Fun fun week coming to an end!
Breakfasts
Blended buckwheat porridge!! [Post coming this week]
French toast on Cville Crunch bread
Baked oatmeal with bananas, coconut and coffee
More French toast. More coffee!
Valentine’s overnight oats made with coach’s oats, buckwheat, banana, chia, yogurt/milk, and Wild Squirrel drippy nut butter!
Hot oats with granola + Wild Squirrel
Lunches
Salad with hummus, maple sesame almonds, hummus, veggies, avocado, toast
Love these sardines –
I chopped them up over a salad with almonds on top
Served with citrus and toast
Lunch at Great Harvest!! Curried tuna
Baby playing
And a wonderful time meeting Sarah – my second Australian reader to come by Cville + Great Harvest before making her way back down under
{Sarah now has me hooked on this gingerbread granola!}
Grapefruit salad surprise with beans + cheese [cranberry beans made from dried]
Avocado + bean wrap with salad
Salad with bleu cheese and avocado with Greek yogurt, granola and blueberry jam
Dinners
A visit to Champion with the boys!
Crockpot vegetable soup with toast. For this soup, I put 3 cups of beans plus all the fresh (and some frozen) veggies in our house in about 6 cups of veggie broth along with teaspoons of dried rosemary and thyme plus Garlic Gold nuggets and red pepper flakes. 6 hours on low = very simple and healthy vegetable soup!
Nachoes for two!! More of those beans (I made a huuuuge pot!) layered on top of chips with tomatoes, peppers, grated cheese and a sauce made of nutritional yeast, Southwestern spices, salt and milk.
No need for additional plates – just scoop and eat!
Matt had a guy’s night, so I had a girl’s night in with WF hot bar and a local Nugget’s Raw kombucha!
Favorite meal of the week: Shrimp + Grits on Fat Tuesday!
These “grits” were actually made from millet – and were pimento cheese flavored!
To about 2 cups of cooked millet, we added about 4 ounces grated cheddar, 1 jar of pimentos, 1/4 cup 2% milk and let that all cook together. The result was heavenly! 
Served with Cajun sautéed shrimp (just shrimp in Cajun spice seared in a hot pan) and sautéed Swiss chard.
Was a delicious week of holidays!
1 word…. YUM!!!
Wow to all this food. I’ll prob make french toast with ezekial toast tomorrow yum!! And I’ve never made shrimp n grits but I want to now!
Looks like an absolutely delicious week of eats! Somehow that doesn’t surprise me coming from you. 😉 I loooove that photo of you and Mazen all bundled up! Too cute!
So many good eats! I’m loving these lately posts 🙂
Maze looks like a tiny kangaroo all wrapped up in your sweater! Absolutely adorable 🙂
That Gingerbread granola is SOO good – I went through one bag so quickly, I decided maybe it would be better not to buy any more…
I love the creativity of your shrimp and grits dish–looks delicious!
Definitely gonna have to try those pimento grits!
Looks like someone took a trip to YUMVILLE last week! Now I’m seriously craving french toast!
Come be my personal chef ;)?
Wow – that’s terrific looking food! I love the chocolate heart swirl in your heart breakfast bowl and I’m crazy for those nachos!!!!
My mother is crazy about buckwheat and at least twice a week she’s making buttermilk banana blueberry buckwheat pancakes.
We have a Great Harvest in town!! I never knew that but a friend gave me a coupon and now I know I need to get over there and try some of the bread out. Yours always looks ridiculously wonderful.
Pimento cheese in grits. This is just genius. Love!
You are seriously making me want to go out and buy some avocados right now! I haven’t gotten them in weeks and I need to change that now! And that’s so cool that you had a reader from Australia come visit! I’d loooove to go to Australia, a friend of mine went in high school and had a great experience.
Look at the arms of the girls playing with Mazen. They’re all the same. 🙂
Sound like a fun time! By the way: Where did you get the heart bowl? It’s so cute!
