Yesterday was my birthday and my parents took me to lunch at Cafe Gratitude in San Francisco.  I blogged about my first trip to Cafe Gratitude here.

Cafe Gratitude is a Raw, vegan cafe with locations throughout the Bay Area.  Most of the food is organic and about 1/3 of their produce is grown on their own farm in Vacaville (about 45 minutes away from San Francisco).  Everything is fresh, wholesome and absolutely delicious!!

Dad’s Lunch:  I AM FULFILLED, a large salad of Mixed greens, avocado, carrots, beets, cucumbers, tomato, a flax chip, Parmesan, & teriyaki almonds and hummus (no chickpeas, it’s made from sprouted almonds).  He really enjoyed it and commented on how good the hummus was.  I told him that I had the Cafe Gratitude cookbook and that I would give him the recipe and he said “he was too lazy to make it himself when he could go to the store to buy hummus.”  It’s not quite the same, Dad.

My lunch (Mom, Nana and I all had the same thing):  I AM ELATED, the enchilada plate (flavors change daily).  The “tortilla” is made from spinach and flax and is dehydrated.  It is filled with a sprouted seed filling and topped with spicy salsa verde & cashew sour cream. On the side is Mexican spiced coleslaw, brown rice (not raw; Nana tried the quinoa because she’s never had that), guacamole, and black beans (not pictured, also not raw).  This is SO good.  I’m considering having my leftovers for breakfast.  I think I get this every time I go to Cafe Gratitude.  Next time I might need to switch it up.

Emma’s Lunch: I AM BERRY AWESOME, a cup of fruit topped with house made young coconut yogurt.  While Emma didn’t dig the yogurt (I thought it was delicious), she liked the fruit.  She also ate my whole dish of black beans, some of my brown rice and a smoothie.

My drink: I AM HEALTHY, fresh green juice of kale, celery, cucumber and lemon.  Not the tastiest, I must admit, but definitely good for my body.

My drink #2: I AM GRACE, frosty coconut smoothie made with Young coconut milk, almond butter, dates & vanilla.