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October 10, 2010 Wait. It’s Sunday night…already?? Where did the weekend go?? How is it already Oct 10th? It was JUST Oct 1st!!
The weekend started off with me in a slightly bummed out mood. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it to the next round for Project Food Blog. I’m totally fine about it now, but it was a little disappointing at the time. I just wanted to say THANKS again for your support during the contest. It’s a bit of a relief in a way because the schedule was a bit crazy! You didn’t find out until Friday afternoon if you were in the next round and then you had to create a monster of a post, with a super creative idea, by Sunday.
Before I knew if I was through to the next round, I had already planned out and started preparing my photographed step-by-step recipe post. We were going to be out of the house most of the weekend, so I had to get cracking.
Even though I didn’t make the cut, I can’t wait to share this recipe with you, along with the step-by-step photos.
After a long morning of baking, I got in a good 1.25 mile swim. Then, I met with a lovely blogger, that was in Ft. Collins visiting a friend.
It’s Caitlin, from The Twenty Fifth Year. Per usual, when meeting bloggers, our mouths never stopped moving. Caitlin is super sweet!! I just wish we could have had more time to hang out.
Chris + I laid low Friday night. We knew we were going to be up early Saturday, to drive to Pat + Natalie’s by 10am for the Ohio State game and Pat’s birthday celebration!
Had to start my day off right!
maple pumpkin goodness
- 1/4c rounded Scottish oats [ground at home from steel cut oats]
- 1 1/4c water
- 1/4c almond milk
- 3/4c pumpkin stirred in at the end
- 3T ground flax meal [I use bob’s red mill]
topped with: Love Grown Foods granola, maple syrup, roasted maple cinnamon almond butter
EXCITED BIRTHDAY BOY!!! ;)
I don’t know where Pat finds things like this…
I brought my vegan double chocolate brownies. SO GOOD. They never disappoint!
When it comes to cheesecake, I don’t need chocolate swirled in, I don’t want a fruit topping, and I don’t want 1 slice to weigh 5lbs. [Okay..I mean, if there was pumpkin mixed in, you might get me to gag it down.]
A good cheesecake takes only a few ingredients and a homemade graham cracker crust. I may make the best cheesecake you’ve ever had. I may give you the recipe. I may revisit this soon. ;)
Pat likes chia seeds!
This is how you spike your juice. It only takes 48hrs. Watch out!
I’m not sure who looks happier…Chris?
or Dakota?
Total confusion.
party-pooper
sister love :)
Kurtz made the most delicious tofu I’ve ever had…it was breaded + baked, buffalo style.
Everyone chowed down on this! Totally impressed. There was a TON of other food too….there are always veg + meat friendly options when our friends get together. So much fun!
This party also included…..
J-E-L-L-O shots. Yikes!! The “lemon drops” were WAY too tasty.
Love these girls so much. It’s SO nice to have such a good group of girlfriends! I asked Chris to take a girl photo and it turned into a whole photo sesh.
Ali – Ann – Natalie – me – Michelle
Chris’s instructions: “Like a tiger!!!!!!!”
Chris continued to snap away as Pat came up behind him with a water hose acting like he was going to spray us.
Which made Chris fall [can you tell? lol]…but somehow he still continued to take photos.
I just love with this series of photos. It reminds me of a similar photo session on Thanksgiving!
After a fun morning/day at Pat + Nat’s we all headed to the 4-Mile Canyon Revival Concert. This was a HUGE, big deal concert. Tickets sold out in TWENTY minutes. The concert benefited the 4-mile Canyon fire, that raged in Boulder a few weeks ago. Acts included: String Cheese Incident, Big Head Todd + the Monsters, Yonder Mountain String Band, Leftover Salmon, and Phish.
The show was amazing and they raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the relief fund! Such a great day + night!
We arrived back in Ft. Collins around 1pm on Sunday. I caught up on some computer things, took a long walk, stretched, and then made a delicious dinner.
I used a recipe from the Clean Food cookbook, which hasn’t been cracked open in quite some time. We both loved this lemony, bean + millet mixture.
I changed a few slight things from Terry’s recipe. I didn’t add the red onion, because it was supposed to be stirred in raw, and that flavor is too strong for my liking. I think it would have been really overpowering with the rest of the flavors. Also, I subbed out corn for peas, because that is what we had on hand.
I cooked 1c of millet in water, then stirred in 1 can of aduki beans + 1c peas when the millet was done cooking. Then added the lemony sauce, which consisted of the zest of 1 lemon, 2T lemon juice, 2T hemp oil, 1/4t salt, 1/4t cumin, 1/4t garlic powder, and pepper. It had such a nice light flavor and the textures were great. I topped mine with 1/2 of an avocado and kale chips on the side. This serving is quite large, although it’s really hard to tell!
I’m currently drinking green tea, eating the cookies in photos 1+2, and about to watch Dexter with Chris. Doesn’t get much better!
Niiiight!
Ashley
Family + Friends, beans, kale, millet
Reader Comments (42)
Is there any way I can get the recipe for that breaded baked buffalo tofu? It looks incredible. My family loves tofu and one of our friends is a vegetarian, so I'm always trying to find new veggie recipes that he'll enjoy.
Those oats look so so so good. I def want to try adding maple to my oats for a special fall topping - mmmm.
October IS flying by!
haaa ! Spike Your Juice!! we TOTALLY have that!! :D I am one of those people - my friends always say (and Jason kinda brags...) that if you need to find something? Kristina can find it for you!! :) People are always asking me where DO you find these crazy things?
I LOVE the interwebs... and I love finding unique fun things.
