Weekend of Eats! Grill 225 & Charleston's Cafe

We have been having a blast spending time with Josh's parents. We have spent a lot of time out and about and have enjoyed some very good meals. First, up Grill 225.

As I have mentioned previously, this restaurant is a super classy steak restaurant in downtown Charleston. Josh's parents:

Me & Josh:

We started off with some incredible bread:

And salads (this is Josh's Mom's tomato and mozzarella salad):

Josh's Caesar:

Josh's Dad with his calamari:

I ordered my favorite, six year old inspired dinner. The Yonges Island green salad (greens with chipped pecans, tomatoes, ginger soy dressing):

and steak fries ;)

Everyone else stuck with steak and creamed spinach (sorry for the dark picture):

A fabulous dinner!

And of course, you know we went to brunch this morning:

Charleston's Cafe!! I got my usual apple parfait. Josh tried one of the specials, Peanut butter, chocolate chip multigrain pancakes topped with pecans, bananas and whipped cream:

The rest of the day was been spent running errands and doing things around the house.

This morning, I taught my usual pump class. I have the day off of work as Josh is having surgery on his elbow today. Please send good vibes his way :)

What are you looking forward to this week?

I Love SC & Vegan Coconut Cornbread Muffins

Are you ready for the weekend?? I am especially excited for this weekend because Josh's parents are coming !! BTW- I have a few exciting giveaways coming, including another from the CSN stores!! As you may already know, the CSN stores sell all sorts of goodies including bathroom vanities.

How has the rest of your week been treating you? Mine has been quite nice. On Wednesday, I took advantage of the beautiful South Carolina weather and headed out to the Isle of Palms Connector to do a little walking/running. I ran a race on the connector last October and have been itching to get back out there ever since. Couple pictures taken during my run:

SC is so beautiful! I just love living here. The run/walk was very enjoyable, but HOT! Thank goodness for the heavier winds on the bridge.

I was a hot mess afterwards and decided I needed to share my stinky-ness with the world. I hit up the New Harris Teeter (that I believe is supposed to be "Green") that just opened up this week. We have probably 3 of these already in my town, but this one has a Starbucks inside :)

The store is very nice, but nothing too out of the ordinary (again...minus the exciting Starbucks!), but I did pick up a new hummus to try and it did not disappoint!

With Josh's parents coming into town, I have been doing some baking. I made up granola (2 cups oats, 1 cup coconut, 1/2 cup sunflower seeds, 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, 1/2 cup walnuts, 2 tablespoons flax, 3 tablespoons honey and 3 tablespoons vegetable oil baked at 250 for 1 hour). I also put together some Vegan Coconut Cornbread muffins. The recipe I used before seems to have disappeared, so I went off memory and made a few adjustments:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup coconut
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 3/4 cup almond milk
• 1 tablespoon flax

Directions:

• Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet in another
• Combine ingredients
• Spray a muffin pan, divide mixture into 12
• Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes
  
  

These muffins have (according to my calculations) ~ 122 calories per muffin! How fabulous is that? Lastly, I made up a veganized version of these bars. I used 2 tablespoons of flax and 6 tablespoons of water instead of the 2 eggs. I also added in dried cherries instead of chocolate chips.

On a side note, I got a VERY fun package from the people at Galaxy Granola on Wednesday. They are releasing two new flavors (review to come). Any guesses on what the people who promote Fruit Not Fat have put together?

I hope you enjoy your weekend! What are you up to? And now for the Frank picture of the day (yes, his head is really that big):