Homemade Buckwheat Granola
It’s easy to be raw vegan on a business trip to Baltimore, MD — at least if you’re staying in the harbor area, as I am currently. There’s a Whole Foods literally 50 feet around the corner from my hotel and a vegetarian/vegan/raw restaurant within a 15 minute walk. I’ve eaten at Liquid Earth both days of my trip, and it was fabulous. Of course, I brought plenty of raw staples to tide me over on the plane ride here (hummus & veggies, an apple, almonds, raisins, and some home made sprouted buckwheat granola).
It’s been as simple as replenishing my fruit/veg/nuts/hummus supply at the market and wandering into a restaurant and ordering up the goodies. If only all business trips would be this easy (I’m looking at you Detroit!).
I’ve enjoyed two amazing juices. The “O.C Loco” was a super yummy combo of carrots, celery, apple, parsley, and spirulina. I declined the salt-rimmed glass since I was taking it to go. It was very sweet and I imagine a salty balance would make the juice even better. “X-ray Eyes” consists of carrot, spinach, beets, and parsley with liquid multi-vitamin. It was also super-sweet (no surprise with carrot AND beet).
I also had their seaweed salad, a simple mix of cucumbers, hijiki, enoki mushroom, Asian radish and shredded carrot dressed simply in oil and tamari (that’s all I could taste, at least). I liked it and wished I could have squeezed on some of the sliced lemon garnish. I saved those for my plane ride home. I grabbed a kale and hemp seed salad from the Whole Foods and I know I’ll want lemon on it.
The service at Liquid Earth was friendly and efficient. They even gave me a to-go shot glass of lemon juice for me to supplement the lemon slices I had palmed.
I’m a happy gal. I haven’t really eaten well since partnering up with my friend K to get more accountability in my diet I’ve eaten so cleanly for the three days of this trip that my usual get-over-the-initial-hump period has been painless. I’m so busy with work meetings I haven’t had the time to feel my typical grouchy detox .
Now I need to consider motivational rewards. If I keep going like this I think I’m going to get my reward at the next two-week check-in.
