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I’m Still Here

Lindsay Ingalls — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:58:46 +0000

I was looking back on my last few posts and well honestly they have been lacking in quantity and quality. My excuse isn’t that I have nothing to write about or don’t feel like blogging because I do…it’s just I have been strapped for time. This has been one of the craziest months for me between training, traveling, health coaching and other new adventures. I hope to get back on track in September when things quiet down (a little). I have been cooking a lot lately, we currently have a no eating out until Philly rule, but most of my meals have been quinoa or brown rice with steamed veggies. Now I think it’s kind of boring but if that interest you I can post- just let me know.

So the other thing is although I have not been blogging has much here you may have seen me around a few other places such as:

Living Harvest: Featured Blogger Post

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My Healthy Disney

More guest posts will be featured on My Healthy Disney in the next 6 weeks.

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NAB Communities: Blog Ambassador Post

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Healthy Living Blogs: Healthy Living Tuesdays Guest Post

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{GIVEAWAY} Also don’t forget to checkout my Jovan’s Pure Nutrition giveaway!

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nicole:
17 Aug 2011 Good for you Lindsay! All of these are amazing things for you. I'm so proud! :) Going to check out some of those posts!
cookingforaveganlover:
17 Aug 2011 Thank you Nicole!
Valerie @ City|Life|:
17 Aug 2011 I saw your comment on Live Laugh Eat and wanted to stop by and let you know that I am also hosting a giveaway for the Take Back Your Health conference.

Recipe Post: "Fried" Veggies

Lindsay Ingalls — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:00:52 +0000

My husband and I are headed to Boston this weekend for a leisurely weekend away and I had a bunch of produce to use up. This morning I decided since I was going to be out of the house all day that it would be good to get something prepped for dinner ahead of time. We have been trying to eat high raw now that our winter CSA is over and we don’t have ridiculous amounts of rutabaga and turnip to use every week. This recipe is almost raw with the exception of the nutritional yeast which gives it a yummy cheesy flavor.

Ingredients (makes 2 large portions or 4 sides):

2 medium zucchini, sliced into 1/4 inch rounds
8oz button mushrooms, cut in half (you can also try baby bella or portobello if you’d like)
1 red bell pepper, chopped into medium sized chunks
1/4 cup nutritional yeast (if you want to make this totally raw you can omit this ingredient)
1/4 cup cold pressed olive oil
3T lemon juice
1t onion powder
1t garlic powder
1/2t salt
1/4t black pepper

Directions:

Toss the veggies with the nutritional yeast, olive oil, lemon juice, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper; make sure everything is evenly coated.
Spread evenly onto mesh dehydrator sheets (I used 2 in my Nesco).
Dehydrate at 115F for 1-2 hours (this helps to reduce fermentation) then turn down to 105F for at least 10 hours but you could dehydrate these up to 24 hours if you want them really crispy.

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Carlina:
05 Mar 2010 Hi Lindsay I've been following your blog for the past few months. I live in Amesbury, MA and there's not a whole lot of vegan friendly places to eat and was excited to see your reviews of places near me. Even of those in VT, since I love visiting there. Anyway, I see that you'll be in Boston this weekend and wanted to suggest you trying out Grezzo's while you're in Boston (that is if you haven't tried it already). There's even one in Newburyport, just off of Rte 495/or 95. It's a great raw vegan restaurant I just tried last weekend. I highly suggest their eggplant blt! -Carlina
Bianca- Vegan Crunk:
05 Mar 2010 Genius! Seriously. You know I love me some fried food. But I like to eat raw and healthier when I can, and I'm always looking for new ways to use my dehydrator. I'm so making this.
bitt:
02 Apr 2010 I need to make these! They look so good!
The Ordinary Vegetarian:
10 Apr 2010 I have this in the dehydrator now! Can't wait to eat it tomorrow. :)
cookingforaveganlover:
11 Apr 2010 hope you enjoy them!

Let Me Introduce You to My Blendtec and My Day

Lindsay Ingalls — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:17:20 +0000

This morning I was lazy and stayed in bed a little later and by later I mean like 6:30 am. Once I finally dragged myself out of bed I decided to make a green smoothie in my new Blendtec Total Blender. Let me tell you how excited I was when I came home to this a few weeks ago. The good people at Blendtec sent me my own red Blendtec Total Blender and I am just loving it. I have mostly made smoothies and vegan ice cream it in it so far but I am dying to try my hand at making soup in it. This morning was a yummy green…er brown smoothie (1.5 cups water, 1 cup frozen raspberries, 1 small apple diced, 1 small banana diced, 2 handfuls of spinach). The best part about this blender is that I only have to push one button for my smoothie to be made (the button that says smoothie) and it does all the work for me!

I did some yoga this morning and then an elliptical session where I finally finished reading The China Study - I read a good chunk of it when I was on vacation back at Christmas but just haven’t taken the time to do much reading lately but I told myself I HAD TO finish it this week. Now I am on to working on a blog post about this amazing informative book.

For lunch I made up some of Kristen Suzanne’s “Twilight Pecan Shallot Pate” from her Entrees book. I served it up on some romaine pieces and let me tell you this stuff is sooo good I will be making it again!

After lunch I did some yoga for abs with Rodney Yee and then headed to the co-op to pick up a couple of things. To my delight there was a package on our steps from Tropical Traditions when I returned home. Once I got things put away I decided it was to make my Kitchen Sink Cookies since my husband has been asking for about a month for me to make them.

Coconut Oil from Tropical Traditions

Kitchen Sink Cookies

So Kitchen Sink Cookies are crazy easy to make the base is:

1/2 cup nut butter (I used PB today)

2 T water

2 T agave

1t vanilla

1/2 t cinnamon

Mix this all together and to this add whatever nuts, dried fruit or chocolate you’d like to it.

Today I used: 1/2 cup raw trail mix (goji berries, pistachios, cashews and a few other dried things), 2 T raisins, 1t shredded unsweetened coconut, 1 T pumpkin seeds, 2T sunflower seeds, and 1 T mini chocolate chips

These are best after they have set in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.

Blogger Disclosure: Cooking For A Vegan Lover received these products at no cost from the company for review.

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Amanda P:
20 Jan 2010 OOh how lucky are you with that Blendtec!! the smoothie sounds delicious!!
Kelly:
20 Jan 2010 Wow...those cookies sound great, and so easy. I might just make some tonight!! Thanks for the ideas.
Gena:
20 Jan 2010 I've always wanted to try a Blendtec! Those cookies look awesome :)
a-k:
21 Jan 2010 Those cookies look awesome! So pretty. Your romaine-with-pate is making me hungry too :)
KRISTEN'S RAW:
21 Jan 2010 Ooh! A RED Blendtec - SASSY!!!! Thanks for mentioning the Twilight recipe, glad you liked it! It's a favorite in my house. :) The China Study - AMAZING! Can't wait to read your blog post about it. And, those cookies. HELLO! Sound AWESOME!