Healthy Eats: Vegiezzen

I feel like I have been living under a rock. Why haven't I eaten here before? 

One nanny-less day, I drove myself here to try out their food for take home. Background story: on weekends, we let our helpers at home rest and we usually order or eat out. Due to very limited healthy restaurants and me turning (almost) vegetarian, I have gone searching high and low for more choices suitable to my lighter diet around the city.

On that fateful day, I struck gold! Affordable healthy eats so close to home. Wee!

I've decided to become a loyal customer ever since.

The restaurant is located across Ocean Sky Monastery in Little Baguio, San Juan.

You can find many vegan food products on this shelf and fridge. For unskilled cooks like myself, these products can help make food tastier at home!

Here is their menu...

Scary looking gigantic jars contain their hard-to-get enzyme drink and other vegetables which they use in their dishes. I have asked if the ezyme drink was available twice already but, sadly, I haven't had the chance to try it yet.

Since food orders are quite affordable, I'm happy to sample 3 variants at a time, yay! :) I love their veggiezen fried rice and beancurd roll. My kids are happy to eat these, too!

VEGGIEZEN

713 Jose Abad Santos St. Little Baguio, 

San Juan, Metro Manila

(02) 5313696

Susi: 100% Vegan and Gluten-Free

My partners and I at FLOW like trying out healthy eats around the metro for our weekly meetings. Susi is one of the posh newer Vegan and Gluten-Free restaurants and we just had to try it!

The interiors are quite cool. I didn't get to take a photo of the bathroom which I thought was decorated so well for its small size.

For travelers like myself, this was a lesson plan.

Philippine-made bamboo bike hanging 

For appetizers we had the Moby Dip (315php), a three-dip platter of olive tapenade, sun-dried tomato and pesto on GF bread.

More GF bread, please!?

Yummers!

We ordered the El Chimichurri beet burger (475php) because I have this goal of trying out all the veggie burgers in the world. This was good, very filling. Loved the side of potato wedges, too!

You can ask them to slice the burger in 1/2 if you're sharing!

This is The Emerson (495php) which is a baked lentil mushroom loaf with zuchini-aubergine ratatoille and mashed potatoes. Wasn't too impressed with this one.

Looks like meat though, right?

And then there's Carb-No-Nara (425php), GF gettucini with mushroom 'bacon', roasted garlic, sun-dried tomatoes and capers. I'm not too fond of regular carbonara so this didn't fancy me either.

You may also purchase healthy GF ingredients from their pantry shop!

My final verdict? It's probably one of the healthiest restaurants in the city, I'll give it that. Would I eat here again? Most definitely! But truthfully, not as often as I would like to because it can get pricey. This is a place to reserve for a special treat. Now, how to charm my husband to eat vegan food?! :)

SUSI

Forbestown, Burgos Circle, Bonifacio Global City

02-8337874

www.susi.ph

Love Vegan Protein Shake Brekky To Go

Happy Valentines Day! Sharing you what we made for breakfast this morning. 

Ingredients:

2 Tbsp Zero Sugar Peanut Butter from Gng Bukid (found at Ill Terrazo QC kiosk)

3 Bananas

2-3 C of Organic Oat Milk (Robinsons grocery!)

Vanilla Hemp Powder (available online at Healthy Grocery or Superfood Grocer)

2-3 Tbsp Chia Seeds (given by my yoga student, yay!)

Optional: Tobee's Apiary honey if you aren't vegan 

Just blend all ingredients and then leave chia seeds to soak before serving. 

This serves as your quick brekky to go, perfect for road trip days like today! Because a healthy breakfast is even more  yummy in the great outdoors!

Where ya guys heading to this weekend?

Take Root Kale Chips

Someone stop me from eating! I've become a victim of eating this bag of Take Root Kale Mix Chips in one sitting. It's happened twice and I'm sure again and again if someone doesn't put a stop to this madness! Seriously good and healthy for you.

Grab a bag or two from your nearest Beyond Yoga studio. 

230p per bag of chips.

Gift Guide for Surfers!

Christmas is less than a month away and you're in a panic because you haven't sorted out your presents for your friends and family? Don't fret, here are awesome gift ideas perfect for stocking stuffers meant for your loved ones.

FLOW 2013 Gift Guide for every Surfer

Raw Elements Eco Formula Sunscreen Lotion Tube P1160 (Promo until Jan 15)

Everyone needs sunscreen. Your friend will go the extra mile choosing one that does not harm his/her fishy friends.

Raw Elements Eco Stick & Raw Elements Eco Tint Skin Tone Color P1008 (Promo until Jan 15)

Christmas promo until Jan 15- With every purchase of ANY Raw Elements product, customers get 1 Hurraw! lipbalm for free!

Live Love Surf Eco Tote P295

They love to announce their surf lifestyle in everything they wear: clothes, hats and bags! 

Lagu Beach Blankets P999

Those who love the ocean also love preserving the beauty of it. Here's nifty a product that is beach-friendly because it doesn't take home sand with you!

Real Tan P495 for 75ml or P150 for 25ml

Help your friend prolong that glow with this organic browning oil rich with antioxidants.

