Hungry Hungry Hippie

Monthly Archive: January 2013

That’ll do

  Here’s the nice one.  The thought-out, put-together, balanced bowl of veggie goodness. And here’s the, uh, “special” one.   The what-do-we-have-in-the-fridge, too-lazy-to-chop, mish mash pile. Both do the job though right? [By “job” I mean, provide my body with quality vitamins and minerals]   Here’s the details on the pretty one. Veggies: spring greens (silly that the mix is called that since it’s winter everywhere else but Los Angeles) & carrots   Protein: morningstar chik’n nuggets & quinoa Dressing: BBQ sauce I made this same medley for lunch, twice in a row, before the… Read more >

January 25, 2013 avocado, bbq, big salad, morningstar, nooch, quinoa Read more >

38 week check-in

I know what you’re probably thinking.  Didn’t I just post about week 37?  I was kinda behind with that one.  This post, however, is on time. What’s there to say really? I’m uncomfortable.  Real clothes sucks.  All I want to do is wear PJs all day long.  And do anything but sit.  Sitting is not at all comfortable.  Standing or lying down is fine.  Although it takes me half an hour to get from one position to the other.  Now I know what women feel like during the last few weeks when they just want… Read more >

January 24, 2013 Uncategorized Read more >

Sometimes it’s hard to snack well

Not a typical statement (or opinion).  For me at least. But I’m being honest here. Between the hours of noon and 5 pm, I graze.  Meals have no room here anymore.  And I’m not super proud of what has been going in my mouth this last week.  It’s not terrible stuff.  But it still leaves me feeling blah.  I can do better. I miss well balanced full meals.  They’re easier to build – with all the macronutrients represented.  And they leave me sated for hours (until my next full meal).  Grazing is confusing.  I’m not… Read more >

January 23, 2013 almonds, avocado, chocolate, greek yogurt, love grown foods, nutbutter, nutmilk, nuts, p.b. and j, peanut butter, so delicious Read more >

By the books

My mom’s cousin (my second cousin? first cousin once removed?) very generously gifted me a lot of (used) cookbooks recently.  And although I haven’t looked through all of them yet, the few I have browsed through look awesome. In fact, last night’s dinner came from this one. I modified it some, and it was definitely a winner.  Of all the cookbooks I got, I’ve bookmarked the most to try in 500 Best Quinoa Recipes.  They’re all gluten free and creative, but still simple and whole foods based.  And even though they aren’t all vegetarian or… Read more >

January 23, 2013 beans, chocolate, dessert, quinoa, soup, squash, vegan cookies, veggie burger Read more >

We ate out!

I know this is not really newsworthy (or title-worthy, for that matter), but since we’ve been on a strict grocery budget we have avoided the restaurant scene to save some cash flow.  For a foodie (like me), this is sad.  So this weekend we made the most of our sitch. On Saturday we headed to Seed Bistro for lunch.  We had a little bit of money left on a gift card, so one of our meals was free.  Budget not blown, stomach happy.  Win win! Kyle got the sirloin seitan burger (same thing he always… Read more >

January 22, 2013 big salad, mexican food, seed bistro, seitan Read more >