Month: January 2013
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Cranberry Pepita Trail Mix + Breakfast Truffles
I have an awesome simple combination for you. Dried cranberries and raw pepitas (pumpkin seeds.) They are a wonderful combination that I first started eating as a trail mix sold by a fruit-and-nuts stand at a farmer’s market. You ready for this incredibly difficult trail mix recipe? Are you sure? Combine equal parts pepitas and […]
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Super Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers
Superbowl Edition of Flora Foodie has arrived!!! I didn’t do a Super Bowl post last year because I just don’t care I was on vacation. But this year, the 49ers are in the Super Bowl! Apparently we Northern Californians have been awaiting this moment for a long time… 🙂 Personally, I have been awaiting THIS […]
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New Flora: Sea Lemon + Hot Toddy Recipe
Look at the crazy thing I found at the farmer’s market this weekend! No, it’s not actually called a sea lemon. It’s called a fingered citron or a Buddha’s hand. But the lovely lady at the farmer’s market stand said she likes to name each one individually depending on what it looks like – she […]
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Lemony Deep Dish Fruit Pizza
A dessert pizza! A soft delicious doughy crust with a secret ingredient. Lemon curd sauce. Sweet fruit toppings. Oh my gosh. I served this to many friends/family. They were surprised to find that it was (1) homemade (2) vegan (3) healthy (4) full of garbanzo beans!!! Muahahahaha. I can trick people with my food 🙂 […]
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Caramelized Shallot Rice & Tempeh Bowl
I was watching one of Kris Carr’s amazing videos the other day (check out her blog & videos!), and she said she boils tempeh in a combo of water and tamari. Ummmm I eat tempeh all the live-long time, but I have never boiled it. Must try. So I did.
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Banana Doughnuts w/ Peanut Butter Glaze
I introduced you to my doughnut maker Dazey a long time ago for my coffee-glazed doughnuts. Now she reemerges! When my dad decided it was time to part ways with his old doughnut maker, my sister and I had a little battle over it. I won. But she wanted to use it one more time […]
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Spicy Lemongrass Miso Salad Dressing
A restaurant remake success that I could just cry over! A Sacramento restaurant called Lemongrass Asian Grill & Noodle Bar makes the most amazing spicy salad dressing ever. You know how restaurants give you an excessively large container of dressing for your takeout salad? Like, well over 1/4 C of dressing. Well, I eat all […]
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Split Pea Soup w/ Buttery Chipotle Crostini
We’ve been having record lows in Sacramento recently. Last Sunday when I started my run at 9 a.m., it was 25 degrees outside!!! I know that might be normal for some of y’all, but that is NOT normal for Sacramento. Just check out that frost. (By the end of my run the frost had […]
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Vanilla Bean Cardamom Tapioca Pudding
I’m finishing what turned out to be a week of kind-of indulgences (“kind-of” because they’re all actually pretty nutritious. Isn’t that happy?) with a treat! You know what is a crazy easy, not-too-guilty dessert? Tapioca pudding. I hope I am not the only one who likes this strange gelatinous bubbly pudding.
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Secret-Ingredient Pasta Alfredo
I was clearly in the mood for seemingly-indulgent comfort foods this weekend when I planned and cooked the food I’m posting this week. Coconut water mocha, beer-battered onion rings, this recipe, and a dessert tomorrow. Hmmm… Eh well! This is one of those recipes that makes me feel kind of pompous. Because it is […]