I know it is probably too early to be talking about cocktails but hey, it is 5 o'clock somewhere, right?When Marx Foods approached me a few weeks back asking whether I would be interested in creating a cocktail I was excited. When I heard about the secret ingredient, I was a bit apprehensive.Szechuan Buttons was the secret ingredient which I had never heard of before, but buttons in a … [Read more...]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Green Monster Smoothie and Workouts
The past 2 days I have been experiencing HARD workouts at a local gym that was offering a free 3 week trial to what their classes were like. I have had the option to do group training or semi-private training, which I have yet to try.I was suprised that after the holidays I was able to go back and wake up at 6am for my morning workouts. IT has come with some repercussions. My body has been tired … [Read more...]
Persimmon Ginger Smoothie
I said I was not going to make smoothies because of the cold weather.I lied.These ripe Hachiya persimmons were calling out to me asking me to use them in another fun way. Blend me! Puree me! Sqeeze me! ---Yes, my fruit calls out to me. :-)I am very low on my persimmons and I have to use them before I leave on vacation. Well, I might freeze the freeze the rest for a special occasion.Fun … [Read more...]
Vegan MoFo Survey 2010 and Mango-Mint Green Monster #5
This is going to be a simple post today since it was a busy week! I thought that I would combine 2 surveys I have seen floating around and talk a little about what goes on here.Before I get to that though I want to share my 5th Green Monster Smoothie of the day. Even though I took a day to rest of early morning workouts (my body was tired) I still enjoyed a nice smoothie today with some frozen … [Read more...]
Chorizo Tofu Scramble and Apple-Spinach Green Monster Smoothie #2
Wowzers, it is day 2 of Vegan Mofo and I am somewhat overwhelmed! There are almost 600 vegan blogs that have signed up to post 5 days a week for the whole month! Luckily they will have a feed so that I can see the blogs that have new posts. I do not think I have ever been excited about a challenge even though it is not really one. The real challenge is keeping up with the rules of posting 5 days a … [Read more...]
