Steezy Vegan

My friend, Debbie, sent some photos she had stored in her camera of my 2010 24 hour charity run. One picture absolutely touched my heart. She captured a very important moment that made me think about how I am still here on earth.About eleven years ago at a doctor's appointment, I was told that I had a very slim chance of having children...EVER. I was in the throes of Bulimia after dealing with Anorexia before that. I had punished my body inside and out and had not even thought of the repercussions that could eventually reveal themselves. At age nineteen, it was the last thing on my mind anyway, so I continued to silently and slowly kill myself.At age twenty-one, I was still Bulimic and trying to find "balance" in life. "Balance" came in the form of a protective and sweet college guy named David Flores. Always moving around or running, or staying busy enough to keep my mind from imploding by adding calories in and out, he taught me that it was okay to just slloooooowwww dooowwwwnnnn. I... More

Many of you may watch "Cupcake Wars".  I watched the show a few times and happened to watch a season in which a Vegan Cupcake won the competition!  Vegans are making their mark in the culinary world...watch out!   There are many great recipes for Vegan cupcakes, but I came up with this one recently and fell in love with it (once I finally got it right!).   My inspiration? I went to the Bahamas on an all-expense paid trip (yea, AWESOME!) and the food was absolutely amazing (and very accomodating to those of us who are particular in the sort of food in which we fuel ourselves). If you have a sweet tooth and want to remain sweet to animals and the environment, check these out!  (warning...this recipe is like Viagara for the taste buds!!!!)   Not only do these taste AMAZING, they have awesome health benefits from the coconut oil to the herbal detox tea added.  Good for the heart, the kidneys, and the liver.  Perhaps it should be dubbed the perfect hangover cupcke cure?  Try them... More

QUINOA TIMBALES Ingredients (buy local and organic as often as possible) 2 cups steamed Red Quinoa (I use a rice steamer) 1 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 cup diced Monterrey Baby Bella Mushrooms 1/2 cup diced Vidalia Onion 1/2 cup diced Sweet Bell Peppers (red, orange, and yellow are awesome!) 3 Tbs sundried or fresh cherry Tomatoes 1 cup soaked, rinsed, then steamed Black Beans 1 Tbs chopped fresh Basil 8 spearhead cuts of steamed Asparagus 2 Tbs roasted sunflower seeds (no salt)   Once you have Quinoa steamed, add all other fresh chopped ingredients (except asparagus) and mix.  The most exciting part of this dish is mixing everything together and then putting the ingredients into a ramekin dish to make the timbales.  Kids LOVE to do this too!  Once you pack the mixture into a ramekin dish, flip it over onto a plate and slowly (while slightly twisting) pull the dish off and VOILA!  Top the timbales with asparagus spears.... More

If you clicked on the link that brought you to this page, you most likely fall into one of the following categories:   1. You think, "Vegans are Sexy? Whatever!  They are nothing but skin and bone and can be found hugging trees and protesting in the name of animal rights! I have to see what kind of controversy this weirdo Steezy Vegan writer is going to conjure up!"   2. You wonder, "What the heck is a Vegan?!"   3. You are a sexy Vegan yourself and want to check out some new recipes!     I'm Robyn Flores.  My daughter came up with "Steezy Vegan" which, I know, sounds like "sleazy" or "squeezy" or even "sneezy".  But, she insists that it stands for "Stylish and Easy".  Logic of a nine year old...brilliant.   By definition, a Vegan is a person who does not eat or use animal products or by-products.  If you are anything like my father, a native PROUD Texas good-ol-boy, you would retort, "I didn't hunt my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables," or "If we were meant... More