While going through food journals one of the comments I make most is “add a meal/snack here”. Many people are busy and find it hard to get a solid meal or snack in every 3-4 hours. Many more are used…
Two recipes! – Marcella
Creamy Greens and Penne 1 pckg Mori-Nu Silken tofu 1/2 lb bag frozen spinach 1/4 cup nutritional yeast fresh basil, or 1 cube frozen – available in freezer section of Trader Joe’s soymilk and/or water necessary to blend to a…
A Note on Grains – Derek
I wanted to write a little on nutrition since I haven’t in a while. I thought I’d address a question I get a lot when I am helping people with their food choices, which is: why are carbs (grains) ‘bad’?…
Quick Chili Lunch – Marcella
I have a huuuuge backlog of recipes to post; I’m trying to be good and prioritize work and studies while leaving some time for at least one hobby to reduce stress. Sadly, that one hobby is not doing yet more…
Stir Fry recipe – Marcella
The nice thing about stir fries is you can use whatever you have on hand. An alternative to the tofu could be shelled edamame…alternatives to the greens could be bok choy or spinach, alternatives to mushrooms could be canned water…
The Wonders of Phytochemicals! – Derek
I’ve wanted to post something about this for a while, so I finally went through several of my old exercise magazines and clipped out some nutrition articles. For those of you who read such magazines with any regularity, you probably…
New Weight Set!
I finished classes last week (yay), but have still found posting difficult, so I don’t think I will be able to more than once or twice a week. For our workouts, we bought a used weight set and have been…
Fettucine and Green Beans with Mushroom Creme!
No time to post really until after August 19th, sadly. I wanted to get this one up, though as it is a particular favorite of mine. As demonstrated in a previous post, you can make a respectable cream…
Vegan Weight Gainer revision, and more
As I had mentioned I’ve been playing around with the weight gainer shake we made up to aid in my calorie surplus. Through trial and error I have whittled away some unnecessary ingredients to make it easier to make and/or…
Chickpea and Tomato Soup
Impromptu soup for lunch: Chickpea and Tomato Soup 2 carrots, cut lengthwise and chopped 1/2 onion, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 can low sodium diced tomatoes around 4 cups water 1/2 tsp cumin…
Try high reps for some good lean fun
The posting seems to have come a halt as life (school exams+work) has been busy lately, but with only one more week of classes things should slow down a bit and I will be posting more often. I have missed…
Several recipes after a drought
I’m woefully behind on posting recipes and workouts. What can I say – finance exam über alles… I’m actually going to list several recipes at once here to help me catch up. Ah, and, incidentally, I’ve lost 8 lbs now…
Pasta Ariabiata and Some Serious Weights
This recipe is an adaptation of a spicy Italian arabiata sauce – that originally included 1/4 cup of olive oil…You will not miss it, however; it’s really flavorful – rich and creamy. Easy to make: just blend a bunch of…
Ranting about Recipes and Some…Recipes
I should probably mention that most of the recipes I post are just modifications of things I’ve always made or from cookbooks or websites that may or may not even be vegan to start with. Some recipes lend themselves easily…
Weights, Nutrition, and Beer
The past week has been rather crazy. With school winding down, finding time to post has proven difficult. The same goes for working out, so my last ‘official’ workout was a chest+back day (shown below), and what has followed since…
2 Recipes!
So sleepy…Anyway here’s 2 recipes: LUNCH: Made from the random survivors of our fridge-not-working ordeal. Stir-fries are good for those random remnants of groceries left over at the end of the week type days when you have to produce something…
Split Pea Soup and Seitan Stir-Fry
Lunch Thanks to Derek’s client who so thoughtfully brought him fresh greens, tomatoes, and peaches from a local farmer’s market as a birthday present! Because of that we got to enjoy salads despite our fridge being on the fritz and…
Discovery: Vegan Weight Gainer!
During my recent quest to put on a couple pounds of muscle, I have found it hard to get enough calories in without eating tons of shakes or bars because of my crazy schedule.I don’t like or recommend getting a…
Hail Seitan – ultra low carb and low fat, high protein meat alternative
First off let me just say that the nutrition stats for seitan, like TVP, are great for anyone trying to get lots of protein with no fat and low sodium. It’s made primarily from Vital Wheat Gluten, which has 23…
Noodle-less Lasagna
Things are a little crazy: my next exam, on financial math and derivatives markets, is coming up in August. Preparation is of an intensity similar to an athlete (like a bodybuilder!) gearing up for a contest; memorization of formulas and…
