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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 6

March 14, 2013   Kristen   4 Comments
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Day 37: (Almost) Back to Normal I started the day making a big pot of my (new) favorite kind of oatmeal: steel cut.  I make a big pot so I don’t have to slave over the stove every morning (cause steel cut oats take waaaay longer than their rolled oats cousins!).  Dr. Fuhrman only allows

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 5

March 04, 2013   Kristen   No comments
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Day 33: Eating to Live While Traveling Breakfast: Banana, strawberries. Lunch: Whole Foods: Salad bar salad with mixed baby greens, mushrooms, shredded carrots, red cabbage, radish, grape tomatoes, celery, corn, tofu, raisins, and pepita seeds; dressed with Balsamic vinegar.  Kale and white bean soup (no oil or salt added–score!).  Fresh cantaloupe. Dinner: Whole Foods: Ginger

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 4

February 25, 2013   Kristen   No comments
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Day 22 — Feeling Good Although my weigh-in was less than stellar, I still feel lighter, tighter and glad that I have dedicated myself to finish this diet out!  A warning to new nutritarians, just starting out on this road: the initial first week of weight loss is hard to duplicate in the following 3

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 3

February 18, 2013   Kristen   6 Comments
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Day 16: Scale on the Move! Woke up this morning and got on the scale, it moved–lost another pound!  I needed this good news to keep going strong with the 6 week plan; almost half way there! Breakfast: 3/4 cup steel cut oatmeal, 1 cup soy milk, 1/2 cup fresh blueberries I didn’t end up

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 2

February 11, 2013   Kristen   3 Comments
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So, you’ve made it past the first week, congrats!  You’ve lost a lot of weight in the first week (I lost 7!), now you’re invested in the program.  Your tastes are changing and you are continuing to discover new ways to make the 6 week plan’s guidelines taste good to you.  Here’s how I made

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Becoming Nutritarian — Week 1

February 04, 2013   Kristen   6 Comments
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  DAY 2: Motivated & Garlic Breath After the hell of the first day, I woke up without the throbbing headache!  Don’t get too excited, it was back again before I noshed on my breakfast of banana slices and raw almond butter (1 tbsp.).  Honestly, it was a small price to pay for losing 2

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“Eat to Live” Thai Peanut Curry

February 03, 2013   Kristen   2 Comments
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What I love about this Thai curry recipe is that it tastes like authentic Thai take out but with out the massive quantity of oil that you usually find in such fare!  The secret is sauteing your veggies in carrot juice instead of oil! CLEAN THAI PEANUT CURRY (Adapted from recipe in “Eat to Live”

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Simple Sauteed Kale

February 02, 2013   Kristen   1 Comment
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Here’s another awesome “Eat to Live” inspired dish that I concocted during my first week in the 6 week plan.  I’ve quickly learned tha tone of the most nutrient-dense vegetables on the planet does not have to be intimidating to cook with!  And Trader Joe’s pre-chopped organic Tuscan Kale bags in the salad section save

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Cuban Style Avocado Salad

July 13, 2012   Kristen   7 Comments
This Cuban side dish is perfect for your summertime cookouts!

Going along with my Cuban cuisine posts, here is my favorite go-to salad for the hot Summer months: Cuban Avocado Salad!  In Cuban cooking, this salad (or a variation, see below) is served along with fresh Cuban bread and plantains or tostones (a salty fried plantain).  With its light dressing and fresh ingredients it is

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New Years Resolution Banana “Ice Cream”

January 05, 2012   Kristen   No comments
All you need are frozen sliced bananas and a blender to get the same delicious consistency as banana ice cream!

If you’re like most of the Western world, you’ve probably made a New Year’s resolution to loose some weight this year.  We all know eating ice cream is not the secret to losing weight, but this “ice cream” is an exception because there is no cream.  There is exactly one ingredient: bananas. This is the

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Vegan Caesar Salad Does Exist!

October 13, 2011   Kristen   2 Comments
Caesar salad is my ultimate comfort food and to find such a good vegan version was SO unexpected!

I’ve officially finished my third week of my 30-day Vegan Momma Challenge!  There were some triumphs and some disappointments this week.  Let me start off with the week’s highlight, and the reason for the title of this post: vegan Caesar salad!  Yes, it does exist and YES it is delicious!  I had to go down

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Don’t Become a Fat Vegan!

September 29, 2011   Kristen   6 Comments
Being a vegan can't be so hard when you can easily pick up some delishious doughnuts!

Today, it has officially been one week of me being a “Vegan Momma!”  I have only three weeks left in my 30-day vegan momma challenge and I’m feeling strong!  As I promised, I am posting an update on my progress so far.  I’ve lost 2 pounds and 4 ounces since starting and hope that I

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Beef(less) Broccoli and Noodles

September 25, 2011   Kristen   4 Comments
Get that rich, bold flavor by exchanging mushrooms for oyster sauce and black beans for beef stock!

I am now on my 4th official day of my 30-Day Vegan Momma Challenge!  Yesterday was a little difficult for me and I needed a pick-me-up vegan dish–so I created one!  I think it was passing by our neighborhood Panda Express (and almost heading in, zombie-like, and eating every carnivorous dish in sight) that sparked

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Quinoa Pilaf

September 09, 2011   Kristen   7 Comments
Start incorporating this South American staple to your favorite side dishes!

First off, here is some interesting info on quinoa, coming to you straight off my box of Trader Joe’s organic Quinoa!  “Quinoa, pronounced keen-wah, was a staple of the ancient Incas, who called it ‘the mother grain.’  It remains an important staple in South America cuisine, as it contains more protein than most other grains. 

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Easy Cuban Black Beans

August 19, 2011   Kristen   8 Comments
Impress your friends and family with this Cuban cusine staple!

There are two ways to make Cuban black beans: the long way and the short way!  For now I’m leaving the “long way” to my Dad, Abuela and other experts; and using the “short way” to whip up a healthy and tasty dish that has served me well in my “shedding for the wedding” these

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