Run Plant Based

Formerly The Raw Project - Running on a Healthy Vegan Diet

Easter Fun

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As with most of our family gatherings, there was way too much food.

The hor’derves alone could have been the meal. And you can imagine the sugar-induced craziness that ensued when my young nieces and nephew discovered those huge, chocolate See’s eggs in the middle. Chocolate mustaches and sticky fingers was a fashion statement for anyone under 6.

When it came time for the indoor egg hunt, there were some grumpy participants.

And an eager race to see who could overflow their basket first with the occasional break to snack on the contents.

Then it was time to devour the loot promptly after with shrieking protests as my sisters tried to limit the candy intake.

Then my favorite part, bringing out the good food. This time I only contributed my signature dish to the event, a monster salad big enough to serve a cruise ship. It was packed with sprouted lentils, a new addiction of mine. But not everyone appreciated them because they were a little hard to eat being so too long. For me, twirling them in the fork like spaghetti worked fine. But I’ve mastered the art of eating messy salads over the last few years and forget not everyone appreciates them as much as I do. :-)

The dressing I made to go with it was a bigger hit, the Tahini Lemon Dressing from Jennifer Cornbleet’s Raw Food Made Easy. It was so thick, it had to be served with a spoon, but it was popular for dipping asparagus and corn into as well as dabbing onto the salad.

My sister is rapidly becoming a foodie and had two amazing vegan salads she made to make sure I’d have enough to eat. She got the recipe for this gorgeous quinoa salad from Beth’s Journey.

And also created a beautiful pasta salad with tomatoes, basil and olives. I’m so proud. :-)

So the only vegan in the house was not hurting for food options.

And had a wonderful plate loaded with veggies. After hours of chatting, snapping pictures, and feeling dizzy watching kids cranked up on sugar and the following crash, we were spent. It was another wonderful holiday with family and I feel so blessed to be able to spend it with such a wonderful group. So wonderful that I’m now feeling a little sad another weekend is over and I’m facing another busy week. Oh well, I will need motivation Monday again tomorrow for sure. :-)

Comments

  1. Happy easter :) I love that your sister made some special food for you. My family really struggles with “vegan”.

  2. “After hours of chatting, snapping pictures, and feeling dizzy watching kids cranked up on sugar and the following crash, we were spent”–which is why i hate going to 3 yr old bday parties…or any kiddie parties…it’s inevitable! But fun in the process, right :)

    The salads look great. The pic of the spiral pasta salad is just awesome! Makes me want that salad.

    I have J Cornbleet’s books…need to use them :)

    Thanks for all the chit chat with the tech stuff today. Still trying to figure out what I am doing on it all!

    • Ugh, there was so much candy there, the kids were cranked on fudge, chocolate eggs, jelly beans, etc. and wouldn’t eat any of the good stuff.

      That’s a great dressing from Jennifer’s book, nice and tangy – you’d like it.

  3. Wow, that’s so great that your sis looked out for you! You had such a beautiful plate of food!

    I’m LOL about the sprouts, only because that’s probably the one thing I would be nervous serving non-raw/non-vegan types. My husband (an omnivore) reminds me that I haw now required “interesting” taste buds and what I think is delicious he sometimes thinks not so much. My sprouted grains and beans fall in that category ;) But, I love them, so there!

    • I debated on adding the sprouts to the salad because they’re an acquired appreciation, but I had so many fresh and love the flavor.

  4. Happy Easter love!

    So nice your sis made a dish just for you , and that it was yum! You will have to have her make you meals more often ; ) ha!

    Glad you guys had a great easter too!

    xoxo <3

    Glad my motivational post made your day better too!

  5. How nice your sister was accommodating. It really is nice when someone does that. I’ve been at a few events where people make NOTHING I have. I sometimes forget not everyone loves sprouts like I do. But I figure its good for them to push themselves a bit.