Backyard Lunch

It was HOT today! I think it got up into the 90s, which is rare here. We decided to enjoy our lunch out in our very own backyard (in the shade).

So, what was on the menu? We had tamales (OMG, I totally blanked on what those were called for 30 seconds!!!), salad, raw carrots & sugar snap peas with almond butter, and roasted beets.

*chile & cheese tamales from Patty Pan Grill, purchased at the MLK/Union farmers' market.

*salad - chopped heart of romaine & baby bib lettuce, with pinenuts, and that Black Creek Buttery cheese from Estrella Family Creamery we had the other night, dressed in another one of Drew's All Natural dressings (I'm feeling too lazy to walk to the fridge to find the exact name off the bottle).

*raw baby carrots & sugar snap peas with almond butter - it is exactly as it sounds. I put out a few carrots and a few peas with a little dish of almond butter for dipping. That's pretty much all Vincent cared about for lunch (the almond butter, not the carrots or peas).

*roasted red baby beets - roasted with olive oil, s & p, peeled, chilled and eaten whole (the beet greens were eaten up a few nights ago).

Like I said, Vincent mostly liked the almond butter. He did take a few (tiny) bites of carrot, had half a tamale (which is the first time he actually seemed to like them out of 3 tries), and half of a beet. We, the parental units, loved the meal. All of our delicious veggies for this meal came from, you guessed it, Oxbow Farm!