Saturday has been a busy, but fun day. It started with this:
Fluffy fields of green with almond butter.
Guess what I put in my oat bran this morning? Ashley said it was good, and so I went with broccoli + spinach blended oats…yes, I did, and yes it was good. I’m sure the Jay Robb vanilla rice protein powder I added to the mix helped, but it tasted just like my cauliflower oat bran. Yummy and filling. Ashley, thanks for being brave enough to try it first. 
Then it was off to the Titans Stadium downtown to cheer for CD in a 5K road race:
3.1 miles in 15 minutes and 36 seconds. Good job CD!
I’d also like to give a shout-out to Jacob C. who ran an excellent race this morning as well. Jacob is one of our running friends here in Nashville and has been following Heather Eats Almond Butter from the very beginning. So good to see you this morning my friend!
Then it was off to hit up Costco for our weekly staples (read spinach, broccoli, hummus, and almond butter). Afterwards, I came home and made the best salad ever:
Rawlicious...well, almost.
Let’s see, the above bowl contained raw summer squash noodles, grated jicama (so delicious), spinach, red bell pepper, avocado, and steamed broccoli. Following one of my reader’s advice (love you Briana), I made an all raw dressing with miso paste, olive oil, lemon juice, stevia, and water. Seriously amazing.
Why on earth do restaurants not offer more salads like this? The salad section of menus always consist of Caesar, Cobb, or mixed greens with candied nuts, Gorgonzola & dried fruit. Yeah, those types of salads are delicious, but what’s wrong with nothing but a variety of raw veggies and a simple dressing? I think I need to open my own restaurant serving nothing but oat bran concoctions and Heather salads. Would y’all dine there? I promise I won’t make you eat broccoli oats.
After lunch I ate this bowl…x’s 4:
Steamed kabocha - I'm obsessed.
Maggie, I blame this on you – seriously, I cannot get enough kabocha in my life. Oh well, at least it’s helping with my Whole Life Challenge goal #5: Incorporate more vegetables into my diet, both raw and cooked. Definitely no problems there!
OK, off to think up a clever name for my new restaurant. Any suggestions?
Oh, and someone’s birthday is tomorrow. I’ll give you a hint…she’s my guacamole muse.
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Am i first for the first time?? Woah, perfect timing!
Good to see yall this morning, I feel honored
Any extra cheers at races are greatly appreciated!
I think CD deserves the recognition though!- A smoking 15:36 5k on a hilly course!! I was almost 2 mins behind! Does he run with the dogs?- I bet Einstein could out-run me..lol..
CD, I know you are reading, so great race!!
No offence to 99% of your readers Heather, but I was just thankful to not get beat by a woman today
There were 2 on my heels the whole race- I couldn’t shake them off!
Guess where I went for lunch??- Rakka! I got the tandorini chicken and cheese along with the rice pudding, pretty good! I mowed a customer’s yard for free– in exchange they would take me to lunch at a restaurant of my choice ;-p.. I don’t know how fair of a trade that was for a $40 yard … hmmm, good company though..
And if you decide to open your own restaurant I’ll be a regular
How about “Heather SHARES almond butter” or “its always better with almond butter”
“almond butter and massage junction”…ehhh… I suk at this..
Do you have any other restaurant recommendations? We need some reviews
I wasn’t expecting it, so I didn’t have my camera or I would have took some pics for you to post!..
( I’ll probally have something deepfried in bacon fat tonight to make up for it though…kidding ;-p)
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Oh my. . . I can not even fathom running that fast. Or close to that fast. That is truly some running talent. Congrats to CD!
Open a restaurant and it WILL be on the menu – I’d be a regular customer!
Hooray for dear Gena’s birthday tomorrow!
Please, please, pleaseee open a restaurant Heather!!!!
I completely agree-restaurants just don’t offer enough options that can be filling enough, and fun to eat! I’m sick of the basic greens with tomatoes and cucumbers. I’m sick of the salad with nuts and cheese! I want the good stuff that all of us bloggies put together!
I’d totally eat at your restaurant…and I’d probably even try the broccoli oats!
Hey Miss Green Queen, you may or may not be mentioned in my last post
Congrats, CD, on the 5K race!
