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Curried Chickpea Apricot Stew

Curried Chickpea Apricot Stew naturally sweetened with dried apricots. Serve over quinoa for an easy weeknight dinner!

I tried to get back into running over the weekend.

It started because I just got a new pair of Brook’s running shoes, and, if you’re like me, nothing inspires you more to run than the possibility of wearing in a new pair of sneakers!

Dan and I bundled up and Harper even came along, but the cold hit me like a post-smoothie bowl body-freeze within the first few seconds.

I made it about half way down the street, yelled to Dan that I couldn’t feel my face, and turned around and ran home.

Fast.

It might not be ideal running weather, but do you know what it is?

It’s ideal stew weather.

This Curried Chickpea Apricot Stew has a warm blend of spices that will make you toasty from the inside out!

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Vegan Tahini Date Halva

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Super easy 3-ingredient halva made with tahini, dates, and pistachios. Perfect for a clean treat packed with healthy fats and fuel.

Where has January gone?

I can’t believe we’re almost half way through this first month of the year.

Confession: I had originally planned a dessert-free month here at Flora & Vino, but I think we’re all detox-ed and ready for something a little sweet, yes?

Especially if you made my Detox Salad from earlier this week or my Detox Zoodle Soup for earlier this month.

If you’re still in detox-mode, don’t worry, this recipe is refined sugar free, packed with protein, and ridiculously easy to make.

I don’t know about you, but I think I’ll HAVE some HALVA, OK?

It doesn’t get much simpler than this Vegan Tahini Date Halva.

You just need three ingredients to make this easy treat made with tangy sesame and sweet Medjool dates!

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“Sweetgreeny” Detox Salad with Detox Tahini Dressing

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Revitalize and reset with this fresh salad mix packed with fiber-rich vegetables, fresh fruit, and healthy fats, with a creamy detox tahini dressing.

Once upon a time, Sweetgreen had a killer Detox Salad on the menu.

Fresh greens, sweet pears, spicy broccoli, creamy avocado, toasty walnuts, crunchy red onion, and a zippy lemon ginger dressing.

I was in love.

How’s that for the beginning of a salad fairytale?

As with all seasonal things, it disappeared too quickly and I’ve been missing it ever since.

Don’t worry, this story totally ends with a happily ever after for both your mind and body.

I decided this January to make my own copycat version of my favorite seasonal salad, with a commemorative title and an easy oil-free tahini drizzle.

This “Sweetgreeny” Detox Salad with Detox Tahini Dressing is packed with all the feel good (and taste good) veggies and fruits, lively spices and herbs, and a light tahini dressing to tie it all together.

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Raspberry Cheesecake Bliss Balls

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Raspberry Cheesecake Bliss Balls with cashews and freeze-dried raspberries. Perfect to prep for easy and energizing snacking.

Hi, friends!

How has the new year been for you?

Have you been busy getting back into the swing of things after the holidays?

I’m actively reaching for those New Years intentions while trying to appreciate the steady “sameness” that comes with the post-holiday rush.

Did I tell you that I gave up caffeine for the first week of January?

To be fair, it did start rather unintentionally.

You know how your palette changes drastically when your sick?

Well, I just couldn’t fathom drinking inky black coffee in the mornings like usual so I went without.

Then, with the New Year approaching, I decided to continue the trend, just to see how it affected me.

While I did feel a bit calmer in the mornings, I was suffering from some pretty low energy levels during the day.

Like fighting the urge to crawl back to bed at 10 AM energy depletion.

Today I added back in a bit of Matcha green tea, and friends, I feel like a whole new LAUREN.

That, paired with a new shorter haircut, has got me feeling like 2018 is going to be pretty amazing.

And these bliss balls, of course, which are super energizing!

We’re one week in and I don’t know about you, but 2018 has got me craving some bliss balls!

I figured we could all use a quick nutritious snack to prep in advance to take on the day, this week, and the rest of the year.

These Raspberry Cheesecake Bliss Balls require only 5 ingredients and 10 minutes to roll together for nutritious delicious snacking.

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Butternut Squash & Chickpea Bake

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Butternut Squash & Chickpea Bake with green beans in an easy garlic and thyme seasoning. Perfect for meal prep and easy weeknight dinners.

TGIT, friends.

All of the anticipation of the holidays is lifted and we’re left looking around wondering…what’s next, 2018?

Well, I’ll tell you what’s next.

On Instagram I polled you guys on what you wanted posted this week and I was secretly happy to see that 1-Pan Meal won!

I created this Butternut Squash & Chickpea Bake recently when Dan was out for a guy’s night for the evening.

Naturally, I took an excessively long shower, put on a facemark, poured a glass of kombucha, and went about chopping veggies for dinner.

It was so good that I deemed it my go-to solo-lady cozy dinner.

The mixture is so simple– requiring only three whole foods on your sheet pan with a no-fuss seasoning!

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Savory Yogurt Bowls with Cinnamon Roasted Veggies

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Savory yogurt bowls with slightly sweet cinnamon roasted veggies, nut butter, and granola. Perfect for a cold weather lower sugar breakfast or snack!

Well hello there and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

How was your transition from 2017 to 2018?

