things we dig: paradise springs winery
September 2, 2010
Our Favorite: 2008 Vidal Blanc $24
The winery is located at:
behind the scenes
September 1, 2010
We had a lot of fun making our bike video for the sweet ride contest.We used some stop motion magic and a bunch of mini HD cams mounted to the bike (and sometimes rider) to get the footage you see. A lot of love and thanks for the guys from Wandering Hat Productions for their awesome work and Laura Tsaggaris for recording the original cover heard in the video. Also a big thanks to Republic Bike for helping out as well along with our very own Dominique for being recruited into being our bike rider! Here’s what went down.
And don’t forget to stop by our Facebook page to enter today!
roasted baby eggplant salad recipe
August 31, 2010
1 lbs of Baby Eggplant
2 Tblsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tsp of Garlic Salt
1 Tsp of Chili Powder
4 Rosemary Sprigs
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Wash eggplant, then slice eggplant in half and layout on baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil, garlic salt, chili powder. Layout Rosemary sprigs on top.
Roast at 425 degrees for 20 minutes or until soft.
You can just eat these roasted eggplant as a side dish or snack, But here at sweetgreen, we like to make everything into a salad. Heres the salad we made with them: (serves 2-3 ppl)
1/2 lb of Baby Arugula
1 large Heirloom Tomato, diced
1/2 cup Sprouts
1/2 cup Tofu, chopped
1 Tblsp of Fresh Basil, chopped.
8-10 of the Roasted Baby Eggplant Halves
Lemon Tahini Dressing (You can use any simple lemon vinaigrette.)
Extra fresh squeeze of lemon to top it off.
enter the sweet ride contest
August 30, 2010
http://www.vimeo.com/14403592We’ve gotten a lot of love and compliments for our custom wasabi green Republic Bikes we often park in front of our stores and we wanted to give you guys the chance to win your very own! This bike is planet friendly, sure to get noticed, and fit for a rockstar.
To enter simply do the following:
(1) Like us on facebook.
(2) Comment or like one (1) of our facebook posts dated between 8/30 and 9/10.
One winner will be randomly selected on Monday, September 13th. Winner* will be announced via our facebook and our sweetlife blog.
And if you are not one for contests and want to grab your own bike now (sans sweetgreen logo of course), you can order one here!
*Winner must be able to pick up their bike at our Dupont Circle location – 1512 Connecticut Ave in Washington, DC.
Photo credit: Brian Stansfield. Production credit: Wandering Hat Productions.
music friday cut copy
August 27, 2010
This Friday we wanted to share with everyone an awesome new single by Cut Copy. Enjoy the weekend everybody!
things we dig: down dog yoga
August 26, 2010
One of the things I’ve discovered since working at Sweetgreen is that everyone I work with loves Yoga. I’ve never been a believer in yoga, but last night I was convinced give it a try. My co-workers and I went to Down Dog in Georgetown for a Hot Yoga session. I’d consider myself pretty athletic but I’ve never sweated or stretched as much as I did last night. While I was definitely a novice, the instructors were great about making it challenging and pushing me to the next level. When the class was over, not only did my body and muscles feel great, but I was relaxed beyond belief. All the stress of the work week was wiped away and my mind was clear. Even though I’m pretty sore today, I’ve been converted and can’t wait for my next yoga session later this weekend.
- Tim
sweet corn: eat it raw
August 25, 2010
Its that time of the year: sweet corn is abundant at farmers markets. When most people think of eating a good piece of corn on the cob, they immediately imagine hot corn just boiled or grilled and slathered in butter. While there’s nothing wrong with that, next time try it RAW! That’s right, you can eat it directly off the cobb without cooking it. The first bite is completely unexpected as you get a mouthful of super sweet crisp corn. Literally, just shuck it, wash it , and BITE it. So shucking good.
You can also use sweetcorn off the cob, just slice it off and use it in this recipe.
Raw Sweet Corn & Avocado Salad
3 large ear of raw sweet corn
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 large ripe tomato, diced
2 Tblsp. parsley, minced
2 Tblsp. of cilantro, minced
1/4 cup sweet red onion, chopped
2 ripe avocados, cubed.
2 Tblsp of fresh lime juice
2 Tblsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 teaspoon of chili powder
Wash all vegetables, remove kernels of corn from cob and combine with all other ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste.
-Nic
sweetgreen goes to blue hill stone barns round 3
August 24, 2010
Even though this is our 3rd sweetgreen blog post on blue hill stone barns, this was our first trip there during the summer growing season. At this “bountiful” time of year, the blue hill farm provides almost 85% of the food for the restaurant. Tomatoes are at the height of their season and we saw them all over the menu. Out of the 10 dishes we had, there was only 1 egg dish and 1 meat dish, the rest were ALL vegetable-centric. This was great to see vegetables really becoming the star of the meal in the summer growing season. We had a great dinner with friends and got to say hi to Dan Barber at the end; truly a “sweetlife” kind of night.
Interested to learn more? Check out the Blue Hill website.
-Nic
Indoor Hoop House garden with automatic temperature controlled roof opening
Turkeys: gobble gobble
Nic, Jon & Nate with blue hill turkeys
Summer sunset over blue hill stonebarns
Starter dish: simple delicious tomatoes, heirloom and cherry
The famous blue hill egg dish, this time with curry
Jon, Nate and NIck with Erin Zimmer, from SeriousEats.com & Dan Barber, founder of Blue Hill StoneBarns
sweetgreen first annual team picnic
August 23, 2010
We had our first annual sweetgreen Company Picnic yesterday and it was great. We traveled up via yellow school bus to Accokeek Farm in Accoceek Maryland directly on the Potomac River. We went on an awesome tour of their “EcoSystem Farm” that grows over 60 varieties of lettuces, vegetables and fruits.
We had awesome food from Fresh Start Catering and Rocklands BBQ. It was a great day where all employees were able to relax, play some games and hang out with the rest of the sweetgreen family. Everyone especially enjoyed the Watermelon Eating Contest!
-Nic
music friday matthew hemerlein
August 20, 2010
