out here in the Publix kitchen this
morning and as you prepare for the gate
river run you're probably thinking about
what do I eat what do I eat before what
do I eat after you got to make sure that
you have that fuel that you have the
energy but that you're also not slowing
down so we brought in our friends from
Vail of food code location in Riverside
doing very well over there and they have
healthy fast cash so we have chef Dion
here and our friend Haley Waxman Maki so
Haley let's talk to you because you have
held a lot of roles over your life from
a competitive soccer player to a dance
instructor to a personal trainer to a
model and now you are in the healthy
food industry yes I've been with Vail
for about like six months now I'm the
catering director for them so kind of
what we do is not only do we cater
outside but of course everything here
that we are cooking preparing is of
course healthy it's fresh made fresh
every day
90% of our menu is actually gluten-free
we also do dairy-free vegan and
vegetarian options right now chef Dan's
cooking a wonderful grilled shrimp with
a white wine sauce right here oh so good
yeah so let's talk about it because we
know that when you are running
especially such a big feat like a river
run you got to have those calories gotta
have the fuel that's why you got to
carve up a little bit so kind of what we
made here for you guys is a little bit
of everything we have a veggie quinoa
here for a good carb we also made our
yes sir
roasted broccoli right here as well as a
teriyaki chicken so you got that great
pre pre run meal and then a good post
run we have our Vale rice it's a
parmesan and pesto based brown rice here
that's way here right here with my
favorite section oh yeah and that
coconut curry cauliflower you can't do
wrong it is so good so good and then
you're gonna lay the shrimp on top when
you're done making shrimp like this
because you know sometimes people cook
their shrimp with a lot of butter and
things that aren't necessarily that
healthy a lot of times with bail food
and company we try to cater to vegan
vegetarian crowd as well as those who
are carnivores as well so we try not to
cook with a lot of butter or any butter
in house at all as far as that goes
we try to see if everything as a vegan
vegetarian as much as we possibly can
essentially just make it all very very
tasty and delicious in the process I
love it so what is your inspiration when
you're coming up with these dishes I see
a lot of different colors here so wide
variety you want to make sure that
they're the presentation is there the
color pops you want to make sure that it
looks good but also at the same time
tastes good so the whole idea with veil
essentially is how can where can I go to
find a good meal but also make it taste
good and enjoy myself while I'm there
and that's where you go something you
can get affordable that's like the big
catch nowadays you know where can you go
to get a meal that is seven or eight
dollars for an affordable right so yeah
that's what I love about it and it's
fully customizable - exactly exactly all
right so if you were to run yes what's
on your plate my plate personally my
favorite thing of course is our veil
rice that parmesan a pesto base brown
rice you can't go wrong with I love that
our sweet potato noodles said I are to
dive into so definitely some of those
carbs also I'm our roasted broccoli I
eat every day yes so we roasted broccoli
and then the grilled shrimp that's my
go-to usually sing some words here
roasted grilled yes we're staying away
from maybe the the sauteed that would be
an oil of course the fried exactly
that'll slow you down exactly so you
want to roast you I I personally love
roasting my vegetables at home I have an
air fryer so that's one of my things
though - so yes duh so where can people
find you so we are located in the
Riverside Brooklyn area and we actually
have six more locations as well around
Florida and we're opening up our next
one in three weeks in Tallahassee so
there you go for everybody that's got
friends and family members to go to FSU
so go see them this is a great thing to
have you know before and after your meal
get out there have some fun with the
gate River Run and of course stay safe
and be healthy