Quinoa Salad

The Chefs: Hilary and Herbivore

The Menu: Herbivore's quinoa salad with onions, kidney beans, spinach, tomatoes, celery, avocado, and soy chicken. 

The Goods: It's Twitter Chat Tuesday! In addition to the exciting Twitter chat that we have later today about healthy eating, we spent a big ol' chunk of our morning figuring out the most compelling topics and guests to grace our chats later in 2012. After all of that talk about healthy eating, quinoa seemed like a good base for today's lunch. If you're less of a health nut and more of a shopping guru, be sure to check out our giveaway (!) of a gorgeous faux-leather handbag from Matt + Nat's spring 2012 collection—Associate Editor Jennifer Chen and I splurged on bags from this cruelty-free brand last year, and we've never looked back. 

Cereal and Emergen-C

The Chef: Lyndsay

The Menu: Shredded wheat with soymilk, and a glass of Emergen-C on the side.

The Goods: It's a gorgeous week (finally!) in the SF Bay area, but unfortunately, I've been sick for the past several days, which is a real bummer. So I am working from home. However, my cupboards are also bare, so this is my "Feel better" lunch. You may be asking, "Where's the soup?" Well, in my opinion, it's just too hot for soup, so I decided on a cold bowl of shredded wheat and some Emergen-C—I'm hoping the boost of vitamin C will help me feel at least a little better. So yes, I will be going grocery shopping once I'm done being sick, and I'm hoping my next meal is bit more exciting than this one. Speaking of exciting, don't forget about the Matt & Nat giveaway being featured on VegNews.com!

Vegan Quesadillas and Savvy Salad

The Chef: Elizabeth

The Menu: One of my signature savvy salads (in this case does "savvy" mean "leftover"? Why yes it does!), consisting of kale, red leaf lettuce, cucumber, grated beets, tomatoes, chopped hearts of palm, and fresh basil, all topped with Follow Your Heart's new Vegan Ranch Dressing. (The ranch, along with a Caesar and White Balsamic Dijon dressing, debuted at Expo West, and we can't wait until they are all available in stores!) Oh, and on the non-salad side of the plate, I had two delicious pepperjack quesadillas, courtesy of Daiya.

The Goods: Basically, I think you can pretty much eat anything in the world on the non-salad side of the plate, so long as the salad side of the plate exists. Quesadillas? Don't freaking mind if I do! Speaking of things I wouldn't mind, we are currently giving away a Matt & Nat bag over on vegnews.com. I mean, holy crap! If only I were elibgle to win, le sigh. Good thing Elizabeth Pastoria and her good friend Elizabeth Hastoria are entered! (OK, just kidding, but not at all kidding about the fact that you should enter to win said sweet bag!)