Founding Farmer's is new to the Rockville/Potomac, MD area. They also have a location off Pennsylvania Ave in DC that is wildly popular. We went to the Park Potomac location on a Monday night and it was packed like a weekend. It was a lively scene with great service, and special touches, like silverware with horseshoes (reminds me of my upbringing!) and soda made from scratch (will be mimicking this soon!). The menu is "heartland inspired" and full of fun dishes like "Straw and Hay"-- handmade pasta with asparagus and beets. The menu was full of comfort food like Lobster Mac & Cheese and Low Country Shrimp & Grits, but also has healthier options like the Farmers Salad-- made with baby lettuce, avocado, dates, tomato, red grapes, almonds, parmesan cheese and champagne vinegarette and daily caught fish like rockfish and flounder (today's specials).
Today also marks day 1 of Coca CrossFit's 25 day Paleo Challenge and my own personal challenge: 25 Days of CrossFit & Paleo. The timing just happened to workout perfectly! I decided to participate in the Paleo challenge with a couple of goals: 1) understand what the Paleo diet is and how it affects the body, specifically athletic performance and 2) reset myself to eat more protein, and plan my meals in advance.
It was kind of fun to order with my Paleo goals in mind. All of the pasta dishes, cheese and flatbreads were out. Otherwise, I would have without a doubt ordered the Prosciutto, Fig, Mascarpone flatbread (who wouldn't?!). For apps we ordered Fried Green Tomatoes (and boy were they deep fried) and classic Deviled Eggs (Paleo approved--pretty sure). I ate the tomato and left the breading-- a typical choice whether Paleo or not and enjoyed a deviled egg. For an entree I chose Mussels with Sausage and Pesto. I absolutely love mussels (and muscles--just saying), so this was an easy choice and the most Paleo approved on the menu. It came is a blazing iron skillet and was WAY more than I could eat in one sitting. There was just a little bit of sausage, guessing this was really in there for the fat to cook in the sauce, and I'm not sure I would pin point pesto, but the flavors were a sure win. Would recommend it if you like brothy mussels.
Mussels as served (with 3 huge crostini!) |
As I ate them ( I did sneak 1/2 pc of bread) |
Stay tuned for an update on 25 Days of CrossFit and Paleo!
In health, Monica
P.S. I specifically didn't link to a specific paleo website, because there are so many out there! Google and research if you're interested!
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