BBQ Roasted Chickpeas

This savory, healthy snack is perfect for hangry toddlers, packed in a purse for emergency snack mode, or awesome as a salad topping. Hi friends! Howโ€™s your Monday going? 4 weeks of workouts went out to my newsletter friends this morning, and Iโ€™m happy to hear youโ€™re enjoying the plan! Madre and I took P…

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Egg-Less Nog Protein Shake

Hi friends! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful morning. Today I have a delicious eggless eggnog protein shake recipe for you to try!Yesterday was a great day. Liv, P and I met up with Jess and her daughter at the aquarium, (Liv is obsessed with her black boots) came back home and made dinner, (this stew…

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Chef Kyle’s Pumpkin Spice Chia Pudding

Hi friends! Hope youโ€™re having a great afternoon. Itโ€™s been a wonderful week so far: a happy and euphoric blur, snuggling our newest family member as days blend into night. Weโ€™re hoping to head home from the hospital later today. Fingers crossed. ๐Ÿ™‚ This week, I have some special posts going up while weโ€™re getting settled. This pumpkin chia…

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Apple Spice Amazeballs

This is for all of the friends out there who are pumpkin-ed out.  Itโ€™s also one of those things where I just put a bunch of ingredients in the food chopper, said a prayer, and hoped it would work out. Thankfully, it did, and they are DELICIOUS.

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Blended Mexican Mocha (dairy-free)

Iโ€™ve been looking forward to todayโ€™s post because Iโ€™m always excited to spread the word about Fair Trade Month and share some awesome goodies with a lucky winner (giveaway has ended). But first, I have a recipe for a Blended Mexican Mocha! Blended Mexican Mocha I whipped this up using 3 popular Fair Trade ingredients: chocolate,…

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Strawberry shortcake energy bites

{vegan and gluten-free!} Helloooooo. Howโ€™s the morning going?? Donโ€™t forget that thereโ€™s still time to enter this awesome White Plum giveaway, and your special discount code expires in 2 days! Hope youโ€™re enjoying the day so far. After being away for a while, itโ€™s always nice to be home with my favorite people and back…

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Homemade Raw Pitaya Cheesecake

Time for an afternoon sweet treatโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™m on a pitaya kick and I canโ€™t.be.stopped. Itโ€™s been a way to switch it up from acai (though donโ€™t get me wrong, I still love my acai). Pitaya is lower in sugar and higher in antioxidants. Oh, and itโ€™s this gorgeous bright pink color, so thatโ€™s always…

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“Work It” Walking Workout

Hi friends! Happy humpday! Hope your morning is off to a great start. I’m excited to bring you a treadmill walking workout today.  Some adventures from lately, as told from my iPhone: Glowing in the spin room under the backlights. Class on Monday was a blast, as usual, and I added some new songs to…

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Soup + salad

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going? Hope youโ€™re having a great morning! First things first: huge congrats to the winner of the coconut scrub giveaway! Liz S., check your email so I can get your goodies on the way. For friends whoโ€™d like to pick some up, the FITNESSISTA30 code will work until June 15…

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Homemade Suja Sunset Protein smoothie

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going so far? I confidently say itโ€™s an improvement from yesterday. The Pilot is feeling much better (thank you for all of the get well wishes for him!), my eyes donโ€™t feel like theyโ€™re on fire anymore (three cheers), and we all slept in. Itโ€™s like Christmas when that happens.…

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Raw Brownie Cheesecake Raspberry Bars

I know, right?! Would you believe these raw brownies are as delicious as they are healthy? How’s the day going?? Hope you’re having a wonderful one so far. A HUGE thank you to my web wizard Cody for fixing the Family page and my technology screw-up. He is amazing if you’re ever looking for web…

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The easiest raw chocolate pudding

(dairy-free and no refined sugar) Hi friends! Howโ€™s the day going so far? Happy to hear that Iโ€™m not the only major beast sweat-er. I will also get together some tips on how I learned to read on the treadmill! So, itโ€™s time to warn you that dessert week on the blog starts now. (I…

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