{Today’s Lunchbox} Samosas with Mango Sauce by Faye of Raw Lawyer

August 17, 2011
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Today, Faye of Raw Lawyer is sharing a lunchbox which looks beautiful.  Be sure to stop over at Raw Lawyer for recipes, reflections and also her gratitude practice posts. Today’s lunchbox includes: Samosas with Mango Sauce, slightly adapted from Raw on $10 a Day Apple Cucumber and Red Pepper Hummus Red and White Cabbage Cultured […]

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Giveaway: Take Back Your Health Conference, October 22-23, 2011

August 16, 2011
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Giveaway extended to Friday August 26, 2011 at midnight EST I was recently contacted by the organizers of the Take Back Your Health Conference, which will be held in the Washington, DC area on October 23 and 23 2011 and will host several well-known health and wellness experts, including Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Victoria Moran and […]

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Gluten Free Vegan Dining at Open City Diner

August 16, 2011
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Last Friday, I was lucky that my schedule and Gena’s aligned so we had a lovely meal on one of the very few nights it was pleasant enough to sit outside.  We were both coming off grueling weeks, so the combination of fantastic company, a nice setting and good food was just what was needed.  […]

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Week in Review

August 16, 2011
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I know, I know, just last week I swore to have week in reviews recaps done on Sunday, but last night was a confluence of Livewriter going on strike (at least in terms of handshaking with my blog) and me going to bed.  Last week was very busy at work, but I topped off the […]

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Date Night at Jaleo

August 16, 2011
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Saturday night, my husband and I went on a long-overdue date night.  We had not been to Jaleo in almost 18 months, as we usually end up going to Zaytinya’s or Oyamel instead (all three are Jose Andres restaurants) so we decided to venture to Jaleo instead.  While there are not many items on the […]

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Almond Banana Chocolate Chia Pudding

August 13, 2011
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Happy Saturday! This week has been quite a week – fortunately, it ended with a lovely dinner with Gena (recap coming later today) but in the meantime I wanted to tell you about yesterday’s lunchbox, which includes yet another chia pudding.  Chia puddings have been so very useful this summer as I work towards a […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Brown Bag Challenge

August 12, 2011
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Earlier today, Wendy of Celiacs in the House tweeted me about the Food Network’s blog Brown Bag Challenge. It sounds right up my alley – I think I will blog a lunchbox Monday to Thursday with a roundup on Fridays.  Long-time lunchbox readers know that the lunchbox you see on a given day is usually […]

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Zucchini Chocolate Blog Party 2011

August 12, 2011
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Happy Friday!! I have a few draft lunchbox posts that I need to finalize (it has been a week here in my world) but in the meantime, let’s talk about fun things like chocolate.  Or, more specifically, the above combination, which I clearly have on the brain.  First a pudding, then a frozen smoothie with […]

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July 2011 Self Care Retreat Wrap-up

August 11, 2011
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I have been putting off writing this post – I just do not want our self-care retreat to end.  It has been such fun working with Cheryl of Cheryl of Gluten-Free Goodness (see her kick-off post) and our wonderful guest hosts, Wendy of Celiacs in the House, Shirley of Gluten-Free Easily and Iris of Daily […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Greenery

August 10, 2011
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Today’s lunchbox includes lunch and enough food for an additional snack: Spinach and romaine with crunchy tempeh from this recipe and some South River Miso Garlic Red Pepper Miso (for the gluten cross-contamination status of South River Miso, see the comments on this post) Steamed kale Grilled zucchini The last slice of my raw bread […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Pantry Shortcuts

August 10, 2011
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I try to keep Tuesdays and Fridays a little different than just a standard lunchbox – perhaps a guest post or a weekend or travel lunchbox or talk of containers or a new part of the tour of the small kitchen where I make the lunchboxes (360 kitchen tour and the kitchen drawers).  In fact […]

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{Today’s Lunchbox} Impatience

August 9, 2011
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Today’s lunchbox is a lesson in (im)patience: Raw bread sandwich with raw sliced peppers and sauteed sliced portobellos Carrot sticks and sliced pepeprs White beans (cooked in the rice cooker) with lemon juice and a sprinkle of sea salt Green juice: carrots, zucchini, ginger, kale stems, basil, cilantro, parsley (yes I had herbs needing to […]

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Week in Review

August 8, 2011
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So back in April, I had this great idea for doing monthly recaps. I did one. I loved writing it. And then the end of the next three months I did not have enough time to write such a recap in time. I now have a draft post called May, June, July ….  In the […]

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July 2011 Self Care Retreat: Self Care Through Creativity

August 8, 2011
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This is the last week of our extended virtual self-care retreat that Cheryl of Gluten-Free Goodness and I are hosting.  Yes it was supposed to wrap up in July, but as Cheryl wrote so eloquently in her post on creativity, let us say that extending the retreat into August is about creativity.  Iris of Daily […]

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Frozen Chocolate Zucchini Smoothie

August 6, 2011
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Yes, I am still obsessed with the chocolate zucchini flavor combination.  I mentioned last week that I usually save my zucchini pulp for a smoothie – when I make green juice, I usually freeze pulp to use later on in raw breads or crackers, and it is not much more work to measure and separate […]

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