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My Favorite Travel and At-Home Breakfast, Savory Oats

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 29, 2019 |

The prompt for today’s VeganMoFo19 is all about getting a hearty breakfast before a day of pounding the pavement in a new city. Several months ago I wrote a post…

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My Dad’s Infamous Coffee Liqueur

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 28, 2019 |

My dad was a hoot! He could tell a story like no one else. Tell a joke with perfect timing. He was stubborn, funny, a devoted dad, loved the outdoors,…

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Watch it Jiggle! Make Silken Tofu & Recipe for Kimchi Tofu Soup

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 27, 2019 |

  Earlier this year I finally mastered making firm tofu, which was awesome because it allowed me to eliminate more plastic packaging. But I also wanted to figure out how…

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Get on the Boat, the Banana Boat!

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 26, 2019 |

During Happy Vegan Campers, I mentioned our family camping tradition of Banana Boats. We’ve done these as long as I can remember, and I thought they were a common camping…

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Vegan’s Restaurant in Prague & Tempeh Guláš Recipe

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 25, 2019 |

Prague is one of my favorite international cities. I first traveled there in 2001, days after September 11th, and their amazing response to the 9-11 terrorist attacks made an indelible…

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Travel Snacks—Pam’s “Cocoa Puff” Chickpeas

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 24, 2019 |

  I get a lot of questions about what people can have for healthy snacks. My number one recommendation are fruits and veggies, as they very low-calorie (non-starchy veggies are…

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I’m a Kid from the 70s—Vegan Raspberry Applesauce “Gelatin” Salad

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 23, 2019 |

  I grew up in the 70s. I survived: Real, sharp, lawn darts Riding in the way back of a Ford Pinto without seat belts Running all around the neighborhood…

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Wait, Don’t Throw Those Out! Radish Top Soup

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 22, 2019 |

One of my favorite things to do is to go browse the book sections at thrift stores and antique shops, looking for old cookbooks. I’ve found some fantastic books, even…

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Happy Vegan Campers & Recipe for Vegan Campers Stew

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 21, 2019 |

  The topic for VeganMoFo for today is picnicking. Since camping is really just an extended picnic, I want to share how we recently camped Vegan Zero Waste! It’s very…

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Salad in a Sandwich! Sweet Potato Bahn Mi

By Cindy Thompson, MS, NBC-HWC | Trimazing! Health & Lifestyle Coaching | August 20, 2019 |

A few weeks ago Alan and I took a little impromptu road trip to explore part of the North Cascades Loop in Washington state, going clockwise from Burlington to Monroe.…

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