Recipes – Seeking My Balance

Healthy Recipe of the Week: Beans the Way You Like ‘Em!

December 2, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes avocado, beans, orzo, plantains, Recipe, spinach0 Comment

Thanksgiving time period is one of my favorite times in the year to cook. It’s finally cold (oh, to backpack in this weather is divine!) and when I come home from work or travels, I am up for a hot,...

Recipes of the Week: Vegan Ice Cream

November 18, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes dessert, ice cream, Recipe, Vegan0 Comment

Two of our good friends have been exchanging some of their food for the week with ours so we can have a little more variety in what we eat (’cause leftovers get pretty boring after a while without it). A...

Healthy Lunch for Work: Salad in a Jar

November 16, 2013 Career, Nutrition, Recipes bring to work, healthy, nutrition, recipes, salad, salad in a jar2 Comments

Are you one of those people who can eat the same thing every day and be happy? I’m unfortunately not. I go through phases of liking a staple food for a few weeks and then can’t stand it for another...

Recipe of the week: Crispy Total Tofu

November 11, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes Cooking, Recipe, tofu, Vegetarian0 Comment

Last night, D and I made our meals for the week with a friend. Our friend is trying to eat healthier and doesn’t have much experience with cooking and so as a trade for taking care of our puppy in...

Health-ified Recipe of the Week: Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup

November 4, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes Pasta, Recipe, Substitutions, Vegetarian0 Comment

Since the number one advice people ask me for is food-related, I’m going to start posting with a taste-approved health-ified recipe every week with reasons for why I made the revisions I did. The temps are finally starting to drop here...

The Amazing Vitamix

October 17, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes Vitamix2 Comments

Anyone who has come over to my place to eat knows how much I use (and love) the Vitamix. It took me a couple years to convince myself to get it due to its price (yes, it’s about $400…$600 if...

13 Foods You Probably Haven’t Heard Of Or Cooked With But Are Great For Your Health

September 26, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes healthy food, superfood10 Comments

Part of my goal for balance involves eating a wider variety of food and making healthy meals with more balanced nutrition. I aim to make at least one new meal a week and try at least one new food item...

My Cooking Substitutions To Balance Taste and Health

September 25, 2013 Nutrition, Recipes Cooking, Substitutions, Vegan, Vegetarian3 Comments

Most people will agree that eating awesome food feels great in the moment, but may feel plain awful after finishing. My stomach has never agreed with my food choices, and so after years of treating it poorly and paying for...