Wednesday morning I had a doctors appointment for my baseline blood work and cholesterol screening. At home while getting ready, I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I had not yet done my hair or put on moisturizer when I spied myself and thought, “Is that you? You look radiant.” My face was […]
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I have been suffering from muffin phobia for some time now. This is mainly because the ones that have crossed my path have been calorie dense and nutrient barren, albeit delicious desserts disguised in a breakfast wrapper. I could eat a 1000 calorie muffin that was as big as my head and a half hour […]
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Yesterday was our first full day of the E2 (Engine 2 Diet) plan. We were at an all day conference so we brown bagged it. The Power Lunch sandwich spread came out amazing and I felt veg-rific and cool eating it at a Food Summit. I have to be honest though, I was envious that […]
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Today is the first day of our 28 day whole food, no oil eating plan. Today is also the day that we are attending an all day seminar called The Local Food Summit. There will be speakers, breakout sessions and limited access to vegan, no oil, sugar and sodium free foods unless we carry them […]
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Thank you friends for the birthday wishes. I had the most wonderful birthday I can ever remember having. It included turtle brownies, dark chocolate caramel turtles and turtle Voopee Pies from Veganville Bakery that were to live for. The postal carrier dropped them off at exactly the right moment like he had some sort of […]
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Many things about adopting a vegan lifestyle are inherent, like don’t wear leather or suede, never again consume anything that had a face or a family, immediately find a non dairy ice cream you adore and a store that sells nuts in bulk. Other layers of this transition were not as clear for me, like […]
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Since yesterday’s post was about avoiding salt I thought it would be fun for today’s post to embrace pepper. I used a low sodium veg broth and black pepper a go-go to create this wacky green nest noodle dish. During the experimental phase of this recipe creation I added 2 Tsp of pepper to the […]
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February is the month to celebrate love and affairs of the heart. No surprise it is also American Heart Month. Messages about Go Red for Women are peppered everywhere and many businesses are helping to raise awareness about the dangers of heart disease while sharing ways to eliminate those dangers all together. One of the things […]
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Happy Meatless Monday. Here is a plant lovin recipe for a simple au gratin. You can replace the veggies for others to create a different dish every time. We are in the process of working the plant strong, oil and sugar free dishes of the Engine 2 Diet (E2) into our kitchen. Last night Sandy […]
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The other day I asked Sandy (out of the blue) how it felt to her to be vegan. When we took on the 30 day vegan challenge she was omnivore so she skipped vegetarian all together and went straight to being vegan. She has always been over achieving as long as I have known her. […]
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