Monthly Archive: January 2013

Best meal of the week

I have already gone on and on (ad nauseum) about how much I adore Caesar salad on the blog, so let’s just skip all that stuff and get to the point. Tofu Caesar Salad [vegan] Ingredients: 2 heads of romaine lettuce, chopped 1 block extra firm tofu, cubed & baked Follow Your Heart’s vegan Caesar dressing (optional) nutritional yeast Directions: For the tofu, drain and press the block until there’s no more liquid (overnight is preferable, but a few hours will work). Cube and toss in oil, salt & pepper.  Place on baking sheet sprayed… Read more >

Color me orange

Here’s a list of my favorite foods that are orange: sweet potatoes butternut squash carrots …and now this dip. I actually set out to re-make my creamy dijon cashew sauce.  I wanted a nut free version – something lighter.  It turned out quite nicely for a low fat food.  Actually it turned out great for any kind of food. And now I’m pretty much putting it on everything.  Especially other orange things. You can’t have too much B carotene, right?  Right. Tangy Tofu Dip [vegan, gluten free] Ingredients: 1/2 aseptic pack lite silken tofu 1/4… Read more >

39 week check-in

I finally got my iPhone’s playlists ready – I don’t know how it took me this long, but I just synched my favorite mellow music to my device.  Lots of enya, classical stuff, and other soothing songs (ie Buddha Lounge Ensemble).  I have different tunes too, but I feel most serene when I’m listening to tranquil types of music.  Hopefully that’ll help during contractions.    And since I’m on the subject of my iPhone, check out all the baby related apps that now dominate the screen.  Geez!  I used to barely have two pages of… Read more >

Gluten free quick bread

  Coconut Cranberry Banana Bread  [gluten free, yields 2 mini loaves] Ingredients: 1 cup oat flour 1/2 cup coconut flour 4 tbsp sugar 1 1/2 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1 banana, mashed 1 cup vanilla greek yogurt 2 eggs 1/3 cup fresh cranberries 1 tbsp shredded unsweetened coconut (for topping) Directions: Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine dry ingredients (flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt) in one bowl.  In a separate bowl, combine wet ingredients (banana, yogurt, and eggs). Add wet to dry and mix.  Fold in cranberries. Pour (or scoop –… Read more >

For the avocado lovers

I ate two avocados today.  For breakfast I had toast with avocado and a pinch of salt.  For lunch I had a salad with a lot of avocado.  For dinner I had a stir fry topped in avocado. I honestly couldn’t tell you which was my favorite meal.  I love avocado.  I don’t understand people who don’t like avocado.  It makes no sense to me.   It seems like I’m back in a salad phase because this was so good I can’t wait to have it again.  And again.  And again.    Spring greens.  Lightlife’s… Read more >