New Food Find: Fiddle head ferns.
These alien like claws of goodness have a very mild flavor (WHEN COOKED CORRECTLY!!) I boiled them until the gooey green stuff came off, and then drizzled lemon and pepper over them. They are crazy good for you and are comparable to broccoli and asparagus. This must be their love child. I purchased mine at Trader Joe’s, but you may be able to find them elsewhere..try them!
New Eating Technique: Watermelon with a spoon.
So here’s the deal, instead of making a mess on your counter by cutting this up, designate one half of a watermelon as “yours” and eat with a spoon whenever you want. I don’t advise sharing watermelon halves with anyone, this must be your own goldmine. Especially don’t share with your cat. Mine is creeping in the upper corner of the picture, you can see his paw. He goes crazy for watermelon. The empty watermelon half can be used as a hat, Frisbee, serving bowl, you name it!
New meals: Green tea noodles, and pita pockets.
^^^ THAT was the best meal of the week. If you have never tried green tea noodles, go now. Something you must add to your bucket list. The texture and flavor are unbeatable. I used these noodles that I found at a local health store. I didn’t know what sauce to use, so I experimented with adding garlic, asparagus, onion and olive oil. It was perfect.
Pita pockets stuffed with Punjab, cabbage, and an extra can of garbanzo beans. Asparagus is quickly becoming my number two veggie. Quick and easy meal.
New Twist On Old Favorites: Gnocchi and Pad Thai.
Normally I would douche my gnocchi with cheese, that’s not very vegan of me. Instead a basic homemade tomato sauce was used. It was just as delicious!
What is Pad Thai without crushed peanuts? When discovering I had no peanuts to top my meal, I quickly improvised. Insert wasabi almonds instead. The extra flavor and heat was almost better than the peanuts! Almost..
New Recipe: Whole Wheat Beer Bread.
I recently received a new vegan cookbook from the wonderful Kelly. Inside was a recipe for beer bread that turned out great. It was quick, easy, and most importantly I was able to tweak the recipe to incorporate vital wheat gluten. This stuff is a goldmine and I have been trying to find decent recipes to slip this protein powerhouse into.
Vegan Beer Bread
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 cup vital wheat gluten
- 2 tbsp raw sugar
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 12oz beer
–Preheat oven to 375. Combine flour and other dry ingredients into a bowl. Pour in the beer and mix until a dough forms. Use your hands to finish combining the ingredients. Put dough into a well greased pan, spread the dough with your hands so it’s evenly distributed in the pan, and bake for one hour (or until you feel it’s ready!)
Good, dense, hearty bread. That loaf up there had over 100 grams of protein. WOWWZA.
That’s all I have for now.
Q: Tell me something NEW that has happened to you, or that you have eaten.
Blissfulbritt 
56 thoughts on “NEWWW”
Kelly @leafynotbeefy
Okay, I am nearly drooling from looking at your meals today! And fiddle head ferns? Wow, so interesting looking – I love learning about new foods! And that green tea noodle meal – that looks like perfection! I’m just loving all the colorful stuff in your meals!!! 🙂 Happy Friday!
Em ... Living & Learning
I love love love beer bread – so i relaly appreciate that recipe to make a whole wheat version, YUM
GOtheXtraMile
Can you cook for me? Everything looks way too delicious! I’ve never seen that veggie before, interesting…. I’m all for trying new veggies though 😀
Health Freak College Girl
I’ve seen fiddle head ferns before but they scare me! But I have seen green tea noodles before so I really want to try them. I loveeeee beer bread. I want it now!
Tiff (@LoveSweatBeers)
Beer bread? Sign me up! 🙂 I haven’t tried green tea noodles, but I have tried (and very much enjoyed) watermelon with a spoon. Lately I’ve been really enjoying salad, which is crazy for me. I think it’s a start-of-summer thing.
Lisa
Your food looks wonderful! I have never had fiddle head ferns, but am definitely open to trying them (if I ever see them in the store). I’ll be sure to look up how to do it, and not just wing it!
My greatest new thing is flavored oils and balsamic vinegars. I swear they have revolutionized my kitchen! I’m addicted to butternut squash seed oil. I could drink it!
Alexandra
HOLY SHITAKE MUSHROOMS! YUM!!!! Can I come over and eat all of this?! I’ll split a watermelon with ya! 😀
Shira
I totally need to try Beer Bread! That’s it! Yours looks divine Britt! 🙂
Kailey
can I just thank you for saying how to make the fiddle heads! I never knew how to cook them but they do look really interesting. I heard they taste great in bacon oil/grease.
