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Like Summer

May 22, 2010 in Uncategorized by traveleatlove | 8 comments

It’s official. Summer is close by. From the opening of the Copley Farmer’s Market to the bright, raspberry painted toenails and gold sandals I rocked yesterday to the email from HR announcing that we close at 2:00 next Friday, all of the signs of one of my favorite seasons are here.

The Copley Square Farmer’s Market is every Tuesday and Friday, all summer long, and it is a feast for the senses. As the summer goes on, the offerings increase. Yesterday I was pretty surprised at how much local produce was available for late May. There were lots of greens like chard and spinach, a few varieties of radishes, and even organic strawberries!

I tend to stick to the same stalls, the Atlas Farms, Silverbrook Farms, and Keown Orchard stands, but yesterday I branched out and checked out the Siena Farms/Sofra stand. I ended up purchasing a bunch of these lovely “Easter egg” radishes.

Copley Square Siena Farms Easter Egg Radishes Coply Square Farmer's Market Cat Tails

And at another stall, grudgingly passing by these Red Velvet cupcakes. I love these, but I feel like I should buy veggies at a farmer’s market!

Copley Farmer's Market Red Velvet Cupcakes

I browsed a variety of fresh, locally grown greens. I wanted a bit of everything but settled on a huge bunch of rainbow chard.

 

Siena Farms Greens and Radishes

 

Atlas Farms had their first strawberries of the season, and they smelled amazing!

 

Copley Farmer's Market English Cucumbers

I thought about making strawberries my lunch. Don’t they look good? I am due for another strawberry salad sometime soon.

 

Copley  

In addition to produce, the Siena stand offered Ana Sortun’s book and some of her Sofra spices. Chef Sortun owns Oleana, a Cambridge eatery that is on my list.

Ana Sortun's book, Spice, and Middle Eastern Spices from Sofra

I am so excited about a summer of farmer’s markets! I love that blogging pushes me a little more to get out there, to get away from my desk during the day, and to take advantage of all of the local produce, cheese, eggs, and baked goods right outside my office door.  I also ran into Elina, camera in hand. It is easy to spot other bloggers! 🙂

Copley Square and Copley Farmer's Market

I prepared the rainbow chard and radishes simply, with 4 cloves chopped garlic and a nice knob of Kerrygold butter. The flavors altogether were delicious! I love eating a big bowl of greens!

Radishes, Rainbow Chard, Kerrygold

 

Interesting note about these shoes: I basically ruined them the first time I wore them. We were in Italy visiting my brother and sister in law, and we had a day trip planned to Civitella. My husband encouraged me to wear sneakers since we were trekking up hills and over steps that were hundreds of years old. Wear sneakers in the land of beautiful women and beautiful shoes?! I think not. So, I wore these, tripped on some old stairs, and scuffed the fronts. Battle scars, right? 🙂

 

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Don’t miss my Olivia’s Organics giveaway, friends!

And since it IS almost summer, what is your favorite thing about summer? Thank you all so much for participating in the Your Turn post as well.If you haven’t I would love you to comment. It’s so fun learning about who is reading my blog and finding new blogs as well!

Tags: Copley Square Farmer's Market, Farmer's Markets, Food, radishes, rainbow chard, vegetables

Healthy Bites

May 15, 2010 in Uncategorized by traveleatlove | 7 comments

After the week that I had with 2 dinners out (Bin 26 Enoteca and Stephi’s on Tremont) and 2 wine tastings (Boston Wine Exchange and Vino Voyage), all I wanted was some healthy food and some rest. I found the below post, which was a guest post I shared on Simply Life awhile back, and decided to use it as inspiration for some of my upcoming quick, warm weather meals.

I wanted to share with you a few simple, go to ideas that we return to again and again for quick, delicious, after work and gym bites that are filling, inexpensive, and versatile. Maybe they will even inspire your grocery shopping list this weekend? 🙂

 

spinach pesto burratta and tomato paste wrap

 

Wraps

Nothing is easier than tossing a wrap together at the end of a long day. This one is a brown rice wrap from Trader Joe’s spread with about 2 TSP of tomato paste, homemade pesto, ¾ ball of ooey gooey burratta, and baby spinach. All of the ingredients can be found at Trader Joe’s, and each wrap cost a couple of dollars at most. I love tomato paste’s super concentrated flavor. It adds lycopene to your diet, and provides a lot of deliciousness for about 15 calories a teaspoon.

healthy nachos

healthy taco salad

 

Mexican night!

I love the flavors of Mexican food, but all of that cheese and sour cream can be fattening and make you feel sluggish. My favorite at home dinner of all time is a taco salad made with a huge bed of greens, lentils that have been spiced with cayenne and chili powder, jalapenos, a satisfying sprinkle of shredded cheese, 0% Greek yogurt, and a handful of chopped avocado. This meal is like eating at a restaurant, and it can be put together in about 15 minutes, especially if you pre soak the lentils with all of the spices over the weekend.

