July 2011 Self Care Retreat: Food and Self Care

July 23, 2011
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Welcome back to the July 2011 Self-Care Retreat, which I am hosting with Cheryl of Gluten-Free Goodness and our guest hosts, Shirley of Gluten-Free Easily, Wendy of Celiacs in the House and Iris of Daily Dietribe. Wendy addressed the topic of food as self-care for this installment and her post really spoke to me, as did […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Some Favorite Repeats

July 21, 2011
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Happy Thursday! Today’s lunch and two snacks: Quinoa Protein Bowl from Choosing Raw (with white beans (cooked in the rice cooker) as I am out of frozen edamame) Squash and Chard Casserole from Tasty Eats At Home – I discovered this recipe when I adopted Alta last month. Raw green pepper Green juice: cucumber, celery, […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Hemp & Quinoa

July 20, 2011
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I am on a total hemp and quinoa kick, as this lunchbox of lunch and 3 snacks shows: Quinoa Protein Bowl from Choosing Raw – if you like nutty, mustardy, lemony goodness, you must try the sauce on this recipe. I was out of frozen edamame so substituted some white beans (cooked in the rice […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Guest Lunchbox By Heather from Gluten-Free Cat

July 19, 2011
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I am thrilled Heather from Gluten-Free Cat is guest-blogging a lunchbox today.  You might remember Heather guest-blogged here before (also with a scrumptious lunchbox then).  Heather and I connected a few months ago through our blogs and I love her great recipes and comprehensive reviews of gluten-free products. I hope Heather and I can share a […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Reason No. 380 I Love Twin Oaks Tofu

July 18, 2011
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No, I did not eat a whole block of Twin Oaks Tofu as part of my lunchbox last Thursday, but it sure made life more convenient.  I was very low on time, but knew my lunch was a bit low on protein so I figured I would see how the Twin Oaks Tofu did in […]

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Raspberry Chocolate Pudding

July 17, 2011
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Happy Sunday morning!  It has been too-short a weekend as I had to work, but I did fit in a yoga class yesterday morning, lunch and juice at Java Green yesterday, two errands, and then parked myself at Teaism for several hours of work, along with an iced herbal tea and, eventually, a veggie bento […]

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July 2011 Self Care Retreat: Meditation & Inward Reflection & On Losing My Voice

July 16, 2011
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Welcome to Week 2 of the July 2011 Self-Care Retreat, which I am hosting with the delightful Cheryl of Gluten-Free Goodness and our guest hosts, Shirley of Gluten-Free Easily, Wendy of Celiacs in the House and Iris of Daily Dietribe. Cheryl has written two fabulous posts on self-care through reflection and on resources for meditation. […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Enjoying New Crunchy Crackers by Faye of Raw Lawyer

July 15, 2011
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Today, Faye of Raw Lawyer is sharing a lunchbox which has one of my favorite things ever – raw sushi.  Be sure to stop over at Raw Lawyer for recipes, reflections and also a great recipe she just posted for Veggie Crackers. In today’s lunchbox: Sprout Smoothie: alfalfa and sunflower sprouts that I’ve grown myself, […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} A Little Help

July 14, 2011
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This lunchbox came together in literally under 3 minutes, mainly because I had a little help: Wrap made with a brown rice tortilla (here is my approach to softening brown rice tortillas without breaking them), black beans, sweet potato, and Gena’s Raw Vegan Walnut Cheddar Cheese, as well as some baby spinach Brad’s Kale Chips […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Fusion

July 12, 2011
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Happy Monday.  I hope you had a great weekend.  Today’s lunchbox and snacks: Super quick green smoothie  Spinach and romaine, grilled red onions, raw red and green peppers (all left over from making taco salads last night) repurposed into a peanut-sauced salad, with steamed tempeh, crumbled atop the salad, and drizzled with Emily’s four ingredient […]

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Sniffle Stew and Bliss Dip–Adopting Cheryl of Gluten-Free Goodness

July 11, 2011
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Happy Sunday – It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the due date of Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger, an event created by Sea of Book of Yum and hosted this month by Wendy of Celiacs in the House, approaches.  In fact, it feels like just yesterday when the event was announced, and I promptly […]

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Peas ‘n Kale Salad with Paprika Dressing

July 10, 2011
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When I wrote up a recipe last fall for Beans ‘n Kale Salad, I never thought it would be one of the top search terms for finding this blog.  I still do love that salad, but sometime before July 4, I started thinking about how summer often has, paradoxically, a tradition of creamy dressing – […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Raw Vegan Sushi by Faye of Raw Lawyer

July 8, 2011
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Today, Faye of Raw Lawyer is sharing a lunchbox which has one of my favorite things ever – raw sushi.  Be sure to stop over at Raw Lawyer for recipes, reflections and also a great recipe she just posted for Veggie Crackers. I looked at this picture and I realized that I covered every colour […]

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A Quick Review of Amande Yogurt

July 7, 2011
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One of the things I miss the most about no longer eating dairy is yogurt. In fact, I miss yogurt more than cheese – while the later was an indulgence I enjoyed occasionally (Red Hawk anyone?), yogurt was an everyday staple.  In fact, breakfast had pretty much always included some sort of yogurt my entire […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Red Pepper Goodness

July 7, 2011
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This morning, the natural light was grey because of an impending thunderstorm, so I decided to try something I generally avoid and snap the picture in the kitchen, seeing as the artificial light was actually a tiny bit better than the greyness outside.  You can tell my lunchbox is between the Vita and the rice […]

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