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Monthly Archive: January 2013

Salad lunches

Sorry if you already saw this post.  It went up earlier somehow.  I don’t understand computers (clearly). Anyway.  I’ve been going through a salad-for-lunch-phase. As far as phases go, I don’t think it gets much healthier.  Unlike certain food ruts of the past (Earth Balance on everything, dessert after each meal of the day, etc.). So here are a few of my latest creations.   Mexi-chop.  I tried to model this one after The Veggie Grill’s Baja Fiesta salad.  That salad has “chopped romaine, papaya, avocado, roasted corn salsa, cucumber, cilantro, tortilla strips, and grilled… Read more >

January 11, 2013 big salad, Daiya, follow your heart, gardein, mexican food Read more >

Breakfast for one

  This was my breakfast last Sunday.  Then again on Monday.  And then again on Wednesday.  [Tuesday I went back to the egg and toast routine] There’s no saying how long this will last…   Just one massive pancake.  The whole batter poured into the 8 inch pan. It’s so fun to eat when it goes on forever and covers the whole plate.  These photos are semi-deceiving.  These are large dinner plates…making this a pretty sizable flapjack.   Oat Peanut Pancake [FODMAPs friendly, gluten free, dairy free; serves 1] Ingredients: 5 tbsp oat flour (certified… Read more >

January 11, 2013 earth balance, nutbutter, nutmilk, pancakes, peanut flour Read more >

36 week check-in

I can buy this to be a diaper bag right? I’ve never owned anything lululemon and that’s for a very intentional reason. From what I understand, buying this brand is like getting a tattoo.  Once you get one thing, you want another, and then another, and pretty soon you can’t stop…and your bank account is wiped.  I’ve been in the store several times (I’ve tried on lots of yoga pants).  But I just haven’t been able to pull the trigger out of fear that what I said above is true.  But if I buy this… Read more >

January 10, 2013 Uncategorized Read more >

Budgeting business

We went from your average weekly planners to uber type A budgeters this January.  I actually started a spread sheet on excel to track our monthly grocery expenses so that we could really stick to our financial goals.  Of course the primitive nature of the document was hilarious to Kyle, who could make something a million times more sophisticated in his sleep.  So then I signed us up on mint.com (it’s a site that tracks your credit card statements and payments and all that jazz).  Way easier.  Way more practical. It’s hard to say how… Read more >

January 9, 2013 chobani, greek yogurt, mexican food, tempeh Read more >

Pappardelle’s

*Old post alert* I randomly discovered Pappardelle’s pasta when I was strolling the LA Farmer’s Market (the one at the Grove).  I didn’t get anything at the time (I was about to go to a show taping and couldn’t exactly bring groceries with me).  I mostly remember the sweet potato pasta.  I thought it sounded awesome. Then I saw them at Expo West and learned they made gluten free pasta, too! In cool flavors, like Porcini Mushroom, Roasted Red Pepper, & Spinach Large Trumpet. I grabbed two samples of the Della Tella Trumpet Trio, which… Read more >

January 8, 2013 pasta Read more >