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Orange Ginger Tofu Marinade

Orange ginger tofu marinade perfect as the center to your plant-based meal! Orange, maple, and ginger make tofu taste anything but tasteless.

The end of the year feels funny, doesn’t it?

It feels inevitable to be swept into the collective goal-setting and reflection syndrome going around.

I’ve been feeling it hard with Flora & Vino, my baby, who will be 1 year old in less than a month!

During my recap, I realized that I hadn’t shared a tofu-based meal with you yet, so I’m remedying that before the new year!

This Orange Ginger Tofu Marinade is the perfect antidote to heavy holiday-meals while still being beautiful festive and oh so tasty.

You just need extra-firm tofu, fresh orange, and a hint of ginger to bring this flavorful ‘fu to life!

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Almond Butter Avocado Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Almond butter avocado chocolate chip cookies that are gluten-free and made with avocado instead of oil! Perfect with almond milk for dessert.

This weekend I’m going to Christmas Cookie Party with girlfriends!

I’m pretty excited about the whole thing.

I spend a lot of time in the kitchen, but most of that time is spent alone.

Well, that’s not entirely true.

Miss Harper is always there to catch the crumbs and lick the dirty dishes.

But I’ve never baked with a group of girls, so it should be interesting and I’m not sure what to expect.

If you’re imagining giggles and flour flying on brightly colored sweaters with Christmas music setting that holiday background tone, that’s exactly what I’m imagining too and I’m PUMPED.

I wish I could take you with me, but instead, I’ll share these Almond Butter Avocado Cookies.

These cookies taste sinfully decadent but are made with only a few simple nutritious ingredients!

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Nutty Protein Stuffed Pears

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Stuffed pears baked with a spiced nut butter filling. Serve solo or with oatmeal, yogurt, or ice-cream for a protein packed breakfast, snack, or dessert!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, everyone!

How is your holiday so far?

My day has consisted of a little dancing to Christmas music a day early, a lot of time scampering around the kitchen with the oven on, and a TON of sighing when I receive ANOTHER Black Friday email.

(Note to self: Do a Digital Minimalism Detox…see text below!)

If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen your fair share of stuffed veggies scrolling across Instagram in the past week, but how about stuffed fruits?

These Nutty Stuffed Pears are baked to perfection and stuffed with an irresistible spiced nut-butter filling.

They’d be the perfect light dessert after all of the good food we’re going to enjoy tomorrow!

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Brussels Sprout Cranberry Salad

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Brussels Sprout Cranberry Salad with kale, roasted brussels sprouts, quinoa, cranberries, and pecans in a sweet no-oil-added apple cider tahini.

I created this salad on our trip to Indiana last month as a sort of happy accident.

It was about 10 PM, and I was up, running on adrenaline and kombucha, quite literally throwing veggies and leftovers in Tupperware to pack for the trip the following day.

Somehow in my pre-travel anxiety I threw together the best the combination of perfectly roasted brussel sprouts, toasty white quinoa, dried cranberries, and chopped pecans, all mixed in with a creamy oil-free apple cider tahini that I whipped up on the spot.

I didn’t think I worked well under pressure, but this salad begs to differ.

You need to add this Brussels Sprout Cranberry Salad with Apple Cider Tahini to your weekly salad rotation!

While traveling the next day, we happened to stop at a cute plant-based restaurant in Pennsylvania for Dan to grab some grub, and I was surprised to the see that the menu had italicized words under the entrée that read “Gluten Free“, “Vegetarian“, and “Vegan“.

I stubbornly turned down the options, though, recalling how much time and energy went into my Tupperware party the night before.

I wasn’t about to let that salad go to waste, friends!

When we got back to the car, I pulled out red-lidded square Tupperware, determined to love its contents.

But I didn’t have to try hard.

I was practically swooning before we got back on the highway.

I told Dan “OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO GOOD,” between brusselin’ bites more than he cares to remember.

The only consolation in finishing it was that I had two left to nosh on the rest of the trip!

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Paleo Pumpkin Pecan Pillow Cookies

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Easy grain-free cookies made pumpkin and pecan butter sweetened with maple syrup. Perfect to meal prep for healthy snacks, dessert, or even breakfast.

Confession: I’m REALLY bad about writing down my recipes.

I know, I know, for shame.

You see, most of them are so startlingly simple, I just kind of will myself to remember while doing some serious taste-testing.

Note to self: New Years Resolution #1…Record ALL the yums.

