Posts by: Kris

outside our vegan bubble

On March 23, 2009 By

It’s easy to insu­late your­self in the won­der­ful world of veg­gies and for­get that there are other brands, prod­ucts and forms of life out there. I’ve come across two things related to veg­an­ism in main­stream cul­ture that I thought you’d all be interested in.

The first one came in a coupon book I received in the […]

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excitement!

On March 18, 2009 By

So, have you ever googled yourself?

Seri­ously now, don’t lie.

We’ve all done it. It’s kind of silly, but it’s fun to see what comes up, if any­thing. Like there is a guy in the Mid­west with Jim’s name who owns a chain of funeral homes, so when­ever you google him that’s all you find.

And some­times […]

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dinner and a workout

On March 15, 2009 By

My beloved Trader Joe’s has added some more vegan good­ies to their store and I am here to share them with you. I swear to my cats that I am not paid by them, because that would be my dream job, rather I am a fanat­i­cal shop­per who you have the for­tune or mis­for­tune of […]

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portobello vegan trattoria– a review

On March 12, 2009 By

Yes, I know, Ital­ian. Not low carb. But actu­ally not too high carb. And besides, you have to let your­self indulge a lit­tle or else you go crazy being too strict.

Por­to­bello offi­cially opened in Port­land a cou­ple of months ago and for a mul­ti­tude of rea­sons Jim and I had not yet made it […]

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eat yer greens!

On March 10, 2009 By

It feels good to detox a lit­tle. It feels great, actually.

A lit­tle bit of back­ground, to explain why we are doing the lower carb diet right now. Partly, it’s to detox after months of hav­ing cook­ies, cakes, pies, etc in the house non-stop. Sure, it’s been fun, but it’s also made for many […]

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why doesn’t healthy taste quite as good sweet and carby?

On March 5, 2009 By

Mmmm… break­fast. Have I men­tioned how much I love break­fast yet?

Thanks to the waf­fle cart in North Port­land, Flavour Spot, I fell in love with maple but­ter and veg­gie sausage waf­fle sand­wiches a few years ago. But I’m too lazy to make waf­fles, so we sling pan­cakes on the grid­dle and call […]

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goodness in a bowl

On February 26, 2009 By

Some of the best things in life come in bowls. Ice cream, cereal, pud­ding, all good things indeed. But whole­some meals can come in bowls, too.

Like pesto pasta:

Sure, you don’t have to eat pasta in a bowl… but I think it’s tastes bet­ter this way. This pasta is whole wheat penne from, where […]

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breakie and kitteh

On February 23, 2009 By

Break­fast is my favorite meal. Pan­cakes, yogurt, cereal hot or cold, fresh fruit, hot tea, toast with Earth Bal­ance and jam, hash browns, the list goes on and on. But there are a cou­ple of things that I par­tic­u­larly love, the kind of break­fast foods that I lit­er­ally dream about. The main one is a […]

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