Good evening!
Steve’s birthday celebration was a great one today.
My father-in-law Ken, Steve, and fiancée Joanne. :)
Eric and Margaret.
Kids + doggie view ;)
Dinner was delicious! Dave and Ewa made us an amazing BBQ feast complete with all the healthy fixins’ in a buffet style spread.
I had a veggie burger with tomato, mushrooms, onion, ketchup, and mustard. Along with sweet potato fries, black bean salad, and a salad with mushrooms, blackberries, banana, red pepper, green onion, cucumber, tomato, etc. I just loaded it all on and it tasted great.
I threw together this black bean salad before I came. I always try to bring a vegan dish when I go out to eat somewhere. I really didn’t need it though because they had a huge spread.
The black bean salad contained 3 cups black beans, 1/2 tsp dried parsley, 1/4-1/2 tsp cumin, 1/4-1/2 tsp sea salt, black pepper, 1 tbsp olive oil, and chopped onion. It was simple but tasty!
This was the first time I had banana on a salad before….I was feeling downright crazy.
Veggie burger side view.
Bird’s eye view.
I ate everything on my plate and still had room for dessert!
And brewski…
I was in my happy place. ;)
[Gotta love when the husband takes pictures of me stuffing my face!]
Happy Birthday to you…
Birthday cupcakes were enjoyed by ALL…if you know what I mean ;)
I love that children don’t have negative stereotypes about vegan food and they honestly don’t care. They just know what tastes ‘yummy’!
Steve turned into a 6 year old when he discovered that he got the Kinect gaming system.
You can probably tell by my face that I had no idea what the heck it was. I am not up to date on gaming consoles these days…
Beer was greatly enjoyed after 2 weeks of video madness! Actually, Eric and I celebrated with a drink on Friday when we uploaded the final video, only to find out on Saturday that there was a major issue with the volume. We re-uploaded it today so another drink was enjoyed!
After dinner it was time to play!
We all loved the Kinect system and we laughed non-stop for a couple hours.
I leaned over to Eric and I said, “Do you ever feel like we are ‘in the future’?”
He agreed. :)
Unfortunately no one wanted to race me in the sprinting challenge!
My family and I got on the topic of the Project Food Blog video and how the deadline was extended a week. I told them that I was going to post my video tomorrow as planned since my video is already uploaded (but I haven’t made it ‘public’ yet) and everyone thought it was a bad idea to post it a week early. Now I am not sure what to do! While I am very excited and eager to show you the video that has been 2 weeks in the making, I do also see reasons why I should maybe wait. I also spoke with other contestants who are also finished their videos, but have decided to wait to submit the post until the deadline on the 14th just to be on the safe side. Decisions, decisions.
At any rate, I guess I can now use this extra week ‘off’ and have some free time back in my life. :)
Have a great night!
I’ve never heard about that game either. I thought Kinex was the old toys that you connect together to make crazy contraptions. LOL
And I love how kids eat too. It’s so amazing to see. They enjoy food and truly eat intuitively.
Hey Angela! I’m so glad you had an amazing day with your family :) And delicious food!
And I have a present for you! Have a look :) http://chefkatelyn.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/im-sooocaught-up/
thank you!
I have no clue what that game is either.
I still can’t get of the project food blog stuff! I think it would be best to wait though. Your biggest fans (us!) know you’ve been working your butt off, we know you didn’t wait to do it. Or maybe you could post tomorrow and always repost next weekend?!
Wow. My fiance is all about games, but I haven’t heard of this one. Looks like fun though!
As much as I want to see your video, I suggest waiting too. You don’t want it to get left behind because you posted it early. And I want you to win – so anything to help that!
just wanted to say that i will be voting for you no matter when you post the video . . . you’re the best!
Have a good night also. Looks like a great evening. I would wait to post so it’s closer to the voting time.
I think it is best to wait to post. You never know who will be looking and possibly stealing ideas etc. Perhaps not in a deliberate or vindictive way but your video could inspire others… You have worked so hard on this contest. Please give your self every possible advantage and possibility to advance to the next round and win. Good luck girlie!
P.S. You look sooooooooo happy!
I was really looking forward to your video tomorrow but I guess I will just have to wait. However, good things are worth waiting for so at least I will have something to look forward to all week now :). I know it is going to be amazing! I hope that this “free time” will give your some time to relax and enjoy the lovely fall. (Although I should mention that I also secretly hope it means you will be posting more, too hehe :D. I miss seeing your breakfast/lunch/dinner posts and all the yummyness you eat. You are an inspiration, my dear!) Happy birthday to Steve!
Have a lovely day!
xox
I have never heard of that game either.
I would wait and post.
When I cook something that is vegetarian or vegan, I never tell people that is what they are eating, I wait until they have tried it and then I tell them, because some people have negative views when it comes to food, so sometimes I think its best not to tell. :-)
I love banana on a salad! Try it with a balsamic, dijon, maple, and cinnamon dressing, with some pecans or walnuts, possibly some goat cheese. Yum!
I’m with Tina on the K’nex! That’s all I could think of until I saw the photos.
Life really does feel super futuristic sometimes… I’m grateful for all the positive strides I’ve gotten to see during my time, though!
I’m not sure why the video deadline was pushed back, but if I were in your position, I would probably wait to post. I would be excited to get it over with, but I think for the sake of YOUR video, you should wait. You wouldn’t want anyone to be inspired from your ideas (although I’m sure no one would do this!)
Hmmm. I’d wait until the deadline to post yours — either way I’m sure it is fabulous, but this way you have a bit of time to relax with it and make sure it is spectacular :)
Enjoy your week “off” of Foodbuzz stuff!
You really HAVE been really busy! I have a feeling that the video is going to be really, really epic, if you’ve put that much work into it. I do think that you should wait a while before posting, though; don’t wait too long otherwise you might run into issues again! Make it public maybe about a day early before the deadline.
Glad you had so much fun… and your BIL looks so much more grown up without the CAP!
Kinnect is a gas!
I’ve never heard of that gaming system but it looks fun. I love the picture took of you in “your happy place.” Too funny :)
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun! That’s probably a good idea to wait so then when it comes voting time, you want to be fresh in people’s minds:)
That sounds like such a wonderful day spent with family. :)
I know nothing about gaming systems either.
As far as the video, I will vote for you regardless, but I think you should wait a week. I wouldn’t want you to get behind in the voting.
Love the photo of the chocolate-covered hand!
I would wait to post, though I am excited to see what you did.