Taking Advantage
Hey friends! How’s your day going?? I’m sitting outside, enjoying the lovely Tucson air and lack of humidity 
It’s very nice.
I’m so glad you liked the Holiday Gift Guide!! Per your requests, I’ll post a dude version on Friday morning. Stay tuned for a Core bag and Sun Warrior promo, too!
Since I got into Tucson, I’ve been enjoying some amazing eats and taking advantage of Trader Joe’s access:
Dark Chocolate with crunchy sea salt bites from World Market
A dip into my own TJs almond butter jar (my madre knows me so well)
Salad beast with tomatoes, collard greens, organic greens and avocadoes
Brown rice toast with GOAT CREAM CHEESE (!!!!!!) <— From Trader Joe’s
Salmon feast made with my little bro
and an incredible breakfast with my mom and nana at the very Delicious Egg (commonly known as “The Good Egg”)
I chose the Traditional Day Starter, with two eggs scrambled (trying to eat more whole eggs instead of just the whites), a salad instead of potatoes and black beans instead of an English Muffin
The beans went on top of the salad and the eggs got a hot sauce bath
I also had one bite of this gooey cinnamon roll:
That’s what foodgasms are made of 
After breakfast, my madre, nana and I went shopping and then I had a spa appointment with a good friend. Tonight: yoga class with my bro, visiting my nana nana (great grandmother), dinner, and then meeting another friend for a Dance Cardio class.
Hope you’re having an amazing day!
See ya tomorrow with Part One of a wickedly ridiculous raw chocolate tart recipe.
Want to follow along? You’ll need a pack of shredded coconut, a few dates, maple syrup, coconut oil and 1 C raw almonds.
xoxo,
Gina
Today’s workout jam: “Grenade” Bruno Mars
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I love your restaurant substitutions! Sometimes I feel like a pain in the butt, but your meal looks like it turned out awesome because you asked for what you wanted.
Oooohhh can’t wait for the chocolate tart recipe. Maybe it will become a Christmas dessert, as I’m all good with Thanksgiving desserts.
I love that sea salt chocolate. My friend bought it for me when I was pregnant & I’ve been addicted ever since.
The salmon dinner looks ridiculously delicious!!
Any way we can convince you to share the recipe? 🙂
for what?? the tart? it will be up 🙂
Goat cream cheese?! How good does that sound?!
That cinnamon roll!!! Look at all that delicious icing 🙂
I have not seen goat cream cheese at my TJ’s – I need to look harder!
That is definitely a gooey cinnamon roll. I’ve never seen one drowned in so much of the icing. My kind of roll. 😀
That salmon feast = YUM. And I don’t even *love* salmon. 🙂
Just look at that delicious gooey cinnamon roll! Yum 🙂 Glad to hear your having a good time visiting your family!
OMG I HAVE to find GOAT CREAM CHEESE!! TJ’s goat cheese medallions are my fave! And my mom just brought me back some World Market chipotle chocolate from San Fran 🙂
Why does my TJ’s not have goat cream cheese?! I must implore them to get it ASAP.
TJ Almond butter is the love of my life 🙂
GOAT cream cheese…..hello pumpkin cheesecake???!!!! I gotta get back over to TJ’s tomorrow!!!
Salt in chocolate = no bueno 🙁 The other things look absolutely fantastic though and OMG I love Grenade by Bruno Mars!
On “Grenade,” my sister and I call this the Yoda song. If you listen to the lyrics, you’ll know what I mean. And it’s also very self-deprecating… I’m surprised that you don’t have Trader Joe’s where you normally are?
you gotta try tj’s tomato basil hummus & peanut flour!!
omg all those eats look amazing!!! I can’t wait to read about the raw tart!!!
holy cow that cinnamon roll! props for only having one bite, haha, i would have destroyed that thing!
p.s. i’ve been reading your blog for a while, love it 🙂
thank you!
As much as I’m sure you are missing your pilot, this time with your family seems so wonderful. Enjoy! 🙂
Sounds like you are having a marvelous time.
I have to say that I am impressed that your
brother does yoga.
me too! he did so well 🙂
Ohhh geez that gooey cinnamon roll looks sinful!! Holy yum!
Wow that salmon dinner looks sooo good! Hope you enjoyed it!
that dark chocolate w/ sea salt from world market is one of my favorites!!!! i love it.
The raw recipe, sounds like the base of ingredients for any awesome raw dessert…cant wait to see what direction it takes! YUM!
gooey cinnamon roll looks like heaven!
and a day of family, shopping, yoga, the spa…Girrrrrl. You are having a great time it sounds like…and you deserve every blissful second!
🙂
Whoa – that cinnamon roll looks too good to be true!!!
Goat cream cheese?! I NEED IT! Damn you, lack of Trader Joe’s in Texas!
The foods looks so deliciously yum!
Enjoy the no-humidity dear, on our behalf 🙂
Ooh, I want to try that salty dark chocolate! I love salt, even if I shouldn’t! I’m going to keep my eye out for that goat cream cheese, too!
And that cinnamon roll… it looks exactly how I like ’em! Ooey and gooey, with plenty of glaze!! That would be hard to stop at one bite!
Can’t wait to see the chocolate tart!
Your eats look yummy, as always. Can’t wait for the promo on Sun Warrior– I’m ON it :)!
I rarely see raw recipes that use almonds, which are the only nut that I’m not allergic to. So I’m super excited for your raw tart recipe since I can actually eat it! 😀
sounds like you are havign so much fun! I can’t wait for the raw tart mmmmmm….
Yum, can’t wait for the tart recipe!
Hi Gina! I’ve been a long time follower of your blog and love reading about how you eat (in a non-creepy way). My family and I are going to Orlando, FL for Christmas, and I was wondering if you have any ideas for things to do/see/ where to eat. I am dying to check out Seasons 52, since I’m from Michigan and we don’t have that nearby. We plan to go to Disney for 2 days, but have 4 other days free. Also I’m 20, and my 2 sisters are 17, and 18.
seasons 52, cedar’s lebanese, ethos vegan kitchen, babycakes downtown disney
let me know if you want to take a dance trance/yoga/zumba class with me!
Sounds like you’re having a wonderful (busy) time!
forget the chocolate tart, i want that cinnamon roll!