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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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Pin It 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

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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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Pin It 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

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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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Pin It 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

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Simple Sauteed Kale

February 02, 2013   Kristen   1 Comment
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Pin It 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

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Becoming Nutritarian: The “Eat to Live” 6 Week Plan

January 27, 2013   Kristen   No comments
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Pin It So, what is a “Nutritarian” anyway? A Nutritarian is a person who bases their dietary decisions on those foods that have the most micro-nutrients per calorie.  Macro-nutrients are the things we all know (fat, protein and carbohydrates) that provide us with calories or the energy to live.  Micro-nutrients, on the other hand, are

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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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Gaining Too Much Weight During Pregnancy

May 08, 2012   Kristen   12 Comments
The vision of the pregnant godess gets me down!

    The good old days of “you’re eating for two” have been replaced by prenatal Pilates and magazines dubbed “Fit Pregnancy,” featuring articles like: “Jog into your 7-month!” As if it wasn’t enough that we have to compare ourselves to supermodels and celebrities when we’re not pregnant, now we have to compare ourselves to

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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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No More Headaches!

October 08, 2011   Kristen   3 Comments
Great news from week 2: A vegan diet has aleviated my weekly headaches!

I’m a little bit late on my 2nd week 30-Day Vegan Momma Challenge update, sorry!  The biggest difference in my life so far has been: No More Headaches!  I used to get 2-3 a week, minimum, and they’d last pretty much all day.  I’m not the type to take medicines so I would just deal

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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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