Kuma's: I have to give this restaurant some major love, their food is to die for. Jaime and I took the pup over to Naperville on Saturday morning and cheered on some of my Chamber friends at the annual bed races. I have been trying to get Jaime to go with me to Kuma's but because of work conflicts, we have not been able to go! Well, Saturday we went! When Jaime says something is awesome, I know it must be pretty great! He honesly never says food is awesome unless it is a dish that his mom has cooked! :) I ordered the Papaya Salad with medium hotness! Check it out!
This salad is refreshingly filled with thin slices of carrot, bean sprouts, papaya, cucumber and possibly celery! They add peanuts, tomato's,onions, cilantro and they also give a side of brown rice. The dressing is is best part and I honestly have no idea what they use. It is spicy, sweet, refreshing and a tad sour! I am going to start playing in the kitchen and trying to create my own version because it is so very delicious and PERFECT for the summer/fall!
Weddings are always fun to go to esp when family is involved! Saturday I attending a wedding and because Jaime had to work, I was riding solo!! Driving in the car on the way to the wedding, Jaime's brother in-law was asking me about my blog! I was thrilled to hear that he had checked it out and that he was pretty interested in what I had to say!! Sweet!! I began to tell him a little about my goals in mind and also why decided to start blogging in general. I said to him, " I bet you tonight at the wedding they will serve nothing that I can eat besides possibly a salad to start the meal off" Guess what... I was unfortunately right!
fried chicken, beef, pasta w/ meat sauce, polish sausage, CORN and instant mashed potato's!
The key to success when your a veg is to pack your own foods and be prepared to starve! haha, no I am kidding about the starving part! I did have a small spoon full of corn which I was ok with because now I can do the corn test ! :) I did have a small bag of cashwes, pumpkin seeds and alomnds in my purse.. but I forgot it out in the car! Oh well! My advise to you when somthing like this happens is simply to drink a lot of water. Water is such a great hunger reducer and body cleanser so yup, I had about 10 glasses of water that night and had a great time!! :) Now because this was a wedding and the bride and groom had the decision to choose what type of food they wanted to serve, I didnt feel that it was apprpriate to say anything. However, everyone at my table clearly got the hint that I would have liked to have seen more than just 1 vegetable at the table. :)
never the less, I had a great time :)
Fall time means SOUP time!! There is one more AWESOME dish that I would like to share with you! Sunday evening I was looking in the pantry searching for something to eat and this is what I found!!
Pure awesomeness and quick!!I forgot that I had bought this a few weeks ago at Fruitful Yield. All I did was pour 2 cups into a sauce pan on the stove, added a few small red potato's, shallots & crushed red pepper. It was very good! I enjoy juicing my own fresh fruits and veggies, but I have yet to make a soup. This has given me a great idea to juice my own next time! :) If you enjoy your soups hearty, this is a great base to start with. You can easily just add several veggies, rice and or beans to it and there you have a thick, hearty soup!
I also bought some Organic Carrot/Ginger soup at the store to try...I'll keep you posted!
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