Heather, you should totally open up your own restaurant
I think your restaurant should be called Heat the Almond Butt
YES open a restaurant! And then, I’m sure it will be so successful you’ll open up more than one location — so I’m putting in a request for an Ottawa site! What do you think?
I’m obssessed with kabocha as well and I eat it frozen!
Hahaha… I am so proud of your kabocha-loving!
If Bobby and I get another cat we’re naming it Kabocha (our cat now is named Couscous). If we open a restaurant it’s going to be called “Couscous & Kabocha”. Or just “Cous & Kabocha”. We haven’t decided yet.
ummm CDs time is RIDIC! heather you bagged a stud!
thank GOD you have given me a use for my miso paste. please please please give me more, as i have a MASSIVE tub and no idea what to do with it all!?
holy cow does CD do any coaching? I would love to hear what kind of speed work he does!
Love the oats. *Note to self – find blender.
And a 5k in under 16 minutes? Wowzers.
Kabocha = love. Diggin’ it. And the steamed broccoli – super yummo.
(favorite food)
Have a lovely Saturday night!
I would also be a regular customer. My kind of salad, for sure! I prefer avocado to be my healthy fats. Even when I ate cheese, I always hated it in salads!
Congrats to CD – that is an AWESOME time!!! You guys are the cutest.
Have a great weekend!
If you open a restaurant, I will have even more reason to fly out and visit you!!!
Thanks for the shout, my lovely!!!
And one of my HUGE pet peeves is the mainstream restaurant salad: a sad little mound of mesclun. Your creation looks so much better! I’ll have to try it soon.
Much love to you, Heaths
G xo
You open a restaurant and I’ll be there! You should be a chef—-your dishes always look great and we KNOW they are healthy!!! Love it!!
You amaze me with your “ballsy” (for lack of a better word) eats and genius combinations! I second everyone who said “OPEN A RESTAURANT!” I’d make the hike from near or far to give your place a go.
OMG restaurant= brilliant! You could just paint the walls with random CD comments
Your salad looks delicious and congrats to CD on a great race!!
HEAB your arms are amazing!!!!
Ok, I almost made a little monkey-like shriek of surprise when I saw my name.
Soooo glad you liked the dressing! You totally made my day, Heather. I’m doing a little happy dance in my chair right now. 
Hooray, CD! He’s a speed demon!!!
Wow, your oats look so superduper smooth, yummay!
I used to put broccoli in my oats all the time when I was vegetarian (it also included cheese). It was so good. Savory oats are yummy. Hm, I haven’t had that in awhile actually.
I want some squash now, it looks so good!
I’m SO with you on the restaurant salad thing!! There are so many delicious varieties and creations you can do with salads, the possibilities are endless, and yet every restaurant offers the same four boring choices. I would go to Nashville just to visit your salad place
Hi Heather!
Whoa…CD’s time is super impressive! Wow! Congrats to him!
I enjoyed your last post about your massage practice. It must be such a great feeling to love what you do. I am hoping to find that someday soon! I’ve seen multiple massage therapists about these unbeievable knots I get in my shoulders. They’ve always been there but recently the build-up is really bad and my shoulders just deeply ache, seriously “craving” a massage to work out those knots. Ever therapist I see is surprised by the knots and say that regular massage will help, but I’ve spent tons of money on massages and it only seems to help in the very short-term.
Am I just not seeing the right type of therapist, or is there anything else you would recommend to relax the shoulders? I’m trying to spend less time at the computer and I’m always pretty conscious of my posture. I don’t know what to do!
Sorry for the novel but my shoulders are hurting now as I write this so I thought I would ask
That salad looks delicious! Love all the green.
Great job CD! A runner I “know” online used to live in/near N-ville and wear that singlet. Your paths probably crossed.
Do you have any great tips for cooking with taro?
YAY CD!!! Congrats!!
I wish restaurants would offer salads like that! I’m so sick of iceberg lettuce! I would most definitely dine at your restaurant! I vote for ‘Heat The Salmon Butt’ as your restaurant name but that might be a bit misleading
Oooh how fun to read this on Sunday morning! Just makes my day happy.
CD… YOU ROCK. nuff said.
Heabs… oh my heavens… another oaty bowl of yum. I love you.