Roasted tomato soup and grilled cheese

Soup and sandwiches

We eat a LOT of soup and sandwiches in our house. Making a veggie packed soup is so easy, and they can be made low fat and vegan by using light coconut milk or almond milk. This particular soup is a blend of fire roasted tomatoes, garlic, roasted red peppers, and almond milk, topped with a generous shake of red pepper flakes. On the side, I like to serve multi-grain bread with a soft cheese like goat cheese. It feels so decadent, and yet so easy to make, high in nutrients, and is a good way to use up things you may already have in your pantry. Other homemade soup favorites include butternut squash and green chili lentil chowder. tir fries

Another delicious mix of flavors, textures, and best of all, nutrients, stir fries are a must at least once a week. Whether its shrimp with broccoli, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, and red pepper flakes as in this photo, or beans stir fried with corn, peppers, and sweet potatoes for a succotash-like dish, stir fries are another way to have dinner on the table in under a half an hour while still feeling good about the food that you are eating. Take that fast food!:)

 

shrimp and broccoli stir fry

 

Crudite

Sometimes I like to eat like I am at a cocktail party. It’s fun to have a little bit of this and that, some veggies, whole grain crackers, shrimp with spicy cocktail sauce, hummus, olives, etc. This is especially nice for really hot nights where you can’t bear to cook. Pull up a blanket on the kitchen floor, open a bottle of vinho verde, and relax!

veggies and dip

 

The added bonus of all of these meals is that they can be doubled or tripled and packed up for lunch. With another busy week ahead including an opening party for Basho, a new restaurant in Boston, and a Healthworks blogger bash (I am SO excited for this one!), I want to make sure I have plenty of healthy staples on hand to keep my energy up!

What are some of your favorite go-to meals?

Tags: easy meals, Food, healthy, healthy meals, summer meals, Vegetarian

Happy Med Month!

April 30, 2010 in Uncategorized by traveleatlove | 4 comments

Did you know that May is Med Month? What is Med Month, you ask? To answer that question, I bring you press release from Oldways:

BOSTON, April 28, 2010 — Shake off the winter doldrums and celebrate spring by bringing the vibrant colors and flavors of Mediterranean cuisine to your table. On May 1st, Oldways and the Mediterranean Foods Alliance (MFA) kick off the 2nd Annual Mediterranean Diet Recipe Contest to celebrate Mediterranean Month.

To participate in the contest, food lovers are asked to create a recipe that uses at least two foods from the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid for a chance to be a Grand Prize Winner or one of nine finalists. The Grand Prize Winner will receive a sumptuous basket of Mediterranean foods from our MFA members. Other prizes include a variety of delicious Mediterranean products and autographed copies of our acclaimed recipe book, The Oldways Table.

After creating your recipe, send it to Alison Clancy at aclancy@oldwayspt.org before May 31st. The finalists will be chosen by a panel of experts on the Oldways staff, and the winners will be announced during the first week of June. For more contest information, look on the Oldways and MFA websites or on The Oldways Table Blog.

Other resources for celebrating Med Month in May include:

● The Power of $2: Easy Affordable Med Recipes, a free downloadable sampler of Med main dishes and sides costing $2 or less per person.

● A Mediterranean Month Calendar, featuring 31 daily tips for following the Mediterranean Diet.

● A Seasonal 7-Day Mediterranean Menu: 7 days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks, with calorie counts.

● A 2′ X 3′ poster with an updated illustration of the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid (available at The Oldways Store).

Scientific studies consistently report that the healthy Mediterranean Diet and its lifestyle practices reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Plus, there is compelling evidence that omega-3s, found in a number of Mediterranean Diet foods, can boost the health and brainpower of both mothers and infants.  Oldways and the MFA are celebrating Mediterranean Month to help consumers bring the Mediterranean Diet into their daily meals. 

For more information on Mediterranean Month, visit the MFA website at www.mediterraneanmark.org or Oldways at www.oldwayspt.org

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With Med Month in mind, I made a delicious fish recipe this week, incorporating ingredients from the Med Diet Pyramid. I was hoping to have some bright and sunny pictures, but we had some dreary days this week!

My recipe included an abundance of fresh garlic.

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I started with a beautiful filet of salmon seasoned on both sides with black pepper and a bit of sea salt.

salmon dusted with pepper and salt

Then I seared the salmon on both sides to seal in its juicy goodness.

In the meantime, I had the garlic simmering in about 3 TSP of extra virgin olive oil, another staple in the Mediterranean diet. To that I added a large can of crushed tomatoes, a generous helping of oregano, and some black pepper.

Once the salmon was perfectly seared, I poured the tomato and garlic mixture over it, and then topped the pot with chopped asparagus. The whole thing went into the oven at 400 degrees for about 8 minutes, until the salmon was cooked through and the tomato sauce was bubbling.

Mediterannean salmon

Because my husband hates olives, I added these lovely, salty kalamatas to my dish after I portioned it out.

Kalamata Olives

I love this meal because it is healthy, bursting with flavor, and takes about 20 minutes total to prep and cook. It is versatile in that you can also use tuna steaks and other veggies such as artichokes, red and green peppers, spinach, whatever you have that is fresh and delicious!

I paired this meal with a Sicilian wine made from the Nerello Mascalese grape. You can read more about the wine pairing here. Moderate wine consumption IS a part of the Mediterranean diet, don’t ya know?! 😉

I am so excited to be celebrating Med Month with Oldways. Stay tuned for some more Mediterranean inspired recipes, wine pairings, and even a very special giveaway!

Speaking of giveaways, please check out my Honest Tea giveaway! You can win a case of refreshing, organic tea!

Have a glorious Saturday, my friends!

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