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Hemp Cacao Energy Bites

April 29, 2011
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“Hemp cacao energy bites”: now there’s the kind of title that reminds you that you write a raw-themed blog. Crunchy. Happy Friday! I’m preparing to interview for a summer hospital volunteer position (cross your fingers for me!) and then it’s off to Virginia for some weekend backpacking with M—my first backpacking trip ever, I should [...]

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Quinoa Protein Bowl

April 10, 2011
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On Tuesday, when I shared my awesome new recipe for high-protein hemp hummus, Hannah made a good observation: It sort of annoys me that so much of the media touts hummus as a high protein “food,” when it really has only 2 grams per 2 T serving, but this? This is this is the real [...]

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High Protein Hemp Hummus

April 5, 2011
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A little while ago, I got the following comment on my sweet potato hummus post: I don’t know if you’re still reading these comments, Gena, but this hummus is like divine intervention.  It is so good.  I made it without sesame oil (because I didn’t have any) and added a bit more salt than indicated [...]

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Sweet Snacking: Lemon Kissed Cashew Hemp Bars

March 2, 2011
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Looks like there are lots of potato chip fans among us! Love it. So glad the recipe was a hit. Over a month ago, I shared my delicious buckwheat chai energy bars:

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Anatomy of a Power Smoothie

February 26, 2011
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Glad you liked the Mexican “rice!” I was happy to hear how many of you are already fans of cauliflower and jicama rice dishes. Feel free to share your favorites in the comments section of that post—I always love hearing what you guys like to make at home. So as I’ve mentioned a couple of [...]

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Chia Seed Power Pudding

February 18, 2011
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First of all, thank you guys so much for welcoming Matt and Elise with your comments and enthusiastic discussions. And thanks of course to the two of them for being such fantastic guest posters! Midterms. They came. They saw. They conquered. Well, that’s not totally fair: I held my own really well in Calculus and [...]

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Quality, Quantity: My Thoughts on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines

February 2, 2011
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On Monday, federal regulators released Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010. The 112 page report, which you can read for yourself here, is certainly not without its virtues. Americans are urged to reduce consumption of salt, solid fats, cholesterol, and proteins containing solid fats (a nice way of saying, meat). They’re urged to eat less fish [...]

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