Restaurant… okay, girl. I know in my heart that you are supposed to do something crazy/smart like that! Names…
Heather’s Ballsy Bowls of Yum
or
Bust your Rut, not your Budget while enjoying Breakfast
or
Waaaay more than OATS Cafe
or
Green and Gloroius
or
Yeah, we eat THAT
or
Lunch taste like Breakfast Diner
or
Almonds and Smiles
or
Oaty Love and Smoosh Shoppe (Massage and eats)
Whaddya think????
Love you dearly, my sweet friend. Now, I need to go over to say happy birthday to Gena!! XOXO
That would be freaking awesome if you opened a restaurant! I would come everyday =)
I agree, restaurants need more salads like the one you made! The only ones that usually resemble that are “house salads” which contain more lettuce than anything else. BOR-ING!
I agree with K, “Heat the Salmon Butt” should be the name of your restaurant!
Congrats to CD for that awesome time!
I would totally dine at your restaurant, I’ll be thinking up a clever name
Where do you think the cheapest place to buy almond butter is? Costco? Trader Joe’s?
Oh my goodness, broccoli in oats
. I still have the spinach one to try out!
That restaurant sounds great, I would love to eat some Heather goods.
broccoli oats?! i’m not sure i could rock the broccoli for bfast, but the green is so pretty
christian dior KILLED that road race! that’s awesome!!!!
the mostly raw salad looks incredible! i’ll have to try that dressing recipe- i finally found some miso here in v-town
have a wonderful sunday, my friend
I would so dine at your restaurant! I’ll be brainstorming a name for ya! =)
I would totally eat there!
broccoli in oats….hmmmm….im not sure if I could handle that!? Perhaps! haha
Heather- I went to the farmers market after work a little while ago.. Not a single kobacha squash! seriously, don’t these farmers know that if HEAB’s blog features a kobacha- that demand is going to go up 10525%!!
Awesome peaches though!
That is an absolutely incredible time! Holy FAST!
Haha.
Your oats look delicious
I WOULD COME TO YOUR RESTAURANT!!!! I’d live there
<3 jess
That oat bran looks EXTRA delicious. Must be the broc. I’d be a little afraid to try it but if it works then I guess why not load it up with as many veggies as you can?!
I would most definitely dine at your restaurant. I would be a regular. And I’d even eat broccoli oats!
Okay, you saved the best for last. I’m lusting over your kabocha hardcore right now. I could eat it every. single. day.
CD you speedster – way to go!!!
Kombocha YUMMM!!! I took mine with me and ate some there. A few people tried it and loved it cooked as fries. I havent cooked broccoli in for eves. I wanna give you your present!!! Do you wanna wait till I get back from DR or try to meet up before?
~Justine
CRAZY! I put broccoli in my oats yesterday morning too!!! I told you we are TWINS! I hope you’ve had a good weekend friend! xoxo
Heather,
Heck ya! Why not broc/spin oats!
Congrats CD!
xoxo,
Tracy
That is a very fast 5K! Wow.
Seriously – you are so right about restaurant salads being limited!!! Someone needs to make a House of Salad. I would eat there all the time:) And your salad looks awesome!
I was looking at your pictures again and I just have to say you have some awesome arms, Heather. The lady would like two tickets to the gun show! Wow, did I actually just say something that cheesy? Apparently I did.
you inspire me.
Im so blending the brocc this morning.
I love green.
I love oats.
I love broccoli.
why not?
A restaurant with an all-Heather menu would be amazing…! A bit too far to travel for me regularly, but still! Your blog is so inspiring and has helped me to include more raw food and nut butter (and oats!) in my diet. I feel so much better eating this. Thank you!!
Hey Heather! You know I love all the stinky broc in this post
I bet it was just awesome in the oats. Congrats on the run CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with your comment about salads at restaurants- they need to get more creative!
Congrats to CD – 15 minutes? that is crazy fast! love that you put broccoli in there
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Hi Heather,
I have seen your green oats (and a few other people’s) and they seem like such a good idea! I was just wondering how do you make them?
Thanks,
Pheebs
I made spinach blended multi-grain oats with nut butter on top for my b-fast this morning, it was delicious. Thanks so much for all the great tips!!
Emily, You’re welcome.
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