Maui-ed 13 + 14

Last I left off I was up earlaaaay with the pequeña niña, so obviously the kiddos ate breakfast before the sun was even up.

I went to the gym (small but it had a bike with bravo so naturally I was down) after feeding them and then decided it was treat time for moi! Thanks to the encouragement excessive force of my husband, I left the beach house to go and get myself a smoothie bowl from Choice Health Bar, a vegan place I’d found in my foodie vacation research.

They have acai bowls, raw items galore, and everything you could dream about juicing…and I couldn’t contain my excitement.

I ordered the macawow as a bowl (which means they amp up the smoothie quantity and add fruit and granola on top).  I got the paleo-nola (grain free and raw) and strawberries and bananas on top.

Oh my word.

There’s some kind of magic that happens when bananas and dates and nut milks merge in an icy frosty way.  It was the best thing I had all vacay long.

I saved some of the granola for my yogurt the next day.

And because I brought it home before digging in, this love fest was my view while eating.  All the heart emojis couldn’t touch what I feel for these two.  And boy are they smitten with each other.

We passed the morning hours going back and forth between the pool and the beach.  Status quo for the week.

We also ran to Safeway because we ran out of chocolate.  And so we replenished our stash as well as extras to bring home (some presents for others, some presents for us)…macadamias in all the flavors.  Sadly the pineapple had to stay (we ate SO MUCH while there and still had two leftover).  Along with 598730459687 beers (all from the wedding week activities earlier).

Leftover kalua pork and a Caesar salad for lunch.  V took the macaroni salad to the face but I got the rest.

For dinner we went back to the fish market so Kyle could get fish and chips.  Of course as soon as I saw his meal I had food envy and announced that I’d be getting those for lunch the following day.

For my own dinner I hit up Choice Health Bar for the second time that day to get the plate of the day.  It was a kale salad and when I asked if it was big they assured me it was entree sized but then I saw it and knew it wouldn’t be enough at all.  So while we were at the fish market to get Kyle’s meal I grabbed a crab cake and seaweed salad for myself.

Go big or go home.  Yay!

The salad was pretty random but worked.  Raw food is hit and miss to me (with not much of an in between), but this defied those rules and was just okay.  I have nothing bad to say about it, other than the seemingly incoherent focus of the dish, but it wasn’t bad at all.  From what I could tell, the kale was massaged in a nut/nooch based dressing.  The rest of the toppings included, but were not limited to, tamari mushrooms, bell peppers, carrots, broccoli, red onions, zucchini and who knows what else.  It was good enough to satisfy my kale cravings so mission accomplished, I suppose.

The crab cake was pretty giant so I definitely had enough food.  Still ate my weight in chocolate that night though. 🙂

The next day was our last, but we didn’t really do anything differently.

Still the same beach and pool relaxation thing.  Why fight what’s working?

Beach babies.

After the pool/beach thing, the kids napped and we read.  Kyle went snorkeling and then grabbed us lunch on his way back from dropping off the rental gear.

Oh and I popped some bubbles.  It’s almost as if we were the ones honeymooning.  V a c a t i o n   m o d e ….

As planned I got the fish and chips that Kyle ordered the night before.  They were as amazing as they look.  The freshest flakiest fish and the most beautifully crispy breading.  Man, was that a great dish.  I definitely finished off every last bite.

Kyle got the fish tacos (also from the fish market).  That place gets four thumbs up from us!

Our afternoon stroll up north lead us to the Westin’s pirate ship and play ground, which the kids obviously couldn’t pass without collecting $100.  So we played in the shade and let them burn off some steam.

We didn’t get far after that…Kyle got take out from Duke’s but I kept it local and ordered the Island Cobb from the poolside bar at the Westin.  This dish holds a special place in my heart because the last time we were in Maui we stayed at the Westin and I got this salad almost every single day for lunch (along with a side of fries).  The papaya dressing is unique and who doesn’t love bacon, avo and goat feta??

The second I saw it I was flooded with memories of that amazing vacation.  I never blogged about being preggo with V until I was a few weeks from my due date, but it was the day after we returned home from that Hawaii trip that I discovered that my little Valley-girl was growing in me. It definitely made sense of the lethargy and french fry cravings…anyway…back to this trip.

Kyle ordered the seafood risotto and then we walked back to our rental condo with our take out eats and put the kids down to enjoy one last meal together in paradise.

The next day we had to be up super early so we set our alarm, but then V made a mockery of our situation and woke us up hours before that.  Figures.  Either way we were the first ones at the airport – including any employees – and by the time we boarded the kids had eaten about a day’s worth of food.  Good thing I packed every single item left in our fridge!!

What a trip 🙂