So, I’m not feeling up to writing some long intro or anything super fancy today – but I couldn’t leave you hanging any longer! Here’s a weekend in pictures:
After lolla, I headed out to Michigan City for a beach-y weekend.
success: crostini with sugar snap pea ‘hummus’ and homemade ricotta cheese + iced soy chai at the Chesterton french market.
hummus out of sugar snaps?! what? how? delicious.
success: the beach at 5pm, as the sun is starting to set.
if the sky was clear, you'd be able to see the chicago skyline on the horizon here
success: coconut whipped cream topping (vegan!), finally!
I think I just needed to use the right brand of coconut milk for whipping. This is the stuff!
success: big family dinner saturday night, so fresh, so good.
mom's tomato-y taboule
grilled asparagus drizzled with balsamic reduction
arugula + jicama + parm + caesar
I apologize if this offends anyone. Organic beer can chicken, by the grill master (Dad)
success: 30 mile bike ride through the hills of northern indiana, laporte county.
our route!
success: breakfast today! I went with egg-y banana-y oats. with strawberries and copious amounts of cinna.
failure: dinner tonight. We went to Hesston Supper club, mostly a meat & seafood place. I got their heirloom tomato salad, which had tons of blue cheese and bacon – not really my cup of tea. The I had the vegetarian option which was portobellos, roasted squash & cauliflower, and wild rice. It was okay, but I could taste the butter on the veggies, the mushrooms were a bit dry, and the rice was slightly overcooked for my taste. Oh well, not every meal is perfect.
success: the little licorice candies at the host stand of the Hesston restaurant!
Overall, not a bad weekend 🙂
What was one succesful thing for you this weekend?
Eat, Learn, Discover. 
I like your blog! The food looks delicious!
Your bike ride looks like an awesome route! One successful thing I did this weekend was buying books 🙂
It must have been beautiful riding your bike along the shore! Coconut whipped cream = divine.
Success this weekend: driving to the airport to pick up my parents. Sounds lame, but really I’m a terrible driver and that drive involved three different highways and confusing signs. But I’m still alive. Clearly.
Wow- that hummus looks amazing! When I first saw that pic I thought it was avocado, but snap peas- how interesting!
That bread and hummus looks ‘to die for’! (also thought itwas avocado at first)
What a beautiful beach.
Everything looks so good! Successes all around… minus the one failure. 😉 I bet the bike ride was gorgeous… One successful thing for me was getting my best friend into her wedding dress 😀
Snap pea love it! One successful thing I did this weekend was eat lots of yummy pancakes : )
Not a bad weekend at all, everything you have looks glorious! I definitely thought the hummus was avocado too!
Gorgeous looking eats as always!!!