Healthy Snacking

Dark Chocolate Beet Muffins

Dark Chocolate Beet Muffins made with cacao powder and cooked beets. Perfect for snacking, breakfast, or dessert!

Hey, hey.

It’s me, the vegan muffin woman, popping in to share another delicious muffin recipe.

The groundhog saw his shadow this past week, so, does that mean 6 more weeks of winter recipes?

I feel like I bake even more after Christmas than I do during the holiday season, just to fill these cold dark months with something warm and cozy.

It snowed here on Sunday so, naturally, I stayed in and experimented with beets and chocolate.

The result was these Dark Chocolate Beet Muffins that require only 1-Bowl and a handful of ingredients!

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Cajun Cauliflower Poppers

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Cajun cauliflower poppers ready in under 30 minutes with less than 10 ingredients for the perfect plant-based game time or anytime appetizer.

Friendsssss!

Happy Super Bowl weekend.

I initially intended to share a hearty tempeh-based chili with you for the occasion, but I received so many requests for Cajun Cauliflower Poppers on Instagram that I knew I had to document them before the big game.

This easy plant-based, gluten free appetizer comes together quickly in under 30 minutes with a cajun spice mixture that’s on fire!

Let’s make that cauli POP.

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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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Chickpea-Free Purple Sweet Potato Hummus Toast

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Chickpea-free hummus made with sweet potato, tahini, and spices. Perfect for a a fun snack, appetizer, breakfast, or light meal.

You guys, we need to talk.

Have you ever tried sweet potato on toast?

No?

It’s one of those combinations that surprises you just how good it is.

Complex carbs on carbs, heck yes.

If you have, you’re going to love my latest chickpea-free hummus spread, and if you haven’t, get ready to toast with an open mind.

I created this Chickpea-Free Purple Sweet Potato Hummus to have a little something for everyone. For toasters, dippers, snackers, and party-ers!

Aside from being a total babe (look at that color!!!), it’s naturally oil-free, gluten free, and paleo, and comes together with less than ten ingredients you probably have on hand.

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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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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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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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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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1-Bowl Tahini Date Nut Bread

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1-Bowl Tahini Date Nut Bread that’s perfect for breakfast, dessert, or anything in between. Refined sugar-free, gluten-free, and oil-free with a tahini twist!

Well hello!

It dawned on me this morning that this time next week we’ll be at my parents rockin’ around the Christmas tree.

I’m listening to Christmas music a little obsessively at this point (“It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas” is currently on as I type this post…) so I can feel like I got the most out of the season.

Keeping the oven in a constant rotation of sweets and treats makes the holiday feel deliciously imminent.

Homemade breads are so fun to give and receive for the holidays.

Tell me, is there anything more endearing than unwrapping that lumpy bundle from a friend to behold a slightly smushed but oh so thoughtful loaf of bread?

I think my heart just grew two sizes too big.

My favorite lately is this easy Date-Nut Bread that’s moist, hearty, and packed with dates, walnuts, and a tahini twist!

Forget the fruitcake and make this 1-Bowl Tahini Date Nut Bread for the holiday season!

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Pumpkin Cornbread Mini Muffins & Fawen Soup

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Hearty gluten-free and oil-free cornbread mini muffins with pumpkin and cornmeal. Perfect to pair with warm soup in colder seasons.

Oh, hey, December, why you moving so fast?

The countdown to Christmas has begun and this girl is officially WAY behind on her Christmas shopping.

Can I get still get some “nice points” for getting the tree up, though?

This past weekend, Dan and I took Harper to a Christmas tree farm and cut down a beautifully symmetric six foot Blue Spruce!

It’s been our tradition to cut one down for about 5 years now and I hope it’s one we’ll continue as we get older.

If you’re feeling a little behind, too, don’t worry, because I’ve got your covered in the kitchen.

Everyone needs some on-the-go staples to turn to when your day is packed with back-to-back holiday cheer.

I’m so excited to share this pairing with you of Pumpkin Cornbread Mini Muffins with Fawen Soup!

It’s the perfect duo to get you through December nourished and satisfied while you tackle family, friends, and fun.

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