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Norway nights

Kyle’s cousin from Norway is visiting, so even though I’ve been working for most of her time in LA, I managed to join up for dinner and drinks the other night. We got drinks at The Misfit (rapidly climbing the charts in favorite Santa Monica bar/restaurants).  The above is a Gin Fizz – minus egg whites which are apparently a normal component of the drink?  Weird.  The drink was delightful, but got me kinda wasted.  I’m so pathetic.  It takes nothing to get me drunk nowadays.  Fortunately we were off to dinner after that. Stopped… Read more >

July 6, 2011 chia seeds, chocolate, kale, the misfit, tofu, true food kitchen, vegan pudding Read more >

Just add Sabra

To know me is to know I love hummus.  I mean really.  Even my coworkers (who don’t know jack diddley about me) know that I’m a chickpea connoisseur.  So how excited was I to get this in the mail?!?   SO EXCITED!  Naturally, I already had Sabra in the fridge because it’s the best.  And you can buy it in bulk at Costco.  I try to be rational when I’m in the super store, but when I see rows and rows of family sized tubs something happens to me.  I can’t explain it.  We almost… Read more >

July 5, 2011 follow your heart, kale, sabra Read more >

A whirlwind work weekend

I’d try to label these meals, but since I’m still on a bizarre night shift schedule breakfast is dinner, dinner is lunch, up is down, left is right…who knows…time is irrelevant in my life now.  I’m not really normal anymore. I made a PB & AB sando.  Yeah, skip the jelly, my sandwich was all about nutbutters.  I ate some straight outta the jar too.  I have no shame.  I just sat on my butt, spoon, jar, spoon, jar, spoon…you get it.  It occurred to me (after slowly licking 1/2 cup of nut butter) that… Read more >

July 3, 2011 big salad, kale, nutbutter, oatmeal, seitan, tea Read more >

Kale vs. scale

My meals are breaking my back!  Fortunately, I have learned proper posture (even if I had to learn the hard way).  In all honesty though, nursing hasn’t re-aggravated my back pain in quite some time because I’ve been SO cautious in practicing good body mechanics. I’m happy to report that lugging all this loot on my back while biking to work didn’t hurt either.  But it really is heavy.  By the time I squeeze the zipper over my food, scrubs, klean kanteen, and coffee mug, my backpack is easily tipping the scales into the double… Read more >

June 16, 2011 kale, waffles Read more >

Saturday take-away

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 >

June 12, 2011 big salad, chik'n strips, kale, peanut butter, quinoa, the veggie grill Read more >