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.

Ups-kale snacking

I have a plethora of kale on hand (in addition to time to think up pun filled post titles), so expect mucho leafy greens in the near future. Kale chips? Why not! I’ve made them before (here), but (as you’d expect) Kyle’s parents don’t have nooch hanging around in their pantry, so I decided to make up a new recipe on the spot (and then crossed my fingers that it would turn out to be tasty)! My previous batches of kale chips have all been “cheesy” ones, so this was my first non-nooch kale chip… Read more >

Elise July 22, 2010 kale Read more >

Qu’est-ce qu’on mange?

Mon ami, c’est Ratatouille! Pixar had it right: “Why do they call it that? If you’re gonna name a food, you should give it a name that sounds delicious. Ratatouille doesn’t sound delicious. It sounds like "rat" and "patootie." Rat-patootie, which does not sound delicious.” But trust me, it is très délicieux. Tomatoes, onions, zucchini, bell peppers, and eggplant…all oiled up and ready for the grill. Isn’t it amazing that salt and extra virgin olive oil can work such magic on the barbecue? All together now… Magnifique. To accompany the ratatouille, we threw together… Read more >

Elise July 21, 2010 bbq, eggplant, root veggies, zucchini Read more >

The raspberry festival

Lynden’s annual raspberry festival happened to fall on the same weekend that Kyle was in Vegas for his bachelor festivities. In an effort to keep me distracted the entire time he was gone, Kyle’s parents entered me and his dad in a 5K fun run/walk. Nothing like small town races to boost your ego! Haha. When I emailed this pic to my mom, she responded “That’s my girl — competitive in a "fun run." 🙂 ” Well somebody had to win… Kyle’s dad and I donned our new race shirts to take a post-run pic. … Read more >

Elise July 21, 2010 dave's killer bread, hummus, yves vegan deli meat Read more >

Out with the old, in with the new

My latest quinoa salad was fantastic, and the best part was that it yielded way more than I expected! What’s a girl to do? This was an everything but the kitchen sink everything in the fridge kind of salad…including a Strawberry Shortcake coloring book. It had leftover broccoli, leftover sweet potatoes, leftover quinoa, and a new product too! Quorn Naked Chik’n Cultets do have trace amounts of egg whites, so they aren’t vegan. But I had never seen them before and they were on sale, so why the heck not? Here they are in all… Read more >

Elise July 20, 2010 avocado, big salad, chik'n strips, clean food recipe, potatoes, quinoa Read more >

Keen on quinoa

My titles are just oh-so-clever, aren’t they? In my previous post, I professed my love for Terry Walters and her brilliant cookbook, Clean Food. Well, as you can see, I just can’t get enough of her recipes. And since quinoa is one of my favorite foods ever (and thanks to Costco we just bought enough to feed all of the Middle East), it was an obvious choice for dinner. In true Elise fashion, I made several adjustments to the recipe. Does anyone ever follow them verbatim? Based on what we had on hand, our personal… Read more >

Elise July 19, 2010 avocado, clean food recipe, kale, potatoes, quinoa Read more >

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