Cinnamon Bun Smoothie (Makes two. Adapted from here.) 2 cups vanilla almond milk 2 frozen bananas 1/2 cup cooked oats (microwave 1/2 uncooked oats with 1/2 water for 2 minutes) 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp vanilla 1 scoop sun warrior plain protein powder 1 tsp agave (optional) Extra sprinkle of cinnamon on top to make … Continue reading Cinnamon Bun Smoothie
The last two times I made kale chips they didn't come out right. I think I used too much olive oil and didn't dehydrate them long enough. I had pretty much given up, but I got a bunch of kale in our CSA box, and decided to give it one more shot. This time I … Continue reading My First Batch of Kale Chips That Didn't Suck
This past week we got huge zucchini and carrots in our CSA box. Since I love carrot cake (not to mention I had just bought a lb of carrots), I wanted to make carrot cake muffins and incorporate the zucchini somehow. I usually avoid sugar completely, but I used it here and they were still … Continue reading Zucchini Carrot Cake Muffins
Happy Independence Day everyone! Here are two desserts I made for the 4th this year. One couldn't be simpler and the other I think I just got lucky. Both desserts are non-dairy and refined sugar free. I added 1 stevia packet to each dessert (one for all 8 pops, and one for the ice cream), … Continue reading Two Deliciously Refreshing Patriotic Desserts
I'm always complaining of back pain. I don't think I have a "bad back" but I have horrible posture and I constantly lift things wrong. A couple weeks ago I had the most amazing Ashiatsu massage, and I was thinking that maybe I should try going to a chiropractor. There was like an 8 week … Continue reading My First (and second) Trip to the Chiropractor
For the rest of vegan lunch week (for my carnivorous counterpart) I admit I got kind of lazy. And I also apologize for the crappy phone pictures. Thursday I made an almond butter and organic strawberry preserves sandwich. I hate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but I actually like this one (possibly because of my … Continue reading Vegan Lunches Thursday & Friday
I love tofu skin sushi (inarizushi). I had it first in Japan, not really knowing what it was, but it quickly became my favorite. I can never seem to order it at sushi places because usually all they have is just a tofu roll =(, but sometimes they have them at buffets =). Since I'm … Continue reading Fried Tofu Skins and Wednesday's Vegan Lunch
Day 2 of vegan brown bag lunch for a sandwich loving carnivore. Tuesday: Santa Fe Chick'n Salad with non-dairy Ranch dressing Red Hot Mojo Tortilla Chips Grapes QOTD: "You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity." -Epicurus
I'm very proud of the fact that the groceries in our house are about 90% vegan, organic, non-junk food, etc. I do oblige my dude and buy him lunch meat and cheese that he takes for lunch every day. Processed lunch meat grosses me out because I cannot find one that doesn't have caramel coloring, … Continue reading A Week of Vegan Lunches: Monday
Just recently I received some pretty awesome mailing labels from PETA, and even more recently I bought a house! This leaves me with a terrible dilemma of not letting all of these cute, compassionate mailing labels go to waste! Here's where you come in: I want to send out cards/notes/whatever to use up my labels (before I … Continue reading Looking for Pen Pals!
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