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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Dinner'
Loaded Mashed Sweet Potatoes
November 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Desserts, Dinner, Life, Lunch, baking, vegan
Vegan Thai Pumpkin Soup
October 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Dinner, vegan
I went to a local pumpkin patch the other day – don’t you just love pumpkin patches? There is just something so enchanting about walking through a sea of plump orange pumpkins. I took home up a few carving pumpkins and a sugar pumpkin. Usually the smaller sugar pumpkins are the ones used for cooking, [...]
Tags:Coconut milk·pumpkin·soup·thai·vegan
Everyday Eats
October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, exercise, running
A typical day of vegan food…
Remember the Pumpkin Pie Smoothie?
That was breakfast this morning.
Mmmmmmm!! Delish.
And lunch was another oldie but goodie: Apple Cherry Oatmeal
For dinner I tried a recipe from Eat, Drink, and Be Vegan, Blackened Tofu, which would easily fit in here:
So in a last minute play, I rebounded with this:
which went very nicely [...]
But I Don’t FEEEEEEEEL Like Practicing Yoga
September 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Diet, Dinner, Life
There are certain things in life that you know are good for you.
And there are certain things that you know are good for you AND you happen to enjoy them as well.
Let’s call these things “Healthy and Good.”
My list of Healthy and Good include eating healthy food, taking the pups on long walks, playing my [...]
Marty Update + Daiya Vegan Cheeze
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Dinner, running, vegan
We got great news about Marty today
We took her to the Oncologist, who said we have four options. We have OPTIONS! That alone was awesome to hear.
I won’t bore you with the details, but basically we are opting for surgery, which has a 95% cure rate!
The surgery will be on Thursday at South [...]
I Heart Colorado
August 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, running
I’m having the BEST time in Colorado. Here’s what we’ve done so far:
Yesterday we drove to Fort Collins and visited our friends Gary and Tiffany and their beautiful kids. They took the afternoon off to show us their hometown and wow did we love it! We ate at Avogadro’s Number where I had a delicious [...]
Tags:avogadro's number·Denver·Fort Collins Colorado·organixx·vegetarian restaurant·watercourse
Chickpea and Spinach Curry
July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Dinner, vegan
I wrote an email to McDonald’s today hoping to get an answer as to why my Pet McDonald’s Hamburger has lasted as long as it has. This is what I wrote:
Hi!
A few years ago, well six years ago, I purchased a McDonald’s hamburger (plain) and decided to keep it in it’s original wrapper and bag [...]
Veggie Cobbler + A (Possibily) Surprising Yoga Practice
July 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Dinner, running, vegan, yoga
I made a delicous Summer Veggie Cobbler recipe tonight that I found on Oh She Glows. Here’s what I liked about it:
Lots of veggies
Gave me something to do with the gorgeous eggplant that I got at the farmer’s market last weekend!
I already had all of the ingredients on hand
Easy to put together
Yummy
D. liked it [...]
PBU LUV
July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
It is SO FANTASTIC to be healthy again! YAHOO!!!
I slept in until 7am today and then got up to make our morning smoothies:
Lite Vanilla Soy Milk
Kale
Spirutein Vanilla Protein Powder
Banana
Cinnamon + Vanilla + Salt
I know – boring! I have some version of this every morning. It’s just SO YUMMY and it’s exactly what I want when [...]
Tags:pbu·peanut butter·smoothie
Easy Bean and Veggie Salad Recipe
June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Raw
Happy Sunday everyone! I just loved today
I got up at 645am and took the girls for a walk. It was so lovely outside that when we got back home I decided to go for a run. I ran for 40 minutes -not sure how many miles that was but I’m guessing around 4.25 [...]
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