Make This, Don't Buy That Archives

Make This, Don’t Buy That – Almond Butter Cups

July 26, 2011 By CTER 16 Comments

Almond Butter reviewsMy sweet tooth has been raging since last Thursday. How do I know it was Thursday? It is because I was so beat after the Disco Triathlon and had no recovery with a full week of training that on Thursday I collapsed. I took a nap mid-day and when I woke up there [...]

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Make This, Don’t Buy That – Energy Bar

June 29, 2011 By CTER 24 Comments

energy bar reviewsRecently I have been looking at the ingredients in the PowerBar that I use for the bike. I have been taking the PowerBar Harvest Double Chocolate Crisp and cutting it into fours and eating one piece every 15 minutes. I am doing this because I can get 250 calories into my body in [...]

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Make This, Don’t Buy That – Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie

June 14, 2011 By CTER 8 Comments

When I was a kid my mother made shepherd’s pie for the family. Being a Puerto Rican family this was far reaching for us, and when I saw it I immediately told my mother I am not eating THAT. That upset her so and I wouldn’t blame her if she never cooked for me again [...]

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Make This, Don’t Buy That — Sushi

June 8, 2011 By CTER 17 Comments

Mexican Roll on the left, Buffalo Tempeh roll on the right

In the second installment of Make This, Don’t Buy That I tried my hand at sushi. Prior to becoming a vegetarian I could be seen eating sushi by the truckload and never getting sick of it. When I moved to Dallas I was worried there would be no good sushi restaurants in the city since [...]

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Carrot Cake Bar – Make This, Don’t Buy That

May 20, 2011 By CTER 11 Comments

The first installment of Make This, Don’t Buy That is finally here. You voted on which protein/energy/power bar I should make and the winner chosen by majority vote was the Carrot Cake bars in place of the carrot cake bars from Lara Bar. I was thrilled to have that be the choice because of all [...]

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New Bi-Weekly Feature?

May 4, 2011 By CTER 22 Comments

Make This, Don’t Buy That It was not long ago that I created a Yogurt Parfait to compete with what was sold at Starbucks. It sparked some conversation regarding eating at home or making it yourself versus buying it at the store. I started to think about what other things we consume that would not [...]