Tag Archive: quinoa

The Chocolate Quinoa Protein Bars that Cured My Pop-Tart Addiction

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My name is Christine, and I have a Pop-Tart problem. Ever since I discovered these accidentally-vegan goodies in the vending machine at law school, I can't seem to get my dollar in the slot fast enough.  That wouldn't be a big deal every once in awhile, but the vending machine seems to call out my…

Four High-Protein Vegetarian Alternatives to Soy

[seitan and broccoli over quinoa photo]

Ever since I wrote a guest post for Zen Habits, I've discovered a bunch of Zen and minimalist blogs.  While I won't be owning only 50 things anytime soon, I have found these blogs to be rather eye-opening, and at the very least, entertaining. One such blog, Zen to Fitness, caught my eye with a…

Sweet-Tooth Friday: Vegan Almond-Quinoa Muffins

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Hi everybody!  This is Christine and welcome back to Sweet-Tooth Friday!  This week I made Vegan Almond-Quinoa muffins from the featured cookbook of the month, Veganomicon. Vegan cupcakes fit for cupcake snobs Before I was a vegan baker, I worked at a boutique-style cupcakery that does fabulously creative displays and towers of cupcakes without ever…

Natural Sports Drink from Thrive

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Whew!  I just got back from my 20-miler this morning, that which was postponed due to my feeling like crap when I woke up yesterday.  All better today though! I did it in 2:38:54, a 7:56 minute-per-mile pace.  This is a little slower than the 7:45 I was shooting for.  My temptation is to list…

Quinoa Parfaits

[christine sparkler]

Hey everyone, it's Christine with this week's patriotic edition of Sweet-Tooth Friday!  Since it's the fourth-of-July weekend, I thought we'd do something a little more festive with these quinoa and rhubarb striped parfaits.  You all have been good sports about including beans into desserts but this week I decided to lay off the legumes and…

Mixed Vegetable and Quinoa Stew aka "Fridge Cleanout Stew"

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Hi everyone!  We are giving you a little change of pace today, another voice in the blog.  My name is Erin; I'm Matt's wife.  I too am an avid runner and new pescetarian.  And I've also recently gotten into road biking.  I typically get to reap the benefits of Matt's delicious cooking, but truth be…