the veggie grill

Catching up on last weekend

After a week of saving money on home-cooked meals a la plan, I opted to splurge for the weekend.  Lazy me.    I was working though, so it was my treat.  I snacked on chex and chocolate crunchfuls.  The crunchfuls are made with pea protein.  I got them in a sample pack a long time ago.  I reviewed the plain ones here.  The chocolate ones are better but still have a definite pea flavor going on.  I could get used to it (and didn’t really mind it that much), but if you’re looking for a… Read more >

Mid-week vacation

Well hello! I keep thinking it’s Sunday night because Kyle and I just got back from an overnight stay in San Juan Capistrano.  We randomly decided to skip town after Kyle’s classes on Wednesday…he only has class one day a week and I didn’t have to be back at the hospital ‘til Friday, so why not? Kyle’s parents were happy to see us and took us to dinner at a new Thai place that just opened near their house. If you think the name is cheesy, you should see the menu!  Thai Juan On is… Read more >

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I know all the other number nerds out there appreciated the date today as much as I did.  To the rest of you, happy Friday.   Kyle and I got take-out from The Veggie Grill since I had a birthday coupon that was days away from expiring.     Free entree, what what! Since my All Hail Kale salad was on the house, I got a side of Mac ‘n Cheese without feeling any guilt (about the extra $). The salad has marinated kale and red cabbage, roasted corn salsa, agave-roasted walnuts with a ginger-papaya vinaigrette. … Read more >

It may not be summer, but I’m still roasting

Ok, I know.  It’s semi-odd to be roasting winter squash in June, right?  But I had a butternut and delicata squash hanging around the kitchen and figured I better seize the day. So I hacked my way into them, lubed the skin down with coconut oil, and popped ‘em in the oven at 375. I made sure to salvage the seeds to roast too.  They are loaded with iron and (quite frankly) delicious.  Those didn’t get coconut oil though.  They were sprayed with PAM and sprinkled in salt.  Nada mas, nada less. I took the… Read more >

Saturday take-away

Working on the weekends isn’t too bad when the days are mellow and the weather is mediocre (I swear I heard the phrase “June gloom” six hundred and fifty three times yesterday).  Having interesting patients helps too… My shift flew by and as 7 pm approached I texted dinner plans to Kyle.  me: Veggie Grill take-away tonight? kyle: yes.  what do you want? me: Baja Fiesta salad, add chik’n, dressing on the side   Done and done. I got this same order last time so I knew it would hit the spot.  This time I… Read more >