About Elise
I’m a nurse. An exercise lover. A whole foods connoisseur. A health enthusiast. And I have IBS. No need to cue the sappy violin music yet...
I’ve found that eating a mostly plant-based diet has allowed me to continue to live and love life to the fullest. Although moderation isn’t something I do well, I’m 100% devoted to giving my body pure, wholesome, quality food. Nutritious and delicious, all the time.
Hungry Hungry Hippie is a way for me to share my daily dealings with food, fitness, and everything in between.
If you’re interested (and why wouldn’t you be) I am about to post the best pumpkin banana bread recipe ever. Seriously. I don’t really think I’m that good in the baked goods department. When I cook, I rarely stick to recipes. I like changing things and tweaking here and there as I go based on what I have on hand and what I like…but you can’t really do that when you’re baking. Oddly enough, it was the threat of not having an oven that led me to take the plunge. Let me back up a… Read more >
Elise
October 14, 2010
Stevia
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Last night I had dinner with my girls, Ethel and Alene. You’ve met them several times before. Get to know them, because now that I’m back in So Cal, they’ll be making frequent appearances. 🙂 This was my contribution to dinner. Pathetic. I did provide the recipe…but not really since it was in fact forwarded to me by my sister from Whole Foods. We kinda went rogue with the directions though…so here’s our adaptation. Photos first, recipe at the end… Arm workout #1 – avocado mashing Arm workout #2 – black bean mashing (source) I… Read more >
Elise
October 13, 2010
avocado, beans, mexican food
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I am so sick of signing waivers, forms, consents, and agreements, I just want to start nursing! This morning I woke up bright and early to head to HR (again) for paperwork (again). I did manage to cross two things off my to-do list before hitting the road (I wish one of those things had been “pack up an extra cup of coffee for the road” because this was definitely a two cup kind of day…). I ended up stopping at Starbucks (shock). And of course I had an apple on stand by (shock). … Read more >
Elise
October 13, 2010
almonds, nutbutter, nutmilk, nuts
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After getting back from a weekend at home, I made myself a ridiculously ambitious to-do list. Mondays already suck, this was overkill. Moody monday coffee. After the caffeine hit my brain I was feeling energetic and began to tackle my list with a carpe-diem-style vigor. Bring it. Breakfast went from the above, to the below in ~30 minutes. Butternut banana oat cakes Texture-wise it still needs perfecting, so for now no recipe, but I’ll get it up soon. It held me over for hours. Crazy talk, right? When lunch time rolled around I had alittle… Read more >
Elise
October 12, 2010
butternut squash, chia seeds, chickpeas, hummus, nutbutter, oatmeal, quinoa, squash, Stevia, tea
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While home: I forgot how much of a freak my dad is. I remembered how fun vegging with my fam is. I forgot how much it sucks to leave home. I remembered to pack lots of good healthy eats for the road trip back to LA. I forgot to bring utensils to eat said food. I remembered to ask the gas station attendant to help me out. I forgot gas stations expect people to be eating processed food crap (a spork!?) I forgot how boring the I-5 is. Then, I remembered how boring the I-5… Read more >
Elise
October 11, 2010
Uncategorized
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