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 >

Elise October 23, 2010 avocado, egg scramble, fish, tofu 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 >

Elise October 22, 2010 kale, nutmilk, peanut butter, smoothie 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 >

Elise October 21, 2010 butternut squash, Kombucha, nutmilk 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 >

Elise October 21, 2010 avocado, spinach salad 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 >

Elise October 20, 2010 nutbutter, p.b. and j Read more >

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