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What the Heck Is Chlorella, Anyway?

January 24, 2012
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A few of you have noticed that I mentioned chlorella in my recent smoothie posts. It showed up in my cherry vanilla smoothie last week, and it made an appearance yesterday, too, in my Down Dog smoothie (thanks, by the way, for the nice comments on that post—I love it when yogis unite!). It’s part [...]

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The Down Dog Smoothie

January 23, 2012
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The summer of 2011 was a strange one. In spite of how many times I’d told myself it would be nothing, no big deal at all, to move from New York to D.C., I realized no less than a week into my life here in the District that it was going to be far more [...]

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Cherry Vanilla Smoothie, and Seven Random Facts

January 15, 2012
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So on Thursday, I mentioned that one of the ways to cut a weekly raw food’s grocery bill is to replace nuts with seeds, and dates with raisins (or prunes), and I gave you a raisin and seed ball recipe in keeping with the theme. Today, I’m here to talk about a purchase that is [...]

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Peaches n’ Green Smoothie and 10 Post-Thanksgiving Breakfast Ideas

November 24, 2011
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Happy Thanksgiving, to all of my US readers!! I hope you are having lovely holidays thus far. Thank you to everyone who commented on my two versions of vegan stuffing; the leftovers of both batches are safely tucked into my freezer, and I can’t wait to devour them next week. Since last night was my [...]

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Product Review: Navitas Superseed Blend

September 20, 2011
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My name is Gena, and you can call me the reluctant superfoodie. Ever since I first began writing this blog, I’ve shared openly my skepticism about panaceas, health “gurus”, and superfoods. This is not to say that I’ve never enjoyed those foods—maca, spirulina, chlorella, goji berries, lucuma, yacon, acai—that are often given the label of [...]

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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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Strawberry Pumpkin Seed Smoothie (and Giveaway Winner)

August 12, 2011
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Well, guys, here we are. The day after. For me, summer starts today, now that my Gen Chem II final has come and gone. (Grades arrive tomorrow.) Do I feel terrible about it? No. Do I feel the way I hoped I’d feel after this class ended—that is, confident and proud? No. Those are sentiments [...]

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