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An easy-to make hearty healthy lentil taco meat that you can use to make tacos, nachos, burritos, quesadillas, and pretty much anything else you’d want to use this recipe in.

What’s not to love about Mac and Cheese?! It’s comforting, it’s delicious, and it’s a childhood favorite. It’s also something that can be made be quickly if you have the right ingredients on hand. So today, we’re making Mac and Cheese with a twist. We’re making it whole-food, plant-based, and gluten-free! This recipe comes straight […]

THIS RECIPE WILL BE YOUR NEW FAVE! Ok, sorry for shouting, but I really mean it. I make this Cheese Sauce at least once every two weeks. It’s just so freaking versatile. (Usually with this delicious Mac & Cheese.) It was originally born out of Oh She Glow’s cheese sauce, but after making that for […]

How to make a healthy plant-based Shamrock Shake from whole foods

You know when you find something that you love so much you have to tell your friends about it? That pretty much sums up how I feel about Thrive Market. What is Thrive Market? I started using Thrive about a year and a half ago and fell in love with how easy and efficient the […]

A healthy Valentine’s Day? What does that even mean?! Isn’t V-Day for chocolates and 5-course meals? Don’t get me wrong- I’m all for chocolates, but I also love the idea of giving your sweetie a gift that promotes health and happiness. First, it can be exciting for them (maybe they’ve wanted to invest in new […]

If you’re reading this post, you’re probably looking for a great coffee alternative. Maybe it’s because you’d like to decrease the amount of caffeine you drink, maybe it’s because you’d like to give up coffee altogether, or maybe you’re just curious to see if there’s a great coffee alternative out there that could make a […]

Let’s talk TIE-DYE! And shopping. :p In December, I packed a carry-on suitcase, masked up, and flew down to Florida to spend the winter with my mom. I had been spending most of last year with my boyfriend in Virginia, so the majority of my clothes were there. Not sure why I decided to not […]

Let’s talk SKIN! Even better, let’s talk morning skincare routines. 2020 became the year of clean, green, nontoxic skincare. I had already dipped my toe into clean, nontoxic products but still had a lot of things hanging out in my bathroom that weren’t exactly *clean.* Why nontoxic? I make a huge effort to eat clean, […]

Today we’re talking about the thing that will literally steal your heart after making it- DATE PASTE! You might of heard about sweetening things with dates (like in these epic Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies or Naturally-Sweetened Homemade DIY Dark Chocolate), or you might have even seen date syrup at the grocery store. But you might […]

Let’s talk green smoothies. More specifically, tropical green smoothies. One thing I think we’re all looking for when we reach for a green smoothie is to just feel a little bit better, right? And no matter what kind of green smoothie it is– we usually want to feel healthier, lighter and more energetic after drinking […]

The healthiest, most delicious gluten-free vegan and refined sugar-free cookies ever!

A diary of a Day 1 at the Conrad Maldives- from the vegan eats, to the overwater bungalow, to the seaplane adventure to get there.

When March of 2020 happened here in the United States, and things began to rapidly change due to COVID-19, the topic of immunity came front and center for a lot of us. I mean how could it not during that scary time? I’m not really a news watcher (in fact, I rarely watch the news […]

When you’re craving something sweet, but you want to do something awesome for your health and energy levels- an acai bowl is where it’s at! A magical bowl that’s packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and healthy fats that taste like ice cream?! Yep- this actually exists. I’m not sure when my love affair with acai bowls […]

Plant-based protein: what a freaking HOT TOPIC! If you’re plant-based or are leaning into a more plant-based lifestyle, you’ve probably been asked, thought about, or researched protein. There’s a common misconception that plant-based diets do not contain enough protein. Well- I’m happy to say that they do totally contain enough protein, if you are eating […]

A green smoothie can be a little intimidating, right? Like you know it’s going to be good for you and good for your body… but what if it tastes like straight up grass?! Well- I feel you and I understand. When I was first getting into making smoothies- greens were intimidating. That was until I […]

Is yummy vegan camping food possible? You bet it is! I don’t know about you, but it’s been a LONG time since I’ve been camping. Like 20+ years long. My family and I used to go when my sis and I were little, and then at some point, my mom got kinda got sick of […]

Is there anything better than a really good piece of dark chocolate? How about a plant-based, naturally-sweetened, dark chocolate?! You can find a LOT of different types of chocolate out there- from dark to milk to healthy to not so healthy. And while lots of these chocolates taste really good- the after effects of eating […]

Overnight oats that are also packed with superfoods!? Let me introduce you to Maca Overnight Oats… Do you ever really crave something comforting in the morning for breakfast? Like on some days- a smoothie feels incredible. But then there are those other days… The kind of days when you just want something that feels comforting […]