Meatless Monday – Comfort Food Lightened Up
Today was rainy and chilly. I love a warm meal on a cold evening. But it doesn’t have to be loaded down with things that aren’t good for you. I took a variety of cubed squashes and golden beets tossed...
View ArticleMeatless Monday! (Kale Pesto with Pasta!)
Happy Meatless Monday!! This is a recipe that I discovered last year and thought it was just right for Meatless Monday!!! I love pesto. What’s not to love basil, cheese, olive oil? Seriously- it’s...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Spinach Mushroom Soup!
There’s nothing like a cup of soup to set the world right. There are so many great things about soup: It can be an entire meal It can be rich and creamy It can be slim and lean It freezes well This...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Whole Wheat Pasta with Slow Roasted Tomatoes and Lemon
“When bananas blush, they turn brown, not red. And when tomatoes blush, you’ve probably said something really naughty.” ― Jarod Kintz, 99 Cents For Some Nonsense Tomatoes are versatile delicious....
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Green Bean and Mushroom Stir Fry
A good stir fry is an easy meal. Grab what’s in the fridge and toss it in a pan! Green beans are great in a stir fry. The trick is to make sure they are steamed for a few minutes before they hit the...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Grits with Sautéed Vegetables
If you have a case of the Mondays, breakfast for dinner can help. It’s like ending the day from the beginning except better because it’s over in a matter of hours and you are at home. Boom. One...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Soup with Roasted Pepper Sandwich
I love eggplant. I once someone who hated eggplant. We broke up. Not because of the eggplant. But it definitely should have been a warning sign. Eggplant is delicious and versatile! It can be...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Roasted Cauliflower and Carrot Soup with Tricolor Carrot Salad
Happy Meatless Monday! Soup, salad and bread. Yum. I love summer. The sun on my face and heat on my skin make me feel alive. It’s a time of year when ice clinking in tall glasses of water and taking...
View ArticleMeatless Monday – Sweet Potato Pancakes
Sweet Sweet Potato Pancake I don’t know if I had latkes on the brain or what, but wham- I had an urge to make a sweet potato pancake. However instead of apple sauce and sour cream, I opted for a...
View ArticleFood Yoga- Meatless Monday!!
I just read an article about the damaging effects of dividing time between a computer, phone, tablet and TV. It apparently shrinks the brain. So I’ve decided to put my phone away while I bounce from...
View ArticleFood Yoga! Meatless Monday – Mushroom Tagliatelle
Happy Meatless Monday!! I know it may be hard for you to give up meat completely. Like everything else we learn, it takes practice. I have had my own struggles with going meatless. The reasons that we...
View ArticleCucumber Gazpacho
Summer weather. It’s my favorite time of year. Not just because I can zip around on my bike without a balaclava but because summer veggies make dinner easy and delicious. Gazpacho is refreshing...
View ArticleMushroom Farro Stew
The polar vortex has temporarily lifted. In the NYC area Sunday greeted us with 40° temperatures. In the background though, a snow storm is brews. I want to be prepared so off to the grocery store I...
View ArticleFood Yoga- When Mistakes Get Delicious
Grown-up pizza!!! I had these grand plans to make a tasty pizza with prickly pears goat cheese and caramelized onions. But it just wasn’t working. I tried, but square pegs, round holes and whatnot....
View ArticleFood Yoga- Roasted Curry Potato Salad
This isn’t your grandma’s potato salad. Hey, don’t get me wrong- I love mayo. Alas, my booty doesn’t allow it very often. I’ve talked a lot about cutting carbs our of my life. It’s an affair that is...
View ArticleFood Yoga – PMS
photo credit health.com PMS is no fun. Anyone who says it’s fun is perhaps taking lots of drugs. PMDD is a very serious condition that requires a doctor’s care. But for the 40 million women who...
View ArticleBrussels Sprouts With Quinoa – Food Yoga
Derailed. My list is dust in the wind. That’s life though, right? Best laid plans and all that? Right now I have work to do and a hunger to quell. Pish- no worries. In 20 minutes you too can prepare a...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – 21 meals 35 bucks
Post by Oneika’s Yoga Life. So, Eat Well on the Cheap was a great post what wasn’t well thought out. I decided to go back to the drawing board. 7 days. 21 meals. 5 bucks a day. Grand plans of menu...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Pizza Treats
I feel like the toughest part of a diet that is 80% plant based is creating tasty snacks or appetizers. Let’s face it, there’s only so much crudite a person can eat. I mean how many carrots sticks and...
View ArticleVegan Diaries – Green Bean and Mushroom Stir Fry
A good stir fry is an easy meal. Grab what’s in the fridge and toss it in a pan! Green beans are great in a stir fry. The trick is to make sure they are steamed for a few minutes before they hit the...
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