Author Archive: Elise

About Elise

I’m a nurse. An exercise lover. A whole foods connoisseur. A health enthusiast. And I have IBS. No need to cue the sappy violin music yet... I’ve found that eating a mostly plant-based diet has allowed me to continue to live and love life to the fullest. Although moderation isn’t something I do well, I’m 100% devoted to giving my body pure, wholesome, quality food. Nutritious and delicious, all the time. Hungry Hungry Hippie is a way for me to share my daily dealings with food, fitness, and everything in between.

Flashback Friday: Hawaiian honeymoon

Who says reminiscing has to be reserved for Fridays, right?  Flashback Saturday anyone?  Today is my birthday, so try and let it slide…  While I huff and puff my heavily candled (28!!) vegan birthday cake, I hope you’ll enjoy reading about our tropical luna de miel. Kyle and I got married on Saturday, August 28th. On Monday the 30th we headed off to Kauai for the most relaxing week of vacation ever.  Our trip started at 4 am (Pacific time), and we didn’t arrive in Hawaii until 5 pm (Island time).  In case you were wondering… Read more >

Liquid love for my achy heart

Still ailing…aching from head to toe.  Brain, body, pretty much everything.  And I’m really getting sick of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  Blah.  Today I had a sneaky chef moment, though.  As my girl Holly says, “sharing is caring” so here you go:  When you’ve hit the wall with carbs and nutbutter (the horror!), but you still have zero desire to eat greens, here’s a delicious way to cheat them into your bod.  PB & Greens Smoothie 3/4 cup almond milk 1 frozen banana 2 shafts of kale, leaves only 3 tbsp smooth peanut butter… Read more >

Build me up butternut

These past few days I’ve been sick.  You may have noticed since my posts haven’t been food journal style, but rather recipes, restaurant & product reviews.  No worries, I’ve been downing Kombucha bottle by bottle, and I’m finally starting to feel ok-ish.  This is all very timely, given my first day of work was yesterday.  [Sigh]  Figures.  But anyways, as you can imagine, liquids have been a mainstay in my diet over the last 24 hours.  Here’s one of the lovely liquid concoctions I “whipped up” between catnaps.  As an aside, I’m always reluctant to… Read more >

Very Berry Salad

I didn’t come up with this salad name.  I’m pretty sure that’s the handwriting of my sister circa 1992.  Here’s a translation: Dressing 1/3 cup EVOO 1/3 cup vinegar (regular – as in not balsamic) 1/2 cup sugar 2 T sesame seeds 1 T white onion, finely chopped 1/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1/4 tsp paprika Salad 1-2 pints strawberries a whole lotta spinach 3 T almonds, slivered optional: crumbled goat cheese, avocado   I retook the (below) photo three times because it looked so weird.  Despite the odd coloring, there really aren’t any special effects… Read more >

Be-UDI-ful Bagels

In case you were unaware, I don’t post all my eats.  There are several reasons for this, but that’s neither here nor there. My point is, had I posted photos of every bite, you would have seen the slow and steady demise of my multi-nut butter.  I’m making it again asap because I have been a nutbutter-a-holic lately.  Another confession, I threw away half a tub of spinach today.  It was all watery and gross.  I can’t recall the last time I had plain veggies, let alone a salad.  And that’s just plain bizarre (and… Read more >