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Summer Salad with Mango, Cucumber, Avocado, and Curry Vinaigrette

July 18, 2012
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It’s another scorcher here in DC. Temperatures like this tend to diminish even the most robust of appetites (mine), so I often turn to a large, nutrient dense smoothie when it tops 100 degrees. Today, however, I just wasn’t in the mood to sip my lunch (it’s never quite as satisfying as chewing a meal, [...]

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Nobody Said it Was Pretty: Blended Salad with Black Beans

June 21, 2012
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It’s a week of speedy meals here at CR, and in spite of that, I’m doing my best to show you quick, easy, and healthy plant based fare. Thank you all for the great reaction to my parsnip rice with hemp seeds and basil! As temperatures skyrocket this week, and DC is covered in a [...]

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Luscious Lime Pudding and a Book Review: The Raw Food Solution by Mizpah Matus

June 10, 2012
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Hi all! Hope you had a great weekend. Ages ago—seriously, ages, the lovely Mizpah Matus sent me her book, The Raw Food Solution, to review. I love getting books for review, but the problem is that it usually takes me ages to make enough of the recipes necessary in order to review them! So Mizpah, [...]

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Chocolate Avocado Cupcakes and Frosting

June 8, 2012
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Thank you for such an enormous and wonderful outpouring of love on my birthday! You all know how to make a gal feel special. Thank you so much, and I’m glad that the turning 30 theme struck a chord with many of you. Yesterday, I showed you my absolutely scrumptious birthday gift to myself: chocolate [...]

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Raw Strawberry Vanilla Pudding

June 1, 2012
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In my years of creating, consuming, and writing about vegan and raw foods, I’ve learned that the most delicious dishes often aren’t the loveliest to photograph (consider, if you will, my sweet bean dips). When I was in the middle of creating the lovely, avocado-based, raw strawberry vanilla pudding above, I was dismayed that it [...]

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Hurry Up Vegan: 15 Minute Purple Kale Wraps with Almond Chickpea Filling

March 20, 2012
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Today was the day after an epic exam, which means it should have been relatively empty. Instead, it was actually a little busy: I volunteered for an extra hour, I caught up on countless emails, I finished an outstanding assignment or two, and then I was very honored to be interviewed by a fellow Georgetown [...]

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Raw Corn Tortilla Recipe, and 5 Mexican-Inspired, Raw and Vegan Dishes to Spice Up Your Kitchen!

March 14, 2012
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Who knew so many of you were clamoring for banana-less smoothies! I can’t wait to come up with another incarnation. For now, I wanted to let you know that I’ve got a recipe for soft, all raw summer corn tortillas up at VegNews online! I love this recipe, which uses a corn, pepper, and flax [...]

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