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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 27

Feels good touching grass during a 50 min walk on a Sunday morning! ☺️

#exercise #healthyliving #agingwell

Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 18

Organic cherry tomatoes and apricots. So pretty!

#farmersmarket #tomatoes #fruit #apricots #sanfrancisco #organic #eattherainbow

Top view of green plastic baskets on a table at the SF Ferry building farmers market holding multi-colored organic cherry tomatoes and apricots.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 17

What I eat as a vegan - lunch. This is one of my favorite crispy plant-based chicken sandwiches. If you’re in Sacramento, definitely go eat at Burger Patch!

#chickensandwich #lunchideas #veganfastfood #sacramento #veganfood #vegan

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 15

If you’re ever in Sacramento be sure to get some. Sooo delicious! 😃

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 15

It’s a wonderful experience of coffee and cupcake! 😄

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 15

My office today is Milka Coffee inside WAL Public Market.

Enjoying my fave Apple Hill spiced oat milk latte.

I have a degree in product design. One thing cool about Milka are the paper cups. Solid and ridges feel nice in the hand. Love it so yup cup gets photo’d. 😄

#sacramento #contentcreator

My laptop and latte sitting on a table inside the Milka coffee shop.

Close up of the cup my latte is in sitting on a table inside Milka coffee shop. I’m seriously nerding out over this beautiful paper cups. 😂

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 15

Merienda today is a vegan vanilla with chocolate icing cupcake, and a cherry vanilla oatmilk latte. Masarap! ☺️

#snack #vegan #vegandesserts #cupcake #plantbasedfood #filipinovegan

Cupcake and latte sitting on table next to my laptop inside a coffee place.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 12

Summer is packed with fresh seasonal foods. Perfect time to shop your local farmers markets! 😃

#exploremidtown #farmersmaket #supportlocal #supportfarmers

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 11

So what have I missed since I’ve been gone?

What’s new? What’s exciting? What good things have happened including for you? I wanna know. 😊

Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hi 🦋 friends! Indeed it’s been a minute.

Life be happening including my mom having a stroke and having T2 diabetes with me being her primary caregiver.

This experience has opened my eyes to so many more aspects about the cruelty built into the healthcare system in the US for capital gains.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Jul 11

Some auntie wisdom for young women I’ve shared with my nieces. #auntie #wisdom #agingwell #Genx #womenempowerment

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Oh wow that's a lot going on. I can imagine it must have been painful. Good to hear that changing your diet did the trick to helping you heal and be well!

I'm all for trying lifestyle changes first. Would rather give my money first to farmers than big pharma if possible.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Yikes! Will probably see more egg surcharges as long as H5N1 bird flu is an issue.

Going egg-free nowadays is actually easier than before. I'm allergic to eggs and had to give them up decades ago.

Example. Made this quiche using JUST egg. My meat eating mom loved it! #plantbased #veganfood #vegan

Top view of quiche on top of stove right out of the oven made with spinach, mushrooms, red bell pepper, tempeh bacon and plant-based JUST eggs.

Side view of a slice of quiche on a plate.

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Alycia the Artist 🪶 @alycia.art · Feb 5

Western tanager color pencil drawing by me

Drawing in color pencil of a western tanager by me

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Wow that's amazing! Bravo 👏👏

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Glad to hear you found a cure! Totally get doing dietary change for health reasons. Had a similar thing. I genetically have high cholesterol. Doc wanted to put me on statins but I wanted to try going plant-based first. So far so good. Plus it's been good for my sensitive digestive system.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

I doctor pre-made food all the time cause I want to tweak it just a bit to get a bit more of the flavor and texture I want. This Trader Joe's chili has butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin puree which I don't want to cook from scratch. My add-ins also doubled the chili so I get more food.😃

Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

I really wish I could get completely off of Meta platforms. Ghosting my IG and Threads. I can't leave Facebook because that's where both sides of the family and in the Philippines use so I need to for keeping in touch. Really terrible and sad where Zuck has taken things.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Thank you so much! All I have left is a lingering cough that comes and goes in spurts. It also starts when I talk too much which is another reason I haven't been able to do any videos without coughing yet. 😆 Whatever strain of flu this is it's a doozy so I've been encouraging others to stay safe!

Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Oh yay wonderful! Thank you for sharing those resources. Much appreciated! I wanna find/follow more fellow vegans. 😃

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Yay that's awesome! 👏 How long have you been plant-based?

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Ok cool thanks for that tip!!

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

I've been trying to eat more of the high protein pastas made with like chickpea or lentil flours or mixtures of various non-wheat flours, but I'm having a hard time liking the texture. It's too gummy to me.

This Barilla version is great because the small addition of durum wheat makes it not gummy.

Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

Lunch: Black bean and TVP chili high protein pasta bake with green salad. #plantbased #vegan

My latest favorite pasta is Barilla Protein+ Rotini. It's made with Lentil, Chickpea, Barley, and Spelt Flours with Pea Protein but it has some Durum Wheat too so it's texture is more like regular pasta.

Top view of my plate of lunch on table. Rotini pasta with chili, tomatoes, and TVP (textured vegetable protein) with a side of green salad with arugula, kale, carrots, red cabbage, cannellini beans, hemp seeds and red pepper.

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Stephanie Quilao @stephaniequilao.bsky.social · Feb 5

It’s been a minute. Protect your healthiness and be well!

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