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This collaboration was sponsored by Beckon Ice Cream. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to brands like Beckon Ice Cream for making Chickpea in The City possible. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, friends! I kind of forgot it was even a holiday with everything going on lately. I’m sure you can relate. The current state of the world the last week and a half has made it hard to share ...
This post was in partnership and sponsored by Vital Proteins. All opinions and thoughts are my own. Thank you for supporting Chickpea in The City! It’s the last Friday of 2017 and if you would have asked me a year ago how I’d be starting my morning, I’d probably say with a cup of cold brew or an almond milk latte. Over the course of the year, not only have my eating habits changed but so have ...
As I've gotten older, I think I've learned to gain a new appreciation for the Earth in numerous ways. Not only just what grows out of it (all of that good #organic produce) but the people in it and how the way we treat it is only reciprocated back to us. I'm more aware than ever before of global warming and it's impact on us and I try my best to recycle, waste as little food as possible and give ...
This is my last semester as an undergrad student and I have 18 credit hours under my belt. Not only am I in class what feels like 8am to 9:30pm every day but I'm also spending three days a week interning, trying to keep up with the blog and fitting in workouts and time with friends accordingly. While things might seem super chaotic at first, I've already settled myself into a routine and am ...
The other week I took a yoga class with one of my favorite instructors and he set the intention of the class on thinking of December as a time to reflect on the past year, what we liked, what we didn't, what was good/bad, etc. I can't even begin to tell you how much I've been thinking about everything that has happened this year but on top of that, how Christmas is only one week away. Why is time ...
I often find that most of recipes I create are sparked from something I've come across or eaten when I was a little kid or teenager. There's a specific memory about a comforting dish or baked good that urges me to recreate it but in a healthier way. Like banana chocolate chip bread, for example. My mom would make this for my brother and I when we were younger in loaf and muffin form and I remember ...
