Hungry Hungry Hippie

Hungry Hungry Hippie

Latest Posts

Curry Vegetable Couscous with Cashews

This is another one of those meals that came together coincidentally.  After I scoured the pantry and fridge for a few minutes, I created my own little Top Chef challenge and came up with this.   Curry Vegetable Couscous [vegan, gluten free option] Ingredients: 1 cup (uncooked) couscous (I used Lundberg Farms’ GF brown rice couscous) spinach tomatoes 1/4 cup plain almond milk 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder pinch of each cumin, turmeric, paprika, dried ginger 1/2 cup roasted cashews Directions: Cook couscous according to instructions.  I used… Read more >

November 3, 2012 curry, lundberg farms Read more >

Riding the carbohydrate rollercoaster

I’ll admit it, I’m a carb lover.  I don’t think this is a bad thing at all.  Brown rice, oats, quinoa, sweet potatoes, whole wheat, etc. – I think they are all part of a healthy, well balanced diet.  So are fruits and vegetables.  It’s hard to imagine a low-carb plant-based diet.  How would that work exactly?  Well, that’s the exact dilemma I was faced with last week (after failing my first GTT).  While I was waiting to take my second GTT, I tried reducing my carb and sugar intake to see how it might… Read more >

November 2, 2012 apples, chocolate, Daiya, eggs, nutmilk, peanut flour, potatoes, protein powder, smoothie, suzanne's specialties, tempeh, the veggie grill, vegan meatballs Read more >

MoFo recap

Since I returned to eating eggs…a while ago…I no longer consider myself vegan.  I’m basically a dairy free vegetarian.  But that doesn’t mean I don’t like vegan food.  I love it actually.  I eat it often.  And seeing as October was vegan mofo, I decided to recap some of my daily vegan eats.  October 1: Spaghetti Squash with Marinara & Tofurky   October 2: Quinoa & Seitan with Red Almond Sauce   October 3: Mexican Layered Casserole October 4: Blue Plate’s vegan white bean soup and gardenburger salad October 5: Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie   October… Read more >

November 1, 2012 Amy's, apples, Daiya, gardein, hummus, kale, lentils, mendocino farms, native foods, nooch, nutbutter, pancakes, potatoes, pumpkin, quinoa, seitan, soup, squash, sunbutter, tempeh, the veggie grill, tofu, tofurky, vegan meatballs, veggie burger Read more >

Halloween!

I’m 26 weeks pregnant – almost done with the second trimester.  Here’s the proof.   I’ve come to the conclusion that you really can’t tell how big I am from these photos.  My belly is so much larger in person.  I think this front view is a bit better.  Anyway, right after this photo sesh I headed off on a walk/jog.  I was so amused by all the spooky decorations in the neighborhood I decided to take some photos.  The people who live in the Palisades go all out!!  [Side note: I don’t live in… Read more >

November 1, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >

Sugar frustrations

My second glucose test was this morning.  This time I had to drink 100 g of glucose.  After fasting for >8 hours.  So last night I got home from work, showered, ate a low carb dinner and tried not to think about how my body was about to enter starvation mode.  My seitan and daiya dinner would have made Mr. Atkins so proud.  My body really doesn’t like being without whole grains.  I was itching to throw my vegan “cheese-steak” on some whole wheat bread.  In the end I added a bit of quinoa to… Read more >

October 30, 2012 Uncategorized Read more >