Happy holidays everyone! It’s Christmas up in here 🙂 I’m working on the 25th, so Santa was nice and obliging and came early this year (this post is from the 21st). To celebrate as a family, we all went to dinner in the city. In spite of the gross weather, we headed into San Francisco early to browse the Ferry Building, check out the tree (in Union Square) and grab some drinks at the famous Harry Denton’s Starlight Room. Views of the Ferry Building… Making our way to Union Square… SF love After soaking… Read more >
Elise
December 23, 2010
avocado, beans, butternut squash soup, chocolate, hummus, pitas, potatoes, seaweed, sorbet, soup, spinach salad, tempeh, vegan cake
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Shout out to anyone who recognizes this title (and picture). Too bad VHS tape players are basically extinct because this is a classic as far as I’m concerned. And now, may I present to you, our island of misfit toys… Sad, but true, these do not get used often enough. I have no excuse. It’s something I’m pretty ashamed to admit actually. So I hereby vow to use both the slow cooker and the juicer once a week. Do we have a deal? Good. The inspiration for this crock-pot soup came from here. All I… Read more >
Elise
December 6, 2010
butternut squash, clif bar, crock-pot, lentils, potatoes, soup
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Sunday’s commute back down the I-5 was, well, whatever. It’s done, so there’s not much to say about it. I had packed many food options for the road since I was convinced it was going to take us 8 hours. In the end, we arrived by 2 pm. I’m pretty sure I was meant to be a Brit because in my book, 2 pm is – without fail – afternoon tea time (not to be confused with high tea, which in fact is dinner-time tea). In any event, I had an almond milky Tazo chai tea… Read more >
Elise
November 29, 2010
Amy's, beans, carob chips, chocolate, dried mixed fruit, Kombucha, nutbutter, nuts, peanut butter, potatoes, quinoa, raw, soup, spinach salad, tea, vegan cookies
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The weatherman doesn’t know it’s November, but I’m certainly not going to be the one to break the news… I went to the beach this weekend – take that New York. So after coffee x3, I had a pear & dried cranberry breakfast with my agave nectar & cinnamon on top. Not too complex of a dressing, but pretty good if I do say so myself. I had an apple too. Honeycrisps are all the rage right now, but Galas are still my favorite. For lunch I used more quinoa and leftover BBQ tofu… Read more >
Elise
November 13, 2010
bbq tofu, Indian food, quinoa, seitan, soup, tea
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Cheater cheater pumpkin potato eater. Last week my cousin posted a recipe that looked both tasty and vegan-izable, so I starred it and saved it for a rainy day. Ok, a cloudy day…this is LA after all, not New York. Yesterday was that day…only I had very few of the ingredients on hand. No matter, I subbed like a pro and wound up with a totally different (but still very tasty) dish. It took very little time since I cheated every step of the way, but trust me, cutting corners never tasted so good. I… Read more >
Elise
September 14, 2010
kale, potatoes, raw, soup
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