Sessions [supportive!]
Snacks [scrumptious!]
Sandwiches [splendid!!!!]
I went to a session on budgeting by Lauren (which of course I enjoyed!) and a session on rising above negativity by Brittany, Heather, Julie, and Courtney
I also won the icebreaker bingo – $75 to Lululemon!! I set out to win big and then realized maybe as a founder I probably shouldn’t have won, but I didn’t plan a lick this year (all the credit goes to MEGHANN, who did a fabulous job) so I suppose it’s fair game. Plus, I have always wanted some Lulu gear!
Lunch came next, and I could barely contain myself because GREAT HARVEST WAYNE provided the bread!!!
I found a little nook of light to use for a sandwich photoshoot
The sandwiches were all vegetarian – Smoked Tofu, Caprese, Roasted Vegetable – and were all totally delicious!!! Great Harvest Wayne gets a 10 for quality control from me : )
Salad on the side!
3 thirds make a whole, right!?
Back inside, we had ballz for dessert. Sunflower + sun seed balls made by Shana
And almond flour Dough Balls by Katie!
We have a Dogfish beer chilling in our water pitcher. I kid you not!
Time to listen to Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, CSSD, LDN (Quaker’s Keynote Speaker) about Realistic & Achievable Wellness.
Brittany (A Healthy Slice of Life) says
I would have loved to hear the budgeting session- guess I’ll be stalking the healthy living world until I find someone that writes a recap 🙂
Congrats on winning- I’ve always wanted to try lululemon gear, too!
Lauren @ Fun, Fit and Fabulous! says
I was about to say the exact same thing! Hopefully someone will do a recap of the session for us!! 🙂
Kath, that sandwich looks absolutely amazing!! Enjoy the rest of your day at the Summit. All of us that aren’t there are busy stalking all of you that are blogs!! Hahaha
Mindy @ GlutenFreeMinG says
I’m right there with you both… Can you update your comment when you stalktasticlly find a recap? 🙂
Baking N Books says
I’d like to hear more about the negativity session. Does it relate to personal or blogging?
GH strikes again! Is that a layer of mozzarella under the tomato in the 2nd s’wich?
Jennifer says
fun!
looks like you’re having a wonderful time! 🙂
Shaya says
I just have to tell you that I went from NEVER visiting my neighborhood Great Harvest to having serious cravings for their sandwiches every week because of you! So delish.
And I always want to ask the bread-slicing peeps at the front if they’ve heard of you, but I’m afraid of getting funny looks. How well-connected are all the stores? How many are there?
Melody says
Those sandwiches looks AMAZING, I would die for one right now.
Baking Serendipity says
Looks like such fun! The budgeting session sounds like something I need to hear 🙂 And the dough balls? Totally something I need to eat. Enjoy your weekend!
Sweet and Savvy says
Looks like a great day!
Mel says
Those eats look fabulous! There’s a Great Harvest next door to the Trader Joes we sometimes shop at and I’m beginning to believe that I Will HAVE to make a stop in. Do all Great Harvest’s generally sell the same items or is it more individual?
KathEats says
It really depends on the store – some are more similar than others
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles says
You find amazing places like the ‘nook’ to get the photo EVERYWHERE! No matter where you are, you make the food look like a dream!
kris says
If I were a sponsor or an attendee, I’d be kind of pissed if a founder won a doorprize. Aren’t those meant for people who actually paid to attend?
KathEats says
No, not necessarily. It was an even playing field.
KathEats says
Although you’ll probably want to know that I gave the prize back for another person to win
Kelli H (Made in Sonoma) says
that’s so nice of you! 🙂
Marla says
I think you did the right thing giving back the prize.
You gals get paid for HLS and to me it just doesn’t feel right
that one of the paid organizers/staff won a prize…just a little shady.
But I can tell from your blog you are 0% shady,so a high five on
being honorable! Ya did the right thing in my books!!
KathEats says
Actually I am not getting paid anything this year and I didn’t plan any of it so I’m not “staff”. I’m really just an attendee with travel sponsored by HLS as a founder.
Marla says
Oh ,thanks for info!
I guess I still feel as a “founder” with free paid flights
and not having to pay a ticket like everyone else does ,I still
feel really strongly one should not be up for winning raffles
when others have saved to pay flights,pay the ticket etc to attend.
But hey we all have different options for sure about these things
(I remember Meghann had a fascinating debate going on in her comments
recently about the use of student discounts!)
So to each our own…..but thanks for letting us all express differing
opinions on your blog.I admire that! 😉
KathEats says
This wasn’t a raffle – I didn’t enter the raffles. This was a game that I won.
Marla says
Sorry,meant to write word game, not raffle!
