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Slow cooker trick

The giveaway winner is at the end so you can skip ahead to that part if you want.  Otherwise read on for a random little flavorful-meal-in-a-jiffy-short-cut. I made this slow cooker dish a few weeks ago and I wasn’t going to post about it because it’s not really a recipe, but I figured maybe others would like to know how much of a time saver a slow cooker can be.  Combined with the seasoning trick up my sleeve – well, you may never spend over 5 minutes in the kitchen again. This took me 3… Read more >

January 21, 2012 crock-pot, lentils, tvp Read more >

Real men eat plants

You know that phrase “real men eat meat”?   Well, real men eat plants, too.  Satiating meals with adequate micro and macronutrients can be made without animals.  And Kyle can attest to that. Lentil & barley stew.   Not only do real men eat plants, but they follow directions too! Black eyed pea succotash and white rice.   As you can see, I only have a leftover portion photographed.  You see, this dish was thrown together last week, but didn’t make it on the blog because Kyle ate most of it.  I never felt compelled… Read more >

January 18, 2012 field roast, quinoa, tempeh, tvp, Read more >

Mmmm…k

The titles I was considering with the letter “K” would all be flagged as inappropriate if taken out of context, so I will simply say, I had 3 different meals with “K” foods the other day.  The first was more of a breakfast snack really.  Enjoyed with a home-made cappuccino.  Make that a kappuccino (meaning it was dairy-free).  I frothed up a full cup of rice milk then heated it and added it to a shot of caffeine.  The foam took up half the cup, but the rest of the milk made the most rich… Read more >

February 14, 2011 almonds, Alvarado Street bread, avocado, butternut squash, nutbutter, nuts, raw, tvp Read more >

A day late

…and a dollar letter short. I’ll be back with the alphebruary eats later (g and h happened but my energy needs to be higher to share the deets). Work eats, however, don’t call for much brain power.  I’m not saying they were mindlessly dull…but I kinda am ;)  Kidding!  [But they were VERY similar] I’ve been on a fruity tooty kick lately.  Starting the day with water, Jillian, coffee, coffee, and fruit, fruit, fruit.  Because it’s sunny and I’m downing fresh strawberries and blueberries constantly, I feel like next week should be the 4th of… Read more >

February 8, 2011 cereal, coconut, dried mixed fruit, greek yogurt, millet, nuts, oatmeal, tvp Read more >

Barley Irony

Yes, I ate more than my arame-zing salad yesterday. I had breakfast (Alvarado Street sprouted bread with peanut butter, banana slices, and cinnamon). Lunch (wrap). And dinner. My latest batch of log seitan was in both lunch and dinner. I used this same recipe/method but kneaded it longer, which made for a much denser log.  The lunch wrap had Alvarado Street sprouted tortilla, spinach, seitan, and a delicious avocado/hummus spread. One (whole) avocado + one (huge) scoop of roasted red pepper hummus One squeeze of lime juice + one dash of paprika I spread some… Read more >

February 2, 2011 granola, greek yogurt, spinach salad, tvp Read more >