On Friday night, Kyle and I met up with Marisa for dinner in SOHO. I have a long list of to-try restaurants in NYC, so being back for the weekend is a nice chance to cross some more off. Spring Street Natural has been around for over four decades, serving natural cuisine with an emphasis on fresh and healthy fare. The menu is really diverse, with choices in each course ranging from completely vegan and macrobiotic plates to innovative to seafood and poultry entrees. This makes it a perfect place to take your non-vegan… Read more >
Elise
September 12, 2011
kale, seaweed, seitanrestaurant review
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I worked on Saturday, so my Friday wasn’t really a TGIF kind of day. To summarize the AM: cereal, bike ride, window shopping. I had two Turlock multi-grain pitas with hummus for lunch and a veggie burger a la mode. Hummus gone. 🙁 In terms of fizz KeVita < Synergy, in terms of calories it’s the reverse. Flavor-wise I go back and forth. Depends on what I’m in the mood for. Truthfully, all I wanted for dinner was quinoa drenched in Bragg’s liquid aminos, but I decided to up the nutritional profile of… Read more >
Elise
August 29, 2011
chia seeds, hummus, kale, Kombucha, nutmilk, pitas, quinoa, seaweed, seitan, sushi, tea
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This is a continuation of my previous Roland Garros post. Novak…on a roll… John McEnroe and Mary Carillo! Isn’t it cute that they were childhood friends, then both became tennis studs, and now they are co-sports announcers? After Djokovic and Del Potro were done I went to survey the stadium’s food situation. I wasn’t hungry for lunch yet, so I was scoping out the snack options. I ended up buying some fruit (really the only vegan choice aside from raw carrot sticks and applesauce), which cost me half my monthly paycheck. Roland Garros… Read more >
Elise
July 3, 2011
big salad, paris, seaweedparis
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I gave France multiple chances. One, two, three seven strikes you’re out… I wanted very much to prove that you can in fact be a vegan in a country that celebrates meat and cheese. And maybe it’s easier if you speak the language, or aren’t in touristy places, but knowing how to say "sans fromage" and "je suis vegetarienne" didn’t seem to help much. Even smiling and saying in my sweetest, non-American accent "je voudrais une salade" wasn’t working out that well for me (how many boring salads can a girl eat!*). But trying to… Read more >
Elise
May 25, 2011
seaweed, sushi
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This week is nurses appreciation week (hooray!) but unfortunately the breakfast potluck party on my unit was the day I left for vacay. Had I not just finished night shift I may have stuck around, but I was so tired and ready to start my two weeks on holiday, I didn’t care too much about free bagels. As soon as I gave report to the day shift nurse I was mentally checked out. I may as well have been in Spain on Thursday. Sad face. Next year I’m going to bring yummy vegan food to… Read more >
Elise
May 7, 2011
almonds, avocado, cereal, hummus, nana's, nutmilk, seaweed, sushi
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