Hungry Tiger

**I’m not sure why, but I’m having tech related issues…update your google reader feeds to  http://hungryhungryhippie.com/feed/

If you know what the title of this post means, I’m sorry.  Ha Ha.

But that’s what I felt like (again) today.  I had 4 meals (not snacks, meals) AFTER dinner alone.

OK, so back to the beginning…

Hump day started off with an early morning wake up call.  Someone’s gotta save lives.

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To get me going, I went with a Trilogy Kombucha.  This is my FAVE flavor by far.  Mmmm…

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I had packed my lunch before, but it wasn’t nearly enough.

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I bought a big ‘ol container of “tropical” trail mix to tide me over.  Even though I’m still on the fence with certain nuts, I know they can hold my appetite, so I think it’s a great go-to when my appetite is hungry tiger hippie status.

What exactly qualifies a mix as tropical?  Brazil nuts?  Papaya?  I don’t know, it seemed pretty standard as far as dried fruit/nut mixes go…but whatever, beggars can’t be choosers. 

I polished the entire thing off, as well as my whole packed lunch by 1 pm.  FYI, the “new” super protein odwalla bars are the merely smaller versions of the former ones (with a new wrapper).

Business/Economics 101 says fool the customers into thinking something is new and improved with a flashy new packaging, while simultaneously saving money by charging the same price for a smaller version of the product.  Hmmmm…not a fan of this policy, but I can’t deny my love for odwalla is still going strong.

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Anyways, I scrounged this up…vegan options are minimal at the hospital, but if you know the right people (wink wink), you can move mountains…ok, ok, I discharged a patient on a veggie diet before lunch came, and they still brought her tray.  The hospital is WAY too cheap to donate ANYthing to the starving nurses fund – believe me, I’ve tried!!

Sorry about the not-so-hot blackberry photo…

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I stopped here (AGAIN) on my way home from work, to get my Kombucha fix.  Don’t be deceived by the hole-in-the-wall appearance.  This place has all the products that Whole Foods has, MINUS the massive lines.  Is two Kombuchas a day too many?

Anyways, when I got home, I had to eat something right away to prevent myself from chewing my arm off.

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Roasted red pepper Sabra on Alvarado Street bread, plus apple slices for max dipping pleasure.

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Kyle was already home and munching on these…

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…so I couldn’t help but have a few (hundred) handfuls.

DARN IT! 

The good news: Newman’s Own does cookies right.

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The bad news: I hadn’t even eaten a proper dinner and I managed to down well over half of the bag. 

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To get some decent (not processed) calories in, I made an avocado mash containing an ENTIRE avo, shredded carrots, and clover sprouts…which I then piled on top of 2 slices of Alvarado Street bread.  On the side, I had the last of my home-made seitan.

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After dinner I went dessert crazy.  First up, dates stuffed with carob chips.

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Then, I had a big bowl full of strawberries with stevia and cinnamon sprinkled on top, and more carob chips tossed in after.

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But the treats didn’t stop there.  And I’m glad they didn’t because as a result, I discovered an amazing new dessert!  Dried mango with PEANUT BUTTER!  It reminded me of PB+J with the sweetness of the dried mango and the crunchy nutty peanut butter.  YUM.

As if that weren’t tasty enough.

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…it evolved into something even BETTER (clearly carob chips go with everything).

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After a few more of these, I called it a night.  Hungry tigers have to go to bed eventually.

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Comments (17)

  1. VeggieGirl

    The dried fruit/nut butter combo you MUST try = dried figs with pumpkin seed butter.

  2. jesslikesithot

    Genuis….Elise, you are a pure genius!!!! I think peanut butter should be spread on ALL dried fruits (not just medjools!), apparently it's an amazing combination, and i'm sure the carob just makes it over the topppp!! Ahhh, if only I had some dried fruit on hand. Shoot, gotta change that!

