The Best Thing to Ever Happen to a Vegan: Chickpea Cutlets & Roasted Veggies

This dish turned me vegan…literally. After months of wanting to me the switch to vegan, I finally made the decision to really devote myself to it.  After working insane hours at work, missing yoga, and have a crazy eating schedule, I felt completely BLAH about my body, which hadn’t happened in years.  My fix for this?  Be […]

Blog Goals, NOT Resolutions…

I’m not one for new year’s resolutions and empty promises just because the date changes.  I don’t understand why people feel the need to make a shift in their lives when January 1st rolls around, when typical goals like being healthier, losing weight, exercising more and dropping bad habits should be something to strive for all year long.  There’s […]

Chick-UN Wontons in Kale Broth

Things have yet to settle down in my life post-holidays and it’s been frustrating for me because I feel like so little of my time has really been devoted to developing new recipes.  My friend Whitney was over the other day, and lets just say, she’s less than skilled in the kitchen.  I was really hoping to […]

Gobi Manchurian

Weirdest name ever for a dish, and I initially assumed it translated to “extremely delicious”. The past few months I was a health coach for another vegan girl who took the same raw food class Jim and I took in the spring.  It really only consisted of us constantly exchanging emails, talking about food, health […]

Honey Lavender Facewash

Going along with the idea of homemade, natural shampoo and conditioner, I’ve also been looking for a great facewash that doesn’t consist of 2675265436 chemicals and additives.  So what did we do?  Make it ourselves of course!  The honey and lavender makes it’s soothing and anti-bacterial, but the baking soda makes it cleansing and exfoliating.  You’ll literally be […]

Thanksgiving Recap

Our first vegetarian Thanksgiving was absolutely amazing.  I figure it took me 7 hours to make 2 vegan pies, sweet potato rolls, stuffing, soup and pumpkin banana bread ALL  from scratch (thank god, I took the day before the holiday off from work).  Add to that another 2 hours to makes the kale mashed potatoes, […]