Good Day!
I wanted to show you a few of my purchases from Paris…
A cookie press!
I’m sensing vegan ginger cookies on the horizon! ;)
I also got a print of the Eiffel tower.
Sad story: My sister bought my mom and I each a gorgeous oil painting in Paris and we forgot them on our tour bus and no one turned them in. :( Major doh.
I also got a couple small prints and postcards. I am going to put one on my Vision Board.
and COFFEE ONLY Paris mugs!!!
Whenever you see these Paris mugs on my blog, you will know I am drinking COFFEE!!! ;)
[P.S.- I’m working on the coffee thing. Our coffee maker intimidates me….]
I bought a lot of this…
I also bought gifts for family.
Home Is Where The Food Is:
When I return from a trip there are usually a handful of foods that I am dying to eat upon my return. I find for every trip, the list of foods I am craving differs depending on what I ate and also what I didn’t have access to while I was away.
So what was the first thing I ate when I got back from Paris?
Nope!
The Ultimate Oatmeal Raisin Walnut Cookie, of course. ;)
Sixty seconds after being home one of these was in my mouth.
I made Eric a batch before I left and he saved me one!
Ok, ok, he didn’t technically save me one; he didn’t know any were left and then I spotted it and nabbed it!
I leave no cookie undetected, my friends.
It was STILL moist and fresh after an entire week in Tupperware! It must be those walnuts adding a ton of moisture. This is my favourite cookie recipe yet.
After my cookie attack, I made Pumpkin Pie Vegan Overnight Oats with pure maple syrup! I was craving them all week.
Then I made a huge chickpea salad. Oh how I missed my little chickies.
Then I spent time with Sketchie! He was stuck to me like glue all night.
But that could have been because I was luring him with cat treats…I’ll just pretend he missed me…
After dinner, I headed to the grocery store to stock up on fruit!
Bananas, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, ginger, apples, etc.
When I get back from a trip, the first thing do is make sure that healthy foods are on hand. Luckily the fridge is overflowing with vegetables from our CSA so I didn’t have to buy many veggies.
I have also had plenty of these Pumpkin Pie Monsters.
Today, I spotted Gena’s Butternut Squash Smoothie that I am dying to try with my leftover 2 pounds of b’nut squash. I’ll have to try it this week!
And a square of this each night…I am trying to make it last, but it is hard.
My sis and I deemed this the best dark chocolate we have ever tasted. It is 85%, but I swear to you it tastes like 40-50%. Incroyable!
I’ve also been enjoying my Ezekiel toast with avocado, pepper, sea salt, and tomato paste.
And bananas and almond butter with cacao nibs:
Maple Butternut squash and apple casserole:
Strawberry & Glonola Spinach Salad:
And of course Tartes Aux Fraises!
Mmmmmmm!!!!
These tarts are a must make. If you leave them in the fridge overnight the tart shell gets all soft and moist from the strawberries and the strawberry flavours infuse the crust. A dream I tell you.
Chickpea Pizza…
1.5 cups chickpeas + 1/3 cup pizza sauce + parsley + Sea salt + Ground pepper = Amazing and quick addition to any lunch.
And over-baked buttery Glonola apples…
Awww, It’s good to be home. :)
After you return from a trip, what is the first thing you usually eat when you get home? What foods are you craving like mad?
After my Paris trip I was craving pumpkin, nut butter, VOO, Green Monsters, chickpeas, toast + avocado, and strawberry tarts.
And yes, mass quantities of chocolate. But that goes without saying…
See you tomorrow morning for a savoury tart recipe and the one thing I really struggled with since being back home. Hint: It wasn’t a loss of appetite! bahaha.
I am usually craving FRESH VEG because try as I might, I cannot get enough on vacation… ever!
That Michel Cluizel IS The Best… serious. I know. :D
I always crave greens! Big salads!! Also bananas and peanut butter and my weird protein pancake concoctions….stuff I never get on holiday….I basically crave healthy fresh whole foods…not alcohol, bread, and cheese which are my vacation staples haha…
k, i am going to say it: i’m not a cat person. at all. they kind of scare me.
that being said, i kind of want to steal sketchie and snuggle him :)
haha! I used to be scared of cats too before we got Sketchie. I was NOT a cat person. It’s funny how owning one can change all of that.
Sketchie will cuddle you for cat treats. ;)
Food is always what I most look forward to as well when getting home from a trip.
I think it depends on where I go for what I want right away. Usually whatever I couldn’t easily have when gone.
The first thing I reach for when I get home is usually a tall glass of ice cold water. I always find myself dehydrated. I’ve never seen a cookie press like that before, how does it work? I’m used to seeing the ones with a tube or barrel where you can fill cookie dough or other types of batters.
I’ve never heard of a cookie press before! What a cool gadget!
I really crave fresh veggie juices from my juicer when I’m away.
Looks like you’ve been eating like a queen since you got back!
How funny, we purchased the exact same print of the Eiffel Tower on our honeymoon 2 years ago! It’s a gorgeous print, enjoy it! Reading about your adventures makes me want to go back now!
first comment from a new reader! i love this post & seeing all of the first foods you made when back. i have to speak to your comment about wanting to drink coffee but being intimidated by the coffee machine: get a melitta filter coffee brewer (https://shop.melitta.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=64+008&Cat=) they cost about $3, make better coffee than most brewers, and are sooo not intimidating at all! you just set this filter on your coffee mug and pour the hot water right over the coffee sitting in the filter there. in the seattle coffee world its called the “pour-over” method, and i do it at home daily. highly recommended if you can pick up one of these melitta’s :)
All I want when I get home from a vacation is a huge green salad and fruit salad.
I think if I could make pumpkin pie overnight oats like you do I would be craving that too!
i always want smoothies! full of greens.
I always crave fresh foods like fruits and (some) veggies!
Vegan ginger cookies? Be still, my heart!
What beautiful pics of all your food. It just inspires me so much more to eat clean and healthy. I’m jealous of your Paris trip! And your tartes look INCREDIBLE!
So many good eats – I agree, that is the nice part of being home. I haven’t had any chickpeas in a while (very unusual for me) – now I think I want that chickpea pizza! yum!
Blimey girl, you have the best food EVER on your blog! I want every single thing :)
I always just crave fresh fruit and veg as soon as I get home from a trip – nothing beats it!!
Oh – and my gosh, I want your cat more than the food; he is STUNNING!
oh my – I LOVE all the things you purchased in France :)
Sketchie is so adorable!! And no worries… I entice my cat with treat too. Healthy ones, of course. ;)