Today we’re going to head back to California and take a look at some of the food highlights of my weekend in Sacramento/Sonoma. We tried some fabulous restaurants that I really want to highlight, so expect a follow-up post where I’ll expand a little more on some of these. For today, let’s just enjoy the food porn that is What I Ate Wednesday! And since this blog is already Better With Veggies, you know I love this month’s theme:
What WIAW isn’t about
Comparison – Judgement – Restriction – Guilt
What WIAW is about
Celebrating one of the glorious things we all have in common: We all eat!
WIAW is about food and fun! It’s about making new friends, breaking out of a food rut, inspiring yourself & others, embracing fruit & vegetables, finding new ways to eat your favorite foods, and so much more <3
Celebrate blogging. Celebrate Food. Celebrate Individuality.
[Cause over here, we like to party!]
1 – Salad of the Season (the girl + the fig, Sonoma) with shaved parsnips, roasted shallots, pickled kumquats, & kumquat vinaigrette
2 – Baha Street Tacos (Sugar Plum Vegan Cafe, Sacramento) with shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, lime creama, & jalapeno served with spanish rice & black beans
3- Mixed seasonal radishes (the girl + the fig, Sonoma) with olive oil & grey sea salt
4. FigCello (the girl + the fig, Sonoma) – think of a Lemoncello, but with fig instead of lemon.
5. Kale & Sweet Potato Pizza with Sriracha Aioli (Sugar Plum Vegan Cafe, Sacramento)
6. Dad’s Spaghetti and Quinoa Balls (Dad’s Kitchen, Sacramento)
I loved Sacramento (and already knew I loved Sonoma) and would love to go back. It was fantastic finding so many restaurants that offered excellent plant-based dishes on their menu! Only one of these three restaurants was a vegan restaurant, the other two were far from it and still offered some great choices (like quinoa balls, instead of meatballs at Dad’s Kitchen). I was really impressed with the variety and quality of food, which is what I have seen in every visit to California.
I’ll happily go back to Sacramento anytime! =)
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What was the best restaurant find you discovered recently (either in your hometown or travelling)?
What has been your favorite travel location for awesome food? For me, it would be Italy – delicious!
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I really loved the food in Maui.
Lee recently posted..Three Things Tuesday
Hawaiian food makes me think of fruity drinks and beaches, that sounds nice! :)
Those are some tasty looking tacos. That’s how I like ‘em, loaded up with jalapenos.
Alayna @ Thyme Bombe recently posted..Japanese sweet potato casserole
Me too – spicy food is my favorite!
FigCello?! I’m making a note to try that next season. Sounds like heaven.
My favorite place to eat is the PIedmont region of Italy, preferably around Alba.
I forgot to tell you about that, it was AWESOME! I was going to try to see if it’s something you could make at home, I’m all about homebrewing stuff. :)
My family has an amazing fig tree at our lake house that fruits in the summer if y’all want some fresh figs for your figchello experiments!
I LOVE that idea, homemade figcello using homegrown figs. I’ll take some! =)
Ohhhh… please count me in for that! Limoncello is really easy to make… I can’t imagine fig would be much different.
And the other great thing about Sacramento is that it is the closest “big job city” to Tahoe! I miss Tahoe…lived in SF for 18 months.
Kyle @ Getting Better and Better recently posted..Vegetarian Chili! Want the Recipe?
I didn’t even know that – just another reason I could live there. :)
Oh dear goodness your Cali eats just look incredible!! I adore figs…
Carol @ Lucky Zucca recently posted..Living a Healthy Lifestyle: Applying the Law of Cause and Effect
Me too, they are great snack and I could eat a whole container of them. :)
WOW! I want all of it! I can’t decide which I want the most :D
Char @ http://www.charskitchen.ca recently posted..Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars
Doing these types of recaps always makes me hungry, so many good eats!
ummmm can we be travel buddies? =)
Jenn L @ Peas and Crayons recently posted..Veggie Love + [WIAW #55]
Anytime girl! =)