Hello everybody! This is Christine, and while Matt was busy running his 50-miler, I attended an event in Philadelphia hosted by New Harvest to educate health and food bloggers about their new Vegetarian Fatty Acid Supplement. New Harvest took care of the expenses for my trip, but my opinions are my own. I also double-checked…
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Happy Sweet-Tooth Friday! This is Christine and instead of my normal frilly-healthy-dessert post, today we are getting down and dirty with homemade vegan superfood energy bars. An energy bar fit for fueling workouts There has been a lot of talk about natural running fuel here lately. Matt's series of posts on pre, during, and post…
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Hi guys! Christine here, checking in for your weekly dessert fix! As you may know by now, I love a good baking challenge. So when Matt did a review of some flaxseed from Flaxmatters.com and left a subtle hint for me to come up with a new flax recipe, I was totally in! To be…
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Flaxmatters.com flaxseed In my house, we go through a lot of flaxseed. For years, I've been adding flaxseed oil to my smoothies to get the benefits of the healthy fats and omega-3's, but only recently have I realized how much more I like it in its whole-food form. While flaxseed oil has a pretty nasty…
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Happy Sweet-Tooth Friday! This is Christine again, so get your ovens revved up for some Athletic baking! Instead of dessert, this week I'm tackling home-baked Energy Bars! Most "healthy" bars on the market are fairly expensive and fall into one of two categories; they have enough sugar and processing to qualify as candy or they…
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Time for another Twitter-submitted recipe, this one from @reluctantveggie. She runs a blog called The Reluctant Vegetarian, something that I imagine a lot of you are (or, more likely, whoever you live with is). So check it out for lots of recipes from someone in the same boat! The recipe is for lentil burgers; you…
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A little change of pace for this Sunday afternoon, and something that I hope to do more of since we're trying so many different products as part of this new lifestyle. One is good, the other not so good (notice I didn't say "not so much," because people need to stop saying that). I'll start with the good. La…
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Nope, I'm not referring to the colon cleanse again. This post is all about smoothies. One smoothie, really. The one I invented! It actually tastes really good and is a great vessel for supplements. Erin and I have had it for breakfast almost every weekday for nearly a year and somehow we don't get sick…
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