Go Japanese Restaurant-East Village

Kanpyo and Avocado Roll (Each Veggie Roll here is $2!)

Green Salad with Ginger Dressing

Kabocha Squash with Watercress

St. Mark's Place is a great street for affordable dining here in NY. There are may authentic Japanese restaurants as well as other types of cuisine including Thai-Klong, Vietnamese-Baoguette-Pho, Middle Eastern-Mamouns and much more. Last week, I stumbled upon Go Japanese Restaurant. On a recent visit, I ordered two veggie rolls, a salad, and a side of squash (see photos above). If you're looking for something cheap and quick, go to Go:) (*Restaurant is veggie friendly~Note* they serve meat and fish, but if you're looking for the best vegan sushi try Soy and Sake in the West Village)

Caravan of Dreams

I love the fact that there are so many vegetarian/vegan friendly restaurants in the neighborhood. Just to name a few, here is a short list; Quantum Leap, Curly's Vegetarian, Angelica Kitchen, Organic Grill, Counter, Pukk, Lan Cafe, and Caravan of Dreams. After a long week of making meals at home, dining out seemed like a great idea.

Dinner took place at Caravan of Dreams, which is located on 6th St. between 1st Ave and Ave A here in the East Village. I ordered the small unchicken caesar deluxe salad for my main dish and could not pass on the berry almond live chocolate cake for dessert. What a nice treat to end the week!

Unchicken Caesar Deluxe-black beans, seitan, croutons, tomatoes, olives, caesar dressing

Berry Almond Live Chocolate Strawberry Cake

Caravan of Dreams

Organic Vegan Cuisine

405 East 6th St.

New York, NY. 10009

212-254-1613

Website: http://www.caravanofdreams.net/#/Home

Raw Food Monday

Raw Food Monday from last week:

Before: Raw Blueberry Date Cashew Smoothie

After

Romaine, avocado, mushroom and carrot salad with fresh fruit

Go Raw Spicy Seed Mix

Fresh Organic Fruit (Strawberries, pineapple, grapes and raspberries)

Raw Flax Rye Bread

Love the Chicks Pate with Raw Flax Bread

Pate served over organic spinach and carrot strips

Passionberry Kombucha and a fuji apple

A little bit of Raw Kim Chee

Today:

Breakfast-Organic Banana

Lunch: Fresh blueberries, Go Raw Banana Bread Bar, spicy seed mix, and a Kombucha

Snack-Handful of Raw Cashews, organic pear

Dinner-Take out from Caravan of Dreams

Live-Avocado Soup

Live Flax Crackers

Live-Meatballs

Raw Food Mondays

So I've been thinking...Why not try Raw Food Mondays? Starting tomorrow, I'm going raw one day a week. Here is the menu:

Breakfast-Banana

Lunch-Organic romaine with beets, mushrooms, carrots, cucumber, flax seeds in a raw tomato provencal dressing.

Fresh Fruit-strawberries, apple, raspberries, and pineapple

Snack-apple or Larabar

Post Run-Raw Blueberry Smoothie from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen

Dinner-??

Any ideas for dinner?

Fresh Summer Corn and Bean Salad

After a long run today, I came home to this delicious salad. I added fresh herbs and tossed everything in a red wine vinaigrette. Mmmm good.