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Vegan Diaries – Grocery Yoga (11 Tips to Keep It On Budget)
The grocery store is a dangerous place for me when I’m hungry. But since I’ve been juicing and eating vegan I need to be there more often. Juicing tastes best when the veggies are fresh. Making...
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Vegan Diaries – Meatless Meatballs?
I must confess when I first thought about doing tofu meatballs I was skeptical. I’m not big on foods that try to be meat. You can’t call a carrot a burger, I won’t be duped. But always one to try...
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Vegan Diaries – Chickpea Burgers
I search the world looking for the best veggie burger recipes. That’s hyperbole, but I think my point is clear. Veggie burgers matter to me. And I’ve made a few great ones. Guess what? This one may be...
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Vegan Diaries – Roasted Eggplant and Tomatillo Dip
Tomatillos from Mexico are in grocery stores right now. Oh how I love the tomatillo. It’s crisp with and apple citrus taste and tangy. For those who get heartburn from it’s the tomato it also has a...
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Food Yoga – The Slow Food Movement
photo credit nourishnetwork.com What is the Slow Food Movement anyway? While browsing Black Girls Guide To Weight Loss I read a great article on the Slow Food Movement. I went to the website...
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Vegan Diaries – Spring Veggies Sprung
I went to Trader Joe’s last Monay and spent 16 bucks on dinner groceries for the entire week. This is pretty awesome anywhere- but to manage this at a Manhattan grocery store is worthy of some kind of...
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Vegan Diaries – Black Bean Chili and Hot Peppers Baby!!!
I love chili. But I’m not obsessed with it. You know, like the people who have recipes in safe deposit boxes because only 2 living family members are allowed to know the secret ingredient. When one...
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Vegan Diaries – PIZZA!!!!
After class on Friday I picked up some veggies from the fruit market and stopped at the local pizza joint. ‘Dough please!’ They didn’t hand over money, but they did charge me 5 smackers for a enough...
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Vegan Diaries – Five Minute Gazpacho
Oh how I love warm weather! Aside from it being the season of my birth (what what could possibly be wrong with it), it’s the time of longer days, fresh foods and spring fever. This means I need to be...
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Vegan Diaries – Black Bean Burgers
I won’t sit here and pretend that a ‘burger’ made from black beans, asparagus and other goodies is the same as a burger made from beef. It’s not. It bears no resemblance to a Kobe hamburger. That...
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Vegan Diaries- Roasted Veggie Wrap
Make Sandwich Night a wrap! That’s right, a wrap! You don’t have to abandon the idea of sandwiches on Meatless Monday either! Roasted veggies wrapped in a tortilla are delicious. Roasted veggies wraps...
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Vegan Diaries – Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed peppers are usually healthy idea gone horribly wrong. A mixture of beef, cheese, rice, tomatoes, onions topped with more cheese sounds amazing but if you’re thinking about your health, not so...
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Vegan Diaries – 21 Meals 35 Bucks (Days 2 and 3)
The quality of food definitely matters. Day 2 Breakfast Apples and hummus Lunch Soup and a half serving of the kale with chickpeas Dinner Salad with sautéed green beans and quinoa I seasoned the...
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Vegan Diaries – 21 Meals and 35 Bucks (Days 4 and 5)
So not every meal was great. I think that I’m going to lean on my pantry more this week. Concepts that seemed delicious in theory flopped in execution because they lacked some necessary items that...
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September is Hunger Action Month
Here are some sobering facts about hunger in the US. (Courtesy Do Something) 1 in 6 people in America face hunger. Households with children reported a significantly higher food insecurity rate than...
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Vegan Diaries – 21 Meals, 35 Bucks (Days 6 and 7 and Recap)
This week didn’t turn out as I planned. I wanted to repot that this was super easy and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be eating a yummy vegan life on the cheap. It was hard. With my teaching...
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Vegan Diaries- Building a Pantry
A delicious, nutritious meal is easy to prepare on the day you come home from the grocery store. But as the food dwindles, the urge to order take-out or grab unhealthy frozen pizza grows. Unplanned...
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Vegan Diaries – Eat Deliciously with the Seasons
I love restaurants that have a seasonal menu. That usually means they shop at local farms. It also tells me they put some thought into the menu. I’ve applied that same way of thinking to my kitchen....
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Vegan Diaries 21 Meals $5 Day (Days 8-12)
Week 1 is done. Some hits, some misses. But all in all I was pleased with what I got out of it. Applying what I’ve learned is on the menu this week. This is not as easy as it seems (see past...
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Brussels Sprouts With Quinoa – Food Yoga
Derailed. My list is dust in the wind. That’s life though, right? Best laid plans and all that? Right now I have work to do and a hunger to quell. Pish- no worries. In 20 minutes you too can prepare a...
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