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This post was sponsored by FAGE but all opinions are my own. Thank you for working with Chickpea in The City and making this site come to life! This is the first week in what feels like years that the weather has been cooperating in Chicago. I just recently got back from Philly visiting one of my best friends started wearing slip ons shoes instead of boots and started yoga teacher training last ...
This post was sponsored by and in collaboration with So Delicious Dairy Free. Thank you for supporting Chickpea in The City and making this post possible. To preface this, I have loved So Delicious Dairy Free yogurt alternatives since I was a freshman in college, just a few months prior to Chickpea in The City becoming what it is and before my love for posting about healthy products for all ...
Today was one of the weirdest Mondays I've had in quite some time. I haven't been able to sleep the past few days because my room is the hottest one in my apartment, therefore getting a good night's sleep is close to impossible. If you walked into my room it'd be laughable at how many fans I have going and yet I still wake up sweating every night. Currently I have a ceiling fan, one fan in front ...
Can you guys believe it is finally getting sunny and hot out? After weeks of rain and cold temperatures in the middle of summer, yesterday was the first day where I was practically blinded by walking outside and craved a popsicle or an ice cream cone every hour. Once I got off work yesterday, I took a nice long walk with a friend to a natural grocer up north and got myself a kombucha while she ...
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 ...
Two of my favorite bloggers, John and Dana, from Minimalist Baker created a phenomenal gluten-free and vegan black bean brownie with only a few ingredients (keyword why their blog is called Minimalist Baker). I've never made black bean brownies before so I figured I'd take on the challenge. Anything that can easily be made with my Vitamix and popped into the oven is always a favorite of mine. I ...
