The Best Salad I Have Ever Had at The Wooden Spoon Grand Forks

If you read my blog you know it is not a common occurrence for me to order a salad at restaurants. Today I am getting straight to the point of this blog and it is the Wooden Spoon in Grand Forks’ “Grand Chicken” salad. I had the “Grand Chicken” for the first time Family Day weekend when I was in town for the Chamber of Commerce’s big Family Day celebrations. Everyone in town raved to me about the amazing food at the Wooden Spoon so I drug my boyfriend to the hot spot for lunch.

As you can see the salad is huge. So my boyfriend had his panini and then helped me devour my salad. He instantly wanted to order a second one to have a full “Grand Chicken” to himself. The salad has a base of mixed greens with roasted pumpkin, candied chili, roasted almonds and topped off with chicken and feta.

I was finally back in Grand Forks for another great event and had to take our Street Teamer to the Wooden Spoon for another salad.  She picked the “Grand Chicken” salad as well and loved it too! Thank goodness they had not changed their menu; I had been thinking about the salad for months. When I mentioned to my boyfriend that I went back to the Wooden Spoon for the salad he was so jealous. They don’t make food like that at Basic Military Training!

He was also very jealous of the desserts that I brought home with me. I could not pick just one so I brought home a slice of the Ponderosa banana cake and a slice of the lemon yogurt berry cake.  Both of the desserts were amazing! You can see them pictured here in the display window. I would recommend splitting them both with a friend.

If I had to choose just one I would go with the Ponderosa banana cake. It was divine. The chocolate chips on the top of moist, dense banana cake were perfection. Both desserts were amazing! I imagine the lemon yogurt berry cake would be even more amazing with ice cream… yum!

The next time you drop by Grand Forks stop into the Wooden Spoon and enjoy an amazing lunch (or breakfast… yes they are open for breakfast too)!

The Wooden Spoon is open Tuesday through Sunday from 8am until 3pm for breakfast and lunch. You can visit the Wooden Spoon on 3^rd Street, Grand Forks. They also have a patio; it is the perfect spot to have a sunny lunch while in beautiful Grand Forks!

I hope to try the breakfast menu the next time I visit. The homemade cornbread with spinach, bacon, poached eggs and maple syrup sounds amazing; I am a sucker for cornbread!

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Let Her Have Cake... for Breakfast

There are things about my childhood that I have a hard time letting go of, especially when it comes to desserts. My mother is incredible, she always has a dessert on display in our kitchen ready and waiting for someone to indulge. Since I have realized how crazy wheat and sugar make me and cut them out of my everyday diet I have had a few lapses and I can tell the moment I wake up that I am in need of a relapse trip to Sweetsville. 

Often growing up I would emulate my mother's dietary pattern of eating desserts for breakfast, living by the concept that you have the whole day to work it off. Today I woke up with a cake craving that was out of this world. I drove by all the muffin dealers (McDonald's, Tim Horton's etc.), not giving into to what people like to think of as a healthy alternative for breakfast, let’s be honest most muffins are really just cake. I got to work, sans coffee and sweets. Jones-ed at my desk and then sent out a desperation text to my current life partner Jenny Fines to meet up at Starbucks to sin.

And, I sinned hard. I got my coffee and cake in one beautiful streusel-ed and cinnamon-ed chuck of miracle coffee cake and a less than amazing slice of cheesecake, in my opinion cheesecake should always be served cold. In hind sight I really regret not getting two slices of coffee cake. 

I went back to my desk and basically plowed down my monthly dose of wheat and sugar. Shortly after during our weekly programming meeting I feel into an intense sugar coma. 

Do you ever wake up craving weird things? Have your parents influenced your diet in a strange way? Do you just love cake? 

Let me know your story, kate@mountainfm.net! 

Okay, I do secretly love Starbuck's coffee cake (even though their food is garbage).