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Vegan Yellow Cake with Chocolate SunButter Frosting

Vegan yellow cake with Chocolate SunButter frosting made yellow with raw golden beets. Made gluten-free with almond and oat flour!

Happy first day of spring!

The season greeted us here in Virginia with a crisp 28-degree morning.

Typical.

I’m so ready for spring, guys.

I was imagining we’d bring it in with flowers and greens and also this Vegan Yellow Cake with Chocolate SunButter Frosting.

This fresh take on the classic cake is vegan, gluten-free, and refined sugar free with a creamy 3-ingredient frosting.

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Coconut Caramel Thumbprint Cookies

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Grain-free thumbprint cookies with peanut butter, coconut, and naturally sweet with a date caramel center. Perfect for a healthy dessert or sweet snack.

I don’t know when exactly that it happened, but at some point I became a podcast person.

It probably happened after I left the corporate workforce and started spending my days scampering from the kitchen to the studio with photogenic foods.

As it turns out, even though I’m a classic introvert, I missed the affable interactions I had with other humans on a regular basis.

Enter podcasting– the best conversations I can have with people without leaving my house.

Some of my favorite podcasters have come to feel like my BFFS, or at least, my new work peers.

I can always count on them to be on time, even when Miss Harper decides to play hooky and snooze all day upstairs.

Also, we always skip the small talk and get straight to the good stuff.

I guess I should do the same for you, huh?

OK well, here’s the scoop, straight and tasty.

These Coconut Caramel Thumbprint Cookies are kind of incredible.

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Matcha Avocado Chia Pudding

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Green pudding with matcha, avocado, and chia seeds lightly sweetened with maple syrup. Perfect for breakfast, snack, or a healthy dessert.

I’m not sure exactly how we got to half way through March, but here we are.

Marching through March.

Some big things happen in March, like my little sister’s birthday, the first day of Spring, and Saint Patty’s Day.

Ever since Expo West I’ve been craving all things green, which is totally on-brand because I’ve got the whole spring green thing playing in my favor.

My favorite green things lately is this Matcha Avocado Chia Pudding, which combines two of my favorite green things in one powerhouse recipe.

Avocado and matcha blended into portable chia cups that are nutritious, colorful, and revitalizing.

They’re packed with protein, fiber, healthy fats, with a boost of energy with just 5-ingredients you mix in advance!

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Vegan Salted Snickers Bars

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Satisfy your candy bar cravings with vegan snickers bars made with an almond flour and date nougat, date caramel, peanuts, and salted dark chocolate.

Happy Sunday!

I’m writing to you today from my hotel in Huntington Beach, Cali after wrapping up my visit to Natural Products Expo West.

It’s been whirlwind of walking and talking and eating.

I sampled all of the new products in the industry, but you know what I didn’t find?

Vegan Salted Snickers Bars.

We just might have to make these for ourselves.

Let’s make good-for-you Snickers bars with just 7 ingredients!

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Berry Yogurt Protein Parfaits

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Blueprint Berry Yogurt Protein Parfaits are perfect for busy mornings and meal prep. Stir in plant-based protein powder and top with your favorites.

This breakfast was born out of unapologetically busy mornings without a whole lot going on in the fridge.

I was committed to an early Saturday morning yoga class. the one you idealize on Friday evening and greet sluggishly Saturday by pressing the snooze button a handful of times before finally extricating yourself from bed just in time.

With minutes to spare, I needed something quick, quicker that a protein shake quick, so I grabbed a container of yogurt, added a spoonful of protein powder, a big handful of granola, and lots of berries, and ran out the door.

After the first hurried bite I knew that I had a new recipe blueprint on my hands.

Hello, Berry Yogurt Protein Parfaits.

The first versions of this combination were far from photogenic— an indiscernible cup of mush white with the occasional spotting of a granola cluster or smashed berry.

I refined things here so you can choose to dine and dash or make a prettier parfait version in advance.

Either way, this is an easy grab and go breakfast or snack that will save you when pressed for time!

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Lemon Poppyseed Muffins with Coconut Butter Glaze

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Easy 1-bowl lemon poppy seed muffins with a 2-ingredient coconut butter glaze. Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free, and naturally sweet.

It’s March!

Let’s make all things bright, citrus, and sweet.

That means lovin’ on lemons.

Lemon.

One of the regulars that carries over from grocery list to grocery list in my sprawling cursive, a staple in my kitchen.

I love them bowled on the granite counter, bright smiley face yellow, as if ready to be captured in a still life painting.

I love muddling a wedge into water when water is the last thing you want to drink.

I love to big squeeze 1/2 of one all over my vegetables with runny tahini for the quickest (and best) DIY dressing.

I also really love them in these Lemon Poppyseed Muffins with Coconut Butter Glaze.

These 1-bowl muffins are perfect to ring in spring with refreshing citrus and creamy coconut butter.

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No-Bake Dark Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

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Easy no-bake vegan macaroons made with shredded coconut and dark chocolate ready in under an hour for a quick and clean dessert.

Would you judge me if I told you that my current computer background is a row of stacked macaroons?

Not a photo I took, but a photo I aspire to haven taken, perfectly lit and pretty pastel.

When I minimize all of the screens on my computer, they remind me of how sweet life can be.

The macaroons in my desktop are French inspired, the ones with the fancy cream filling and food coloring.

None of that pastry-perfect stuff here, but I’ve got something arguably better.

These No-Bake Dark Chocolate Coconut Macaroons might just ended up as your desktop background or at the very least on your no-bake list.

All you need is 5-ingredients that you can throw together without an oven!

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SunButter Stuffed Dates

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SunButter Stuffed Dates for a sweet snack or dessert made with juicy dates and sunflower seed butter. Add your own toppings to make your own variation!

This week I rejoined my gym and it sort of felt like I was being disloyal to my yoga studio when I signed the paperwork to make my membership official.

Now I find myself in a sort of gym/yoga limbo, unsure of which class to go to after the studio is tidied up and the dishwasher is full.

Can I just do it all?

I did my first weight-training (BodyPump!) class tonight in over a year and it felt good to push and pull things other than my camera equipment and the free-weights upstairs.

Getting back in the training zone reminded me of one of my absolute favorite pre/post workout treats– stuffed dates.

These SunButter Stuffed Dates are ridiculously easy to make and oh so satisfying.

Grab some SunButter and let’s have a date.

A date date.

Get it?
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Raspberry Oat Crumble Bars

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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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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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