Healthy Cinco de Mayo recipe roundup

Good morning! <3 Hope youโ€™re having a lovely day so far. One week from today is a beloved holiday: Cinco de Drinko Mayo.  Despite our Hispanic background, my family has never been big into Cinco de Mayo celebrations. (16 de Septiembre is higher on the significance totem pole.) It wasnโ€™t until late in college thatโ€ฆ

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Veg intimidation: make kale taste delicious

Last week we talked about artichokes. Today, letโ€™s talk one of the worldโ€™s favorite (kinda stinky) greens: KALE! Kale is a nutrient-packed powerhouse and yields some fantastic dietary benefits including iron, Vitamin K, calcium, and an antioxidant boost. Itโ€™s funny to think that something I wasnโ€™t crazy about at first attempt is now one ofโ€ฆ

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Carrot cake protein pancakes

(minus the protein powder) Hi guys! Howโ€™s your week going so far? Iโ€™m excited that the weekend is almost here! Any fun plans? Weโ€™re having some friends over for dinner Friday night, headed to a birthday party Saturday, and Easter adventures Sunday. As much as we miss everyone, we decided to stay here in Sanโ€ฆ

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Easy Grilled Pizza

One of the things I quickly realized during our last (first!) Italy vacation was the beauty of foodโ€™s simplicity. Quality ingredients can go a loooong way, and donโ€™t need to be bogged down with superfluous oils and seasonings. If you use fresh ingredients, the natural taste of the food can truly shine. I learned aโ€ฆ

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Gluten-free, vegan banana pudding

[This post is sponsored via my new partnership with Blue Diamond Almond Breeze. Each month, Iโ€™ll be creating a recipe using their fantastic Almond Breeze almond milk. Read on for a vegan and gluten-free banana pudding!] Banana pudding is one of my all-time favorite desserts. The bummer is that many restaurants donโ€™t serve it.. unlessโ€ฆ

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Homemade Healthy Orange Julius

Dairy-free and healthy, this homemade Orange Julius is a delicious and nutritious treat! Whenever I visit a new spot, try a new restaurant, or whenever someone else cooks something and I get to eat it, Iโ€™m inspired to try out a new recipe or flavor combo. All of the things I ate at CR yesterdayโ€ฆ

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Strawberry lemon oat bread

Hi ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s your afternoon treating you? I hope it had at least one moment that felt like this: Oh Bell. So much joy and sass for a tiny pup. Livi and I had a great morning, and then around noon, we went to go see Kyle and Megโ€™s new house. They moved this weekendโ€ฆ

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Post-vacation salad + all the things green

Hi! Hope youโ€™re enjoying your Monday <3 Bella and Caro wanted me to tell you how much I missed them. (Bella did not want me to tell you that you can see marinara sauce in her beard from the lunchtime pizza she โ€œborrowedโ€ from Livโ€™s plate while I was upstairs putting her down for herโ€ฆ

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Salted Baileys Chocolate Truffles

Hereโ€™s a fun dessert option for your St. Patrickโ€™s Day festivities this weekโ€“salted Baileys chocolate truffles! In a nutshell, I took my favorite vegan cashew truffle recipe and de-raw-ified it by using Baileys instead of almond milk. It was a wise decision, indeed. I LOVE St. Patrickโ€™s Day. Itโ€™s always been one of my favorite holidays,โ€ฆ

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Juice thirty

Hiiii ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s your day been? Livi has a bit of a cold, so weโ€™ve been laying low over here. My madre came over for a little while so I could drop off our tax documents, and I brought back La Parrilla soup for the the three of us. Their chicken and rice soup isโ€ฆ

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Avocado Chicken Salad

Hi! Howโ€™s your day going so far? I have a healthy avocado chicken salad for you below! Iโ€™m so happy you liked the Fit Tuesday workout! We havenโ€™t succeeded in making our Mardi Gras cookies (we went to the store for sprinkles and they had every color except purple, yellow and green!), but maybe weโ€™llโ€ฆ

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