#spooncalpoly

What I absolutely love about vegan cooking is that you’re prompted to think outside the box. You learn all the cool functions of plant-based ingredients that can suffice or even exceed the original properties of non-vegan recipes! 🧀🍗🥚👍 One prime example is this plethora of vegan pastas made by the kitchen team of the @cpfoodscienceclub: here we have vegan mac n’ cheese and vegan and gluten free kale pesto pasta with sun-dried tomatoes and olives! Both of these dishes were superb and I can’t really decide which one I liked better! 😋🥗🍅💛❤️💚 Personally, I haven’t been too crazy about pasta, but now I want to explore all kinds of pasta dishes! Vegan fettuccine Alfredo, sweet potato gnocchi, butternut squash risotto, vegan meat sauce with spaghetti.......okay I’ll just dream of a giant bowl of carbs now 🤤🍝🍜🍲🥣 #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub (at San Luis Obispo, California)

Today, I decided to go makeup free, both because I had no time to do so and there’s really no point in applying makeup to go out only once for a final exam and then come home to remove it all. 👁💄 I was curious to see if people would treat me differently, especially those I don’t see very often. Somewhat surprisingly, everybody treated me the same way. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m really grateful to be surrounded by people who look beyond the surface and don’t think twice about judging someone based on exterior. Sure, I might not have looked as presentable, but I realize that it’s absolutely fine to choose to be a little lazy with your appearance! Ultimately, you have to dress to impress YOURSELF and not others. 👍💃🏻 I personally think I look better with makeup, but there’s not such a huge difference. I still try to love myself either way, and if you wear makeup regularly, you should too! ☺️💞 Pictured is a bowl of cauliflower spinach rice with a @boca.burger vegan veggie patty: basically how I make vegetables taste good! I like to season my vegetables with tons of spices, a little salt, Sriracha, and sometimes I get fancy and use lemon juice, tamari, or nutritional yeast! 🍚🥗🌿 Lately I’ve been eating this for dinner every night and it seriously hits the spot. In general, I’m not super hungry at night so my dinners aren’t that big, but I always save room for dessert. And that’s usually chocolate and peanut butter! 🍫🥜😜 #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub (at San Luis Obispo, California)

Since there’s no exciting meal for me to post of today, I thought I’d share some more close-ups of my first ever milkshake from @mamaganachechocolate that I enjoyed with @kaaatherinediaz last Saturday! My original picture got more likes than I anticipated, but I still don’t think a far shot of these milkshakes do them justice. 🍫🍦🤪💕 Inside these glasses of glorified heaven are gigantic scoops of @coconutbliss vanilla ice cream with EXTRA dark chocolate, and this isn’t counting what’s been drizzled and garnished. I wouldn’t be surprised if I walk all the way from my apartment to the chocolate shop for a full milkshake. That miiiiiight happen! 😏 Like I said in my previous post, this was indeed the first milkshake I’ve ever tried in my life. Prior to this moment, I’ve never enjoyed any kind of milkshake! Other desserts I haven’t tried: pizookies, anything Boston Creme, strudel, non-Thanksgiving pie (except for sweet potato pie—I’ve never had that), dessert pizza, Dulce de leche, pavlova, crumpets, cannoli, German chocolate cake, Devil’s Food cake, Scotcheroos, and most types of pudding. Weird because I was a pretty unhealthy child with a loaded sweet tooth! Guess I’ll have to try a lot of new foods to enjoy some more experiences then... 😉 #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #mamaganachechocolate #mamaganache #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub (at Mama Ganache Artisan Chocolates)

Today is National Peanut Butter Day, so what could be more appropriate then enjoying peanut butter? 🥜 Mixing @peanutbutterco flax and chia powdered peanut butter with the @truenutrition vegan chocolate fudge protein and @almondbreeze unsweetened almond milk was probably the best decision of the day. Aside from pairing it with @arrowheadmills puffed kamut, corn puffs, @bobsredmill ground flax seed, roasted kabocha squash, Sriracha ketchup, and a @healthwarrior dark chocolate cherry chia bar, of course! 🍫🥣🍒 Lately I’ve been making a HUGE effort to walk more—been getting in 13K-20K steps a day, which is easy since I walk to my workplace and my classes all the time! On the weekends, I like walking to the grocery store instead of Ubering there (so expensive ughhhhh 💲🙄). Overall, I’ve been feeling ten times better in terms of energy. It’s almost like hiking everyday! 🚶🏻‍♀️🌳 #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #hflc #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub #healthwarrioramb #nationalpeanutbutterday (at San Luis Obispo, California)

