vegan appeal of the salad variety in Christchurch
Grey, horrible, wet, windy day.
Take out Mama Fridge for a birthday lunch at The Herb Centre. I used to come here years ago…. they always did a mean veggie soup which hit the spot on a bone-chilling cold Christchurch day. The scene looks a bit different these days, the Earthquakes sealed the fate of my old favourite foodie Hippie-store Pikos that used to reside next door.
Lunch outing are always a challenge with the crazy Misty wanting to run about and destroy anything within reach.
Thanks Goodness for Aunty Sez’s glorious (and distracting) tropical smoothie joy.
A pile ‘o Salads for me (and Misty) from the daily digs – really great selection and variety. Marinated radish… beetroot/carrot slaw…. quinoa, herbs & beans….steamed broccoli with sesame seeds…mixed greens. Delicious herby-olive-oily dressing for a bit of zing. Misty ate the brown rice, pomegranate seed, apple, raisin and ginger salad (a Sad Lou can’t have the fruit) and I hoovered the rest.
Mama Fridge enjoyed her Indian Spiced Lentil Patty with Raita and salads like mine…. the pattie was thick, hearty and sweet from the roast pumpkin it contained. A little zing from the strained yoghurt/lemon raita was relished.
Lovely, friendly staff who didn’t think I was a crazy woman for wanting to take photos. Although we did NOT sample the desserts, they definitely looked GOOD. Daily soups, pies, frittatas, wraps and the likes adorned the cabinet – all looking vibrant, healthy and appealing (which always helps, no?) Good portion sizes, filling meals, good value for money – approve? Yes, yes I do.
Stoked with my new utensil for dry-skin-brushing… purchased from the attached herbal dispensary that was loaded with all sorts of natural health type goodies. This brush was about half the price of what I have seen them advertised for anywhere else (in Australia). Win.
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Vegan. Stay at home Mum of Misty. Yoga teacher in training. Passionate about REAL food - creating it, eating it, sharing it. I can never stick to a recipe.
Raw vegan chocolate mousse tart!??!!? Why did I not know this place did food???? I thought it was just a dispensary type place.
Yeah, it’s great – you’d love it. Simple, wholesome food at a good price…. plus an awesome herb/veggie garden out the back that could provide entertainment for little busy monsters!
miss that place. so good!! any more earthquakes while you were there?
Yeah, a few! We had about a 4.2 and Misty freaked out a little bit. Argh do not like them!
Wow that place looks amazing Lou!!
Yay for dry skin brushing! You’ll have to let me know how it goes for ya! I have a feeling you’ll just love it.
I DO love it
It’s fantastic…. who knows why it took me so long to get into it!?!
dry skin brushing is THE BEST! What a yummy looking lunch! mmmm
I am loving the skin brushing so far – been meaning to get into it for SO long…. hooray!
I NEEEED To come play with you guys in aussie land or zeeeland! This place looks unreal, like drool to floor unreal!! YUM!
Yeah man, I’ll be your personal tour guide! You would LOVE it…. especially all the beautiful walks/hikes that are so ABUNDANT. You and ManFriend would just lovelovelove! Seriously, start saving for a TRIP!!!
Oh, I wish you could pretend pomegranate okay because, you know, it’s arils not *fruit*, right?
Hehe, I actually DID pick out the pomegranate seeds and ate them
Tangy.
That raw tart looks amazing! Ditto your salads, and ditto this place – what a great lunch option. The earthquake effects always make me sad though…such a hard thing for buildings to come back from.
Yeah, it’s a pretty horrendous scene in the CBD of Christchurch…. not much left
Christchurch has an awesome community spirit though, and there are all sorts of new fun places popping up… “re-birthing” if you will!