Sunday brain 🙂
Kristin @ eat healthy. be happy. live well. says
Congrats on winning! I can’t wait to see what you buy!! I would love to hear more about what you learned from the sessions! Enjoy the rest of the day 🙂
Ashley@MyFoodNFitnessDiaries says
I definitely need to make some of those dough balls! Yummy.
Annette @ EnjoyYourHealthyLife says
Oh my goodness those sandwiches (?) look SO good! Awesome that they are all veg!
ANd congrats on winning 🙂
Ellie@fitforthesoul says
I shall make a sandwich like that for lunch today~~I give him 100 stars weeee!
katie @KatieDid says
lululemon has great stuff, congrats! Fun way to start the day. The sandwiches all sound fabulous, you can never get too much great harvest right?!
Lauren @ What Lauren Likes says
Woohoo! congrats on winning haha! What a great prize 🙂
Khushboo says
I’m sure it doesn’t light a candle to Great Harvest bread but I am loving the bread from Le Pain Quotidien! Till recently I rarely ate bread in Mumbai because I was skeptic about ingredients/couldn’t find any that tasted satisfying! I am SO glad they opened an LPQ here: organic wholewheat flour and very hearty!
delia says
The spread totally does look delicious. HLS needs to come to the Midwest!
lynn @ the actor's diet says
GH near philly?!? gotta tell my relatives!
Angel7 says
Peanut butter granola–YUMMY!
http://faithfulsolutions.blogspot.com/
Molly @ RDexposed says
Whhaaaaaaaaat? Dogfish just waiting for someone to drink it? Girl take advantage of that!!
Kristen, Sweetly says
Looks like a great, informative day in Philly! 🙂 Enjoy your Lululemon. I found my favorite pair of yoga pants at American Eagle last year, and may have bought at least 3 pairs of them. Haha. I’m set for a while.
Hillary says
It’s like a rule that GH sandwiches will make me drool on my keyboard. Looks AWESOME!
Cait @ Beyond Bananas says
GH Bread for lunch/?! How fantastic!! And lucky you to have 75$ to spend at lulu. I’d probably never buy their clothes.. unless I got a gift card. Jealous! Enjoy that dogfish!
Lindsay @ Lindsay's List says
Look at your luck!!! That’s awesome!
Lisa @ Sunny Seed Stories says
Sounds like an awesome day so far! I’m jealous you got to try Shana’s treats! Good thing she gave me the recipe so I could try them all by my non-conference-attending self. 🙂
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga says
Rising above the negativity
And Budgeting…
Both awesome topics! If you hear of recap posts of them that begin to be posted on blogs around the ‘sphere, keep us posted b/c those sound like great topics.
And those balls. I am a Ball Queen (sounds awful, oh well…LOL) so I love seeing people’s versions and different recipes and what they whip up. Yum!
J3nn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) says
Those sandwiches look AMAZING! I wish we had a local sandwich place that sold sandwiches like that; I’d be their best customer. 🙂
Katie @ Nourishing Flourishing says
Thanks for the shout-out Kath 🙂 Hope you liked the doughballs. It was great to meet you this weekend!
Jenn@slim-shoppin says
Great looking sandwiches!!!
By the way, my friend Sueson is having a Mamma Chia give-a-way on her blog to try it for free.
http://specialeatswithsuesonvess.com/2011/08/20/momma-chia-juice-drink-give-away/
Thought your readers might like a chance to enter
Erika @ The Teenage Taste says
OOooh, those mini sandwiches look so delicious…and cute! 😀
kaila @ healthy helper! says
mmmm those sandwiches look delicious!!! sounds like you’re all having a fabulous time!!!
Justeen @ Blissful Baking says
What an awesome lunch 🙂 I actually stopped by your bakery today and bought a loaf of Cville crunch. I love it! I will definitely stop by again to get more bread when you’re there!
KathEats says
Aww please do!
Hannah says
Learning, delicious food, friends… what more could you want? 🙂
kate says
How did you like the Plain Jane? She is local here in Lancaster. I love the Purely Simple…i love how it is so chewy. You should stop in Lancaster while you are so close and go to The Lancaster Central Market…its the oldest indoor market in the nation.
KathEats says
Loved it!! Nice PB flavor 🙂
Emily says
Looks like a great day so far!! Thanks for the posts and links, HLSing vicariously through bloggers 🙂
Katie @ Peace Love and Oats says
Those sandwiches look amazing! And the seminars sound great! I hope I’ll be able to go next year!
Jackie @ That Deep Breath says
Soo jealous I’m not there. Those both sound like awesome topics, I’d love to hear more about the presentations!
Lexi @ A Spoonful of Sunshine says
Those Great Harvest sammiches sounds freaking, amazingly, redonculously delicious.
Tofu? Caprese?
My poor laptop is going to be drooled on very soon 😉
Lauren says
Thanks for the shout out! 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the session.