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This blog post was sponsored by The Quaker Oats Company in partnership for their More Taste, Less Waste campaign. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting and making Chickpea in The City possible. I can’t think of a breakfast I love more than eggs, some sort of vegetable and avocado. While I love my usual avocado toast, sometimes I need something else to add my fried eggs ...
Oh Sunday, how I love you so much. Like most people, I spend my Sundays running through the aisles of Whole Foods (and Trader Joe's - trust me, I have to budget somewhere) perusing new products and then picking up my old favorites. This morning was another one of those days where I planned on going into Whole Foods for maybe 5 items and left with 2 bags full and slightly more broke. People ask ...
Thanks to the discount I had last summer at Williams-Sonoma, I was able to buy myself this handy dandy vegetable spiralizer. After long days at work, when the idea of making dinner seemed more exhausting than the 6 hours I had just worked, my spiralizer came to the rescue. I would often come home and want nothing more than 10 zucchinis turned into "noodles", topped with some quinoa or roasted root ...
One of my amazing and wicked awesome breakfasts I made a few days ago was a combo of my Purely Elizabeth Ancient Grain Oatmeal , ground chia seeds, cocoa powder and almond milk. Soaked overnight. I can't even explain how cold, chunky yet super delicious it was. As my first time trying the oatmeal, I decided to soak it overnight because we all know how delicious overnight oats are. And if you ...
