Raw Food Night

Green Owl Cafe April Raw Food Night

Loved this soup! It was a bit tart, but I like that. It had lemon in it. The onion rings were good, but probably my least favorite 

The cole slaw was my favorite! AMAZING!

I like veggie burgers but the texture was a bit odd if you're not used to some of the dehydrated raw foods. It was good with the tomato and condiments! 

And who doesn't love strawberries? This was a great end to the meal! Very tasty!

Salad:  Classic side salad of romaine, cucumber, tomato dressed with a creamy ranch and smokey “bac-un” bits.

Soup:  Spring Soup, a fresh herb Pistou with an array of green herbs.

Small Plate:  Crispy onion rings and spicy ketchup.

Entree:  Lettuce wrapped Veggie Burger with tomato, onion, avocado, ketchup and dijon aioli with a side of creamy poppy seed coleslaw.

Dessert:  Strawberry Shortcake

Beets Cafe in Austin, Texas!!!

I know it's been quite some time since I've posted, but life has been busy! I'm sure you can all relate!! Blogging can be a second job and take over your life if you let it!! I also like to keep up on our family blog so I've tried not be too absent from that one!!

Anyway, I wanted to share with you a crazy amazing raw food cafe in Austin, Texas. I was there back in April for a work conference and made sure to visit this little cafe called, "Beets Cafe." I walked about 30 minutes to get to it, which was amazing because it was warm and the sun was shining. It was very easy to find, but not super close to downtown. And of course walking to it lead me straight by the Whole Foods Market. I stopped there after my meal to stock up on goodies for my room!!

I took quite a few pictures of the cafe and the food, but when I returned home, realized somehow they'd been deleted. I was super bummed! I did happen to find two of them so I wanted to share them with you.

Asian Style Noodle Salad

 Typically I wouldn't order a salad at a raw food restaurant because they are more typical in our food culture. I usually like to try the things that I wouldn't easily make on my own or don't get very much. When I saw someone with this salad though, I couldn't resist. It was AMAZING!!!!

Nori Rolls

I also really enjoyed the Nori Rolls. They are completely vegetarian with no fish in them but they were so fresh tasting!!! The sauce was delicious as well. A bit thicker than a typical soy sauce and I really could've drank it!!!

So, if you are ever in Austin, I highly recommend that you try out Beets Cafe!!! The link is below!!

http://beetscafe.com

Raw Food in Seattle

Personally this is just as appealing to my eyes as it is to my taste buds!! I had started this post back in October of 2012 and realized I never finished it! 

Seattle scenery!

I took a cab across town to find this place and it was SO worth it!!!

Pure Heaven!!!

This is what I ordered and it was amazing!!!

Taco shells were really good and so was the salsa. 

I love sprouts on my salad! 

If you're ever in Seattle I highly recommend this little cafe! It gets quite crowded so don't go if you're on a tight time schedule!

Raw Food Night.

RAW FOOD NIGHT AT THE GREEN OWL CAFE

Well, unfortunately all I have is pictures for this one. I waited too long and they took down the description of last months menu:-( Sorry! I've been busy! Haven't ever heard that before, right? Once again, I had to get it to go since I worked that night. 

This soup doesn't look that great but it was my favorite part of the meal. 

Flax crackers with hummus. Amazing!

Greek salad, which I failed to take a picture of before I started eating it!

Can't recall the names of everything else. It was all very delicious though.

This was a fig cheese cake. I'm not a huge fan of figs, but this was good and I loved the sauce. 

I'll be out of town in a few weeks and I'm hoping to visit a raw food restaurant I've had my eye on. If my plans don't fail, I'll have pictures to report back to you!

Raw Food Night!

As always, I'm a little late posting this since the last raw food night at the Green Owl Cafe in Madison was August 9th! I had to work that night, so I called and asked if they would prepare a "to go" meal for me. Since I'm a regular there, I didn't think they would object! They didn't. I stopped in on my way to work and they had it all ready for me. A great way to start out a 12 hour shift!

