I’ve been keeping up with weekly meal planning for almost a year now – with random weeks off due to travel/holidays/etc.. But for the most part, it’s been a very successful technique in keeping our food budget in check. I thought it would be way more expensive once we started including meat, but it hasn’t been too significant of a difference because the marginal increase in animal protein is balanced by the fact that we all eat the same thing (thus, a decrease in overall ingredients). One meal as opposed to three. At least for… Read more >
Elise
February 16, 2014
avocado, beyond meat, big salad, broccoli, brussels sprouts, chia seeds, chik'n strips, chipotle, crock-pot, fish, kale, lentils, mexican food, pasta, potatoes, quinoa, salmon, soup, sunflower, tempeh, trader joe's
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After a week of saving money on home-cooked meals a la plan, I opted to splurge for the weekend. Lazy me. I was working though, so it was my treat. I snacked on chex and chocolate crunchfuls. The crunchfuls are made with pea protein. I got them in a sample pack a long time ago. I reviewed the plain ones here. The chocolate ones are better but still have a definite pea flavor going on. I could get used to it (and didn’t really mind it that much), but if you’re looking for a… Read more >
Elise
July 20, 2012
avocado, cereal, chik'n strips, dried papaya, hummus, kale, pancakes, pasta, potatoes, tempeh, the veggie grillwork meals
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Working on the weekends isn’t too bad when the days are mellow and the weather is mediocre (I swear I heard the phrase “June gloom” six hundred and fifty three times yesterday). Having interesting patients helps too… My shift flew by and as 7 pm approached I texted dinner plans to Kyle. me: Veggie Grill take-away tonight? kyle: yes. what do you want? me: Baja Fiesta salad, add chik’n, dressing on the side Done and done. I got this same order last time so I knew it would hit the spot. This time I… Read more >
Elise
June 12, 2011
big salad, chik'n strips, kale, peanut butter, quinoa, the veggie grillrestaurant review
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The art of packing food is my specialty. Much like making my daily work eats (tutorials here), packing food for traveling is a bit of a craft. Some may find it easier to buy meals at the airport rather than go through the hassle of taking extra baggage through security. Personally, I’m not one of those people. I don’t care if it adds 25 pounds of dead weight that I have to schlep by plane, train, and automobile, for me it’s SO worth the energy. The cost to benefit analysis probably differs depending on your… Read more >
Elise
May 9, 2011
Artisana, attune foods, avocado, big salad, cereal, chik'n strips, chocolate, clif bar, corazona's, dried mixed fruit, granola, hummus, kaia, kind bar, larabar, love grown foods, mexican food, nutbutter, nuts, oatmeal, peanut butter, probar, raw, sabra, trader joe's, udi's
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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
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