I know that I said I would be back on Tuesday with an update, but I decided to wait and share my eats with you on What I Ate Wednesday. I ate some seriously good food this past weekend at the Healthy Living Summit in Minneapolis, MN. Let’s take a look at some of my yummy eats!
Friday
On Friday evening I joined some of my favorite blogging buddies for dinner at Kindee Thai. Becky and Katie organized this dinner and I was so excited for not just the great food, but also the amazing company.
I ordered the Vegetable Stir-Fry with brown rice and added fresh tofu. This was seriously SO good. Becky and Katie both did an awesome job of selecting a tasty (and vegan-friendly!) restaurant. I would definitely eat here again.
Before heading to bed at the end of the evening, I snacked on some Pop Chips!
Saturday
Saturday began with breakfast at the conference. I had oatmeal with a strawberry and basil chutney, slivered almonds, and homemade almond butter that Kim brought along with her and generously shared with me. On the side I had tons of fresh fruit. The oatmeal left a bit to be desired (it wasn’t very hot), but the fruit was amazing.
I also had a green smoothie made with the new Ninja blender. The smoothie contained kale, spinach, bananas, mango, and pineapple. It was SO good!
Mid-morning we had a snack break sponsored by Blue Diamond. I munched on a package of their natural almonds.
Lunch was served at noon. I was really pleased with the vegan options. I had a Mexican-themed salad, which I topped with oil and vinegar, and stir-fried vegetables topped with lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos, salsa, and spicy tofu. It was tasty!
I also made my own bowl of soup at the Build Your Own Soup Bar (cool concept, right?). My soup contained vegetable broth, mushrooms, peas, artichokes, peppers, and onions. Super simple, but delicious!
In the afternoon I snacked on an apple (sorry, no picture)
I went to dinner with Kim, Emily, Danica, Kelsey, and Laura at The News Room.
I started dinner off right with a beer. Hi Laura! 😉 You know you are with blogger friends when everyone is taking pictures!
I chose the Mexican Jumping Bean Flatbread for my entrée. Holy cow, this thing was HUGE. The flatbread was thin and crispy and topped with black bean chili hummus, scallions, red onions, cilantro, jalapenos, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, and sriracha sour cream. Sounds tasty, right? Well it most definitely was. I shared a piece with Kim (she loved it, too!) and then I shoveled in the rest. I was not letting a single bite of this go to waste.
My evening snack was some delicious Annie’s sea salt popcorn.
Sunday
My final HLS meal was breakfast on Sunday morning. I had one piece of toast topped with peanut butter, breakfast potatoes with ketchup (yum!), and tons of fresh fruit. I seriously could not get enough of the fresh fruit. I probably could have eaten the whole tray. And trust me, it was a large tray!
And there you have it: A weekend of FANtastic eats in Minneapolis! #HLS13
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oh my gosh give me that flatbrad NOW! the fruit does look delicious.
Both were amaaaazing!
That flatbread is HUGE indeed!! It looks so delicious.
And I love when fresh green juices are available!!
Yes, both were SO GOOD! There is nothing better than starting out your day with some veggies!
that flat bread looks and taste amazing too.
It was so good! I’d love to eat there again.
All this HLS eats are killingggg me. So delish!
I definitely ate some super tasty food over the weekend :).
What a fab idea to have a make-your-own soup bar! Your eats all look super delish:)
I thought it was super cool, too!
That pizza and everything else looks so good! I would hope the food would be good at a blog convention ha
Haha, you would hope so, right? 😉
That FLATBREAD!! Holy cow – I never knew they made those while I lived in Minnie and now I’m sad I missed it, haha! The eats were so delicious at HLS so I’m glad you used them for your WIAW 🙂
You did an awesome job with the Kindee Thai restaurant pick. And yes, the flatbread was AMAZING. You’ll have to go there when you are back in town.
Food is ALWAYS the best part, isn’t it? 😉 Build your own soup bar?!?!? I’d be in Heaven! Looks like you had so much fun!
I definitely ate VERY well this past weekend :).
Holy Flatbread! Amazing! Wasn’t all the food at H LS great? I don’t think I ate anything I didn’t like!
It sure was good! I think that the flatbread was definitely my favorite part!
Man, now I am hungry for thai food again!! But I totally agree that the food was awesome!!
