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Quick and Easy: Raw, Vegan Maple Cinnamon Candied Pumpkin Seeds

December 2, 2012
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Hey all. I’m wrapping up yet another absurdly studious weekend over here. I’ve got a big final presentation and paper for genetics due tomorrow, as well as a lab (you’re right, Melissa, the class has gotten downright cruel), as well as the usual reading and MCAT stuff, so I haven’t done much for the last [...]

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Packed Lunch: The Post-Thanksgiving Edition

November 27, 2012
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It’s a non-stop week over here, as I head my last lab reports of the season and prepare for my finals. For that reason, you can expect a lot of lunchbox posts this week. On Sunday night, since I didn’t cook this year for the holiday, I decided to prepare a few dishes for the [...]

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Packed Lunch: Easy Quinoa Veggie Salad with Zucchini Almond Crackers. Plus VitaCost Sale Details!

November 25, 2012
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Happy Sunday! Hope everyone is recovering nicely from the long weekend. It’s always odd to return to the grind after a few days off, but into the grind we go. For me, part of getting back into the swing of things is prepping food for this week’s lunchboxes. But as I do that, I’ll share [...]

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Crunchy Red Cabbage and Green Apple Sesame Slaw

November 12, 2012
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Hello friends! Sorry to be a little quiet in the last few days; I had a big genetics exam this morning, an enormous lab report due today, and a bunch of other studying that got in the way of my posting the delicious red cabbage and green apple sesame slaw you’re about to see. I [...]

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Spooky Green Chia Pudding (with a Wheatgrass boost!)

October 29, 2012
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It’s an appropriately gusty and rainy night for a spooky, Halloween-themed post; if you’re anyplace along the East Coast, I hope you’re staying safe and warm tonight. Classes are cancelled for two days, even though so far it hasn’t been too terrible near me in DC, so I enjoyed the chance to catch up on [...]

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Packed Lunch: Kale Salad with Goji Berries and Pumpkin Seeds; Cauliflower Parsnip Soup

October 26, 2012
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90% of my packed lunches travel to school with me in my collapsible lunch box from Smart Planet. It’s roomy, light, and it doesn’t take up a lot of space in my bag. I’m loathe to carry glass or Pyrex containers of any kind to class because I carry so many books, and the weight [...]

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Turmeric and Pumpkin Seed Pate

October 17, 2012
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Herbs and spices are such ordinary parts of our cooking routine that we rarely stop to consider their health benefits, but some of the most common pantry items—cinnamon, garlic, parsley, or chili peppers, for instance—are as rich in micronutrients as the vegetables we use them to flavor. Cinnamon, for example, has been implicated in blood [...]

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