Before the recipe, a little funny/embarrassing story that relates to yesterday’s stretching post. I teach a stretching class every Monday. I also open the fitness center, so when I arrive I spent my time finishing payroll, catching up with the weekend financials, working on next month’s newsletter. It all goes pretty quickly because we are […]
Power Packed Quinoa Salad with Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette. Vegan
Salads aren’t that hard to make. You throw a few vegetables together, top with some dressing, and voila! You’ve got yourself a salad. The challenge (which may be too strong a word, it still isn’t all that hard) comes when you want to make that salad a meal. Then you want to make sure that […]
Peachy Quinoa Salad with Beyond Meat. Review & Vegan Recipe
As I mentioned yesterday, after reading that Beyond Meat was finally available at Whole Foods from Vegan Miam, I was even more excited that I was heading to Orange County last weekend. Beyond Meat was founded several years ago by Ethan Brown. The company’s goal was to make a completely plant based product that would […]
Strawberry Salad with Tofu Feta and Super Greens. #Vegan Recipe
So for the first time ever, the Amgen Tour of California traveled through the desert cities of Palm Desert to Palm Sprngs on Monday. We greeted them in true desert style by having the hottest day ever on record for May 13. Depending on who you ask, it was anywhere from 108 to 114 here. […]
#Vegan Recipe: Quinoa, Avocado, and Mandarin Orange “Chicken” Salad
“Here she is with yet another quinoa recipe,” you may be saying. And you’d be right. I’ve certainly expressed my love of quinoa both here and on numerous other recipe blogs. This high protein, power packed grain is the perfect addition to salads, can be served as a side dish on its own, tastes delicious […]
Mandarin Orange “Chicken” Salad. Vegan. Transition Recipe
The other day, when I posted my Vegan Resource article (which included an easy “Chicken” Piccata recipe), I promised another “beginner vegan” recipe. As I mentioned in that post, giving up meat, whatever your reasons, can be challenging. When you’ve based your meals around a meat entree for years, you might be left wondering what […]
