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Birthday Lunch at Great Sage Restaurant

It has been some time since I posted here. Been very busy getting ready to exhibit four paintings for a fundraising event, and preparing for a family celebration. All that behind me, today was my birthday. Not telling how old I am, but you can guess because I was humming a certain Beatles song all day long. My best friend and spouse took me to lunch at a vegan restaurant in Clarkesville, Maryland called Great Sage. We dined al fresco on veg reuben sndwiches made from tempeh and organic saurkraut, with sides of coleslaw, and topped it all off with shared desserts: spouse had blackberry cheesecake and I ordered coconut ice cream. Great coffee and appetizers of kale juice. I am still full and it is dinner time!

The weather was lovely and afterwards, we shopped at a gift store in the same shopping center called Nest (very cool items, highly recommend it) and Roots organic grocery. It was my favorite sort of celebration. Not only was the food delicious, I FEEL great! No negative after effects such as stomach ache, headache, or unpleasant rumblings.

Tom bought me a cookbook I am eager to try entitled "The Rawsome Vegan Cookbook" by Emily von Euw. She has written some other books: "Rawsome Vegan Baking,"  "100 Best Juices, Smoothies and Healthy Snacks," and she is the author of a blog "Rawsome Vegan Life," which of course I plan to investigate. Some wonderful food pairings in the cookbook, featuring golden beets, lots of greens and sauces. We have been using dairy products and love them, but a day or two a week without dairy will probably do us some good.

If I do cook dinner this evening, I am thinking about making up a recipe for something on the menu at Great Sage: soba noodles with veggies and a ginger-lime sauce. Doesn't that sound yum? However, we may both be too stuffed to eat much, in which case, I will try that later in the week. I am not supposed to eat asparagus, so that is out for the veggies, but we have some chard and I can use yams or perhaps  crispy carrot slices, maybe raw golden beets sliced very thinly. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.


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