Meatless Monday Mania is sweeping the nation! Even Mario Batali is doing it!! In case you haven’t heard, “Meatless Monday” is an international non-profit initiative in association with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to reduce meat consumption by 15% to improve personal health and the health of our planet. And while I personally [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Desserts'
Loaded Mashed Sweet Potatoes
November 12th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Desserts, Dinner, Life, Lunch, baking, vegan
Tami over at Vegan Appetite hosts “Food Network Friday” – a call to cooks everywhere to “veganize” the chosen Food Network recipe. I was excited that I got to pick this week’s recipe: Loaded Mashed Potatoes by Paula Deen. Paul Deen, as you probably know, is the Queen of Cream…and Bacon and Cheese. So modifying [...]
Tomato Salad + Brown Rice Crispy Treats
September 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Desserts, Snacks, vegan
I love long weekends!! I had a lovely evening run tonight to my friend Kat’s house and back. It was great to be able to drop in for a few minutes and get a drink of water! Distance: 7.42 miles Time: 1 hour, 3 minutes Pace: 8.49 minute mile I made my 9-A-Day today! WOO [...]
Tags:brown rice·dandies·rice crispy·rice krispie·sweet and sara·tomato salad
Home Yoga Practice + Raw Banana Ice Cream
August 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Desserts, Raw, vegan, yoga
Starting a new routine is hard! Since I’ve gotten back from Foundations of Yoga Therapy Training with Gary Kraftsow, I’m determined to (finally) make my home yoga practice a regular part of my day. This has not been easy. It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid and my mom wanted me [...]
Tags:bananas·bees n blossoms·honey·Raw·vegan ice cream·viniyoga·yoga home practice
Weekend Wrap Up
August 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Desserts, running, vegan
Last night I went to the Flow Yoga teacher party. It was so much fun to hang with the other teachers, something we rarely get to do! For the party last night I made a Chocolate Coconut Cake with Chocolate Fudge Frosting from The Voluptuous Vegan. The cake was divine! It was moist and full [...]
Tags:chocolate coconut cake·peanut butter pretzels·the vegetable garden·voluptuous vegan
Peanut…Peanut Butter…AND JELLY!
July 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Desserts
OMG I can’t believe I forgot to tell you about the Peanut Butter and Jelly Pie that I made a few weeks ago! Where is my head?! I recently discovered a lovely blog by Celine, who posts delicious recipes – mostly baked goods - my favorite! Every time I look at her recipes I want [...]
Baked Vegan Donuts
June 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Breakfast, Desserts
I’m so happy it’s the weekend! I found myself running around quite a bit these last few days and it’s so nice to finally have a day that’s completely free! Today I woke up at 6am and took the pups for a walk. Then I made my usual smoothie: vanilla Spirutein protein powder spinach lite [...]
Tags:doughnuts·recipe·vegan donuts
Back on Track
June 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Desserts, Dinner, Lunch, exercise
After my weekend in Florida and my donut extravaganza yesterday morning I’m feeling like I’m back “on track.” Breakfast: Green smoothie (3.5 points for those of you who count unsweetened almond milk vanilla Spirutein protein powder banana spinach cinnamon, vanilla, almond extract Lunch: Fruit salad blackberries blueberries raspberries strawberries mango kiwi shredded coconut sliced almonds [...]
It's Raw Vegan Dessert Day!
June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Desserts, Raw, vegan
Today I had the awesome (rawsome) experience of going to a raw foods restaurant in Tampa called The Leafy Greens. (Oh, did I mention? I’m in Florida!) I ordered “The Real Deal” which is a sandwich of raw cashew hummus, letttuce, grape tomatoes, and guac served on raw onion bread. Fabulous! Doug ordered the Zucchini [...]
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