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Raspberry Oat Crumble Bars

Easy raspberry oat crumble bars made with just 6 whole food ingredients. Perfect for a quick breakfast, snack, or healthy dessert.

Relationship status: My taste buds and I are kind of broken up.

It’s definitely them and not me– it’s like they’ve gone on sensory strike after being overworked and exhausted.

I’ve just felt a little off lately, the usual *go to* foods sounding less than appealing.

Last night I pushed the mound of asparagus aside and couldn’t fathom forking the spears and eating them.

Which is I why I practically force-fed this recipe to Dan, asking for his most critical feedback.

He reported back that they were “good”, and “like a real breakfast bar”, so I’m going to take that as a compliment.

So…if you don’t like these Raspberry Oat Crumble Bars, you know who to blame.

But what’s not to love about these nutritious breakfast bars that are made with just 7 ingredients for a convenient snack or meal?!

Trust the buds and let’s get baking.

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Red Bean & Pomegranate Salad

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Red Bean & Pomegranate Salad with a zippy yogurt tahini dressing. Perfect for meal prep and plant-based lunch inspiration.

Hello, world.

I’m sitting writing this out and about!

It feels so fresh to stare out into the daylight outside of a coffee shop instead of through the artificial lights of my office cave.

I need to remember this when I’m totally IN IT (have you seen Garden State?) in the workweek, feeling that intense vortex of busy-ness that doesn’t always lead to productivity.

Sometimes you have to get out and smell the roses to write about the roses, ya know?

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How was your weekend?

I ate out a lot more than usual; a welcome break from my usual kitchen happenings.

We had a lovely dinner at True Foods Kitchen last night and today I celebrated my dad’s belated bday with my parents and sister.

So now I’m refreshed and ready to get into the new week with a little meal prep– starting with this Red Bean & Pomegranate Salad with Yogurt Tahini Dressing.

It’s light and nutritious, with a creamy oil-free dressing and pops of pomegranate and sweet red beans.

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Spicy Almond Butter Sweet Potato Noodles

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Spicy Almond Butter Sweet Potato Noodles with a creamy almond butter sauce. This under 30 minutes meal is perfect for weeknight dinners!

Hi there!

How was your week?

Did you send/receive any Valentines?

We stayed in last night and opened a bottle of red and made Chocolate Coconut Covered Strawberries while Harper padded back and forth, looking for a pet or a strawberry or maybe both.

So I can’t complain.

We have plans to go to my favorite restaurant this weekend, but until then I made you a little something gourmet from my own kitchen.

I’ll be honest: these Spicy Almond Butter Sweet Potato Noodles are kind of the best thing ever.

They come together in under 30 minutes for a quick nutritious dinner that tastes indulgent while being sneakily nutritious.

All you need is one-pan and the guts to drown your veggies in nut butter sauce.

Got it?

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Vegan & Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cake with 2-Ingredient Chocolate Frosting

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Red velvet cake sweetened with coconut sugar and red with raw beets. Finish it with a 2-ingredient chocolate frosting.

Whenever friends tell me their favorite cake flavor is red velvet, I’m equal parts skeptical and intrigued.

Because what flavor is that, exactly, please?

Mildly chocolate and very red?

In our last neighborhood we had a cupcake shop down the street that sold vegan red velvet cupcakes and after sinking my teeth into the ruby red fluff, I understood what all of the fuss was about.

I set out to recreate the flavors in my kitchen with all natural ingredients that tell it like it is.

Because we want to eat our cake and know what’s in our cake too, yes?

This delicious Vegan & Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cake with 2-Ingredient Chocolate Frosting doesn’t leave any mystery.

It’s made with vegan and gluten-free with whole foods ingredients and a decadent chocolate frosting.

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Red Velvet Overnight Oats with Raspberry Beet Purée

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Red velvet overnight oats with dark chocolate and a bright raspberry beet purée. Perfect for a healthy grab and go breakfast for the week.

Happy Monday, buds!

It was one of those weekends here where I felt like I blinked and missed it.

Most notably, I finally saw Aquaman (loved it!) and probably set a world record for errands run in a Saturday.

How was your weekend?

Can I interest you in a red velvet-inspired breakfast make your busy week and little less busy and lot tastier?

These Red Velvet Overnight Oats with Raspberry Beet Purée taste like the chocolate cake with simple ingredients that you mix together the night before.

