new blog post: so you ran a 5k marathon.

Originally posted on minimalist triathlete:
The gun went off and I was startled. Was it supposed to be this loud? People started going, fast, while I just kind of stood at the starting line in a cherry printed cotton tank top and gray cotton shorts. My sneakers were 2 years old, and I didn’t know…

Waffled Tofu?!

The other night I was scrolling through my IG Page and came across some shenanigans from my friends The Food Duo.  Seems like they were bored one night and decided to toss some tofu into a waffle iron! Low and behold not only did it look really good, they confirmed that it tasted great!  So…

S.E.E.D. – Philly’s Vegan Food & Beer Fest

Is there a better place to be vegan than Philadelphia right now?  I don’t think so; the Philly vegan scene is really coming into its own in 2016! Everywhere you look a new vegan event is popping up! And I am stoked to report that the newest event is in high gear planning right now! This…

Vegan Shoes – ANI Brand

I have been having a hard time finding vegan shoes lately.  Probably because just about everything I wear, other than running shoes, comes from scouring the clearance racks! Ever since my marathon training last summer and fall my feet have been feeling pretty beat up and some of the ‘bargain’ casual shoes I bought haven’t…

First Ink

Probably since my early twenties I have tossed around the idea of getting a tattoo.  I was pretty into the heavy metal and punk scene with a lot of friends who not only had tattoos and piercings, but often did their own!  So it is really surprising that I haven’t been inked several times over already.…

Meatless Monday with Chef Lenka Zivkovic

Chef Lenka Zivkovic of The Plough and The Stars has been creating Meatless Monday meals now for about a year.  For some reason I just wasn’t able to get to any of these Monday meals.  The past few vegan events I have been to I have heard a number of people saying how great her vegan meals taste.  I also…

Philly Vegan Cheesesteak Contest 2016

The cheesesteak is the quintessential Philadelphia sandwich.   It seems like if you are from Philly, live in Philly or ever visited Philly and never ate a cheesesteak you would be considered ‘odd’.  I think it speaks volumes to the Vegan movement that this is the Third Annual Philly.com / V for Veg (A vegan column by Vance Lehmkuhl)…

Korean Chili Flake Lentils

When I was growing up, I remember my grandmother, Little Lil, always making soup on Monday. Regardless if it was 10 degrees out or 110, if it was Monday, we were having soup! One of her favorites was lentil soup.  I was pretty suspicious of it for a very long time, didn’t try a bowl of…