    So yesterday, I went to stock up on more a. street bread and my store was OUT! They have 4 or 5 of the types, except the only one left was sourdough….and I just wasn't feeling that! So I picked up the Ezekial instead!

    Yummmm….LOVE the red pepper AND avo/bread shots!

  3. ksgoodeats

    YAY for wordpress!! You did it! 🙂

    I totally fall for the ‘new’ bars – if you redo the packaging something else has to be new right? That’s how I justify it!

    HAHAH – I love that you ate your patient’s meal! That’s desperation! What doesn’t go with PB these days?

    Okay, Real OC Housewives recap time! Chat with you later!

  4. Abby

    It’s been waaaayyy to long since I’ve had those cookies. Because they’re kind of mini, you can eat more and it doesn’t really matter, right? Right.

  5. hungryhungryhippie

    WHOA!!! you’re the first commenter on wordpress! i guess i did do it? still working on it though…but hoorayyyyyyyyyyy.

  6. hungryhungryhippie

    yeah, they are so small – they remind me of cookie crisps cereal! i was never allowed to eat it, so im basing this on the commercials…

  7. ellie

    My comment keeps vanishing (is it being deleted or is it wordpress?)

    I love the health food store- it looks like such a dive from the outside but is amazing!

    Also not a fan of new packaging/smaller bars- who do they think they are kidding? 😛

    So weird you know Hoffman…ah, such a small world! Crazy.

    Enjoy your day!

  8. elise

    no its not deleting, its just i havent figured out how to allow people to leave comments without me approving them first…im a bit slow with the wordpress switch!

  9. Molls

    HHAHA that is so funny that you “borrowed” the patients veggie tray. Good for you a girls gotta eat!

    love the new look

  10. carolinebee

    I’m hoping you are in Central Park right now rockin’ out to Jo Bros 😀

  11. Brooke

    So I’m currently chilling at the burlington, vt airport and have a list of sh!t to tell you:

    1) I just ate a banana odwalla bar and was pissed that it is significantly smaller! But has the same cals?! Wudduhfuh?!
    Still bossy howevaz.
    2) Pre-cab ride to airport listening to the grateful dead (box of rain), I was at a club fair thing and joined HILLEL!!! You know that Jew organization?! And learned that there are 2000 students (17-20%) are Jews! I fucking can’t wait to go apple picking on rosh hashanah!!
    3) I was listening to danke shoen (you know that song bueller sings on the float?) while catching up on your posts when I saw your bueller? Bueller? Post. Ahahahhahhha!!
    4) Ive been having sabra withdrawlS.
    5) I love yo face.

  12. elise

    DUDEEEEE! i used to go to hillel on friday for free grub back in college…ahhh the days of being a broke ass college student. im SO above that now (riiight).

    sabra withdrawal! NO BUENO!

    odwalla has been demoted a bit but in my heart of hearts i know i wont hate on it for too long 🙂

    how was vt!?! cant wait to hear all about it!

  13. lilveggiepatch

    Dried fruit + nut butter + chocolate is one of my favorite things (i’m literally about to go make myself some) but I’ve never had it with mango! Gotta try it.

    I love your mashed avo + seitan sandwich. Nomnomnom. (I got your message about updating my Google Reader… will do! I’m also home TOMORROW, so as soon as I find out my work schedule I wanna make a date!)

  14. elise

    yes yes yes! I leave for Hawaii tomorrow, and I get back the 27th. So after that, we are ON!

  15. glidingcalm

    omg!! all of your eats look SOOO GOOD. all of the desserts (PB yes please!!), the avocado sammy (SO DELICIOUS SOUNDING!!), the hummus bread, the packed lunch! yum yum yum!!!!!!!! looks like you satisfied the hungry tiger with some amazingly tasty meals!!!

  16. elise

    thats how i roll GC 🙂

  17. Lara (Thinspired)

    Elise! The blog makeover looks great! And the posts seem to be coming into my reader fine. I’ll make sure my blogroll is still working ok.
    I don’t get the title…oh no! I am so out of the loop!

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