Grab a mason jar and let’s mix things up.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you might have seen these Red Velvet Overnight Oats with Raspberry Beet Purée pop up on my Instagram feed circa 2018.

I shared them last year on Valentine’s Day along with simple recipe, but that one day of love just wasn’t enough for these lovely oats.

They’re thick, chocolate-y, lightly sweet, and packed with protein and texture.

I think you’ll support my decision to share the recipe on the blog so it can have a forever home here.

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Everyday Carrot Lentil Soup

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Easy carrot lentil soup teeming with vegetables and fresh green onion. Perfect for an every day fall, winter, or spring one-pot soup.

Recently on Instagram, I asked what one food you could eat for a week and not get sick of.

The most common answer…was soup!

Soup people, you’re my people.

I’ve always been a soup lover, way back to childhood when my parents gave us big bowls of lentil soup on busy weekend days packed with activities.

I imagined my spoon to be a tiny raft, corralling tender lentils and the occasional carrot and celery chunk to their delicious demise.

Recently, I recreated my favorite with lots of leftover vegetables in my fridge.

This Everyday Carrot Lentil Soup is flavorful and filling, with an easy recipe you can make in 30 minutes in one pot.

Grab a bowl and a spoon and let’s get to herding legumes and veg.

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Chocolate Coconut Covered Strawberries

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Easy vegan chocolate covered strawberries with a crunchy chocolate coconut exterior. Perfect for a healthy Valentine’s Day treat!

When I was in high school I thought I was way too cool for Valentine’s Day.

“Valentine’s Day is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap,” I used to tell myself, to quote Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (one of my favorite movies of all time– have you seen it?)

I told myself I could be cool like Clementine.

I didn’t need anyone to shower me with roses and candy and sweet nothings.

My friends and I wore black while everyone else wore pink and I pretended not to feel pangs when the roses delivered in class by “cupid” weren’t for me.

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Pizza Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms & Pinot Noir

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Portobello mushrooms with veggie lovers toppings, herbed nut cheese, and pine nuts. Perfect as a plant-based appetizer or entree with a glass of red!

I’m always *that* person that orders wine wherever we go, no matter the occasion.

Saint Patrick’s Day and everyone’s drinking green beer? Cool, I’d like a glass of red please.

Night out on the town and everyone’s got those cute cocktail umbrellas? Nah, I’ll have wine.

A little bubbly in fluted glasses to celebrate? Cheers! With wine!

So you bet I’ll be that person dinking wine on Super Bowl Sunday.

If you didn’t have plans, I made you some and they only involve football if you want it to.

This Pizza Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms & Pinot Noir is my new favorite plant & wine pairing for game day, date night, or any day.

Pour a glass of Pinot and let the portobello pizza party begin!

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Crisscross Cookies

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Easy peanut butter and jelly cookies with a hearty oat flour base. Naturally sweetened with berries and jam. Perfect for a healthy breakfast, snack, or dessert.

Are you surviving the Polar Vortex?

It’s been too cold here to do much of anything, and Harper and I are feeling a little stir-crazy.

The kind of crazy that makes you bake all day and then jump around to an intense dance workout at 7 PM because…cold.

Aside from getting back into cardio (it’s been a while!), I made three batches of Peanut Butter and Jelly Crisscross Cookies.

These easy oil-free, gluten-free, and no sugar added cookies really hit the spot for a quick nutritious snack.

You can have them on the table in 10 minutes with just 6 ingredients!

This messy marrying of peanut butter and jelly in quick cookie form is one you don’t want to be without when the temps drop.

So let’s drop it like it’s (not) HOT.

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Chocolate SunButter Rice Crispy Treats

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Chocolate SunButter Rice Crispy Treats naturally sweetened and nut-free! Enjoy as is for a snack or dessert or add a creamy 2-ingredient frosting.

Did you know that National Peanut Butter Day was this past week?

I had way too much fun scrolling through desserts dripping with PB and entrees drizzles with peanut sauce on social while casually wiping away the drool.

Which is all good and fine for all of you nutty folk, myself included.

But after giving peanut butter all of the lovin’, I thought we should give seeds a bit of attention…you know, in case they felt left out.

These Chocolate SunButter Rice Crispy Treats (Nut Free) require only 5 ingredients to make!

They’re kid-friendly, delicious, nutritious, with a super seed twist on your childhood classic.

NO NUTS ALLOWED.

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