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You wake up in the morning and you're over the usual cereal, oatmeal, smoothie routine and you want something simple and quick. All of a sudden you think "I'll have toast with jam!" After all, what is easier and quicker than stuffing a piece of bread into your toaster and smothering it with raspberry or strawberry jam? Especially when you have time to cook some eggs on the side... yum. However, do ...
You can't deny the fact that a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is the ultimate comfort food. When you're lazy and need a quick lunch with a cold glass of (almond) milk, some peanut butter, fresh jam (or melted berries) and sprouted bread can't get you down. However, sometimes you want to mix things up. Something cool and refreshing, a little on the sweet side, a protein pick-me-up. That's when I ...
This past week (and the weekend before), I somehow managed to eat relatively good tasting meals and tried to mix up my options. Getting a little of my creative juices flowing. That's another goal for myself which I'm trying to meet: making the food I eat not only prettier but more simple in some ways and more fancy in others. I want to mix up what I eat. Rather than a plain bowl of oatmeal with ...
Nothing I love more than a large mason jar filled with overnight oats. However, when you mix some chia seeds in there, let them soak overnight and add some fruit in the morning, you can't lose. I just recently bought a huge bag of Spectrum Ground Chia Seeds for $12 at Whole Foods. I also bought a bag of flaxseeds and together it cost me almost $30. Funny I'd rather spend $30 on healthy omega-3's ...
I found this smoothie recipe from an Instagram I just followed recently called Another Hungry Vegan and let me just say my mind was officially blown. The recipe called for frozen pears and I didn't have any frozen on account of the fact I literally went to the store and bought the ingredients primarily just for this smoothie. It would have been a great post workout smoothie yet of course I had it ...
These past few days my work schedule has been very accommodating and since I just came back from a four day adventure off in Michigan, I needed to re-up on some snacks and groceries. Near where I live I have two Whole Foods fortunately yet the one closest to where I live now is not my favorite of the two. I decided to take the somewhat longer trek and go to the one I used to go to last year before ...
