When I want to up my fiber intake, while still having fun – I make a pile of thick, fluffy oat bran pancakes that keeps me satisfied until, like, dinnertime. Seriously, the pancake stack alone has a whopping 21 grams of fiber.…
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Homemade Dairy-Free Hot Chocolate Recipe
Growing up, having hot chocolate made from a packet was the normal way to have it. Let’s be real, it was convenient as heck. However, I never second guessed it and never realized how easy it was to actually make it from scratch.…
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Vegan Pumpkin Smoothie
Drumroll, please. We’re trying out Trader Joe’s pumpkin butter today…in a vegan pumpkin smoothie. Smoothies for fall? I mean, why not. Also, if you live in a city that’s summer all year long (ahem, I am looking at you Miami), but still want to hop on that pumpkin train, a cool and creamy vegan pumpkin smoothie just makes sense. Okay.…
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Quick Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding
What’s easier than dumping a handful of ingredients into a blender and making dessert? I guess just dumping them straight into your mouth, but that’s not as…satisfying. This quick chocolate chia seed pudding is whipped up in just a minute or two in a high speed blender. Most chocolate chia seed pudding recipes ask for the dish to be cooled overnight or long.…
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Smoothie
Sometimes in the morning I just want to literally roll out of bed and shoot out my arm to grab a frosty glass of chocolate peanut butter smoothie. As you can imagine, I still have to make the effort of whipping up the smoothie together, but it’s much easier than chopping, cooking, steaming, and watching a pan of breakfast items trying to come together, while incoherently rambling on about how mornings suck (sometimes).…
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Simple Green Smoothie Recipe
I took a look into my fridge and I have enough stuff to make a smoothie: frozen ripe bananas, peaches, spinach. That’s it. And some water. And thus…the simple green smoothie was born. It’s starting to get hot again outside and I have a feeling that cooking in a hot kitchen is going to get miserable FAST.…
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Cinnamon Spiced Breakfast Rice Pudding
So. You have a pot of leftover rice from last night’s dinner just cooling off in the fridge. Well, aren’t you going to do something with it? I’m thinking cinnamon spiced breakfast rice pudding, also known as “arroz dulce.” I bet when you think of breakfast, you’re definitely not thinking about leftover rice.…
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Breakfast Red Split Lentils
Oatmeal is cool and all, but sometimes I want to switch it up for breakfast. And let’s be honest, I ran out of oat bran and for the life of me I cannot find it at my usual local grocery store, so I settled for breakfast red split lentils instead.…
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Easy, Alcohol-Free Piña Colada Smoothie
It’s finally warm outside and I am treating myself a drink. Well, a virgin drink. Hardly an effort to make, this easy, alcohol-free piña colada smoothie will make you feel like you’re sitting on a sandy island, with your toes flirting with the warm, white sand.…
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Plant-Based Chocolate Raspberry Smoothie
Who says you can’t have chocolate for breakfast? We’re breaking all of the rules this morning, because well, we’re adults. Okay, so we’re not breaking all of the rules. This plant-based chocolate raspberry smoothie is actually pretty healthy. The smoothie is loaded with fiber, protein, healthy fats, and it’s under 500 calories, making this breakfast smoothie nutritionally powerful and filling.…
