My site was loading for everyone but me last night thanks to my host blocking me on an accidental “protective” defense. Instead of posting, I was submitting a support ticket and working through troubleshooting with them until it was resolved. By the end of the night, I was too tired and frustrated.
Before things went south in my digital world, I grabbed a huge bag of local walnuts from Salle Orchards at a local farmer’s market.
I had to sample a few. :-) Walnuts are one of my favorite nuts, I have good memories of harvesting them in the bay area as a kid and always having them around for snacking. Also creating goofy little crafts with the shells.
As much as I love to snack on raw walnuts, too many can do a number on my insides. So I’ll be using these more for raw sauces and pates.
At least my walnut pantry container is refilled. :-)
I was in the mood for a simple, raw comfort dinner while dealing with web host drama and went with a monster salad with home cultured veggies.
A welcoming digestion aid when there’s a little drama. :-)
For the salad dressing, I used the ranch recipe from Jennifer Cornbleet’s Raw Food Made Easy since I still had it out and open from earlier this week. But I used hemp seeds in place of the cashews and the dressing came out great, tangier and more flavorful than I remember any of the store bought ones being. It also came together fast taking about 5 minutes to through the ingredients into the Vita-Mix.
I added a bunch of sprouted lentils since I have a container overflowing with them in my fridge. They’re also great smoothie adds.
For a huge dinner salad that was fun to eat with chopsticks.
And left room for a few raw dough balls for dessert. :-)
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says
Aww, sorry about the host drama– that’s *never* fun!!
Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) says
So sorry about the hosting issues…GAH! That sucks! Just what you DIDNT need in your life. Well, at least you had fermented veggies, a great salad dressing, the balls, and that you have a tech background and they were able to help you, swiftly. But when your site is down or you cant post, nothing is ever fast enough!
christine says
So true, something that shouldn’t have been that big of a deal was! I was checking every 2 seconds for a response and for it to be back up. :-P