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Sea Vegetable Eggplant with Favabeans
0Hey gang! Happy Friday! It’s Thursday at 11pm so I think I can say that… I’ve had an awesome week and it feels great to come to you tonight with a super tasty, ultra healthy, well-rounded recipe that has fun complimenting flavors. Eggplant for Folate, …
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Superfood: Goji Berries
Hell-day 1 of 3 is over this week. Woohoo! But tomorrow and Friday will test my academic integrity again. Until then, let’s talk superfoods. It’s time for Superfood numero tres: Goji Berries. The ones sold in stores are dried goji berries, but that’s totally fine for nutrients. I’ve …
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Superfood: Cacao
Welcome to Superfood Week! As I briefly mentioned in my last post, I am swamped with finals, papers, and presentations for the next 2 weeks and NEED to stay on top of my game! In order to do that, I came up with the idea …
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Preparing Artichokes
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve noticed a whole lot of repeats on my plate. And while I don’t mind the redundancy (yet) because I find them all DELICIOUS, I decided to make a conscious effort to do even more experimenting. And not just …
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Sunflower Seed Nutrition and Sprouting
While I was filling up my bulk bin bags at Whole Foods the other day, I saw a nut and seed chart that gave some insight into which seeds/nuts had the biggest nutritional bang for their buck. They gave a top ten list; and while …
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More on Vitamin B12
In my Vitamins in a Vegan Diet post, I discussed the challenges of B12 consumption for non-animal eating foodies. Basically, B12 is a very difficult vitamin to obtain if not eating animal products–as it is mainly produced in the intestines of animals (including ourselves). But …
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Vitamins in a Vegan Diet (Part 2)
My last post on vegan sources of vitamins and minerals sparked a lot of interest. So as promised here is round 2: CALCIUM: Nuts, seeds, spinach, collard greens, soy beans, carob, turnips, molasses, mustard greens, parsley, dried figs, sea vegetables (kelp, dulse, nori), grains. Good …
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Vitamins in a Vegan Diet
Over the next couple of days I’m going to share a “where to get your vitamins” post for vegan living. Besides the protein/carbs/fats (macronutrients), your body needs so much more to keep it running. Check out any one of my posts that discusses food vitamins/minerals …
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Chickpea Facts and From Scratch Hummus
Since transitioning to a high raw/vegan lifestyle, I’ve needed to be a little more creative with how I get my protein.* Luckily, I’ve been doing just fine–I love almonds, cashews, walnuts…well, all sorts of nuts. But the other great way to ensure your protein intake …
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Sexy Lettuce: Collard Greens
Collards are my sexy green of the week because starting this month they are officially in season (January-April)! And during the winter, nothing makes me happier at the grocery store than realizing summer isn’t the only season for good food! Collard greens have a very …
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