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Millet and Oat “Soft Granola”

February 6, 2012
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Happy Monday! Hope you all had good weekends and good game days. I was memorizing amino acid side chains as my home team secured a victory, and it wasn’t until a friend texted to tell me NY had won that I actually flipped on the TV. But I hear there were some pretty funny ads [...]

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Ten Recipes for Super Bowl Sunday Entertaining

February 4, 2012
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Happy Saturday! I’m interrupting a day of studying to say, first of all, great comments on yesterday night’s continued discussion of diet, beauty, and health. Check the post out and share your thoughts! And after you do that, you can feast your eyes on this little compendium of ten vegan recipes for Super Bowl Sunday! [...]

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Moving away from Vegan and Raw Food as a Beauty Formula

February 3, 2012
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As usual, you guys blow me away. Thanks for the intelligent and very brave comments on yesterday’s post. Big thanks, too, to the many women who emailed privately to say that the image had made them feel nervous about their looks, their age, or their diet. As JL pointed out, the very purpose of that [...]

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Nigella Lawson and Gillian McKeith: A Challenge and an Opportunity

February 2, 2012
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Image courtesy of Wendy About a week ago, I received the following email from a reader: “…I felt compelled to message because of an image in circulation. It’s aimed at a British audience, as it consists of two British TV personalities and is targeted at women who are considering vegetarianism/veganism. It depicts a juxtaposition of [...]

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Brown Rice, Edamame, and Broccoli Salad with Citrus Miso Dressing

February 1, 2012
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Happy humpday! Having just spent a solid two hours working on impossible dilution problems with my fellow post-baccs, I can officially say that I’m glad the week is drawing to a close. Today’s recipe—a scrumptious and filling brown rice salad with edamame, broccoli, and a citrus miso dressing—was mostly an accident. I made rice this [...]

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Raw Spaghetti and Beet Balls; Juicing Questions Answered!

January 31, 2012
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Thanks for getting so excited about yesterday’s juice post! Before I tell you all about the fantastic raw “beet ball” recipe I recently made from recycled juice pulp and almond pulp, I wanted to pause to answer a couple of questions that popped up about juicing. If I don’t answer your particular question in this [...]

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Get Juiced! Five Delicious Recipes to Boost Your Vegetable and Fruit Intake

January 30, 2012
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Happy Monday, all! Before I get to juice, thanks for all of the enthusiasm over my cashew vanilla milk. Since a few of you emailed me to ask if store-bought almond milk is OK, I just wanted to be clear: yes! store-bought almond milk is just fine, and in fact, it carries the advantage of [...]

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