Hurraw! Coconut Lipbalm P280* (until Jan 15 only!)

Made from the purest ingredients- raw, vegan & wildcrafted, this lipbalm is to-die-for! 

Gypsy's Friend P200

An all-natural healing balm that soothes aching muscles from paddling out to sea. The perfect travel companion that also helps with headaches, sore throats and colds.

All items available at the FLOW SHOP

Email orders at flowsurfyogasamba@gmail.com

Pass the Hemp Rub, Please!

What does a Yoga teacher keep in his/her bag everyday?

A muscle rub, of course! Practicing and teaching yoga daily can definitely make your whole body sore. This is everyday salvation, if you ask me (and almost all the yogis of the world!) Aside from lathering onto my own aching body parts like my neck, shoulders and lower back, I also apply it on my students and treat them to a short massage at the very end of the class during Savasana...if they're lucky enough to be in a manageable class size, time-wise!

Enter the Merry Hempsters. These two little fellas as currently a craze among my co-teachers and students at the studio!

So, what's so the big fuss about these Merry Hempsters Muscle Rub Tubes?

- Size is super handy, they fit in my make up kit
- Because of its unique packaging (like a bigger lipbalm), hygiene is no longer an issue

- Made from Organic Hemp Seed Oil with is high in essential fatty acids and contains anti-inflammatory properties  

- It's all natural, containing organic ingredients and vegan as well!

The Merry Hempsters website recommends that you use the organic tube as a therapeutic rub for sore muscles, overexertion, inflamed joints and congestion. I like the minty sensation from this tube. The cooling effect is definitely soothing after a work out!

INGREDIENTS
Apis mellifera (Bees) Wax, Organic Cannabis sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Organic Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) Oil), Mentha arvensis (Menthol) Crystals ,(Essential Oils of: Eucalyptus globules (Eucalyptus), Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Cinnamon) Leaf, Mentha viridis (Spearmint), , Mentha piperita (Peppermint), Gaultheria procumbens (Wintergreen), Eugenia caryophyllus (Clove), and Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary), Non-GMO d-alpha Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) Extract

The Merry Hempsters have a special HOT blend which combines organic hemp seed oil with the heating agent cassia for an analgesic effect. Camphor and organic menthol crystals offer immediate relief for aching muscles and joints. May also be used for reducing pain and inflammation associated with sore muscles, strains, overexertion, inflamed joints, and congestion. I would use this  after a more serious work out... like a powerful Vinyasa class or Beyond Sculpt!

INGREDIENTS
Organic Cannabis sativa (Hemp) Seed Oil, Euphorbia cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Organic Olea europaea (Olive) or Organic Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) Oil), (Essential Oils of : Melaleuca minor (Cajeput), Cinnamomum cassia (Cassia), Eucalyptus globulus (Eucalyptus), Mentha piperita (Peppermint), Betula nigra (Sweet Birch), Eugenia caryophyllus (Clove ), Thymus vulgaris (Thyme), Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary)), Mentha arvensis (Menthol) Crystals, Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor) Crystals, Non-GMO d-alpha Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) Extract

Both available at Beyond Yoga Bonifacio High Street or online at www.cutieverse.com

The Vegetarian Kitchen

Not too far from Beyond Yoga Il Terrazo studio is a little nook called The Vegetarian Kitchen, a cruel-free restaurant that is operated by the Soliongco family.

My first time dining here was with FLOW co-founders, Denise and Noelle. We got to try the Rich Tomato Malunggay Lasagna, Cream Cheese Spinach Dumplings, Couscous Paella, Vegan Apple Pie and Calamansi Mint Tea. Everything was superb! If I could cook and bake like they do, I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind turning vegetarian :P

The Vegetarian Kitchen
62-B Mother Ignacia Ave. QC
Tel. 5447733 Cel. 0917-8300511

Raw, Vegan & Crafty this October!

Beyond Yoga together with Breville is hosting a free Raw Food Demo with our lovely Asthangi, Margo Lao. Come drop by our gorgeous new studio at Bonifacio High Street!

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Marie of Kitchen Revolution is an amazing vegetarian chef who can whip up really good & healthy meals. I was fortunate enough to get to hang with this really cool girl back when I was still living in Palawan where we had a picnic on the beach! Her Benefit Brunch menu looks really yummy PLUS you get to help animals, too!

To the animal lovers and the herbivores, the veg-curious and those who just happen to enjoy good food — take note! Here is a chance to fill your bellies with deliciousness while supporting a cause dear to my heart. Also if you haven’t been to any of my cooking classes and are curious, this is your chance to taste my food and see if healthy (vegan!) food can indeed taste pleasurable.

RSVP is much appreciated. Fake RSVP’s aren’t. Seating limited to 25. When you RSVP I will share with you the secret location.

This is in celebration of a couple of things:

1. Vegetarian awareness month
2. World Vegetarian Day (today)
3. My b-day
4. My vegetarian anniversary
5. A meal where everyone eats meat free is always something to celebrate 

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I recently did an interview on Alessa Lanot. She is the brains behind Pipino & the cutest blog on the internet-  Life After Breakfast. She is is having her anniversary party on the same day! If you're into crafting & hop on to their Pino Makati branch ;)