Cranberry Almond Bittersweet Chocolate

January 28, 2011
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This post was supposed to be about soup.  January is National Soup Month.  It has been freezing here in Washington and I have been making many quick soups in the Vitamix. A quick blend of raw and cooked ingredients, usually warmed on the stove right after (I know the Vita can make soup, but I […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Faye’s Lunchbox II

January 28, 2011
photo lunchbox

Hi everyone. Today’s lunchbox is from Faye again, who guest blogged a great lunchbox last week! I am so excited that Faye is guest blogging here again.  Faye is totally inspiring me to think about looking at juicers again – I love the idea of  juice pulp crackers and switching up my smoothies with some […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Herby Tofu

January 27, 2011
Thursday Lunchbox

Today’s lunch and two snacks: Half a recipe of Wendy’s awesome cranberry apple kale smoothie (so refreshing! Buckwheaties and a side of unsweetened almond milk with a few drops of vanilla stevia. Sesame crackers from the Gluten-Free Almond Cookbook, made with duck eggs. Steamed kale, topped with chopped red pepper and two slices of Twin […]

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Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger: Naomi of Straight Into Bed CakeFree and Dried

January 27, 2011
Grain Free PIzza and Carrot Slaw

As you may have figured out from my lunchboxes in the last month, I have been working with more grain-free baking and have introduced ethically raised duck eggs into my diet.  So far, I seem to tolerate duck eggs just fine, so I have been reading more closely through blogs focusing on grain-free baking, such […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Real-time

January 26, 2011
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I do not make a big deal of it, but as you know, the lunchbox you see is not always the lunchbox I eat on that exact day.  Yesterday’s was a same day lunchbox, but Monday’s was actually the lunchbox from the previous Friday for example. I try to keep them in order so generally, […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Basic

January 25, 2011
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I know, I know, I am always telling you how a little bit of thinking ahead goes a long way to making lunchboxes. Last night, I was past thinking ahead (read, work fried my brain) and it was well past 10pm before I realized I should have roasted a couple of sweet potatoes for today. […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Lots of Squash

January 24, 2011
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Happy Monday.  Today’s lunchbox contains a lunch and two snacks:  Sesame crackers from the Gluten-Free Almond Cookbook, made with duck eggs (first snack!) Baked spaghetti squash tossed with black beans, nutritional yeast and parsley pureed with lemon juice, olive oil and jalapeno Steamed kale And for the second snack: Smoothie with unsweetened almond milk, roasted […]

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Lunch with Gena of Choosing Raw

January 22, 2011
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One of the highlights of this month was that I got to have lunch with Gena of Choosing Raw.  You have seen me link to Gena’s blog frequently, so you know how much I appreciate her thoughtful writing, delicious recipes and eloquent pieces on all aspects of living a healthy and compassionate life.  I am […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Snacktastic

January 21, 2011
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I love love love snack plates, so I decided to make a snack lunchbox.  This was designed to be a lunch plus 1 large snack (the smoothie) and 1 small snack (part of the snack options).  Here are the specifics: Sesame crackers from the Gluten-Free Almond Cookbook, made with duck eggs. A so-not-blog-worthy attempt at […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Fusion

January 20, 2011
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I have always thought there is a fusion, as in an intended combination, and fusion, as in a fancy way of saying the flavors are all over the place.  Today’s lunchbox is a little of the later.  I so appreciate so many of you saying that I am on top of things for having my […]

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Non-Traditional Insalata di Riso

January 19, 2011
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Today’s Lunchbox Today’s lunch and two (liquid) snacks include: Insalata di Riso, the totally non-traditional approach (see below for recipe), atop romaine  Half a recipe of Wendy’s awesome Kale Cranberry Smoothie A variation of my Chocolate Milkshake Smoothie,minus the sunbutter and with an enormous collard leaf instead of the spinach A small slice of Naomi’s […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Faye’s Lunchbox

January 18, 2011
photo lunchbox

Hi everyone. I am so excited that today’s lunchbox is from a reader, soon to be blogger again, named Faye.  She is setting up a new blog this month, but in the meantime offered to guest blog here. Faye is from Canada and is also a lawyer so we instantly bonded over that and our […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Do As I Say, Not As I Do

January 18, 2011
Lunch in Jars

I guess mistakes have to happen.  When I was making this lunchbox, I thought a cold soup of romaine and celery with green peppers and miso would be lovely (I ate a lot of them while recovering from surgery).  So I used a splash of homemade broth, pureed it all in the Vita and took […]

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Winners of NuNaturals Stevia Giveaway

January 17, 2011
Liquid Vanilla Stevia

The winners of the NuNaturals Stevia giveaway: Averie Iris Erica Amy  (note that the actual bottle of alcohol free Vanilla Stevia is slightly different than the one pictured) I will be in touch with the winners.  In the meantime, if you want to try NuNaturals, here are a couple of ways to do that: FREE […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Can I Make A Smoothie With Steamed Kale?

January 14, 2011
Friday January 14 2010 lunchbox

The title of the post has nothing to do with this lunchbox, but the stats on the blog show searches that people plug into google that lead them here.  And the question above has shown up a few times lately.  I wish there was just a way to hit reply on some of those, but […]

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