Haha, me too! I’m pretty sure I could even eat that for breakfast ;).
You can never go wrong with a dinner that starts with beer! 😉 Yummy eats!
SUCH a true statement! 😉
I want that flat bread in my belly NOW. NOW! It sounds so good!
Those look like some great eats you had, I’m so jealous!
I want to eat it again NOW!! 😉
that flatbread looks GODLY haha i don’t blame you one bit for eating the whole thing! yum!
I want that Mexican jumping bean flatbread for my lunch right now!! Mmmm so hungry now…thanks Hannah 😉
Haha, looking at the pictures is making me hungry too!! I have a major craving for it.
That flatbread does look really good! I’m glad you were able to find so many great vegan and vegetarian options while you were there. I eat meat but my favorite stir frys to order out are tofu, I have attempted to make tofu a few times at home but always mess something up so its a great treat when out to eat.
I LOVE tofu in my stir-fries…I think it is my favorite addition! 🙂
Going to have to make up sum siracha sour cream for my next taco night! Good idea!
It was awesome. Next time you are in Minneapolis visiting your brother you should check it out.
Ill def do that! Drowned my pizza crust in siracha at a sweet pizza joint in Jackson on vacay. Can’t go wrong with siracha!
that flat bread looks epic! I was so happy to see the tofu at Saturday lunch too, I’ve never been to a hotel conference that actually had tofu!
Me too!! I was super impressed with the option of tofu!
So cool! Love how many options they had!
It was quite tasty!
I could really go for some News Room eats tonight!!! That flatbread was so good!!!
I wish it wasn’t so far away!!! 🙁
I’m looking at the buffet and imaging that all of my work conferences had that…. sub buffets never turn into very good “veggie” sandwiches lol
Oh my goodness, I know what you mean. I rarely ever have food that I can eat at work functions.
Omg I cannot stand cold or room temp oatmeal! I would be so sad lol the summit looked like fun!! You can never go wrong with Thai food either
The Thai food was AMAZING!
Wow, that flat bread really was huge! I bet it went perfectly with your Corona. 😉
I have a Ninja blender and I want to try that green juice now! It looks delicious and so healthy!
The flatbread and the Corona were the PERFECT combination! 🙂
JEALOUS!! Everything looks super tasty!
IT WAS!!
I think the food posts are the recaps that I look forward to the most from blogging conventions. That and blogging tips which there seem to be an abundance of this year! Quite amazing. I’ve learned so much and didn’t even go. 🙂
That pizza looks so so huge. I’m glad you got to finish it all because I would not have wanted to waste it!
Build-your-own-soup-bar? What?! That sounds like a dream!!
Oh trust me, I was not letting the pizza go to waste! 😉
All this HLS stuff is making me wish I could have gone!! Next year… 😉 I’m so glad you had such a great time!
Yes, you should definitely go!!
All the food looks outstanding!
It was!! I had a great weekend of eats :).
Everything looks amazing, especially the flatbread. I think the food would be one of the best parts of being at a healthy living conference. That and being in the company of “foodies” with similar tastes.
Yes, meeting all sorts of other bloggers and foodies was AWESOME.
Holy cow that flatbread is huge! Looks like a tasty conference!
It was HUGE, but thin, so I was able to eat all of it except for the part that I shared…it was too tasty not to eat ;).
All the meals looked amazing!! especially that flatbread it looked and sounded like it was delicious! 🙂
It was AWESOME. I wish the restaurant was closer to me :(.
I thought the “make your own soup bar” was a really neat idea, too…it seems like something that would be really fun to do for a holiday or dinner party!
Yes! I LOVED it! Such an easy but creative idea.
Are you kidding me with that flatbread right now?!?!?! my god it looks incredible.
And it tasted even better than it looks!!
I like the build your own soup idea.
It was super fun and I loved how vegan-friendly it was!
oh my gosh! looks like you had a weekend of delicious eats 🙂 glad you had fun!!!
It was definitely a fantastic time!
Wow, the summit looked fun! I also have a Ninja blender, but a different model.
The Ninja is awesome! I am loving the looks of the new one.
I’m glad you had so many good eats. That pizza sounds killer! I may have to try recreating it at home 🙂
I have thought about attempting to do that too!! Let me know if you do!