Good morning! I'm switching up my day a little and blogging on this Thursday morning, instead of my usual nighttime blog action. First off, in the past couple of days I've made some blog changes I'd like to point out. For one thing, I've updated my recipe page. My recipe list was getting too extensive to be on one page, so the recipe tab you see on my menu bar above is now a drop down list, so you can check out whatever category of recipes you want to look at in separate pages. I think this makes it easier to view. I also have added a "work it out" tab in the menu, which contains links to workout related posts I've written. Feel free to browse. :) Lastly, I also added access to my Instagram on the blog, and it's now on my sidebar under my Twitter feed. I haven't really been too ... [Read More]
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Today’s Eats: Keepin’ it Simple
Some days my eats are awesome meals & snacks that I put an artistic flair into. Other days, the food I eat is not quite as exciting. It may be because I was just too busy to spend time or energy getting creative, or perhaps I just wasn't in the mood to be. Today is a good example of a pretty boring yet healthy day of eats: My breakfast was a bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal with sliced banana + almond milk: For lunch I reheated some leftover veggie chili. I crunched up some multigrain crackers with sea salt from Crunchmasters on top. It was a little snack bag I got in my KLUTCHclub box shipment. The verdict? Light, yummy, and the mini bag was the perfect amount for adding some crunchiness to my soup. Late in the afternoon, I took Harley for a hike. After experiencing ... [Read More]
Ways to Feel Happier
''C'mon, Get Happy!" Last night I was reading the latest issue of Shape magazine, and as usual when I'm enjoying a magazine, I tore a few articles out for future reference. One of the articles I liked was called ''C'mon, Get Happy!" and discussed a blueprint to help one feel more joyful. The author's strategies to feeling happier resonated with me, and I thought I'd share them with you: Embrace ''Good Enough" - The idea here is to resist the urge to be a perfectionist. Wanting everything to be flawless all the time stresses you out and isn't attainable. Strive to do things well and your best, but don't go so far that you make yourself nuts. Talk Yourself Up - According to new findings, sharing accomplishments and good news with others multiples the joy factor. In other words, ... [Read More]
Harvest-Stuffed Acorn Squash
Sometimes when I'm food shopping, I decide to nab something new to play around with. Rather than always grabbing the same foods to make the same meals, I think it's fun to experiment with food and try out different dishes. At times, I pick out something not really being sure how I'm make it, or what I'll prepare it with. This was the case last week when I grabbed these guys at the farmers' market: I've eaten acorn squash here and there, but can't really remember a time when I made them myself. I checked out a few of my cookbooks to see if a recipe with acorn squash looked appealing to me. Here is what I wound up making: I found this recipe in a cookbook called The Vegan Table and altered a few of the ingredients. From the start, I was doubtful that my hubby would be a fan of it. He isn't ... [Read More]
My New Favorite Salad Combo
Hello, hello! I realized that I haven't posted my day's eats in awhile, so to answer the question, ''What the hell does this vegetarian eat all day?" here goes my rundown from yesterday's meals & snacks: Wednesday is a bit of a different day for me food-wise than any other day. I volunteer at The Humane Society in the evenings, so I eat a quick early dinner and eat 1 snack instead of 2 for the day. Because of this, I usually make my breakfast or lunch heavier than usual. For breakfast, I ate some oatmeal with sliced banana, a pack of Justin's honey peanut butter, and sprinkled cinnamon: For lunch, I ate my new favorite salad. I've eaten it 3 times in the past week and am really diggin' it. It's a chickpea feta salad with sliced almonds: To make the ... [Read More]
A Fall Feelin’
Happy 10/11/12 blog friends! It's starting to feel a bit like fall around San Diego (well, ya know, we do experience minor season changes!). We've had a few months of pretty hot weather, but today there was a bit of chill in the air and it was actually rainy. I felt strangely happy to wear a sweatshirt this morning while talking Harley for a walk. Even though I grew up in the Northeast, I'm not a person who loves to live in a place with 4 seasons. I definitely don't mind it being warm and sunny most of the time here (actually, I LOVE it!), but it is nice to have a bit of a change of pace! Before I get to my 'What This Vegetarian Ate Today' rundown, I wanted to note a blog update. I've had multiple people tell me that they've had issues with subscribing to my blog, and I've been ... [Read More]