Soup: creamy cucumber-dill soup

Salad: watermelon and heirloom tomato with balsamic drizzle and basil

As I'm writing this blog, I can not recall ever eating the soup. Hmmmm. I know my memory isn't great, but I'm thinking I may not have gotten it. Well, it's too late now. The salad, which I didn't take a picture of was delicious! I love balsamic and basil so I knew I would like this.

Small Plate: flax crackers with raw veggie hummus

Entree: barbeque papaya steak served with veggie kabobs and sweet corn on the cob

I can't say that I was super crazy about the papaya "steak," but I ate it. Veggies and corn, well who can screw that up?!

Flax crackers are in the upper right hand corner. Hummus is in the container. It was SO good by they way. 

Dessert: seasonal berry cobbler with banana ice cream (and a mint leaf)

 This dessert was amazing! I was forced to eat the ice cream as soon as I got in my car because I didn't want it to melt. Banana ice cream is the last flavor I would probably ever order, but it was so good. And the berry cobbler, well that was just amazing!!

The next raw food night is September 13th, so try it if you get a chance!

Cafe 118 degrees!

First of all, I just have to apologize (again) for my lack of posts this summer. It's such a busy time of year that my posts tend to drop down drastically. But, for today, I wanted to share with you my recent trip to Orlando, Florida! A few months back, my sis-in-law sent me a text message asking if I'd like to go to Orlando with her on a business trip. The only thing I had to pay for was a flight and food when I got there. Ok, let me think. Sunny Florida, some R&R, a raw food restaurant to try, a ride along with a busy critical care transport program, and time with my sis. What more could a girl want? Ok, done deal! I was in!! 

We stayed at the JW Marriott in Orlando, which was beautiful. We had some cloudy skies, but I still couldn't complain. It was so nice to just rest and relax without having to be on any schedule. 

I love citrus water! 

We arrived on Wednesday and headed straight down to the pool while we had a bit of sun. The first 3 days were pretty cloudy and rainy, but it was still warm and relaxing!

On Friday, while my sis was in her conference, I was able to go do a ride along with Orlando's Air Care in St. Cloud. (Thanks to a very great flight medic friend of mine who was nice enough to get it set up for me!!) I'm just slightly obsessed with critical care transport helicopter programs! I can't even tell you how excited I was to drive up and see the aircraft sitting outside on the helipad!! 

I'm kind of a nerd, but it was fun to see the different types of equipment that they use on transports, compared to what I've seen at other programs. 

Intra-aortic balloon pump

Ventilator

Unfortunately, after about 5 hours, I went back to the hotel without going on a flight. The weather just did not cooperate! I still enjoyed learning about their program and picking their brains about the Air Care flight program.  

 Saturday evening was probably one of my favorite nights in Orlando. Why, you ask? Because we got to go to Cafe 118 degrees. It's an amazing raw food restaurant in Orlando that I was planning to go to the second I found out I was heading to Orlando!  

Emily and I!

 We each ordered a separate dish and then split them. I wanted to try everything! We ordered this pad Thai noodle dish that was really great.

 And this raw lasagna! It was my favorite and SO incredibly amazing!! Trust me, it was better than it looks! The presentation of everything was so fantastic too. It was obvious that Cafe 118 was a very well managed and maintained restaurant.

 It would be a sin to leave a restaurant like this without dessert! Again, we split two different desserts. We had this "smores" like dessert with raw marshmallow cream inside and chocolate on top. The raw graham crackers had been dehydrated.

 We also had this raw mint ice cream made with cashew milk. It had raw cacao bits on top that tasted like brownie pieces. Holy amazing!!! This experience made me want a live-in raw food chef! Just sayin!! Our server at the restaurant was also nice enough to give me a list of her favorite restaurants in several different states, two of which I will be visiting later this year! Stay tuned and I will share with you!!

 Thankfully, we had 6 great hours of sunny skies on Saturday! It was such a fantastic trip, and I was so glad that Em asked me to join her!!

 If any of you have been to any great raw food restaurants, please let me know!