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.
A reader recently discovered she wasn’t able to tolerate tofu…after ordering a case of Mori-Nu silken lite firm tofu. So she sent them to me!!! Thanks again Emily 🙂 They arrived slightly crushed, but I immediately got to work on cooking with them. I had already planned on making a lasagna that day, but I’d only ever made the tofu “ricotta” with extra firm (non-silken) tofu before. I figured I may as well give it a try with the silken kind. I used my same hummus/tofu recipe for the “ricotta”: 3 containers of… Read more >
Elise
September 6, 2012
chia seeds, kale, lasagna, tempeh, tofu, true food kitchen
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I finally did it. I got over the “ick” of Mexican food that the stomach bug I caught in Cabo and morning sickness did to me. Kyle’s very happy about this since he’s been in taco withdrawal. Taco Night!! The prep for each ingredient was minimal. home-made baked taco shells (new method!) vegetarian refried beans lettuce Sabra guacamole Sabra salsa mexi-rice First up, the taco shells. I can’t remember where I heard about this trick, but it stuck with me and I knew I had to give it a shot. Pre heat oven to 375… Read more >
Elise
September 5, 2012
avocado, beans, mexican food, pancakes, sabra
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Warning: female talk ahead, proceed at your own risk. How/when did we find out? Well, the how is easy. I peed on a stick. I had been suspecting I was pregnant because my boobs were basically humongous all of a sudden and super sensitive and sore. I first thought something was up on my Sabra trip. We had been “trying” for a couple of months at that point so I abstained from alcohol while being wined and dined in Richmond. When I got back home, I knew I wanted to take a pregnancy test. Background… Read more >
Elise
September 4, 2012
Uncategorizedpregnancy
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First things first, here are the winners for the Musco Olive Giveaway… Main prize package goes to #66 Terri Cole “The company uses the olive pit waste as biomass fuel, very cool!” Runner up coupons go to: #6 Veggie V @ Veggie V’s Vegan Adventure “Love olives! I used to put them on my fingers too I still eat olives pretty regularly. They’re great for a salty pick me up ( green), and I wouldn’t even dream of a taco night without black and green! Mmmm….olives” #26 Sayward “I want to revisit my chunky olive… Read more >
Elise
September 1, 2012
giveaway, granola, sahalegiveaway
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I hesitate to even use the word recipe in this post because these are more like ideas that you can take and use how you want. But that’s too long of a title. The first is creamy broccoli soup. teese mozzarella cheese is a solid cheese, so it needs liquid in order to combine with broccoli. Or a food processor. I steamed a bunch of broccoli, and then pulsed it in the food processor with the vegan cheese and plain almond milk until I had a decent texture. It was a little bland, so I… Read more >
Elise
August 31, 2012
avocado, mexican food, soup, teese, veggie burger
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