Hungry Hungry Hippie

plain tofu

oil…from the gland of an otter

Apparently I have to choose between saving for a wedding, and keeping up with the food blog fads.  So, in the interest of staying engaged, I’m unable to juice for breakfast.  No, not that kind of juice.  This kind. So I settled for the poor man’s version (aka a smoothie).  Into the blender went: 1/2 cup almond milk, 1/2 cup OJ, 3 oz POM, applesauce cup, frozen plain tofu cubes… and the juice of 1 orange (hand squeezed).  Nice before and after, no? The predominant color is the almond milk and plain tofu.  Good thing… Read more >

May 9, 2009 almonds, Alvarado Street bread, big salad, broccoli slaw, carob covered raisins, dates, dried pineapple, greek yogurt, hummus, nutmilk, plain tofu, POM, smoothie, spinach salad, vegan parmesan cheese Read more >

5/5

Happy Cinco de Mayo bloggies! Five is my fave number, so I have always loved this date, add in Mexican food, and I’m partying like it’s my birthday! Today was a ridic.  I couldn’t take pics of everything I ate.  Cliff’s notes: wedding, food, wedding, food, wedding, food, wedding The day started off rough.  I had frothing issues.    **Side note: I didn’t know there was a difference in Stevia derived sweeteners (Truvia, Rebiana, PureVia, SweetLeaf, etc.), but after one of Gena’s posts, I looked on the back of my NuStevia box and was a… Read more >

May 6, 2009 Alvarado Street bread, big salad, chik'n strips, dates, dried mixed fruit, Ezekiel muffins, hummus, nutbutter, peanut butter, plain tofu, soy milk, Stevia, vegan cookies, vegan parmesan cheese, vegan pudding Read more >

May showers?

I thought the phrase was “April showers…” but apparently not.  Gotta love the Bay Area.  I felt like I was in New York because we had a non-stop drizzle the whole weekend interspersed with some serious downpour action.  Saturday we woke up extremely early (again) for no reason other than lack of time zone adjustment.  Since I was already up, I had a bowl of frothy coffee and a vanilla greek yog.  Then I did some errands with my pops, which took all of 5 minutes, but still earned me a coffee from Peet’s.  That got… Read more >

May 4, 2009 big salad, butternut squash soup, greek yogurt, hummus, plain tofu, veggie "cheese" Read more >

Happy 81st Walt

I don’t have AM pictures because we were out and about looking at wedding sites all over the Bay Area.  But let’s be real, you guys know exactly what I had (starbeezies)! After conquering most of the places on our list, we headed to the store (it was already 2 pm).  I picked up this yummy soup at Trader Joe’s.  When it’s raining outside, I crave soup – warm, thick, butternut squash deliciousness.  Trader Joe’s is definitely a must when I’m visiting home.  The line (or lack thereof) at the Lafayette store is a breeze… Read more >

May 2, 2009 big salad, butternut squash, butternut squash soup, Ezekiel muffins, hummus, plain tofu Read more >

Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!!  Did everyone do something nice and green today?  I contacted my hospital’s big-wigs to beg ask about an initiative promoting biking to work (and requesting to get a small protected room to store the staff hippies’ bikes).  C’mon Beth Israel, get green!!  This is something I have been trying to get going for a while, so now that the weather is getting nice, and in honor of Earth Day, I figured an extra push may be well received.  We’ll see… You know how I rocked it out this morning…with a cuppa joe… Read more >

April 23, 2009 Alvarado Street bread, bbq tofu, big salad, egg scramble, greek yogurt, hummus, plain tofu, spinach salad, vegan cake Read more >