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Green Monster Salad (Collards and Spinach with Avocado, Sun Dried Tomato, and Broccoli)

January 11, 2012
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Who among us doesn’t remember the fateful day when my friend Angela started the “Green Monster Movement”? That was an initiative to get more folks to discover the joys of green smoothies, and it worked: we all watched with smiles as testimonials of green breakfasts popped up all over the internet! I’ve had a couple [...]

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Getting Strong and Calm at Strala Yoga

January 4, 2012
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As you may have gleaned from my tweets and mentions on Facebook, I am a little obsessed with Down Dog Yoga, my heated flow studio in Georgetown. I would go so far as to say that discovering Down Dog was the moment when I truly began to feel at home in Washington. I never imagined [...]

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New Year, New Salad

January 2, 2012
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Hello from the other side of 2012! And thanks for all of the sweet responses to my best of 2011 post. I was happy to hear that so many of you would like to see more salads! I often think that my salad posts are more for me than for you; the response on sweets [...]

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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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Moustache Pitza and Curried Carrot Raisin Salad

December 28, 2011
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My friend Rose and I have a dinner tradition. We meet at Moustache Pitza in Greenwich Village, and we feast on hummus. A lot of hummus. Unseemly, unladylike, unfathomable amounts of hummus. See this spread, below?

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Mung Bean Pancakes with Mustard Sauce and Mango Kale Avocado Salad

December 12, 2011
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I think Valerie’s gonna like this post! Why? Because mung bean pancakes and mango kale avocado salad are both signature dishes at Café Green, the highly imperfect, yet deeply loveable little vegan restaurant here in Washington’s Dupont Circle, where you’ll often find me having dinner with friends (most recently, a fun evening with Brendan). Of [...]

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Thanksgiving Leftover Salad Bowl

December 1, 2011
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Have I mentioned that I love Green Recovery posts? Thank you all for the warm, kind responses to Sarah’s post. Keep them coming. It’s been a long week, which is why I’ve been very glad to have a ton of Thanksgiving leftovers in my fridge. There’s nothing nicer than coming home to something that demands [...]

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