alcoholic bevs.
And some Kombucha, pop, and juice for those not drinking.
The potluck was a success…so much good food! Lots of vegan and gluten-free options as well.
On the menu:
- Mediterranean Salad
- Kale salad
- Scalloped Potatoes
- Chickpea sunflower burgers
- Edamame Caviar
- Lentil Stew
- Fresh-inspired layered spinach salad
- Red hot chips & salsa
- Homemade Edamame hummus and veggies (I used my fav hummus recipe and added 1 cup cooked edamame)
- Samosas
Ange’s Whole Foods Re-Creation, Edamame Caviar:
Check out the sweets! Everything was vegan and a lot of it was also gluten-free.
The desserts:
- vegan chocolate cake
- raw cookies
- Raw crepes with berries & cream
- Happy Hemp Two-Bite Brownies
- Lemon poppy seed Bundt cake
- Raw triple berry fruit crisp
Also, check out the vegan chocolate cake from Whole Foods that Karly brought. It was absolutely delicious. Moist and super chocolaty. :) I had no idea that Whole Foods made vegan cakes!
I was birthday song serenaded. :)
Raw crepes from Lisa:
I will be hounding her for the recipes and making these crepes stat!
I also got spoiled with thoughtful cards and gifts. :)
After beer, wine, and Sangria last night, I was not feeling so hot when I woke up this morning!
I made myself a big juice to start the day off right…
About half hour later my headache was gone. It’s a miracle. Then I had a breakfast of leftover raw crepes with fruit crisp, water, and finally, hot yoga late morning. I almost bailed on yoga, but I was glad I went because I felt human afterwards.
Today, was more prep & cleaning and then potluck #2 with family. We were celebrating Mother’s Day, my FIL’s birthday, and my birthday. May is a busy month!
We kept it simple with salads, a BBQ, and a few leftovers from last night.
Shout out to my BIL, Dave! (He reads my blog every day) :)
I had 3 more glasses of wine tonight…hopefully I won’t regret this tomorrow. ;)
I had a veggie burger, Ezekiel bun, ketchup, BBQ sauce, and a few salads all mixed together.
[Do you notice that these photos are a bit fuzzy? I wasn’t using my tripod…it makes a big difference.]
I had some leftover vegan chocolate cake & a brownie bite for dessert. :) There is one slice left and I’m hoping Eric doesn’t bring it to work tomorrow…
Well, after a fun weekend, I need to rest up for my Birthday tomorrow.
Hmm, it looks like someone has already beat me to it…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANGELA! :)
a birthday weekend of celebrations is the way to go – so glad you’ve had fun with friends and family the past few days.
i love the idea of a potluck with friends to celebrate – think i will borrow that party idea for my next bday!
have a wonderful day. wishing you the very best, always.
Happy birthday Angela!
For some reason i had you pegged as older… but you’re only a young’un still…haha
Here’s hoping you’ll have a fab birthday!
Do let that husband of yours spoil you!
Hugs.
Marit
Happy birthday Ange! Your party looks like a smashing success. :)
Happy birthday!!! Sounds like a wonderful weekend of celebrating!
I’m so sad I couldn’t make it Ange, looks like such a fun delicious party!! Happy birthday- you are radiant as ever!! xoxo
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to make it! Wishing you a very happy 28th year!
Happy Birthday Angela! I hope you have a wonderful day!!
Happy Birthday to you Angela!!! You like beautiful as always :) Looks like a great party and celebration!! And yes those raw crepes look heavenly I would have loved to have some of those! Hope you were able to get some rest!
Happy birthday Angela!
what a perfect way to end your 27th year! My 28th is next month too. Relish in it! We get wiser with age, right?
:)
HAPPY Birthday, girly!!
Thanks for having us over – it was a blast :) I hope today is a ton of fun too!
Happy birthday! I’m glad to hear you’re extending your party to two days- the older you get, the longer your birthday celebrations should be!
happy birthday beautiful girl :) what a way to send off your 27th in style!
Happy Birthday! You look gorgeous and so happy in your pictures.
The food looks delicious and the group looks like they are all very happy!
of all the content to comment on from this post…I’m choosing your CAT. And I’m not even a cat person…but I’d consider it if I could have a cat that looks like yours. Wow, beautiful, tiger and cheetah. So cool.
Happy birthday…BTW, I don’t where it is now but you had a post about yoga in a studio…it makes me what to try. I don’t know if I could keep my mouth shut for an entire class though. I’m a talker, especially when I’m faced with something that I’m not familiar with.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Sounds like you had an absolute blast this weekend and hope today treats you even better!
Happy Birthday Angela! Looks like you had a lot of fun. May your 28th year be even better then your 27th!! :)
Aww kitty and hubby are super cuteness :-) Happy Birthday!!
Always love your posts, but it’s great to get such a fun glimpse of your life and see so many beautiful pics of you…happy birthday!
Angela, you look beautiful in all of these photos! It looks like you had a fabulous birthday celebration with lots of good (and healthy!) food and good company. Happy birthday! :)