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Molly Elwood; Writer

Reader. Writer. Copywriter. Vegan. Cat stalker. Bicycle rider. Spirit Award winner. Other labels TBD.

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I've worked agency-side and client-side as a copywriter, strategist, and creative brainstormer for nearly ten years. Each day, I'm living and breathing web, app, social, and print copy—and trying to figure out if I can somehow involve cats in everything—as I deliver the creative punch to brands like Jive Software, Microsoft, Intel, HP, Expedia, One&Only Resorts, Inspirato, Columbia Sportswear, Carl Zeiss, Jeld-Wen, and others. Explore more:

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Only took me 13 years in Portland to finally make it to the PDX Adult Soapbox Derby. 🏎 ⛰ 🏁🍻🙌 #portland #soapboxderby #pdx #adultsoapboxderby #tompeterson

As a novice cook, making vegan food intimidated me. That's because I had a western idea of food, i.e. a plate divided into veggies, protein, and starch. But thinking outside of the traditonal American plate makes it easier to get into a vegan state of mind. For example, if you toss those same items into a bowl--suddenly things get more interesting. The Bowl is the easiest, simplest vegan meal--not just to prepare but to come up with. Think about the basics of @thewholebowlpdx, for example: rice, beans, avocado, and a delish sauce; all it's missing is veggies. It's so satisfying, all mixed together!And you can tweak it until it's the way you like it, by adding cilantro, hot sauce, olives, more hot sauce...In short, no one is kicking Whole Bowl off their lunch table because it's vegetarian (or vegan). The best part is that the ingredients are endlessly swappable. Switch rice for grains, trade beans for tofu or soy curls or other plant-based meats. Toss in cooked veg or raw veg. Choose salsa or soy sauce or salad dressing. Top it with all sorts of yumminess: olives, avocado, hummus, seeds, nuts, green chillies, sauerkraut (my fav), or plant-based sour cream. The flavors are--lol, I keep using this word--endless. All this means The Bowl is great for weeknights. You can make it from leftovers, or you can make lots of ingredients to get leftovers to remix all week long. And truthfully: it doesn't get boring. Tonight's low-fat leftover smorgasbord: zoodles, rice, impossible beef, a leftover fried tomato/zucchini thing ('tis the zeason), nutrional yeast, and homemade dressing (ACV, mustard, agave, miso, tahini, flaxseed, ginger, salt, pepper). 🙌🌱😋

Flashback to last month's volunteer afternoon at @oddmaninn. ♥️💕🐽🐇🐐I love working with @mich_269 and @quezada2898, cleaning, brushing, preparing food, fixing fences, getting goats out of trouble 😂... There's always something to be done! So grateful to KEEN for empowering us to volunteer for our passions and our community. #insidekeen ... If you have a moment, please click through to @OddManInn and tap the link in their bio! Right now, they're in 2nd place to win a $10k photo contest. Please give a vote for Melvin--he's the 3-legged piggie in the bunny ears. 😉

Just spotted a rare visitor in the basement. A quiet, shy beauty, rarely seen outside his territory, let alone 2 floors below. Hope springs eternal. Also, I love the sound of cat feet on wooden stairs.

Finding a new restaurant is one thing. Finding an entirely new kind of food that's also vegan-friendly and FANTASTIC? That doesn't happen very often. (Look at all those vegan options!!) ... @akadipdx is a West African restaurant and we hit them up tonight after seeing them featured by @ffgrocery (and trying them at @vegoutevents) and oh my, HECK YES. We were only halfway through the appetizer when @readingpokertells said he already couldn't wait to come back.♥️😋 ... We got the plantains, lentil samosas, the gofu with fufu, and the dessert, called puff puff. All vegan. All omg. #pdxvegans: Get yourself to Akadi! 🙌♥️💕🌱