Last night I made a masterpiece and I call it – Taco Casserole. I basically took one of my household’s favorite recipes – burrito bowls – and turned it into a casserole made with our favorite pasta – Banza. Meal prep is something we are super passionate about at my house and things like casseroles, […]
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Every Friday night my fiancé and I like to make a “fun” dinner, we call it our “at home” date night. A little backstory before I share the recipe(s) with you – since we got engaged a few months ago I have been trying to take better care of myself (you can read more about
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I think bell peppers are totally underrated, do you? What I mean is, I eat them daily, but when someone asks me what my favorite vegetable is, I never say “bell peppers.” They are in my current go to breakfast scramble, and many of our weekly go to’s including chili, burrito bowls, and buddha bowls.
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When I was in high school I ran cross country, indoor track, outdoor track, and I swam in the summer and winter seasons. There was not one week where I didn’t exercise 5+ days/week. Throughout college I remained relatively active and by the end of college I qualified for the Boston Marathon and was teaching
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If you haven’t already, go check out Part 1 of my series on what I’ve been up to lately! Part 1 was all about slowing down and creating the perfect environment to make changes to your nutrition and fitness stick for the long haul. If you don’t have the right environment for your changes to
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Are you team “pumpkin season ends on Thanksgiving” or “pumpkin season all winter long”? I always feel like pumpkin season ends on Thanksgiving but I’m working on changing that. These gluten free, vegan, chocolate chip, pumpkin spice donuts (whew, that was a mouthful) are the perfect Thanksgiving or Christmas breakfast and will please even the
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I realized a couple weeks ago it’s been about 6 months since I last posted a blog, holy cow! A lot has changed since June and I’m so excited to share it with you. This post is for the “yes” man/woman, the overachiever, the chronic over-committer (or as I like to call it, “over filling
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I know, I know, ANOTHER cookie recipe?! Yes, I have a serious love affair with chocolate chip cookies and love making variation after variation. This Gluten Free Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe has been tried and tested and could pass as the “real deal.” To spice it up a little bit I added a little
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Happy Friday!! Today is a SUPER exciting day because my other half, Michael, passed the RD exam and is officially a dietitian!! To celebrate I wanted to make something “different” so, these s’mores cookies were born. The S’mores cookie recipe is gluten, dairy, and egg free but I’m sure you could use regular butter and
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When I make cookies I usually end up with 5-6 less than the stated recipe yield, why? I am a HUGE cookie dough fan. I love cookie dough ice cream, cookie dough truffles, and just straight up homemade cookie dough. This recipe was inspired by a recipe from Averie Cooks. We tweaked it a little to
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