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Chocolate Avocado Sauce and Chocolate Avocado Breakfast Salad

December 30, 2011
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Happy Friday!!! I can’t believe that NYE is upon us. Time, as they say, flies. All morning, I did the annoying thing where I excitedly tweeted about an “awesome” recipe and then refused to say what it was. I should make a point of not doing this, because when I do, the pressure to deliver [...]

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Holiday Appetizer: Sunflower Seed and Cashew Cheese with Cranberries. Lunch at SweetGreen with Anne!

December 18, 2011
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I’m back! Hope you all had lovely weekends, full of festive preparation for the holidays to begin. I was busy finishing, and then celebrating the finish of, my first official full year as a post-bacc student. It has been without a doubt the hardest experience—and really, the hardest year—of my life, but I’m proud to [...]

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Take Back Your Health

October 22, 2011
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A few months ago, I offered one ticket to a conference called Take Back Your Health, which featured a number of prominent health experts. Among them was Joel Fuhrman, the father of “nutritarianism” (a philosophy that emphasizes a high density of micronutrients and low density of calories). Today, I got to attend the conference with [...]

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Day Three at Vida Vegan Con

August 31, 2011
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Where was I? Oh right community. As I entered into day 3 of VVC, it was with a list of people I was stilly dying to meet in person or speak to a little more (Sayward of Bonzai Aphrodite, Joanna of Yellow Rose Recipes (or so it was previously called), Crissie of Run Crissie Run). Fortunately, [...]

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Day Two at Vida Vegan Con: Community

August 29, 2011
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Thanks for such wonderful responses to my recap of day one and dinner at Portobello! I’m happy that you liked my on-screen presence, and most of all, I’m grateful for your celebratory thoughts on coming to terms with celebratory meals post-ED. Gracias! It’s now day three of Vida Vegan Con, and day two actually feels [...]

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Unsurpassed

August 28, 2011
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Hello from PDX, everyone! What an unbelievably eventful (and fun) day I’ve had so far, exploring Portland a little and getting to know some of my absolute favorite vegan bloggers. As someone who’s attended a couple of conferences now, I’ll say this: sometimes, you look around the room and realize that the only thing you [...]

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Chocolate and Zucchini

August 26, 2011
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Hello from Phoenix! I’m posting mid-travel to Portland, where Vida Vegan Con is just starting to kick off. It’ll be such an exciting weekend of blog posts, and I hope you’ll be tuning in! Today, my very lovely and talented friend Clotilde has featured me on her blog as part of her “cooking on vacation [...]

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