So! We had another great day planned out for us, starting with a picnic at Greenlake, 100% provided by Hannah, so kudos for that ;)
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| Greek salad and homemade raspberry soda |
I love how she put these together in mason jars, it seems a lot more handy than using some other tacky looking school lunch equipment, another plus! So on the left you can see the Greek salad (one of my favorite word combinations ever), which was layer upon layer of fresh lettuce, feta crumbles, kalamata olives, red peppers, big juicy tomatoes and a vinaigrette dressing, WOW! Put together and eaten right out of the jar this was a definite refreshing change of pace to have some food that I felt good about eating, for health and for flavor. Greek olives are one of my favorite things ever so it made this salad a must. The dressing on everything gave everything a nice tang :)
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| Homemade soda |
To wash down the delicious salad, Hannah concocted a homemade raspberry soda made of Torani brand syrup and soda water. Before she even told me what was in it I could tell that this lovely summer beverage had a slight taste of Italian soda to it, and I was right! I'm telling you, if you have a bunch of Torani flavors at home, go experiment. It will prove worth while to have a nice refreshing (homemade!) drink like this on a hot day.
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| Homemade pita with hummus |
Included in this picnic was pita bread, which Hannah had baked fresh the night before, and some very nice hummus to go with it. This was surely some of the best pita bread I've ever had. It seems like when you buy it at the store sometimes it can be tough or dry, which wasn't the case here! Hannah's pita had a nice fluffy texture, and you could definitely tell that it was nice and moist still. Awesome side :)
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| Our new friend |
Having a picnic can sometimes attract uninvited guests, but luckily they were friendly about it! Being in the park there were a few squirrels circling our setup, so we couldn't help but to give them a few nibbles, and one went as far as to take a chunk out of Hannah's hand! We even got to see an epic fight between crows and squirrels over our bread. Obviously it was more than just me enjoying Hannah's pita bread. Once more thank you very much for putting together this picnic for us Hannah :)
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| Tofu veggie stir fry |
We hadn't sat down for a movie night in a while, so we decided to have a dinner and a movie night at my house that night! I had found a nice recipe that included a stir fry of veggies and tofu all slathered in a nice peanut sauce (strangely enough I found the recipe on eatingwell.com). So after circling Greenlake twice for about a 90 minute walk, we went over to the PCC in Greenlake to pick up some fresh ingredients for this thing. We drove it back to my house and got going on it. Cut up some fresh scallions, minced garlic and ginger, crushed up the extra firm tofu and we were in good shape. Put most of it in the frying pan for a while, added spinach and mushrooms until everything was looking nice and cooked.
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| Awesome peanut sauce |
This was no doubt some of the best peanut sauce we have ever had. It had organic peanut butter, rice vinegar, soy sauce, a little water, and literally CHUNKS of garlic and ginger! We wanted to be able to put our own amount of sauce on it so we heated up the sauce separately as opposed to with everything else as the recipe says.
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| Honest tea is delish |
We love tea, even iced tea, and what would go better with this asian dish than some nice iced teas like mango acai white tea and Moroccan mint green tea? Nothing, that's what.
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| Everything in full circle |
We couldn't even see the true glory of this dish until we put it all together :) We put the actual stir fry with sauce on top of a bed of brown rice and than lined the bowl with some romaine lettuce (Hannah's idea, gotta love her). All together this was one of the best things we've made together. The peanut sauce was a huge hit, it was very different to taste a peanut sauce with such strong notes of ginger and garlic, but it was outstanding. I actually put some in a little cup and drank it straight up it was so good!
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| Leftovers! |
For the bit of leftovers we had, I washed out one of Hannah's mason jars and layered the parts up! I was thinking this was a nice way to have lunch at work the next day or something :) Just turn it upside down to let that peanutty goodness drip through everything. Mmmmm
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