Dan and I visited a new winery in the area and loved it so much that we decided to join and become members. New year, new wine?

We were home well before midnight and curled up on the couch with Harper to enjoy the last hours of the year.

I woke up on on New Years Day determined to try some new things and put my intentions to the test.

In life and in the kitchen.

One of my goals for 2018 is to incorporate more savory snacks and breakfasts.

These Savory Yogurt Bowl with Cinnamon Roasted Veggies offer up a low-sugar and fruit-free option to the classically sweet yogurt-parfait!

Oh, guys, I also joined a yoga studio for this month!

If you’ve been following me a while then you know that I’m a total gym addict.

A class a day keeps the doctor away has always been my motto, and I shrug and tell people that it keeps me sane.

Lately, though, I’ve felt that the classes I’ve attended for years don’t serve me in the same way they used to.

I go through the motions but I’m not really there.

I decided to let them go temporarily, to explorer a slower kind of movement that I’ve had my eye on for a while.

Hey yoga, I’m talking to you.

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Detox Zoodle Soup (Oil-Free)

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The perfect 1-pot soup to cleanse and detox, packed with immunity boosting veggies, zucchini noodles. and a delicious detoxifying oil-free broth.

Happy New Year’s Eve Eve.

It’s been freezing here all week, you guys!

The kind of cold that makes you grab hats and scarves and all the accoutrements just to take the pup outside.

To be honest, I didn’t get outside much because I’m still getting over a lingering post-Christmas cold.

We got our first “real” dusting of snow last night, and I skipped my usual Saturday spin class to (try to) enjoy a slower morning.

Partially to procrastinate de-frosting my car…because I’m not entirely sure where my ice-scraper is or if it’s even in my car.

Also to rest up this red Rudolph nose so that it’s presentable to go out tomorrow for New Year’s Eve.

As you might have guessed, we’re going to try out a new winery in the area, and I can’t think of a better way to ring in 2018!

So I’ve been holed up here at home, going a bit crazy, planning for the new year, making soup…

I’m definitely ready to get back into a steady routine in the new year and I’m convinced that it should involve a steady stream of feel-good and good-for-you soups.

This Detox Zoodle Soup (Oil-Free) is the perfect way to warm up, reset, and nourish yourself!

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Coconut Almond Rolled Dates

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Make your own coconut almond rolled dates in under 10 minutes with dates, almond butter, almonds, and shredded coconut!

Recently, I keep seeing the cutest containers of coconut rolled dates at my local Mom’s Organic Market.

Multiple times now the container has almost made it into my cart, until I quickly chastise myself because…I could make that.

So finally I did.

These Coconut Almond Rolled Dates are the simplest treat that require only a handful of ingredients you’ve already got in your cabinet.

The week between Christmas and New Years always seems a bit ghost-like, doesn’t it?

We’re daydreaming through a workweek stranded between two major holidays.

The anticipation of the new year is tangible, but 2017 hangs on hard for seven long days.

I simultaneously want to do everything and nothing at the same time, you know?

I haven’t done either very well, though, because Dan caught a nasty cold over the weekend and I caught his.

Maybe I had a few too many cookies.

You bet I’m drinking my kombucha, eating my leafy greens, and manifesting my speedy recovery hard to start off 2018 with wellness.

If you had a few too many cookies, too, or are totally dessert-ed out after a sweet Christmas, these Coconut Almond Rolled Dates are for you.

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Evergreen Smoothie Bowl (Banana-Free)

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Reset with this banana-free smoothie bowl that’s packed with protein, berries, and greens. Perfect for a nourishing breakfast, snack, or anytime meal.

I always have a little trouble letting go of Christmas…anyone else?

We usually leave our tree decorated until New Years Day and then I try to do the disassembly as quickly as possible to avoid those poignant pangs of nostalgia.

Like ripping off a bandaid.

But for now it’s still standing, proud and present-less in our living room.

If you’re having a little trouble letting go of the red and green too, this Evergreen Smoothie Bowl is for you!

This nutritious blend of leafy greens, antioxidant rich berries and cacao, and protein is the perfect breakfast to reset and refuel after a big holiday weekend or whenever!

I woke up this morning to a very cold world outside.

Not exactly the kind of weather that you would associate with smoothie bowls, but I still crave them anyway.

Luckily, my parents got me a spiffy new L.L.Bean floor-length robe in eggplant purple for Christmas that I’ve had considerable trouble taking off since.

My family knows that I’m a robe person.

If you need me I’ll be wrapped up in purple polyester, slurping up spoonfuls of evergreen.

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Raspberry Matcha Muffins

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Raspberry Matcha Muffins made vegan and gluten-free in one bowl and naturally sweetened with maple syrup. Top with more raspberries!

Annnnnnd the holiday baking continues!

These Raspberry Matcha Muffins are sort of “accidentally festive”, but I decided to go with it, because, ’tis the season!

When I first shared these Matcha muffins on my Instagram page, a couple of you commented these muffins looked totally Grinchy.

I don’t disagree, friends!

So…don’t be a grinch.

Make a batch to share with your family, friends, and maybe little Cindy Lou-Who, too.

Matcha lovers, this one’s for you!

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