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Chocolate Chia Chai Overnight Oats

Chai-based overnight oats with chia seeds and hints of chocolate served with cacao nibs and dried fig. Perfect for an easy workweek breakfast.

This weekend marks my second weekend of 200-hour yoga teacher training.

I feel like I just came out of the first, buzzing with new info on anatomy and gurus and sanskrit poses dancing on the tip of my tongue.

In the midst of completing my take-home quiz on the history of Yoga and feverishly reading the Bhagavad Gita, I decided making breakfast ahead was a must.

I have to be at the studio from 8-6 on Saturday, so I need something to grab and go quickly that will keep me fueled and on fire for long training days.

Simultaneously, I’ve been embracing fall with warm beverages on chilly mornings.

So, I thought, let’s fuse these two comforts into an overnight oat mix that’s easy to enjoy anywhere.

If you’re drinking a cozy cup of Chai with your oatmeal, why not combine them in these Chocolate Chia Chai Overnight Oats?

Mix up these easy overnight oats for a quirky mixture that’s sure to put some pep in your step…or in my case, my chaturanga dandasana.

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Paleo Sweet Potato Snack Bowl

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Paleo sweet potato snack bowl with cinnamon, chopped nuts, dried fruit, and pecan butter. Perfect for a fall snack or breakfast!

I’m *really* trying to get back into the habit of preparing my own food after my move.

It’s been a lot of Whole Foods hot bar and Cava trips and Chinese takeout and I for one am over it and ready to get back to regularly scheduled F&V programming with a fridge full of chopped veggies and a kitchen I can walk through without fear of tripping over a half-unpacked box and stumbling to my death.

I keep telling myself that it’ll happen “when the counters are clear” or “once I clean the dishwasher” (it smells bad…LOL)…but I’m pretty sure that those are all just excuses for being uninspired.

Change is hard, and all I want to do these days is curl up with something to eat that’s safe, known, normal.

So I’m taking it back to the ultimate comfort food base for occasion– sweet potatoes.

These Paleo Sweet Potato Snack Bowl are a delicious fall snack or breakfast idea that you can make in advance and serve warm or cold!

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Delicata Squash Quinoa Power Bowl

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Power bowl with roasted delicata squash, quinoa, spinach, basil, and toasted pine nuts. Oil-free, gluten-free, and packed with protein and leafy greens!

At yoga teacher training last weekend we wrote our fears (about beginning training) on scraps of paper and burned them standing in a circle in the parking lot.

When it was my turn, I read my fears aloud (public speaking, lack of time, judgement) and then added sheepishly, “One of my other fears is fire, so, uh, could someone else light this for me?”

One of my yoga teachers grabbed my paper, squatting towards the asphalt and lighting my folded fears with ease.

The truth is that all of my fears wouldn’t fit on that scrap piece of paper even if I wrote SUPER small.

They’ve been a little out of control lately adjusting to living, cooking, and working in a new space.

Change. Is. Hard.

For example, I used an electric stovetop my *entire* life, and was more than apprehensive about the gas cooking range in my new townhome.

“You mean I have to cook over an open flame???”

Fear of fire, friends.

Well, and the very real fear of accidentally leaving the gas on, because I can be so haphazard in the kitchen.

This Delicata Pesto Quinoa Power Bowl is the first thing I’ve cooked in my new home and I’m pretty proud of it.

These power bowls are an excellent basic meal to make this fall for an easy protein-packed lunch or dinner.

Feel the fear (and the fire) and do it anyway!

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Baked Eggplant Steaks with Beets & Green Beans

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Baked eggplant steaks served with diced beets, sautéed green beans, and fresh tomato. Ideal for a plant-based dinner in!

This past weekend I explored farmer’s markets in my new city and discovered the cutest little spot maybe 10-ish minutes from my new house.

Yippee!

The market was packed with late summer veggies, so I grabbed some of my favorites to build one last ode to summer.

Confession: I *love* farmer’s markets, but I don’t go as often as I could (should!).

I’m the kind of shopper that prefers to get everything in one massive haul that bursts the seams of my reusable bags but saves me multiple trips to different stores for the right ingredients.

There’s something so exhilarating, though, about going somewhere with a limited seasonal selection.

The produce perusing process can inspire some of the best dishes when forced to work with what’s available.

What’s available this week, friends, is Baked Eggplant Steaks with Spiced Chickpeas, Beets, & Green Beans!

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Kidney Bean Arugula Salad

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Simple and flavorful kidney bean salad packed with arugula, cherry tomatoes, pine nuts, and avocado. Perfect for a quick protein-packed lunch.

