Green Goddess Smoothie + my favorite locations in Grand Rapids, Michigan

The start of January hit a few weeks ago and this smoothie was completely rotation as my breakfast of choice. To be honest, I love smoothies all the time of the day during each season. Not merely are smoothies delicious, however they provide you with the capability to pack a lot of nourishment into oneRead more

Oh hi! I must confess that my usual breakfasts don’t consist of pancakes or anything quite unique. Typically I’ll fry an egg or two, or enjoy an on the run protein shake.

FLASHBACK to my glittery university years: I recall sitting down using a plate of oatmeal or perhaps a peanut butter and strawberry jelly toasted English muffin and enjoying breakfast while reading inside our college breakfast nook. I’d soak in the tastes for a good thirty minutes because at that point in my life, breakfast wasRead more

Welcome to the brand new Year. Another fresh beginning! Sure to be the start of something wonderful.

Do the sunrise look different this morning? Was your entire day a little brighter? I bet you appeared good. I actually woke up, threw my sun glasses on, and put my locks in a messy ponytail. I exercised and it experienced extraordinary. I chowed down on veggie mix fry for lunchtime then came house andRead more

Remember the ever-popular Sprinkles cupcake era of 2010; when Cupcake Wars was the best show on TV and gourmet cupcake shops were popping up at every corner? Cupcakes had been adored by the little ones for birthday parties but also by the Grandmothers who cherished pairing them with a sit down elsewhere for breakfast.

During that time frame I learned that ordinary cupcake tastes more often than not disappointed me. ONCE I went to regional cupcake shops, I stuck to the classica: delicious chocolate with delicious chocolate frosting and sprinkles, strawberry, reddish colored velvet, vanilla birthday cake, etc. These were never magical enough for me to want to returnRead more

Hi! Today we’re going to be talking about sugar in the unrefined condition. For the past few years, I am baking and blogging about unrefined sweeteners and also have tried my better to incorporate them whenever you can into my healthier cooked recipes. I believed this would be considered a good time and energy to introduce a guide, as I’m looking to cut processed sugars away from my diet. Certainly very difficult for me personally because I like to bake, nevertheless I believe you’ll notice my use of even more unrefined sweeteners in my upcoming recipes.

I wish to do my better to try and show you the difference between refined and unrefined sweeteners, why you need to be using them more than granulated or refined glucose, plus demonstrate the various varieties and where you can find them. Therefore, what’s the difference between refined glucose and unrefined sugars? Refined sugar isRead more

Lately I am pretty much in love with dipping cookies in chocolate. Or maybe just chocolate generally.

Did you guys see this recipe over on Cup of Jo last week? I was so excited to contribute to her chocolate series because I understood exactly what I would bake up. After all what could possibly be better than extremely gentle and chewy peanut butter cookies dunked in chocolate and topped with salty pretzelsRead more

Whole Wheat Chocolates Cinnamon Rolls with Pistachios + Orange Icing (vegan!)

Any programs for Valentine’s Day? I know mine is likely to be totally KILLER because I’m going to be in the Mariah Carey concert in Vegas. Talk about a true wish come true because of this girl. Significantly, I begged Tony for six months to obtain me those seat tickets and finally got them forRead more

I have to admit something and writing it here makes it official: I must say i haven’t been taking in healthy lately. The whole month of travel actually captured me off safeguard. Usually I’m quite cautious and fairly diligent about producing healthy food choices but I’ve experienced my fair share of sweetness this month.

As anyone who has had food struggles, it’s important for me personally to stay on the right track with the way We eat because if altered, I could easily develop an harmful relationship. Exercise smart, things are excellent. I make sure to work or do in the home workouts while traveling and when house IRead more

Beauty Favorites: skin care products I love + my anti-aging routine

Hi. I feel like we haven’t chatted in forever. So grab a cup of coffee and let’s sit down like friends and catch up a little. There are always a million-gazillion beauty stuff that I’ve been falling in love with recently. And for some reason, writing to you feels like telling an excellent friend aboutRead more

Hey there internet close friends. I cannot tell you how much I love Sundays for getting up on items (including making pumpkin delicious chocolate chip cookies)! Occasionally you just need it, you understand?. I could do a little recipe development, laundry, cleaning and undoubtedly take a seat and lastly edit and write this post.

But initial, how was your weekend? On Fri, Tony and I went to a surprise party after that celebrated our 12 months anniversary on Saturday thus we had been busy, busy, busy! I got him a new Television and he brought me to Starved Rock, a beautiful nationwide recreation area in Illinois with kilometers ofRead more