Blogger meet ups are always fun.
Yes, always. It’s a rule.
Meet ups with bloggers from the other side of the world ROCK.
Last night I had the honor of eating dinner with Hannah of Wayfaring Chocolate. She is in town from Australia (via Canada). I remember the day I added her to my Reader (RIP). I’d read a review of a chocolate bar she’d written and fell in love with the way she turned a chocolate description into poetry. If you haven’t ever read her blog, I don’t recommend doing so while hungry.
Me and Hannah
Hannah was staying with Alayna (who also has quite the way with words… and Japanese food!) and her husband. I’m so grateful to her for coordinating this meet up. And impressed with how amazing she looks while carrying a small human inside her. Only 6 weeks to go!!!
Read on for our dinner adventure…
Hannah, Alanya, and Me
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My WIAW meals should be re-title “meals of desperation.” There has been so much going to that I still haven’t done a big trip to the market since Blend! This means I was eating the last of everything in my fridge. By snack time I was 100% out of veggies and had convinced myself to ditch kickboxing for a grocery run.
Check out my (mostly) clean eats below, and then click here to head over to Jenn @ Peas and Crayons to get to see what delicious spring foods everyone else is enjoying!
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Breakfast:
I’m kicking myself that I wrote that whole post yesterday on detoxing and didn’t mention my morning cocktail (apple cider vinegar, water, Glutamine, and Fitmixer Aminos). This little drink will start your day out in a (ahem) cleansing manner.
Breakfast was a #strangebutgood creation. Can anyone guess what it is? I asked on Instagram yesterday and the only ingredient guessed correctly was the collard green wrap. Hints: It doesn’t involve quinoa, chickpeas, or TVP (though all would be good adds).
Recipe will be posted in Friday’s #strangebutgood link up! 🙂
Snack 1:
Crab salad with blueberries, basil, black pepper, lemon juice, and red pepper flakes. Seafood and fruit are the best combo!
Lunch:
A super-satisfying “deconstructed” salad. This was spinach, collards, parsley, butternut squash, shredded raw beets, red bell pepper, and red onions. I ate the rainbow!
Snack 2:
These Terra veggie chips happened while on mute during a conference call. They are super crunchy, but delicious. The best part? Only 50mg of sodium!
Dinner:
This was my Hannah meal! We went to one of my favorites, Metro Fresh. I had the sautéed mussels, scallops, and salmon in tomato broth with grilled garlic bread. Yes, it was as good as it sounds!
Dessert:
Like good bloggers, we made our way across the street to Yoforia for some frozen yogurt. Can you guess which one is mine? 😉
Hint: Mine involved banana pudding and chocolate flavors.
I’m sad we didn’t have more time, but Hannah is jetting off again tomorrow. Did I mention this girl is living the dream traveling around the US and Canada?! #colormejealous
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Did you notice how many of my detox foods were included?! Until the fro-yo, that is. LOL!
Do you try to eat the rainbow?
What is your favorite frozen yogurt flavor?
So jealous of your blogger meetup. I wish there were some bloggers closer to where I live, that would make me happy.
Of course, frozen yogurt would be a stop;) Such a blog thing.
I actually don’t like frozen yogurt, so I’m a little out on that whole trend.
Your eats always look fantastic, and that Breakfast looks reallyyyy good! Not for Breakfast for me, but for Lunch or Dinner I’d be all over that. For some reason I can’t do savory for the first meal.
You don’t like fro-yo?! I think I knew that… but I’m shocked all over again. 😉
Yes for blogger meet ups!! I will have my first one next week in Boston, can’t wait! Hmm, that seafood dinner sounds heavenly! And I totally agree that seafood and fruit is a winner.
Oh well, you know, we don’t have FroYo in Switzerland, nope. Or maybe ONE shop and all the sell is plain FroYo with 2 toppings. Yeah, we’re that classy. 🙂
Fun!!! Boston is a great town too.
Switzerland doesn’t need fro-yo with all that good cheese and chocolate!
How wonderful that you got to meetup with Hannah! What fun. Love the look of your deconstructed salad! Have a great day, Laura!
Blogger meet-ups are always such a blast..even better when fro-yo is thrown in the equation ;)! Call me boring but I looove natural fro yo- I rather flavor it with toppings. Although I am a fan of hazelnut/peanut butter fro yo- too.die.for!
