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Loaded Mashed Sweet Potatoes

November 12th, 2009 · 4 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 [...]

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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 HOO! Here’s the breakdown:

1 banana [...]

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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 to wash [...]

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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 of [...]

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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 to make [...]

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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 vanilla soy milk
a little [...]

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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

+ Trader Joe’s fat free vanilla frozen yogurt drizzled with honey for dessert.
Dinner: Salad [...]

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My Stevia Nightmare and the Vegan Donut Comeback

June 22nd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Breakfast, Desserts

I decided over the weekend that I was going to go a week without sugar. I was off to a good start yesterday:
Breakfast: Smoothie with almond milk, vanilla Spirutein protein powder, banana, spinach
Lunch: Smoothie with almond milk, vanilla Spirutein protein powder, banana, spinach, peanut butter  + CARROT CAKE???!!!
Ok so that ended my week sans sugar. [...]

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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 Spaghetti [...]

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The Best Damn Vegan Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

June 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Desserts, vegan

Last night we had our end-of-yoga-teacher-training celebration. It was really fun – everyone brought some food to share. I made desserts! I made the Light Lemon Cake from The Joy of Vegan Baking (one of my favorite cookbooks) – it turned out really good. I also made a vegan Fruit Pizza which I found at [...]

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