It was a gift, but I bet from target
Those grits sound like heaven. And I would be eating gingerbread granola all year long too.
LOVE that you used millet for your grits! I absolutely have to try that 😀
Such delicious looking meals! Question…where do you purchase those sardines? Thanks!
Found em at whole foods
You had one amazingly delicious week! YUM!
Kath, I forgot to put this in my survey comments, but I would love to see a post on your and Matt’s perspective on owning a business/franchise. What made you pick great harvest, the challenges and successes so far, how you chose GH over starting a non-franchised bakery, how you pick the menu items, and what sorts of advice you would give other young couples thinking of starting similar endeavors. Looking forward to hopefully hearing about it!
We were just discussing this as a possible post last night
I second this- would be super-interested!
I third this 😉
All looking very tasty! I need to bring sardines back into my life. I could eat salmon until I turn into one, but you’re the one who got me to try sardines in the first place and I’ve got a few recipe ideas up my sleeve. Thanks for the reminder Kath! 🙂
With a post on food for the week, I thought I’d see if there are any Austin or San Antonio, TX readers out there with restaurant suggestions. I’m heading there on an upcoming trip and looking for fun places to try!
In San Antonio, stay away from Riverwalk food. It’s overpriced and overrated – typical tourist trap. That said, Acenar is pretty good. Off the Riverwalk: Rosarios, Paloma Blanca.
Austin, I have far too many to list. Blue Dahlia Cafe, Manuel’s, Habana, the original Salt Lick.
Yum! Those nachos & the shrimp & grits both look amazing!
…with the shrimp and grits…was 1/4 cup milk the total liquid or did you add the milk in addition to water.
That was added to the already cooked millet
I’m not a huge fab of grits…it’s a consistency thing! 😉 However, “millet” grits sound very tempting!! Btw, LOVE the picture with the heart bowl!!! So festive!
I am dying over those shrimp and grits! Pimento flavored?!? Yes, please!
Lots of amazing looking French toast and equally divine salads!
Do you keep your Wild Squirrel in the fridge or cupboard? I had 3 jars of it but found that I had to stick it in the microwave in order to use it when kept in the fridge.. not super convenient. 🙁 Though I guess now that I’m through the 3 jars I am making my own, so I wouldn’t buy again now.. but I am just curious because it looks so good on your oatmeal!
I keep it on the countertop!
I’d love to see a post about Nutritional Yeast. I’ve heard a lot of people using it lately, but I have no idea what it is or how its supposed to be used.
Same sentiment about the yeast.
And what are cranberry beans??! So intrigued.
They were these pretty dried beans I got at whole foods in the bulk bins. Sadly they lost their cow pattern when I cooked them.
Okay-let’s cut right to the important stuff…Sarah–where did you buy those cute boots!!??? 🙂
Ha ha, I was checking those out as well!
Hello! Sorry for the delayed reply – I bought the boots online from Macy’s. They are The North Face, the style is called Camryn. They’re really comfy 🙂
Great pictures and eats as always! The beans in the pictures- were all of them the Cranberry beans? Just curious how you cooked them. The avocado and bean wrap has my mouth watering….must make that!
Thanks!
Yup. I soaked them overnight and then boiled/simmered for about an hour
Sardines in maple syrup?? I have GOT to find this. 😀
Whole foods! Smokey too
Your eats are always so delicious 🙂
I so love that little hat on Mazen, too cute for words!!
loving all of your delicious eats!
The soup looks delish, I’m on a homemade soup kick lately. Making veggie chowder this week!
Which stroller is that? Do you like it? We are trying to decide on a stroller to get…
You have such great pictures! And thanks again for introducing me to my new TJ’s Sunflower Butter addiction! 🙂
We have the BOB Revolution CE and absolutely love it. It’s wonderful for active walkers (not so great if you have to drive everywhere because it’s big) but since I walk pretty much every day with it, I love it 10000 times.
