Our Anniversary Dinner from Mary’s secret garden

Yesterday, February 9th, 2011 was my 3rd wedding anniversary. Three years ago, my husband and I spent the most amazing fun-filled week with our closest friends and family in Manzanillo, Mexico. We had a very small and intimate ceremony that I will never forget.

My husband and I are not extravagant celebrators. We do not do gifts and we usually just celebrate by going out to a nice dinner. With a newborn at home, we could not go out to eat this year so we decided to order from our favorite restaurant and have a nice dinner at home. We ordered food from Mary’s Secret Garden, a restaurant I have blogged about here. This is, in my opinion, one of the best vegan restaurants out there. Mary is a Goddess in the kitchen and her raw and cooked food is absolutely delicious. I have tried almost everything on the menu and have yet to be disappointed!

When dining at Mary’s, I usually get one of her raw dishes. Her raw cheeses and sauces are absolutely divine. Her raw tostada is one of my favorites. She even has a secret raw menu that includes a raw onion bagel and a raw burger that are not listed on the  regular menu. I have had both and both are delish!

This time, however, I decided to go with something cooked. I got the falafel wrap, one of the few things on the menu I had not tried yet. It is Mary’s house-made falafel, with lettuce, tomato, and bell pepper wrapped in a spinach tortilla with Mary’s house-made vegan tzatziki sauce, served with a side salad. This was really really good, although I have to say Mary’s Spanish Burrito and Burger are still my favorite cooked things on the menu. No one does a burrito or burger quite like Mary does!

My husband opted for Mary’s famous burger done Mary’s style! That means it has avocado, tempeh bacon, and Mary’s secret sauce added to it. This burger is as close to the real thing as I have ever tasted! The side that comes with the burger changes weekly. This week it was served with a side of macaroni salad. Eddie also got one of Mary’s raw smoothies. This one had banana, hemp milk, pistachios, and mint. YUM!!! I love this smoothie so much I had to steal a couple of sips!

And of course, we had to get dessert! What is a celebration without dessert? Mary has a cake special at her restaurant that changes weekly. This week was a new flavor: Almond raspberry cake. I have to say I was a little disappointed when I heard that the cake did not have any chocolate on it! I am a sucker for chocolate and have tried Mary’s chocolate peanut butter cake, chocolate mint cake, and chocolate raspberry cake. All were absolutely fabulous. I have to say though, one bite of this cake and I was in heaven. It was so so good! I did not even miss the chocolate!

And the best part of the whole meal….my little Harper slept through the entire thing and I got to spend a few precious quality moments with my husband!