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.
Ok, I’m about to get personal…if you don’t wanna hear it, skip ahead. Today, for the second time in 3 days (aka since I’ve been back in NYC), I’ve broken down and cried my eyes out. I’ve tried to ignore it – tried to pretend it’s just homesickness, or the weather, or hormones, or some combination of all these things…whatever. The fact is: I’m sick of being miserable and pretending I’m not. Unfortunately, I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I am usually pretty good at identifying the issue and working past it, but I… Read more >
Elise
January 7, 2010
butternut squash, chocolate, clif bar, dried mixed fruit, hummus, odwalla bar, pretzels, seitan, spinach salad, Starbucks
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I woke up at 10 today. Wow. Haven’t done that in a while. I wanted to sleep in so badly though, so I will consider it a success. I passed the AM with a lot of drinks. Mocha. Tea. Pee. Pee. Pee. “Empty yourself and let the universe fill you.” Check 😉 For those who asked, here’s the recipe for the “cheeze” sauce I made yesterday: 12 oz. silken tofu (the entire box) 2 tbsp nutritional yeast unmeasured amounts of salt 1 tsp miso paste dash of paprika Try it! So good. Anyways, I had… Read more >
Elise
January 6, 2010
bbq, butternut squash, hummus, potatoes, spinach salad
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After a fairly miserable red-eye flight, Kyle and I returned to our 10 degree apartment Monday morning. 🙁 With a list of errands longer than the Gettysburg address and a brain still on a mental vacay, it goes without saying…I felt a bit overwhelmed. It didn’t help that I couldn’t stop shivering for the first 2 hours. I finally had to take a shower to get my body temp back to a normal range. After a piping hot cup of cocoa (the apartment is coffee-less!!) I unpacked, laundered, made a grocery list…and STILL felt like… Read more >
Elise
January 5, 2010
chocolate, coconut milk, nooch, oat bran, soy noodles, tea, tofu, vegan cookies, zucchini
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Not the Fonz… Faz! While home, Kyle and I made more headway with the wedding planning, including research for our rehearsal dinner. FAZ is a cute Mediterranean restaurant with amazing food, classy ambiance, open atmosphere, and YES, those are trees inside! Anything green gets the thumbs up from this girl hippie. After we checked out the space, they treated us to dinner. Fabulous! We started with brick oven flat bread and rosemary foccacia fresh from the oven. It was warm, fluffy and heavenly. Kyle dipped his in the seasoned oil & vinegar with parmesan… Read more >
Elise
January 4, 2010
bbq, beets, big salad, granola, greek yogurt, hummus, pitas, root veggies, squash, tea
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…I’ll be at a NYE party that is klassy and doesn’t involve plastic red cups. …this will be enough EtOH for a group of 20. (this was only 1/3 of the actual drank) …”dinner” will not mean chips, salsa, pretz, and chocolate… …or B- and fruit. …five sips of champagne won’t give me the drunkface “glow.” …sledding with my sisters will not involve my dad’s overall ski-outfit from the 70’s. …we will get an accurate head count before piling into a car with one too few seats (there are a couple of people not… Read more >
Elise
January 2, 2010
big salad, falafel, hummus, pretzels, root veggies, squash
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