Luckily, I found an old archived Instagram post that jogged my memory on the measurements for these cookies that are your pumpkin and pecan pie all tied into one.

These Paleo Pumpkin Pecan Pillow Cookies are a recipe you won’t want to misplace.

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Pumpkin Cacao Cranberry Muffins

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Easy 1-bowl pumpkin muffins with cacao nibs, dried cranberry, and dark chocolate chips. Enjoy as a healthy breakfast, snack, or dessert.

Currently, there are two perfect pumpkins sitting on our balcony like orange guardians watching over the neighborhood street.

These are our pumpkins; big, bulbous, freshly cleaned…but faceless!

We always manage to go pumpkin picking, but it’s the carving that always seems to get overlooked.

I’ve never been very good at free-styling the face with a kitchen-knife, and my inner art-critic always cringes at every asymmetric slice.

Ooops.

But who said pumpkins have to have faces, anyway?

What I lack in pumpkin carving skills I promise I make up for in pumpkin recipes.

It’s been a while since I shared a muffin recipe on here, so let’s make these wildly appropriate 1-Bowl Pumpkin Cacao Cranberry Muffins as we near Halloween!

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Date Sweetened Chocolate Hummus & Apple Chips

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Five ingredient date sweetened chocolate hummus! Perfectly paired with apple chips, fresh fruit, or spread on toast for a sweet snack.

Happy Saturday!

We’re out of town visiting my grandparents, and I spent the majority of the week packing to be away.

While I was packing, I was also snacking.

Amidst the packed and prepped one-pan meals and overnight oats is a tub of homemade chocolate hummus and a bag of apple chips.

I’m so excited to finally share my recipe for chocolate hummus with you, along with my favorite dipping partner!

You’re going to love this Date Sweetened Chocolate Hummus that requires only 5 ingredients and a totally healthy obsession with hummus.
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1-Bowl Butternut Brownies

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1-bowl vegan, gluten-free, and oil-free brownies made super moist with the addition of butternut squash puree for a healthy dessert!

Hi, friends!

It might still feel like summer out, but it’s definitely baking season and I made you brownies just to prove it.

I’m more than happy to sweat it out in front of my crowded double oven to create some new fall favorites.

These 1-Bowl Butternut Brownies are gluten-free, no-oil-added, refined-sugar-free, and made with only FIVE ingredients!

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Leftover Quinoa Breakfast Bowls

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Leftover quinoa breakfast bowls made with cooked quinoa and sweetened with banana. Ready in 10 minutes and packed with protein, berries, and seeds!

I’m just a little excited about cold-weather breakfasts, guys.

If you’re stuck in a breakfast rut, no judgement!

I’ve been there.

Did I tell you I used to eat oatmeal every day for breakfast for probably…half a decade?

This post is for all of you oatmeal lovers out their shyly thinking about mixing it up.

You’re going to love these Leftover Quinoa Breakfast Bowls that are perfect for busy workweek mornings. …

Low Sugar Pumpkin Apple Butter

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Low sugar pumpkin apple butter lightly sweetened with maple syrup and apple juice. Made with 5 ingredients for a fall treat!

Around the time I was getting the hang of the whole college thing, my mom started making Pumpkin Apple Butter.

Like most college kids, I was a fan of fast, portable food.

I used to pack Peanut Butter & Pumpkin Apple Butter sandwiches that I dug out between classes and ate on empty wooden benches or the cement ledges surrounding the campus buildings.

Sometimes, if the classes were really spread out, I ate the sandwich between fast footsteps across campus.

Yeah, I was totally that girl that ran between classes, but I did have some standards.

I only ran sans PB&PAB.

I’ve always been a lover of apple butter and pumpkin butter, so the combination of the two instantly became a favorite fall staple for me.

I remember tiptoing downstairs at night to sneak spoonfuls of that sweet burnt-sienna spread straight from the canning jar.

Aside from the fact that I think homemade jams/spreads taste better, I don’t usually buy store-bought versions because they’re usually so high in added sugars.

Even the recipe that my mom used was super sweet, and I know she reduced the sugar quite a bit when she made it for us.

I decided to make my own low sugar version…one where you can actually taste the pumpkin and apple and spices!

This spread is packed with flavorful fruit and lightly sweetened with maple syrup!

My favorite part, though, is that it comes together with 5 ingredients in only 30 minutes on the stovetop and you’ve got yourself a seriously cozy condiment.

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