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Foodie Tuesday: Homemade Ice Cream Away from Home

lindsay, April 23, 2013

Sometimes, all you really want is your mom…or some ice cream. Especially when you wake up and there’s a citywide manhunt going on. All joking aside, Friday morning was filled with fear and uncertainty for all Bostonians, including my suitemates and myself. We turned on the news at seven am and didn’t really turn it off until ten that night. In the early hours of the morning, as we tried to piece together all the events of the night before, I could tell that everyone was upset…and hungry.
I had a ton of vegan snacks stored in my room, some of which just happened to be just what I needed to make vegan chocolate ice cream. Even though we all knew that we were in the safest place possible, I could tell we were all in need of some (healthy!) comfort food. Continue reading →

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Munch Muncher: Nicobella Organics

Zoe Eisenberg, February 27, 2013

Now that the official holiday of love chocolate is over, maybe many of you are feeling ill from ransacking the 75 percent off candy sale at Duane Reade. No shame! I know it’s a good day if I’m eating chocolate before noon. I love a good, plain, bitter dark chocolate bar—90 percent cacao is my favorite. But I shook it up recently and tried a couple of bags of Nicobella Organics Munch. Continue reading →

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Foodie Tuesday: A Very Vegan Birthday

lindsay, February 5, 2013

It’s my birthday, and I’ll bake if I want to. And by bake, I really mean make ice cream cake. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had an ice cream cake at my birthday. It’s become such a tradition that the first thing my mom said when discussing my birthday party was, “Oh, you can’t have ice cream cake this year!” Here’s the thing: there is no such thing as “can’t” on my birthday. I can, I will, and I did do anything I want on my birthday, including eat ice cream cake. Continue reading →

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Foodie Tuesday: How to Satisfy a Vegan Sweet Tooth

lindsay, January 29, 2013

As much as us vegans hate to admit it, “vegan” doesn’t always translate into “healthy.” Still, I’m a vegan with a huge sweet tooth and an unwillingness to settle. I’ve found it’s pretty easy to satisfy sugar cravings in a healthy, natural way, so here are just a few of my go-to foods when you’re desperately in need of a sugar high. Continue reading →