TRUTH: Doing any indoor activities outdoors immediately elevates the entire experience.

Ex: yoga, running, wine-tasting, reading…

I remember one day in college my English professor stood up in the middle of class and said without warning, “Let’s have class outdoors today!”

All of us undergrads grabbed our paperback books and notebooks and sat under oak trees discussing Shakespeare’s sonnets.

It was the best class ever.

I’m sitting outside as I write this and it occurred to me that I should probably do this more.

“This” being take advantage of working outdoors if and when I want to.

Early on in solo entrepreneurship, I was absolutely guilt of idealizing the “be your own boss” life.

Working for myself, I assumed it was going to be a spontaneous flow of lunch dates, walks with Harper, and skipping out of the studio early for the early yoga class.

Turns out it’s more of an 80 hours workweek model, and my lunch date tally is still in the single digits.

But then there are moments, working on the deck cradling my laptop between crossed legs, that I feel free-er than I ever have.

Especially with this Kidney Bean Arugula Salad to my left!

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Vegetable Kabobs with Spicy Lime Yogurt

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Rainbow kabobs with summer vegetables and a quick-mix spicy lime yogurt sauce. The perfect skewer to enjoy for summer grilling!

It’s Memorial Day weekend!

Which means it’s unofficially (but so officially) summer.

It was a perfect 75 degree day today here in Virginia and every second spent indoors away from the sunshine hurt!

So.

If you stayed in town, are you grilling this weekend?

Grilled veggies are to summer what roasted veggies are to fall.

A staple.

We haven’t fired up our grill yet, but I love using my grill pan to achieve the grill marks without actually manning the fire.

Dan wants to dust off the real deal tomorrow– weather permitting!

If you’ve already got yours out and ready, throw these Vegetable Kabobs with Spicy Lime Yogurt on the fire for a quick plant-based option to classic kabobs.

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White Bean Ricotta & Baby Artichoke Toast

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Savory toast with a white-bean and cashew based ricotta spread topped with baby artichokes and fresh dill. Perfect for brunch or a light lunch!

It’s getting harder to work indoors lately.

The pollen is starting to disappear, and with it all of my restraint for staying indoors.

Even though it’s been a while since I was in school, I still feel the anticipation of summer coming, as is all of us were about to take an epic vacation from life.

Today I stood in my studio, camera in hand, gazing out at bright blue skies and wondering if F&V would mind if I took the day off…

The answer is yes, because I have a recipe for you that needs to be shared and needs to be shared today!

It’s been a second since we did a classic Toast Tuesday, so I thought I’d share this White Bean Ricotta & Baby Artichoke Toast with you.

My new favorite savory toast that’s perfect for casual breakfast, lunch, but elegant enough to serve for (Mother’s Day!) brunch!

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Vegan & Gluten-Free Yogurt Granola Cups

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Easy vegan, gluten-free, and oil-free baked granola cups served with plant-based yogurt and fresh berries! Perfect for an easy meal-prep breakfast.

Who were you when you were young?

Growing up, I was always the cute one, the nice one, the girl next door.

I was the girl that you could count on showing up to your house with homemade cookies and three different movie options to match your mood.

Coincidentally, it wasn’t until my mid-20’s that I realized that much of my grown-up woman identity was precariously built on this idea of being that sweet little girl.

It’s funny– I didn’t like it then–I always wanted to be a little more unpredictable with sharper edges.

When you read this post it’ll probably be my birthday–and guys; I’m not 17 anymore.

But you know what is still super cute, little, and sweet?

These Vegan Yogurt Granola Cups.

You only need 6-ingredients to make the granola cups and 2-ingredients to fill them!

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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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Gingerbread Overnight Oats (Date Sweetened!)

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Gingerbread Overnight Oats made with spices and naturally sweet with dates! Perfect for a festive breakfast on the go.

Hey, you.

Are you enjoying the most wonderful time of the year?

Currently, my annual snowmen Christmas card box is sitting on our dining room table, glittery and unopened.

All 40 of them.

If you’re feeling a bit behind on the holiday hustle, I’m right there with you, sprinting from holiday parties to cookie exchanges to white elephants while listening to Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey on repeat; my active anthems to the season.

With Christmas roughly two weeks away, I’m also finding ways to stuff a little festive flair into everything, including my overnight oats.

These Gingerbread Overnight Oats (Date Sweetened!) are just want you need to make your breakfast this season simple and sweet.

They’re made in advance with spices and naturally sweetened with dates for the perfect festive breakfast on the go.

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