Avocado Chocolate Chia Pudding + Healthy Late-Night Desserts for One

This chocolate avocado chia pudding is the perfect dessert for one. It’s a sweet treat that you can feel good about! Last nightโ€™s Zumba class was CRAZYAWESOME. I could tell there were a few professional dancers in class (and had a lot of fun shaking with them), and turns out that theyโ€™re part of the…

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Vegan chocolate oatmeal peanut butter cookies

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s your day going? Hope itโ€™s been great ๐Ÿ™‚ How โ€˜bout a cookie?  Confession: Iโ€™m a little bit of a cookie monster. I can take or leave ice cream or vanilla desserts (case in point: creme brรปlรฉe is always blah to me) but I LIVE for baked treats. The gooier, chocolaty-er, cake-ier, the…

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Lentil quinoa chopped salad

Hi guys! Howโ€™s your morning going?? Thank you so much for all of your awesome comments on the blog facelift! I took all of your suggestions to heart and made a list of things to tweak in the next few days. Thanks for your patience! This has been the most intense revamp yet, so Iโ€™m…

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Vegan Maple Cinnamon Ice Cream

[This is sponsored by Pure Maple Syrup Canada, which is one of my favorite natural sweeteners. Read on for a simple yet decadent vegan ice cream recipe] The ice cream machine: We keep this stashed in the pantry of kitchen appliance wedding gifts. Many that were initially used with gusto, but now sit waiting to…

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Slow cooker turkey, veggie and feta lasagna

This slow cooker lasagna is the perfect healthy meal to come home to after a busy summer day! It’s loaded with turkey, veggies and feta, which makes it a lighter, summery take on traditional lasagna. Bonus: no noodle boiling! Hi guys! Howโ€™s your morning going?  Itโ€™s been a great one over here. I even woke…

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Vegan Chickpea Cheezy Stuffed Mushrooms

So I had some mushrooms in the fridge that were in a “use it or lose it situation.” These vegan stuffed mushrooms were the perfect way to rescue them! They’ll probably be that much more delicious using mushrooms that are at their prime. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Itโ€™s been a good day over here so far. I spent…

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Goat Cheese, Beet and Jalapeรฑo Flatbread

This is my healthier at-home version of our beloved Bo-Beau Kitchen flatbread: goat cheese, beet and jalapeรฑo. AKA three things you wouldnโ€™t really think to put together. But, this unique flatbread combination is so right. The component that helps bring everything together is a sweet onion-tomato spread. To make this, all I did was heat…

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Slow cooker butter chicken (and vegan option!)

This post is sponsored via my partnership with Blue Diamond Almond Breeze. Read on for an awesome and easy crockpot butter chicken recipe (+ vegan option) ๐Ÿ™‚ Indian Food Wednesday is back!! When I first started the blog, I would teach a back-to-back spin and Zumba combo on Wednesday nights. It was a tough workout…

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Creamy cauliflower mash

Hi! Howโ€™s the day going? So happy you liked the tartlet recipe! Let me know if you give them a whirl ๐Ÿ™‚ Anyone else going through a major mid-summer closet purge? It happened so quickly, shortly after reading a post my friend Maria FBed about a capsule wardrobe. I was instantly intrigued; before you knew…

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Grain-Free Apricot Tartlets

The night before last was officially pizza night. We still hadnโ€™t made our weekly Trader Joeโ€™s and Costco runs, and when I stared in the fridge trying to mentally assemble components into a decent dinner option, the dessert radar kept going off. So, I took the apricots that weโ€™ve had for a few days (with…

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Superfood cookie dough

Hi! Howโ€™s your morning going? I’m excited to share a decadent and healthy recipe with you today: superfood cookie dough! First, let’s say congratulations to the PRO Compression leggings winner, Lauren L.! (Check your email for details to claim your prize!)  I love reading your comments on this morningโ€™s post. Speaking of self care, here’s that…

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Hemp and almond crusted chicken with honey Dijon dressing

Hi! Hope youโ€™re having an awesome hump day. Thank you for your insightful comments on this morningโ€™s post. Iโ€™ve enjoyed reading all of them and love the discussion thatโ€™s been going on today. Thank you! <3 This morning Liv and I ran a couple of errands and ended up at Tiki Port. Iโ€™ve drastically reduced…

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