https://www.veggirlrd.com/ Vegetarian food...in your home, your neighborhood, your region, your world. Thu, 18 Jan 2024 22:24:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 https://www.veggirlrd.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-kristine-favicon-32x32.png https://www.veggirlrd.com/ 32 32 40699143 https://www.veggirlrd.com/creamy-vegan-breakfast-rice-pudding/ https://www.veggirlrd.com/creamy-vegan-breakfast-rice-pudding/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2023 04:16:42 +0000 https://www.veggirlrd.com/?p=20242 Have you ever eaten those blush colored rice candies, from the bright orange and green box, where the wrapper is edible? You put the whole sweet chewy square in your mouth and crunch on the rice paper covering before it starts to dissolve on your tongue? 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Spending an embarrassing amount of money to buy a drink at Starbucks. Well, I took that budget-busting experience a couple of steps further. I went to the mothership of Starbucks stores in Seattle and paid an exorbitant sum for a measly 6 ounces. I’ve never before dropped so much cash on a […]]]> https://www.veggirlrd.com/why-i-paid-13-for-a-coffee-at-starbucks-reserve-roastery/feed/ 9 19595 https://www.veggirlrd.com/3-tea-drinks-this-dietitian-orders-at-starbucks/ https://www.veggirlrd.com/3-tea-drinks-this-dietitian-orders-at-starbucks/#respond Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:24:01 +0000 https://www.veggirlrd.com/?p=19505 Tea is healthy. There’s really almost nothing wrong with it nutritionally. So I rely on it a lot to satisfy my thirst instead of soda and the like. Thankfully, Starbucks prioritizes tea right alongside coffee on their menu and with the ability to customize, the tea possibilities are nearly endless. 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