Road Eats

Happy Thursday!

Today is actually my friday..wahoo! I've been insanely busy today but I'm totally loving the adrenaline. Before I get into what I'm taking along for the big trip tomorrow, I wanted to share a big moment that happened today!

Yep, I finally got to cut that bad boy up! Man, did it feel good. But then after a couple of minutes the reality of not having it in my purse kind of stung as I guess I did like the security of knowing that it was there. I didn't have too much left on it and I haven't used it in months but its funny how some little bit of plastic can have a psychological effect on you.

Now onto the goods...When I travel I like to nibble and snack on this and that so I ended up making a variety of stuff not only to last the trip, but hopefully a couple of days down at the coast.

First up were the muffins. I decided to try a banana zucchini muffin recipe that I found on Vegweb. These came together in a flash and I only needed to buy the zucch which was nice. I added in some oatbran and wheatbran to give it some extra uumph. I decided that you NEEDED to see what the inside of these muffins looked like so I ate half just for you:) I took one for the team..lol! They are really delicious.

And why not one more picture...everyone loves pictures, right?

Next I went for the classic vegan chocolate chip cookie. I absolutely love the Happy Vegan Chocolate Chip cookies from Vegweb. They are Awesome with a capital A. Yet, the one thing I just haven't figured out with cookie making is how to keep the cookies soft. Any insights? Maybe I just bake them for too long?

Then I made some of my almost raw protein cookies. Ry and I are really loving these right now! They really speak for themselves:) This time I used Medjool dates so we will see if I notice the difference.

Last but definitely not least, I tried making some kale chips. I used Averie's recipe for 1 bunch of kale. It tasted so good right out of the blender..I could barely wait. I don't have a dehydrator so I had to use my oven which is gas. I opted to turn it on to 200 and leave the door open. Let's just say my kitchen was a boilin' lol!

Don't you just love that color...WOW!

And there is the final product! These seriously are addicting. I love the flavor and texture of them. A real winner! I think my oven may be a bit too hot so I had a lot of little pieces that stuck to my parchment paper. But I can not wait to try making some more of these. Now I know what everyone is raving about:)

I'm also going to be bringing a lot of leftovers as I had to cook up a lot of veggies that would have gone bad before I could have reached a kitchen! Trail mix is also coming along as well as some raw cut up veggies. I'm hoping that I will keep with these and eat less of the other sugary stuff, but like I said, I love to nibble on stuff on the road:)

And I can't not let Nemo have a treat so I picked up these treatsies from the co-op and he loves them so hopefully it will keep him quiet in the car:)

So, I better run as I still have a million things to do including preparing a dish for a potluck..eek!

I hope you like my little menu for the road and whatever you are doing this weekend, have a good one!

I'm not sure how often I'll be posting this next week as we have a pretty busy schedule , but I'll try to update you when I have a spare minute. Maybe a 2AM post will be in order..lol!