Life

Lately

May 27, 2020 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 2 Comments

Woahhhh woah woah. It’s a life update!

It has been a minute since I’ve written one of these, and man. Lots of thoughts! Like nearly 2000 words worth of thoughts.

I hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. We’ve been at home a lot, but we have ventured out to have some socially-distant visits with family.

That said, life has been pretty good recently, and I wanted to give you guys an update based on some of the things we’ve been doing/loving/etc.

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Alrighty…let’s dive into this update!

What I Ate in a Day (Vegan)

March 17, 2020 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 1 Comment

So, what’s up?

Lol.

We all know what’s up. And what’s up is a whole lot of weirdness, uncertainty, and staying indoors.

Since grocery stores are a bit of a madhouse right now and we’re all limiting our time spent there, I figured I’d show you what I ate in a day. Specifically this past Sunday!

My goal with this post is two-fold:

1. Entertainment. I not-so-secretly love reading “What I Ate in a Day” posts/watching “What I Ate” videos. Why? They’re entertaining and interesting!

2. Inspo. My meals are very much based in the staples we have on-hand. Oats, rice, beans, tofu, etc. Hopefully this post can help you get a little creative with your pantry this week!

Let’s do this.

Year in Review! (2019)

December 31, 2019 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] Leave a Comment

Surprise! I too am publishing a year in review post!

Eating Our Way Through London (Vegetarian + Vegan in Europe Part 3)

November 5, 2019 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 1 Comment

Alrighty! Last stop on our grand European adventure: London!

{Here are the Part 1 and Part 2 recaps of our trip if you’re interested!}

It was actually my second time in London. I went in college (I think I was there for about three days), and we did all the touristy things.

I was especially excited to go to London again because I now have a better appreciation for food. And a better understanding of food! The first time I was in London, pretty sure I just had mac & cheese and sandwiches. Lame-o.

London is so much more than that, so I was beyond thrilled to finish our time in Europe in this exciting and easy-to-navigate city!

As always, here are some jumping points JIC you’re only interested in the eats (I hear ya):

How I got there
Where I stayed
How we got around
What we saw
Where we ate
Would I go back

Let’s do London, frens!

Eating Our Way Through Newcastle (Vegetarian + Vegan in Europe Part 2)

October 16, 2019 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 1 Comment

Woo hoo! It’s time for our Part 2 of our European food-a-palooza!

(If you missed Part 1–all about Paris!–check it out here)

And this post might just be my favorite of the three because we’re focusing on Newcastle, England.

Have you heard of it? No? You’re not alone. I was in the same boat!

I was lucky enough to attend a conference in Newcastle (Retain Live, a membership site conference!), so after a little Googlin’, I learned that Newcastle (also known as Newcastle Upon Tyne) is a town 250ish miles north of London. As the name suggests, it’s located on the River Tyne and was a coal and shipping town back in the day.

I wasn’t sure what to expect traveling off the beaten path and going to a less touristy city in England, but man. I have so much to tell you about my experiences there!

Eating Our Way Through Paris (Vegetarian + Vegan in Europe Part 1)

October 11, 2019 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 4 Comments

What a whirlwind these past couple of weeks have been! Mostly because I was in Europe last month!

Man. I haven’t been to Europe since my sophomore year of college. Which was like…more years ago than I care to admit.

But so much has changed since then! And I know that those changes served me well during my most recent trip to Europe.

A Week of Meals from Food52 Vegan (Cookbook Review)

August 13, 2019 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 2 Comments

Tell me if this sounds familiar…

You get this beautiful new cookbook. You flip through each page, dog-ear a ton of recipes that look “omg so good”…and then you put it on a shelf and forget about it.

Hi, my name is Alexa, and I never ever cook from my cookbooks.

I have so many cookbooks. Books from bloggers! Books from cooking show personalities! Books from random people I’ve never heard of before!

When I need a new recipe, I search online or make something up and go about my day. Or I resort to my old stand-by of brown rice, some sort of roasted veg, and chickpeas. aka. the meal I have approximately 5 times per week.

But there are pages upon pages of yum calling to me from my bookshelf, crying out, “EAT FROM ME!” and just waiting for their time to shine.

So! We’re starting a new series here on the blog called, “A Week of Meals.”

How I Ran a Half Marathon in 20 Weeks

July 25, 2019 by Alexa [fooduzzi.com] 3 Comments

I did a thing I set out to do roughly 20 weeks ago and it worked and I feel like a super star.

I went from never having ran a race before in my life to running my first half marathon at 26 years old in just 20 weeks.

And this gigantic post is going to outline exactly how I did it!