Miss. Zoe
Have you tried making your own seitan yet? super easy! and goes with everything!!!!
Brittany
No not yet!! I want to though!! I must try this soon! ANND I need your blog url, I can’t get to it from your comment and I cleared my web history so I can’t remember the link!
Miss. Zoe
misszoe.org I haven’t had ANY time but I hope to have a new post up this week.
Natalie @ will jog for food
Look at all that good stuff!! I need to find those green tea noodles.
I just started using coconut oil this week! I made sauteed brussel sprouts and the next day made sauteed apples. Both were deeelish!
Tessa@AmazingAsset (@Tessa8m)
Fiddlehead ferns are definitely on my to-try list this summer! They are so silly looking, which makes them even more intriguing haha
Your eats seriously look tasty girl, as always!
Andrew
Why does the bread look like it’s made from Snuffleupagus hair? I still want to eat it. Just saying.
Brittany
Excellent observation. That texture is thanks to the binding of the VWG!
Andrew
Oh that’s right. Sorry I always forget about VWG.
Boise Runner (@RunInBoise)
Fiddlehead ferns kinda creep me out, but I would try them if I ever was served them. I have never seen them in our stores. But that green tea noodle, I am so gonna hunt them down! They sound really good!
caloricandcrazy
I have been wanting to try fiddleheads for a while now ever since learning about them in my Bio class, haha.
Oooh and I LOVE green tea noodles. pair it with a starbucks tazo green tea latte and a scoop of green tea ice cream/ gelato, and you’ve got the perfect meal! 😛
Khushboo Thadani
Fun post and looks like you’ve really been stepping outta your comfort zone…me likey! I’ve been eating Chinese stir fries like it’s my job lately (oh if only) and adding roasted almonds is the way to go! As for beer bread, I am definitely amazed…and intrigued! I’ve tried baking with fizzy drinks in the past and they’ve worked well so I can kinda see how beer would work! Have a great weekend, Britt!
ittybitsofbalance
What! Those fiddle head ferns look INTENSE! Kind of like vegetable snails?
Simply Life (@SimplyLifeBlog)
those ferns looks so fun! I really want to try them!
glowingoasispilates
Yum! I must try that beer bread! And those snail ferns….haha
nicole marie story
These food photographs have just made my stomach grumble!!! You and I have the most similar food fancies of any other bloggers on the net (so sorry to compare you to me because I know that most people find my food as ultra weird – but it’s true! I’d eat this all! happily! – and the presentation is so gorgeous!). Yes, and excellent watermelon advice. I refuse to buy ’em because cutting ’em is a big fat bitch. But I might just take up your suggestion of digging in with a spoon. Mwah! 😀
Brittany
I am honored to be compared to you with such a topic. I think your eating habits are great, not everyone needs to follow certain guidelines everyday and I firmly believe that! Every “body” is different. This just confirms the woman date we must have with gorgeous vegan food and a watermelon for dessert!
nicole marie story
And a puggle! Do not forget the teenie tiny puggle! It shall be a threesome date! 😀
teabagginit
i usually just designate 1/2 the watermelon as “lunch” and 1/2 the watermelon as “dinner” … this is why i’m 90% water during the summer! 🙂
naturallybalanced
Ooooh I always eat watermelon like that, so mess free and delicious!!
Cara
Vegan bread/???!!! (lawl sauce- it has beer. I can get a little tipsy right? :p). This is PROOF that vegans don’t only eat veggies! Anyhoo, I’m loving all of these NEW things! Those new dinners look awesome! I have recently found new vegan food discoveries too because I am dying to go vegan soon!
kfraga22
I love watermelon and a spoon! I eat avocados the same way 🙂
Lexi @ You, Me, & A World to See
Whoa I didn’t even realize fiddle heads were edible! We have some of those in our backyard. Somehow though, I don’t think I’d be too pleased if I used those though 😉
itsthecookiemonster
you are so supportive of me!!! thank you! 🙂
Jessi
I love doing melon with a spoon, brilliant! One trick I’ve found, use grapefruit spoons Makes getting it out so much easier =)
Kristen @ Swanky Dietitian
Love the cat paw!! Hysterical!
Eating watermelon with a spoon is a genius idea!!! Never thought of that.
So glad you stopped by my blog! 🙂
Angie @ The Fitness Apple
I’m so game to try green tea noodles I’ve never even heard of them! I tried the best crab cake in Vegas this weekend!
Life After Swimming
Holy cow. Those things are nuts! They look so freaking cool!