We made a couple of these over the summer... the best one was the cran grape, the worst - white grape... not a strong enough fruit flavor and it ended up tasting like pure alcohol. super fun, though, and much like when we brew our beer, you get to watch the bubbler do it's thang! :D
Love the girly groups shots! Impromptu photo shoots inevitably produce amazing, hilarious pics! (I swear half my iPhoto gallery is dedicated to me & my girlfriends in ridiculous poses, ha.)
Looks like fun :)
Sorry to hear you didn't make it to the next round of Project Food Buzz. If it's any consolation, I definitely thought you should have! On the bright side, it looks like you all had quite a fun weekend.
And, WOW that tofu looks amazing!
Love that you met Caitlin. :)
Such a fantastic weekend! Despite the absurd news about not advancing!!! That's crazy! I'm so sorry hun. You are still my number one food blogger star! :)
That buffalo style tofu looks so incredible! Is there anyway of him sharing that recipe?
what a fun weekend! i haven't had jello shots since.... college...
Mmm... those oats look amazing!
i'm making those oats this morning! i think it's about time since i can see the snow on the mountains and shiver every time i go outside!
Ohhhh I want that tofu recipe. Please share!
I don't even like tofu and that baked buffalo tofu looks so good! What did you use for the buffalo sauce--bottled or do you have a homemade recipe?
Sorry you didn't make it to the next round!! I still think you are fabulous!
That tofu looks delicious - must recreate over here!!!
so fun that you and Caitlin hung out!
I can't WAIT for the cheesecake recipe. I looooove cheesecake. Love it.
And Dakota. Oh Dakota. hahahahah!
those 3 dog photos in this post cracked me up!!
I felt the same way when I didn't make it through. I was a tinge sad, but then I was just happy since I had been out of town from Thursday to Sunday!
I definitely thought you would make it to the next round...you deserved it! I'm sorry!
But your weekend seemed like a lot of fun filled with tasty eats! I should make those brownies ASAP! I've been all over other baked goods but brownies...why, oh why...
Sounds like a great weekend. Sorry you didn't advance, your posts were great!
Cookies, cheesecake, buffalo tofu and oats. sigh. After a cold summer it's now too hot to contemplate baking. Everything looks delicious though! An onion trick for you - dice (or slice or whatever you like) your onion and put it into a bowl of ice water for 10 minutes or so. Drain. Add to salad, etc. The ice water really takes the hot bite out of the onion and you get a great crunch and mild onion flavor instead.
Last night I was wondering what had happened to my weekend as well. I think I need a rewind and repeat lol. If only weekends were three days long...
I'm sorry you haven't made it to the next round :(
Love the pics, doggies look adorable :))
Eric is going to have jello shots at his 30th!! and a pinata!! WISH you could come.
and dakota looked happier than chris for the first time in her life.
Hi there -
So sorry you didn't make the cut. It is ridiculous, I have to say. I think your blog is fantastic and inspiring. I love reading it.
I think you should always put birthday hats on your dogs. That was hilarious.
Aww Dakotaaa! I can't even handle her face.
And I'm really interested in knowing how that juice tastes... I mean, is it actually good?
It tasted like delicious fizzy grape juice. ohhh man :)
Aw, thanks Heather. :) Yeah, Kenna wasn't having any part of it..but Dakota's just like "duhhhhhhh"
Thanks for the tip. I've never heard of that!
Thanks girl! It was a great weekend.
You are so sweet. Thanks Chelsey :)
I'll be linking to the recipe tomorrow! The sauce is from Whole Foods.
Today was SO chilly in the morning!! You can definitely see more snow on the mountains now!
Lauren..you're too kind! Thank you so much :) I'll be linking to the recipe tomorrow!
Thanks Brittany!! That really does mean a lot. Cannot wait to meet you in a few weeks!! I'll be linking to the tofu recipe tomorrow :)
Hahaha, yes that is just like Pat! The grape was delicious..and dangerous!
That's the only picture that has ever made me think Cheesecake Might be tasty... ;)
How the heck did you guys snag those tix?! We tried. I'm impressed!
HI!! so somehow i have tragically never read your blog before but after deane tweeted his "top five" bloggers i had to see who this edibleASH person was...HOW oh HOW did i never know you existed? sounds creepy. hmmm. anyways, i just spent the last - i dunno - 20 minutes reading old posts and geting to know you. i love your recipes, your pictures are gorgeous, and this past weekend made me want to be your friend in real life. dont worry you dont need a restraining order, im not a stalker, i swear. haha. anyways, i added you to my google reader and cant wait to follow you more. im sorry you didnt make it to the next foodbuzz level. if id known about you i would have voted...that cheesecake is a massive teaser! but the first thing on my to-make list is that breaded tofu. recipe?
sorry about the essay of a comment. basically im just happy to have found your blog.
Hahaa..I was never a cheesecake person until I started making it! Like 5 of our friends were sitting at the computer RIGHT when tix went on sale and luckily Chris, his bro and 1 other friend all got through and got 4 tix each. It was pretty awesome!! Miss you!! Good luck this w/e!!
Hi Elise! Thank you so much for saying hi and for your sweet comment! Much appreciated!! A link to the tofu recipe is posted at the top of today's post. It was SO delicious. Take care :)
I knew your name + photo sounded familiar..I've been following you on Twitter for awhile now! :)
We totally need to do a blogger meet up! I'm just down in Colorado Springs :-)
I miss my girlfriends, they've all moved and I'm still trying to make some new ones. Thanks goodness my Hubby and I are finally living together or I would be miserable!
love the doggie pix!!! scottish oats are something on my to-try list.