We are working with Thomas to get our website up and going. We are hoping to make that so that you can order right from there instead of having to e-mail or call everything back and forth. Of course, we want it to be whatever is easier for you, but I know I like being able to order online, so I'm assuming there are a few of you out there that feel as I do. www.vivalaverde.net is the address.
Our rawky road was a big hit last week, and we actually made two this week for birthday cakes! The candles didn't do so well in one of them, but we can play around with that for next time. It really is a delicious dessert and full of lots of good stuff.
We always plan our menus around what our customers order, so this week we got to make an old favorite we call surf and turf. We love love love arame; it is actually my favorite sea vegetable. It makes me laugh to think about that now as I was so afraid to try sea vegetables when they were first given to me. That seemed so unnatural, but now I look forward to them. Just goes to show we should not be afraid to try new things. What's the worst thing that could happen? There are worse things than not liking something, and I find that I usually do like new things, so it makes it worth the risk.
We're also going to get to make our cheddar cheese this week as we had requests for broccoli soup and taco soup. This cheddar is so versatile. We have even dehydrated it in circles that make a cheese slice. I love its taste all on its own, but because it is nut-based, I know I need to vege it up as much as possible. Not a problem though as it improves the flavor of just about everything.
We've got some other favorite desserts to make this week too: pecan pie and apple crisp. Yum Yum. Thomas is wanting pictures of everything to put on our web site, so we gotta try to remember that before we eat it all!
Happy Birthday Wyatt (6th) and Alicia (9th). These two are important people in our Viva La Verde family along with our home family. (We have several non-Viva family birthdays this month as well: Happy Birthday Orion, my youngest son, and his wife Jac). We won't say how old Alicia is going to be, but Wyatt is turning 12! He loved the Rawky Road for his birthday dessert too. He had buckwheat treats for his breakfast, an awesome taco lunch with unfried no-bean tacos, avocado boats, and Mexican rice, and he finished off the day with stuffed tomatoes filled with his beloved no-net tuna. He loves that stuff and would eat it all day every day if we let him.
For Alicia's big day, she is requesting apple crisp for her dessert. Her favorite food is broccoli soup, so we'll be sure to save her some. She eats it by the quart! She also loves the hard lemonade we make with rejuvelac and lemon juice and agave nectar.
Isn't it funny how different we all are? Variety is truly the spice of life.
Here's the menus:
Saturday, March 6
dinner: nachos (corny chips, elotes con crema, ensalada, tomato salsa, avocado slices, olives)
Sunday, March 7
brunch: (dinner on the grounds at Church) stuffed tomatoes (tomato halves with a dollop of no-net tuna on them); rawky road
dinner: celery sticks and/or apple slices with almond butter
Monday, March 8
breakfast: grapefruit / orange juice
lunch: taco soup, corny chips
dinner: Viva La Verde salad (greens, shredded carrot, minced celery, raisins, sunnies, ranch dressing; cucumbers and diced tomatoes on the side)
Tuesday, March 9
breakfast: bananas dipped in buckwheaties
lunch: broccoli soup, everyday bread
dinner: surf n turf on bed of greens
Wednesday, March 10
breakfast: Hawaiian granola with almond mylk
lunch: shredded zucchini nests with cheddar cheese; really good with marinated mushrooms too
dinner: corn chowder, Alicia crackers
Thursday, March 11
breakfast: banana mambo (I think Roger has had this for breakfast everyday last week: bananas with honey almond butter, raisins, and sunnies)
lunch: pizza - everyday bread spread with cheese and layered with marinara circles; top with marinated mushrooms and slivered red peppers
dinner: Nori sandwich crackers (nori sheets sandwiched around no-net tuna and dehydrated slightly)
Friday, March 12
breakfast: apple / celery juice (1 head celery juiced with a couple of apples)
lunch: fruit salad (apples, bananas, pineapples, orange wedges, raisins, dried coconut)
dinner: veggie salad with marinated broccoli
desserts for the week:
pecan pie
rawky road
apple crisp
buckwheat treats
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