That was actually one of my top two… I am glad you have it and like it. I walk a TON, so thank you for your input! 🙂
Could you give us some more details about the nutritional yeast sauce for the nachos? I make my own nachos frequently & would love to add something new. Thanks!
Sure, here is a post I wrote with a recipe inside. I usually just mix it with milk + spices 🙂
You lucky thing with two Aussie friends now!
I know! I told them about you guys too. Both living here, swinging by cville and heading home!
You just gave me some great meal ideas-thanks!
Oh, and that curried tuna salad sandwich from your bakery? My favorite. I know what I’m getting for lunch when I come to Cville next week!
A vacation visit?
all looks delicious!!
Love everything about the Valentine’s Day breakfast!
The C’ville bread looks so yummy! I wish we had one of those bakery’s here! I’m definitely gonna try the Buckwheat porridge for sure though! 🙂
Is Brewer’s Yeast same as Nutritional Yeast?
I knew the answer was no but wasn’t sure why. This site does a good job explaining: http://www.livestrong.com/article/176197-what-is-the-difference-between-brewers-yeast-nutritional-yeast/
Your meals look yummy as always, Kath! I need to try that wild squirrel nut butter!
Your breakfasts are my favorite! I love all the grains you use. I definitely need to try some of them!
Kath, I would love to see a post or series on work/life balance. Have you addressed this before? There are so many aspects and angles, from the specific issues women face to topics related to “nontraditional” jobs and working from home, plus time management and juggling family and career. Please share your thoughts and insights!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Yum! All looks fabulous! Esp the nachos for 2 🙂
that baby boy is soooo cute !! Found out we get a grandson in July, cant wait:)
ooo fun!
I can’t help but awe at all of your food pictures. They look so pretty and tasty, haha. I’m coming to Charlottesville for the half marathon on April 6th. Are there any places I absolutely have to visit/dine at while I’m in town? I’m already dead set on going to Arch’s!
Zocalo and commonwealth are my favorite restaurants. Shenandoah How’s Coffee. Splendora’s Gelato. SweetHaus cupcakes. Beer Run! Sadly I’ll be gone that weekend : (
Awesome, thanks so much for the suggestions! Too bad! I’ll still make a visit to Great Harvest! 😀
Your maple sesame almond recipe looks delish! Can’t wait to try it!
Do you know if Sarah only get the gingerbread granola in the US or is it available in Australia? Just the thought sounds really yummy.
I think it’s USA only: ( she stocked up
Unfortunately we don’t have the fabulous whole foods & stores alike here in Australia like u have in the US. I am often so envious of your foods, hopefully stores like these open up here soon as we r now starting to see a flow of us chains opening in Sydney! (ie Potterybarn…how exciting)!
I agree with you 100% Jodie! I’ve been living in the US and one of the main things I’ll miss when I return home to Perth is Whole Foods!
Baby in hat = cute overload!
Mmmmm food 🙂 I love all the coffee you got going! 😉
So much good food! I’m from Charlottesville too and love all the great restaurants around here. I think I’ve tried the cinnamon crunch bread at the Cville 10 miler last year and it was awesome. Have a great day!
We were there!
I cannot handle how cute Mazen looks!! I think this is the cutest photo I’ve ever seen of him. He’s really interacting with the camera. Also, the shrimp and grits look amazen.
Pimiento cheese flavored ‘grits’? Be still my stomach. I’m going to have to try that–with a side of Lactaid maybe. 😉 Since I’m headed toward eating more fish again, I think shrimp would be just the ticket. And eggs! Ooooh imagine with an EGG on it???
I’ve got to try that new local kombucha. I’m pretty sure a friend of a friend (of a friend?) is involved in it somehow…
I’m always up for trying out some new breakfast foods and some of my favorites are sweets. I know it’s not healthy but I love them anyway. These looked just a little sweet but mostly healthy and then the lunches looked extremely healthy (which would definitely make up for my splurges over breakfast). I would love to try many of these dishes.