And no play makes Elise a repetitive eater. Rather than subject you all to the same exact meal (times twenty), I’ll show my hippie bowl once and move on to my work food. Quinoa, carrots, spinach, seitan, avocado, nutritional yeast, Bragg’s aminos. After a few bad days, where I was carelessly eating wheat and agave (FODMAPs no-no) like it was going out of style, I knew I needed to get my GI tract back on track. Feeling bloated (and a bunch of other less-internet friendly terms) is the worst. So! I did what I know… Read more >
Elise
May 18, 2012
avocado, big salad, larabar, nutmilk, nuts, oatmeal, pancakes, quinoa, raw, seitan, spinach salad, sunflower, tempeh, vegan cakework meals
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Around 4 pm, I hit a wall. Kyle did too. One cup of coffee and one hour of sleep do not make a winning pair. Starbucks run! Kyle discovered his new favorite treat, a Mocha Cookie Crumble Frappuccino (try saying that five times fast…or after certain red-eye conditions). We also got my mom a Coffee Frappuccino (her first one I think?). We are such enablers. It was Frappuccino happy hour though, so it was a decision made purely from an economical stand point. I [thought] I ordered a grande iced coffee with room for soy… Read more >
Elise
May 9, 2012
Daiya, pizza dough, seitanphiladelphia, restaurant review
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Not meatballs. I should have made a bigger batch of these coconut macaroon things because Kyle ate half of them before I even tried one. Work food. Banana. Carrots. Macaroons. It would probably blow your mind to know how many carrots we go through in our little hippie household. I eat half a pound a day, minimum. If our fridge were bigger it would be packed with orange. As it is, we have one crisper drawer solely devoted to those two pound bags (plural). Almond milk is another thing we seem to restock at… Read more >
Elise
April 30, 2012
almonds, bbq, chocolate, cocomo joe, coconut, granola, greek yogurt, nutbutter, nutmilk, quinoa, rudi's, seitan, tofurky, trader joe's, WF tofuwork meals
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Way too much food for four people. For no reason, a group of us went to Native Foods for dinner the other night. I’ve been to the Palm Springs, Costa Mesa, and Westwood locations, but not the Culver City one. I forced myself to try something new, which was hard since I love the scorpion burger and kale macro bowl a lot. Kyle and I ordered the Nuevo Native Nachos to split…which was a blessing and a curse. O.M.F.G.HIJKLMNOP… Fantastic. If you go to Native Foods, I command you to order… Read more >
Elise
March 28, 2012
kale, mexican food, native foods, seitan, tempehrestaurant review
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My dream life would consist of waking up, cooking and baking to my heart’s content, hanging out with my family and friends all day, exploring new and familiar neighborhoods in LA, eating at my favorite spots while trying new places, and having big family style meals a few nights a week at our new place. This is basically what I did these past few days. I wish it didn’t have to end. I woke up Monday morning and immediately began baking Kyle’s birthday treat. He requested chocolate brownies, so that’s what I made. After… Read more >
Elise
March 22, 2012
asian tofu, big salad, kale, seed bistro, seitan, venicerestaurant review
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