Love Live & Learn
Love this post, everything looks absolutely incredible! I’m especially interested by those fiddle head ferns, I must try to find some! Pita pockets are great, especially as you can prep them before for days when you know you’ll be in a rush 🙂
Jocelyn @ Peace.Love.Nutrition
What a fun veggie to play with
imakeeper
Question… how the heck do you find time to eat and try all these new things? And then document it all so beautifully? I think you have a twin walking around to help you…. your posts always blow me away! The beer bread looks yummy…. and SPEAKING OF BREAD- I have not forgotten my promise to mail you some good banana carbs. Unfortunately, living in the Pirate house with Pirate and monkey brothers, causes all the bananas to literally DISAPPEAR in 4.5 seconds. I even hid a bag in my room, but Louis found them. Ate them. Left the peels. Nothing is safe. I will continue though, on my quest to cook you bread.
Something I have tried new…. last night, Pirate and my Mom took Mr. Speedy and me on a double date. We went by boat to a fancy place, and halfway through the choppy ride, it stormed. I got rain in my eye, in my panties, and up my nose. Anyways- this has nothing to do with anything. I tried something new- fried brie. With fruit, nuts, and crackers on the side. It was mighty tasty. Worth the scary stormy sea ride.
The end. Longest comment ever…. because I luuuuuuuv you
Brittany
I don’t have a twin, but I do have a clone combo of my best friend, my cat, and an apple. Together we are able to run, eat good food, photograph good food, and go to a spin classes. This clone is coming to it’s life end, I would like to extend this position to you now. I think we would be great life partners. By partner I mean people that work together..that is all I promise..maybe.
DO NOT worry about the bread!! Let it be a forgotten surprise. Three months from now I will forget about it (as I did before reading this comment) and I will mysteriously get a package from a lovely librarian. Banana hunters are no joke, they always find the bananas!
I am jealous of your double date, I would love a stormy sea ride to a restaurant that served cheese and fruit. Next time make it a triple date and Manfriend and I will hide in the back of the boat.
imakeeper
Omgee- new life goal: run a race together, go on a triple date with pirate. Manfriend would have been useful with his bearded look during the storm. HE would have snapped on the windshield canvas cover like nobody’s business.
I think we just need to plan a vacation together.
Christina Does It All
omg. drooling. please come cook for me?!
hairbyangie
OMG…. your gnocchi looks AMAAAAAZING… i must go get some now…and melon with a spoon is a summer staple! lol
Cakes and Shakes...
Watermelon. With a spoon… why have I never thought of this! I have both those items in my house right now 🙂
Alex @ therunwithin
Geez, I just found your blog and I am in love. Your eats look freaking amazing. I have seen those fiddle things but they totally intimidate me. I am excited to add you to my reader!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
I NEVER EAT ANYTHING NEW! NEVER! I AM SUCH A CREATURE OF HABIT! Ah ha ha ha! I eat the same meals breakfast, lunch and dinner, SERIOUSLY… well unless of course I go out to dinner… WHOA BABY, GiGi is mixing this shit up!
p0cahontas
All of this food looks nom-tastic woman! I am going to have to try out the beer bread!
HautePinkPretty
these dishes look amazing – though, fiddle head ferns always give me the eeby-geebies! LOL! Every time they pop up on the foodnetwork… idk, i can’t get past the way they look… maybe one day… I think I could eat them if they were already cooked like at a restaurant… but doing it myself, idk. Great job on all your dishes though – I’m hungry now! Xox ❤ hautepinkpretty.com
Rach @ This Italian Family
Fiddle head ferns?? I’ve never heard of those before and I have to say they look more than a little questionable to me. Especially when you said that gooey stuff came out of them. Not sure how I feel about that, haha! Maybe I’ll be adventurous one day and try them out… or maybe not, haha!
Also, your green tea noodle dish looks amazing. For reals. 🙂
snazzydimples
I’m definitely going to try this beer bread recipe, sounds amazing!
I have a health and foodie blog I’ve recently started myself, Hopefully you guys will find it interesting 🙂
planetsnazzy.wordpress.com
katalysthealth
wow everything here looks amazing!! Although I have my doubts about the fiddle head ferns. Those look down right creepy to me!! And green tea noodles sound so good!
Patty
WHOA! Back up! New food overload!! You just quadroupled my to-make list!
Thats my way of saying ‘thank you,’ by the way 🙂
Have a great weekend! I’m going to be eating new food all the way through mine!
Halina
Yum! That looks tasty. Lots of ideas for next weeks dinners. Thank you so much for sharing! And I never knew that cats like watermelon. I must watch out because we have two of them…
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