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Tahini Date Shake (2-Ways!)

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Delicious plant-based protein shake with creamy tahini and sweetened with dates and frozen bananas. Choose a vanilla or chocolate protein base!

Tahini Date Shake served in a mason jar on a plate topped with granola and tahini with dates and banana on the side by Flora & Vino

Hi, how’s it going?

Lately I’ve been going back through the F&V archives, retesting and recreating some of my first ever recipes to make them new again.

I stumbled across this Tahini Date shake this past week and knew I had to recreate it for you, friend.

It’s hard to know when to share my protein shake recipes.

So many combinations, so little time, you know?

Honestly, I typically default to “don’t post” them because they seem, for lack of a better word, basic.

I mean, I know you know how to blend together some frozen fruit and milk!

This Tahini Date Shake, however, is some next level shaker-y.

Are you ready?

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Maple Sesame Tahini Cookies

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1-bowl 4-ingredient Maple Sesame Tahini Cookies. Enjoy the pairing of tahini and maple for an oil free, gluten free, satisfyingly sweet dessert.

4 Ingredient Maple Sesame Tahini Cookies stacked on serving board with glass of milk by Flora & Vino

It’s been a long week, and long weeks require easy cookies.

Something you can whip up one handed, absentminded, and dog-tired.

These Maple Sesame Tahini Cookies are super simple, requiring only four ingredients and one bowl.

And they stick with you long after you enjoy them.

Literally.

Days later and I’m still finding sesame seeds in my kitchen, a happy reminder to grab a cookie after sweeping the floor.

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Roasted Beet Macro Bowl

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Roasted carrot, beet, and lentil macro bowl paired with a delicious maple lemon tahini dressing. Packed with protein and veggies to keep you fueled.

Roasted Beet Macro Bowl with Lemon Tahini Dressing by Flora & Vino

Last night I deleted the TO DO list that I’ve compiled on my phone since 2011.

By accident.

Yeah, that happened.

I was messing around inside the Reminders app, swiping up and down and mentally grunting and groaning at some of the tasks that have literally been on there for…years.

And…instead of deleting a line item I realized with giddy gratification I’d accomplished, I went and deleted the whole darn list.

Oops.

My first feeling was panic, sheer ‘how am I going to survive and function as a real adult without my to do list’ panic, but before I could even verbalize the terror it quickly changed to something I recognized as relief. Relief!

What?!

I could probably call Apple to try to retrieve the list from cyberspace.

I’m sure all of my “organize the closet” and “call grandma” and “go to target ” are swimming out there in the web somewhere with someone else’s dirty laundry.

Luckily, this Roasted Beet Macro Bowl wasn’t on the list. 

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Green Macro Bowl with Turmeric Tahini

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Healthy macro bowl packed with greens! Perfect to reset and fuel with macronutrients topped with an oil-free turmeric tahini dressing.

Green Macro Bowl served in a bowl with Turmeric Tahini by Flora & Vino

This bowl is one of those I stumbled upon while cleaning out the fridge on Sundays.

You know, one of those throw everything is a bowl and hope it tastes good kind of deals?

I love the feeling of emptying out Tupperware containers of chopped veggies and quinoa and piling them by the dishwasher to get squeaky clean before Monday.

Assembling my bowls with the stragglers of the week forces me to make some creative combinations I wouldn’t normally put side by side.

And on this particular Sunday, I had handfuls of kale, steamed broccoli, sliced cucumber, and avocado.

I’m sensing a color theme here.

Give me all the GREENS!

So I was devouring it on the way to a winery for our visit.

It was one of those grab and go kind of meal situations where I was shoving bites into my mouth while the car rocked, eating under Dan’s watchful gaze.

He just got a new Jeep and was probably freaking out about the potential of me spilling turmeric tahini coated kale leaves everywhere.

I don’t blame him, because turmeric stains are no joke. 

We have old Tupperware that I established as my “turmeric” containers, because the mustard yellow is there to stay.

Between big mouthfuls, I said to him, “This is really good. Like really good. This is amazing.”

It’s meals like this that remind me WHY I’m so passionate about being plant-based.

And that’s when I knew I had to share it with you.

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Paprika Power Bowl with Apple Cider Tahini

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Power bowl with paprika roasted veggies paired in a creamy Apple Cider Tahini Dressing. Prepare the ingredients in advance for easy lunches!

Paprika Power Bowl served in bowl with Apple Cider Tahini

Big bowls of everything are all I want lately!

After I mix everything together with a fork and knife, bits of kale and veg always overflow and my heart aches at the sight of them lying shipwrecked on the countertop.

This Paprika Power Bowl with Apple Cider Tahini has major overflow potential, because it has everything.

It’s got texture, crunch, savory and sweet, and a creamy dressing that ties it all together.

Leafy greens, ancient grains, roasted veg, protein packed legumes, hearty nuts, sweet dried fruit, a killer oil-free dressing, and a dusting of seeds!

Do you think I could have fit anything else in there?

Believe me, I tried.

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