Bella Lena: Salads and Snackage

Dear NY Restaurants, When I read your menu and you say “entree sized salad” i expect a beast worthy salad I present to you “Cinema Cafe’s” on 34th and 3rd, Cinema Entree Salad- from the menu: “blue cheese, toasted macadamia nuts, blood orange, granny smith apples, organic field greens, champagne vinaigrette” I veganized it and skipped [...]

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Bella Christina: On The Hunt Again!

hey guys!  congrats to the CSN winner yet again…y’all know how we love to give out free stuff. alas, I’m back again to ask YOU if you’d like to be in a cookbook!  Hatherleigh Press is looking for all recipes including either BERRIES or MAPLE SYRUP!  If you have any original recipes, we will lovingly [...]

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CSN Giveaway Winner Announcement!

Hey Bellas and Fellas Just a short post today on the winner of our CSN giveaway!! Thanks again CSN Stores! Our winner is… True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:21 Noelle from An Opera Singer in the Kitchen!!! Congratulations!!! Go check out her site too! Pretty awesome vegan and raw goodies galore!! Noelle please email us [...]

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(CONTEST IS CLOSED!) Bella Lena: Beautiful Dreamer (and a Giveway?!? I must be Dreaming!)

For the past couple of days I’ve been looking like this Only probably not as cute (anyone ever think chipmunks might be a cute pet?) For those following us on Twitter, you may have known i just got all 4 of my wisdom teeth extracted!!! Ouch! I took vicodin the first night but haven’t taken [...]

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Bella Lena: Jal meokkesseumnida! (Bon appetite!)

An-nyung-ha-se-yo (aka hello in Korean!) Warning: be prepared for a bunch of Sidekick phone pics (i have yet to find a non-awkward way of taking out the cam in the middle of dinner, so i took these pics slyly on my phone) Last night my grandfather came back to NY from China (his second home). [...]

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Wanna be part of a cookbook?

Hi bloggers!! Remember when I said I’m an intern at a lovely publishing company called Hatherleigh Press?  Well…we’re looking for contributions for an upcoming book, “The New Kitchen Garden,” and with your unique, personally created recipe, you could be given credit in the book! We’re looking for a few BREAKFAST recipes, a few MEAT/POULTRY recipes [...]

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Bella Christina: Keeper of Summer & Nom Nom Pom

Happy summer!  I feel like an official Keeper of Summer…barely working, getting my sunshine on, yoga-ing and good eats like crazy…even inventing recipes (!!!!!!) Now that I’ve got so much time on my hands, I’m cooking every day, right?  I’m updating the blog like crazy?  Yeah… Actually, I’m pretty busy in a good way.  I’ve [...]

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