Blue cabbage...purple tofu...? Are those even possible? With a little creativity, resources, hacks, and the necessary ingredients, I made it happen. 💙💜 Fun fact: there aren’t any naturally occurring foods in nature that are blue. Before you say blueberries are blue, they excrete purple juice. Hence, their actual structure exudes a purple color that may seem deep enough to appear blue (also applies to blue potatoes, which I think are more indigo)! 🤯🤯🤯 I was inspired by a few videos I watched of @veggiekins, @mssupremebanana, and @lisakitahara where they made meals using only “blue” or “purple” foods. OMG guys, making interestingly colored dishes is actually SUPER fun! 🤩👩🏻‍🍳 This plethora of sautéed eggplant, red (well, now blue) cabbage, and pan-fried tofu not only looks vibrant, but also tasted incredible. You know you are on Health Level 100000 when plain cabbage tastes good. 😋 Okay, and if you’re wondering, HOW HOW HOW did you make the tofu purple: simply water-sauté the cabbage, save the purple-tinted water in a bowl or deep dish while draining the cabbage, marinate slices of firm tofu in the purple water for at least five minutes, cook as desired, and BOOM BABY PURPLE TOFU! 😄🙌💟 PLEASE try coloring your foods one day, ideally in natural methods if you can. It is such a fun process! 💗 #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #rawtill4 #hflc #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub #spoonuniversity #centralcoastvegans (at San Luis Obispo, California)

Most of the time, I eat extremely healthily and rarely diverge from wholesome food—at least completely. But once in a while, I’ll have a serious hankering for something sugary, salty, or just loaded with “sinful” elements. 😛😈🙌 You won’t believe me when I say that I polished off ten and a half donuts from this box. But I did. I’m sure there were some people staring at me while I was biting into each vegan and gluten free @slodoco donut in this box, but meh, who cares? I like food. 😋🍩👏 What we have here are six vegan cake donuts: two cinnamon sugar, one chocolate coconut, one Oreo mint, one lavender coconut, and one maple chocolate chip cake donut. The gluten free donuts consisted of two maple glazed, one chocolate peanut butter, one maple chocolate chip, one lavender, and one mint! 🥜🍫🍰🥥 All in all, embrace the times when you really want to treat yourself. Honestly, I have been SO curious in seeing how many donuts I can eat in one sitting and I’m hella impressed that I had more than 80% of the donuts here. I wouldn’t say that I’ll be eating donuts again for a few weeks, but that might change tomorrow. 😂💖 #ohyeahandhopefullyallthesedonutsgototheglutes #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub #slodoco #slodonutco #slodonutcompany (at SLO Donut Co.)

Going WAAAAAAY back this Wednesday with this meal catered by the lovely community of the @realfoodcollab! 💚🥗 For a little snack-post-lunch/pre-dinner before class, I enjoyed a barley salad with kale, sweet potatoes, and black beans alongside two slices of vegan and gluten free banana bread! 🤩🍠🍌🍫🍞 Given that I barely have any produce in my fridge, I’ve been surviving on ginormous bowls of air-popped popcorn (seriously, these bowls are meant to feed a family of six), cauliflower rice, veggie burgers, and chocolate with peanut butter. Definitely not even close to the healthiest I’ve ever eaten, but hey, they do the job 🤪🥜🍫🍚🍿 in short, my diet has been really boring lately. This week’s going to be a plethora of throwback pictures! LOL! 😂😅 I’m seriously so ready to come back home and start cooking again, plus exploring some new and old favorite restaurants! While my spring break will only last a week, it’ll be a nice little breather from all the studying and stress I’ve endured this quarter! 💖👍 #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub #glutenfriendly #realfoodcollaborative (at San Luis Obispo, California)

Though the college cafeteria didn’t have the largest selection of food today, I still managed to create a pretty healthy and green-looking salad of romaine, kale, roasted vegetables, green bell peppers, artichokes, and a little sesame seeds! 🥗🍅🍆🌶 I also tried to make a green @anthonysgoods spirulina vegan @truenutrition cinnamon chocolate protein shake. The color turned out more mossy than vibrant, unfortunately! 😂 To me, it’s always pretty funny how you try to make something look nice, but it turns out pretty darn ugly looking. Every time I make food for Instagram, I have a seriously clear vision in my head, but the end result is usually WAY different than expected. My meals still turn out looking nice, but it’s interesting how things fare out! ❤️ #superfitbabe #spooncalpoly #health #diet #nutrition #bestlifeproject #vegan #glutenfree #plantbased #wslf #hclf #rawtill4 #pegan #calpolyyogaclub #cpcampusdining #ethicaleatingcp #slofoodies #sloveganguide #cpfoodscienceclub (at San Luis Obispo, California)