What is Sunbutter?

August 5, 2010

After my post on Iris’ delicious Sweet Sesame Noodles, made with sweet potatoes and Sunbutter, I was asked by a couple of you about Sunbutter.  It’s a delicious roasted sunflower seed butter that tastes eerily close to peanut butter.  And fortunately for me, it now comes in a no-sugar, no-salt version.  I initially discovered  Regular […]

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Is It Really Only Tuesday?

August 4, 2010
Cheezy dip

Hi everyone – it has been a heck of a long couple of days for me at work.  I did make it to an actual yoga class for Tuesday night yoga tonight, so I am happy about that, especially since my visit to the ER last month, Tuesday night yoga had involved a lot of […]

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Guest Blogging at Naturally Nina Today

August 2, 2010
Shiva Rea Vira workshop May 2010

  Today I am guest blogging at Naturally Nina on my experiences approaching yoga as a beginner, soon after 9/11. While yoga has added immeasurably to my life, those first few classes just felt awkward – maybe you can relate to that feeling, whether in yoga or something else? I am thrilled to be guest […]

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Happy Friday and my IHerb Goodies

July 31, 2010
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Happy Friday. So glad you enjoyed the Adopt A Gluten-Free Blogger post and the at-home sushi post. Tonight I unpacked my giveaway goodies from IHerb – I feel so lucky! I entered this giveaway over at Gluten Free Easily at the total eleventh hour and won. I so rarely win giveaways, and never when I […]

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July Edition of Adopt a Gluten-Free Blogger: Iris of The Daily Dietribe

July 29, 2010
Banana Quinoa Muffins from Daily Dietribe

  Happy almost-Friday! Have a quinoa banana muffin (or save one for breakfast).  These muffins are completely delicious. Banana-ey, not too sweet, and made with teff and quinoa, two delicious whole grains.  The recipe is from Iris of The Daily Dietribe. I discovered The Daily Dietribe when I decided to participate in the May edition […]

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At-Home Sushi

July 29, 2010
Veggie Roll and Spicy Tempeh Roll

  Yes, sushi at home, without the raw fish, but before we get to that, I have to tell you I set up a Facebook page for the blog.  Please stop by if you want to keep in touch on Facebook. Now, back to the topic of sushi.  Those of you who know me in […]

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Why I Love Summer

July 20, 2010
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+ =  Why I love summer.   I know I used to dislike summer because of the heat, but fresh basil every week at the market makes up for that, as does the way-too-short raspberry season.  I still stand by that statement in the record-breaking heat we are having, which means either the weather has melted […]

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Brunch at Cafe Green

July 19, 2010
Raw "Oatmeal" (made with coconut meal) at Cafe Green

I know you already know how much I enjoy the food at Cafe Green – but I have never posted about the brunch there, usually because I am so busy enjoying the food that I forget to take pictures.  Yesterday I had brunch with Carolyn of Hang on Tomato, and actually remembered to take pictures.  […]

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This and That

July 18, 2010
Banana soft serve

Happy Sunday! Thank you again for all your super-sweet emails and comments and tweets regarding my meditations in an emergency room post. I am happy to say that just over a week later, I am feeling much much better.  My follow-up doctor’s and naturopathic visits revealed that my magnesium levels had apparently dropped a lot […]

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Green Junkie Living’s Call for Recipes & Lots of Giveaways

July 14, 2010
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Olivia of Green Junkie Living put out a call for gluten-free vegan recipes the other day as she has tons of quinoa and chickpeas and other proteins to use up. I sent her some of my favorites, but then thought I would share some of them with you all as well. First up is the […]

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Teff Kefir Flatbread

July 12, 2010

Hi everyone. Thank you for your super sweet comments, emails and tweets since I posted about my not-so-fun Friday.  I am feeling better, and the pain has become more dull.  While I slept for the majority of the day on Sunday, oddly on Saturday I felt best while standing, which came in handy, because I […]

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Meditations in An Emergency (Room)

July 11, 2010

Yesterday morning, I got up, took a shower, brushed my teeth, and out of nowhere started having throbbing pain at the back of my neck, in my left shoulder, deep into the left side of my chest, and down to my left elbow, and also started having trouble breathing.  The pain was so intense I […]

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Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie

July 11, 2010
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Apparently last Thursday was the 460th anniversary of the introduction of chocolate in Europe. Who knew? And how does one put a date on that? I saw that early in the morning, so I decided to celebrate with a Chocolate Rapsberry Smoothie (with some hidden spinach).  And yes, it looked a bit sludge-like in the […]

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July 4 in Washington DC – The Fireworks

July 5, 2010
Washington, DC 2010 Fireworks

I love fireworks. Here are some shots of last night’s fireworks display from the Washington, DC Mall: My husband took these pictures, as well as last year’s July 4 pictures.  Happy July 4th to my U.S. readers!

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Bloggy Eats Inspiration

July 1, 2010
Kale Chips

As I was crunching on the kale chips above today, it occurred to me how many great blogger recipes have been making their way regularly into my meals, so I thought I would share some with you  The chips above are Meghan’s Nacho Cheeseless Kale Chips.  I bought a dehydrator last week (yay! I promise […]

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