Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Native Foods' Cinco De Mayo Cooking Demo Report
It promised to be a bright, sunny day this past Saturday. Not only were the birds chirping and the sun was shining, but my mom happened to be visiting from NorCal! Yippee!! And what does a vegan do to impress her non-veg mom on a beautiful day? Why, take her to an outdoors Native Foods cooking demo, of course!
If you are a vegan living in SoCal then you are no doubt familiar with the delish Native Foods restaurants. With locations in Costa Mesa (the locale I like to haunt on a weekly basis), L.A., Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Tustin and Aliso Viejo (with new locations popping up all the time!), almost everyone in SoCal can enjoy the mouthwatering (and completely vegan) food Native Foods offers. The friendly founder of the phenomenal vegan chain, Chef Tanya, is a hoot in person and does each and every cooking demo herself. She isn’t shy about answering questions and it goes without saying that she is a great chef!
If you are a vegan living in SoCal then you are no doubt familiar with the delish Native Foods restaurants. With locations in Costa Mesa (the locale I like to haunt on a weekly basis), L.A., Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Tustin and Aliso Viejo (with new locations popping up all the time!), almost everyone in SoCal can enjoy the mouthwatering (and completely vegan) food Native Foods offers. The friendly founder of the phenomenal vegan chain, Chef Tanya, is a hoot in person and does each and every cooking demo herself. She isn’t shy about answering questions and it goes without saying that she is a great chef!
Chef Tanya answering questions while preparing fresh cactus salad
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Apologies and Salutations
So sorry for neglecting you, my vegan fiends!
April has been a cruel month for me! A few weeks ago I got realllllly sick and after refusing to go to the doctor (I loathe going to the doctor's...even tho my doc is pretty cute!) even though I had a fever for 4 - 5 days straight, I finally had to go. Turns out I had pneumonia! I know, right?! How the heck did I, who almost never gets sick, catch pneumonia, especially in sunny SoCal?! Anywho, being sick wasn't fun. I had to miss my "day job" and couldn't really do anything besides lie in bed and watch streaming episodes of 30 Rock on Netflix. I didn't have the energy to cook anything either, so meals consisted mainly of PB&J sandwiches. Sure, it may sound nice now, but I was pretty miserable and most of the time I was coughing so hard I felt like I was gonna cough up a lung (or two).
April has been a cruel month for me! A few weeks ago I got realllllly sick and after refusing to go to the doctor (I loathe going to the doctor's...even tho my doc is pretty cute!) even though I had a fever for 4 - 5 days straight, I finally had to go. Turns out I had pneumonia! I know, right?! How the heck did I, who almost never gets sick, catch pneumonia, especially in sunny SoCal?! Anywho, being sick wasn't fun. I had to miss my "day job" and couldn't really do anything besides lie in bed and watch streaming episodes of 30 Rock on Netflix. I didn't have the energy to cook anything either, so meals consisted mainly of PB&J sandwiches. Sure, it may sound nice now, but I was pretty miserable and most of the time I was coughing so hard I felt like I was gonna cough up a lung (or two).
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Native Foods Serves Up Vegan Easter Feast
This Easter Sunday only, one of my favorite vegan eateries is serving up a delicious vegan feast!! They will be serving a generous helping of their Spring Wellington with Tarragon Hollandaise and Alice’s Dinner Salad, which is a medley of field greens, sugar snap peas, strawberries, toasted almonds and currants with a fresh citrus dressing for under $10 a person!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
A Happy Vegan Easter!
Ah Easter! Spring has sprung, birds are singing beneath a flawlessly blue sky, flowers are madly blooming all over the place and the grass is a rich emerald green. I may hold a special place in my heart for Halloween, but I love the feeling of rebirth and starting anew that spring brings!
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Top 10 Creepy Movie Bunnies to Ruin Easter
Included are: that gravely-voiced rabbit dude from Donnie Darko, the vicious Rabbit of Caerbannog from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the campy Night of the Lepus, and many more interesting choices that should give you a chuckle or two!
Check out the article HERE!
Food Review: Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer - Mixed Berry Complex
Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer is a meal replacement shake I've been taking for about 2 months now. According to their official site, Vega is:
Formulated by Brendan Brazier, vegan, professional Ironman triathlete and best-selling author on performance nutrition, Vega is made exclusively from natural plant-based whole foods.
A synergistic collection of Brendan's favorite plant-based superfoods, Vega is not only a complete meal replacement, but also an ideal daily health-optimizing supplement.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Food Review: Amy's Vegan Mac and Cheese
One non-vegan thing I’ve been craving lately is a warm, comforting bowl of mac ‘n’ cheese. I know, I know, it’s not very vegan of me, but whenever my non-veg boyfriend whips up a bowl, the smell is overpoweringly delicious and I always find myself saying, “if I only take one bite…”. Of course, I never have taken a bite of the non-veg mac ‘n’ cheese, and now I will never be taunted with those tempting thoughts evil again, because the lovely folks over at Amy’s have brought us…dum-dum-DUM – vegan mac ‘n’ cheese!!!
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