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Formerly The Raw Project - Running on a Healthy Vegan Diet

Fun Finds for the Weekend List

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Happy Sunday! Hopefully it’s been a great weekend so far for you. Yesterday, hubby and I headed to Grocery Outlet after the gym for fun deal surfing and there was a great vegan selection.

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I scored these organic sun dried Turkish figs for cheap and they’re delicious!

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And I had very decadent coffee this morning thanks to the deal I scored on New Barn Barista Almondmilk.

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It’s sweetened and has more calories than regular almond milk, but thicker and more creamy – perfect for coffee.

Last night I created a simple quinoa veggie with with Saffron Road’s That Red Curry Simmer Sauce.

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I cooked a big batch of plain quinoa, then simmered it in a wok with chopped kale, cabbage, and broccoli in the sauce for a simple one pot meal.

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It was delicious – the sauce has a nice little quick, but isn’t very spicy and would be great with tofu or tempeh as well.

And I did my usual lazy weekend thing of making a huge salad for lunch Saturday with beans and hummus dressing.

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And jazzed up the leftovers by topping with seed crackers and crispy fried jalapenos for lunch today.

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Easy and healthy for a relaxing weekend.

Race training is going good, I had a nice 10.5 mile easy run today – the 1/2 mile is a bonus as I was only planning for 10 and went a little longer.

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One more long run next weekend, then taper before the Urban Cow half marathon and keep chugging along into full marathon training. I had two decent tempo runs this week also and playing with increased speed training on the treadmill. So far so good!

The list:

This soup sounds wonderful.

So do these chickpea burgers.

Lots of great vegan cheeses in this Today Food post.

What a vegan chef eats in a week.

Dr. Greger discusses avoiding kidney cancer. And summarizes the importance of nutrition in this short video.

V-Dog has a new dog treat – Wiggle Biscuits! And dogs can thrive on a plant based diet.

Waking up early – this is something I have been struggling with lately. I love the idea of getting up early to have a peaceful hour to start the day before work. But with training, work stress, and sleep problems – that’s been an issue. I’m working on it this week because I’m tired of feeling rushed and stressed before even getting to work and here are 4 benefits of rising early.

7 ways running makes you a happier person.

Finally, here are what vegans look like.

Comments

  1. I enjoyed reading the post by Dr. Gregor this week. I also enjoyed his take on the paleo diet. As usual, your meals looks delicious!

  2. Oh fun, I had no idea that New Barn now has a barista-style milk! I never make myself fancy coffee drinks at home, but maybe I’d start to if I just had the right ingredients… It certainly is tempting to at least find out. ;)