Sleepy Cookie Dough Cheesecake Verrines

Sleepy Cookie Dough Cheesecake Verrines

I shared this recipe with Stefanie’s readers a little under a month ago. Since then, I’ve had so many clients rant and rave about how much they love the sleepy smoothie. So, I figured it was time to share the recipe will all of you! You know that feeling you get when you wake up…

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Raspberry Lavender Ice Cream

Raspberry Lavender Ice Cream

Nothing like a cool treat after a long day, right? Yesterday was my last day at the office for 2 weeks, so there was countless things to wrap up. Not only that, but I had an insanely long list of things to do before I could go home: pick up wholesale grains [one of my…

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Refreshing Basil Lemon-Limeade Slushy

Refreshing Basil Lemon-Limeade Slushy

A couple of us girls at my birthday lunch chose to quench our thirst with a freshly squeezed basil lemon-limeade. I was totally one of those girls! Basil? Oh yes… It was love at first sip, but man was it a challenging to recreate. I gave up after 3 failed attempts and the peel of…

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Food For Thought: My Personal Reflection on Nutrition Choices

Food For Thought: My Personal Reflection on Nutrition Choices

[source] It was brought to my attention earlier today, that the post I’d written this morning may have offended some readers. I want to let everyone know that it was not my intention to judge the mother or undermine her parenting. I do not know her situation at home, her finances, health, self-esteem or self-worth….

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Saweet Pecan and Wild Rice Salad

Saweet Pecan and Wild Rice Salad

Do you people watch? If you haven’t tried it, you must! It’s a great way to pass time, especially at the airport! I was in line at the post office yesterday and as always, was observing the people around me. There was a lady that kept checking her phone for what must have been an…

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Double Chocolate Crunch Quinoa Flake Bake

Double Chocolate Crunch Quinoa Flake Bake

I feel like the box should say: DANGER contains chocolate. When Alina at Enjoy Life told me they were sending me a couple of their new allergy-friendly chocolate products, I jumped for joy, then quickly started planning a recipe. As soon as the box came in the mail, I opened the bag inconspicuously and grabbed…

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Almond Buckwheat Goji Raw Bars

Almond Buckwheat Goji Raw Bars

There’s a couple of things I look for in a good snack recipe, naturally sweet freezable. So I can have snacks for weeks to come! on hand ingredients. I have so many goji berries, it’s unreal. fool proof. So what if I added a couple extra dates? The recipe turned out fine. The same cannot…

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Welcoming my 25th Year

Welcoming my 25th Year

I’ve been 25 for 6 days. I don’t know what I was expecting, but thankfully, I feel just the same. The older you get, the wiser you are, right? As I explained on Tuesday, I like to welcome each of my birthdays with a list of  goals that I hope to accomplish for the upcoming…

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Sunflower Cream Salad with Sweet Taters + Dill Chicks

Sunflower Cream Salad with Sweet Taters + Dill Chicks

Happy Friday 13th! Good things always happen to me on Friday 13th, so I’m pretty excited to see what flourishes today! ————————————– There are a couple of requirements that a salad needs to have in order for me to want to eat it: a good [homemade] salad dressing. lots of spices and flavor. a vast…

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Pumpkin Raspberry Buckwheat Bake

Pumpkin Raspberry Buckwheat Bake

Ashley has been whipping up buckwheat bakes for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t until she made a pumpkin version, that I knew I had to give the buckwheat bake a try. One bite and I was in love. <3 I’ve been making these in batches of 2 or 3, popping them in…

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