I do try but Ive never ever SAID those words to the child.
thank you.
Im going to work that into convo today and make this all more of a game.
My mom alwyas told us to eat the rainbow. 🙂
froyo is a must at meet ups! my favorite flavor is any type of cake batter / birthday cake – mmmm!!!!
Well at least I got the collard part right. 🙂 I haven’t had a blogger meetup in a while. I should fix that ASAP.
You should come to an ATL meet up!!
Those terra chips are my favorite! So good. I love frozen yogurt. Detox food or not it’s delicious 😉
Soooo glad I decided NOT to focus on elimination. 😉
I love seafood! I am so glad it is finally summer… those mussels look so delicious
The mussels were good, but I really loved the salmon in that broth!
I love your detox method! I am for sure incorporating those foods into my diet more! I love meeting bloggers such a bond, I hope to meet more and hopefully you since you inspire me! Have an amazing rest of your week! LOVE + SHINE courtstar
Thank you!!! I hope to meet you one day too. 🙂
Fun meet up! So cool that it worked out so nicely to get to meet her. And yes, I do try to eat the rainbow. The more color the better. I’ve never tried collards though. They always sort of scared me.
I like them best raw. Actually, I like most veggies best raw.
Sounds like a fun night! Really bummed I missed out! You know I’m all about eating the rainbow! The more color the better for me! I never think to do collard wraps. I need to try that!
So glad to have gotten to hang out last night! Loved Metro Fresh and of course a pregnant woman can never so no to froyo.
You looked so pretty! You let me know if you need more fro-yo in the next 6 weeks. I’ll be “resting” but I deliver! (Yogurt, not babies.)
On Friday night when I had froyo for dinner, I was thrilled to see they had my favorite flavor: peanut butter! With chocolate on top, it’s amazing!! 🙂
I love PB fro-yo! There’s a place here that sometimes has non-dairy almond butter too. It’s awesome.
love blogger meet-ups!
and we try to eat a rainbow but hard sometimes when we are avoiding certain foods to see how our bodies too 🙂 but in general yes we like to get a good variety of colors in our diet!
I wouldn’t know if from your pics – you food always looks gorgeous and colorful!
NomNoms and more NOMS!
If there’s one thing I know I love…it’s Fro-Yo! Yum!
Now you can have ALL the fro yo! 🙂
Glad you had such a fun meet up! I haven’t had fro yo in months… hmmm. I think we’re gonna have to go this weekend. And I would have said quinoa for that first meal too… now I’m curious.
Months?! Whoa. I think it’s well-deserved this weekend.
This post makes me feel completely squishysmileyjingleylovelove inside my soul. I’m fo’serious smiling like a dang fool right now. You are SO swell and SO much fun and just SO SO SO. I adore you. So glad we got to meet up. And I’m determined to get someone to film me eating the present you gave me… which means it may need to wait a week or so 😉
Can I just add again that your words make me floaty and I really like you? xoxo
P.S. I will definitely have to return to Atlanta. Really wish I could come back in the next few weeks and cook/lift for you 😉
Awwwww… I am so, so glad we were able to meet. You are just incredible. And hilarious. We must do it again ASAP. 🙂
Can’t WAIT for your Moon Pie reaction. LOL!
I’m so curious about that breakfast wrap, it looks so good!
Now that it’s finally getting warmer around here, I’m eating lots of salads and seasonal fruit. I just can’t get enough! Of strawberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, etc.
There are very few fro-yo places in my area, it’s all about gelato! I don’t have a favorite flavor and tend to order something different every time.
I love gelato!!! My favorite is the one I posted Monday – Honey Fig!
So wish I could have met up with y’all! Sounds like a great time. 🙂
I love Terra chips, only problem is they are so addicting. I could eat an entire bag in one sitting.
I know!!! We need to get together soon. Maybe for Mexican? 😉
Oh! How do I make that crab salad? Is that easy? Fresh crab? I want that!
And I made the zucchini bread muffin and have been maing new versions every day and added coconut, coconut flour carrot and cacao….OMG.
Thanks!!
You just toss all the things together and devour! Nothing fancy. 🙂
So glad you liked hte zucchini bread! Great idea to add coconut!
I can’t wait to hear about your wraps – they look super delicious!! 🙂
Thank you! It will be up tomorrow. 🙂