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Silly for Sprouts! Sprout Salad with Smoky Guacamole, Revisited; Going Sprout-Wild at the Union Square Farmer’s Market

April 7, 2012
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On Friday morning, I rose early for my standard NYC yoga class: “sun celebrations” at Laughing Lotus. This class starts at the perfect time (7:30 am), is the perfect length (1 hr and 15 min), and is the perfect balance of powerful and elegant. Plus, Justin is just really awesome at Shavasana assist. When I [...]

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Hurry Up Vegan: Brown Lentil, Cucumber, and Mint Salad

March 25, 2012
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Hope you all had wonderful weekends! DC turned cold and drizzly just in time for Saturday, but that allowed for some productivity at least. The last time I was in New York, my mother announced to me that she doesn’t like lentils. I was almost personally insulted: I love lentils. Love, love, love them. This [...]

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Tropical Eats, Hitting the Barre, and Granola with Beets

March 9, 2012
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Observe, if you will, that rhyming blog post title. Just when I start to think I can’t possibly get any dorkier, I outdo myself. When last we spoke, I was summing up a few days’ worth of outstanding vegan finds in the Big Easy. It’s amazing how much travel has changed for vegan diners! Cities [...]

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Big, Easy Bites

March 6, 2012
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  Hello from NOLA! As many of you know, my BFF, Chloe, lives in Crescent City. I love New Orleans almost as much as she does—the culture, the music, the energy! Until recently, however, I couldn’t exactly share in New Orleanians’ passion for their cuisine, which is one of the city’s primary attractions. World renowned [...]

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Sweet Potato Breakfast Salad with Almond Butter Protein Dressing

February 8, 2012
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In December, I blew all of your minds when I posted a “breakfast salad” with banana and a chocolate dressing. As unconventional as this may have seemed, it was just the equivalent of having put a green smoothie into a mixing bowl–and most of us are green smoothie devotees already! Breakfast salads are a wonderful [...]

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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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