Happy St. Patties Day!

    Happy St. Patrick's day everyone! Now normally I wouldn't care this holiday at all since my Irish heritage is next to none, but when you live in a very culturally diverse city, every holiday is a big deal. Plus, I do enjoy creating delightful green foods, seeing people dressed up like leprechauns(doing crazy things), and having a reason to celebrate something.
    Yesterday was the big day for partying and of course all the bars were full and people were crazy. We started this green holiday with our own healthy version of the Shamrock Shake.

Shamrock Shake (vegan)

Ingredients:

1/8 cup mint leaves

1/4 cup spinach

1 tsp vanilla

1tsp honey

1 frozen banana

1 tsp carob powder

1/2 tsp peppermint extract

Directions:

Blend all the ingredients together and enjoy.

    In the evening Steven and I went to a little vegan restaurant called Karyn's Cooked, which was very delicious!

Steven's taco bowl with seitan.

My eggplant Parmesan with delicious grilled bread! 

We shared a potato soup and corn bread.
(We also had a vegan pizza for an appetizer)

    We then proceeded to carry our overstuffed bodies down the road to Trader Joe's where we picked up a pint of chocolate ice cream made with coconut milk as well as a bottle of Sparkling Chardonnay Grape Juice. Our evening ended with the consumption of our yummy purchases and an episode of Gilmore Girls. It's a wonderful thing to have a husband who doesn't mind having a chick flick evening here and there.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!