your meals & moves! elise d.

• my name: Elise
• where i live: Hmmm…well, I’m currently living in NYC, but I consider myself a native West Coast girl.  Do with that info what you will??  HA!
• my blog: www.hungryhungryhippie.com
• my move: I consider myself a runner, so technically speaking, my fave move is running (preferably outside and in races), BUT, since it’s now winter and I’m forced to take up residency in the gym, I’ll share my make-shift indoor elliptical routine.  I think it’s fairly energizing, give it a shot:

Minute	Direction	Resistance
1 – 5	forwards	8
5 – 10	forwards	10
10 – 15	forwards	12
15 – 20	backwards	8
20 – 25	backwards	10
25 – 30	backwards	12
30 – 35	forwards	8
35 – 40	forwards	10
40 – 45	forwards	12
45 – 50	backwards	8
50 – 55	backwards	10
55 – 60	backwards	12
STRETCH

It’s a winter routine, since I prefer outside running, but basically I
do 5 minute intervals on the elliptical alternating the resistance each
5 minutes and direction every 15 minutes.

• my meal: So glad you didn’t say pick a fave, because let’s be real, that’s pretty damn near impossible.  But when all is said and done, how could I possibly post anything other than hummus (or some derivation of the heavenly chickpea dip)?  For any regular Hungry Hungry Hippie readers out there, you all know how passionate I am about my hummus :)

Attached are some pics of my tofummus recipe (tofu + hummus).  You can find the OG post on it here.  The recipe (that I loosely follow) is:

• 1/3 cup chickpeas (I make mine from the dried form, but you can easily use canned chickpeas)

• 1/5 package of silken tofu (approx 1/4 cup)

• 2 tbsp water (or chickpea/tofu juice)
• 1 tsp arrowroot powder (vegan thickening agent)
• 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
• 1 tsp salt

Being the simple girl I am, the instructions have only one step:  Add it all to a blender (or magic bullet) and blend until creamy and smooth. 

Then dip in whatever you want: carrots, cukes, shrooms, spoons :)  Yummmmm!

Hope you enjoy, and stop by my blog for more vegan hippie goodies.