Breakfast. Froth. Pumpkin coconut oats. Lunch. Whole wheat pita with faux “tuna” salad and roasted red pepper hummus. This is a new brand of pitas and I couldn’t be more in love. The fluffier, the better. Snacks. Three Sisters Cinnamon Sweets. Enjoy Life Boom Choco Boom bar. Do you really not know what this is? I totally Top Chef marathon-ed it for most of the day. With many chocolate breaks. How a hippie eats a Reese’s vegan fudge peanut butter cup. *Note: you may want tea for between bites because this is one rich dessert…. Read more >
Elise
December 16, 2010
butternut squash, cereal, chocolate, coconut, hummus, nutbutter, oatmeal, pitas, pumpkin, raw, root veggies, tea, tvp, vegan meatballs
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Happy Hanukkah peeps! I’m actually a gentile myself, but the hospital I used to work at in NYC was a Jewish hospital, so I’m totally down with Judaism. Lightlife’s Smart Bacon is both vegan and kosher, FYI. Just sayin’ It’s also salty as all hell, which is not great for blood pressure, but makes for one tasty a$$ dish. Bad cardiac nurse. Shhh…don’t tell on me. The idea for this dish came while I was home last weekend browsing through my mom’s Bon Appétit mag. There was a bacon and brussel sprouts dish that caught… Read more >
Elise
December 1, 2010
Alvarado Street bread, brussels sprouts, butternut squash, lasagna, quinoa, soy bacon, soy milk, tvp
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True story: I used to really like tuna salad. It was actually one of the only meat sammies that had a regular rotation in my school lunches. Oddly enough, I haven’t missed it at all since veganizing my life. However, that probably has to do with the fact that I have always been creeped out by mayonnaise. Nasoya’s Nayonaise is a nice alternative that is not only vegan but tastes nothing like real mayo. Great for people like me who have no interest in an imitation of the creamy white ick. This recipe idea came… Read more >
Elise
December 1, 2010
tvp
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…subtract later never. That’s my version of the improve-your-diet rule, at least. I like trying new things, but I also like keeping the old (can you tell I was a Girl Scout?). New: Israeli couscous & French Whole Wheat couscous Old: Quinoa And so the three-grain pilaf was born… Into the pot went: 1/3 cup Israeli couscous 1/3 cup French WW couscous 1/3 cup quinoa 2 cups water I left it to soak in the pot while I went on a run, showered, and answered emails (~1.5 hours). When I returned to the stove, almost… Read more >
Elise
August 27, 2010
bragg's, quinoa, tvp
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