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21 Day FIx, Lunch, Recipe Box

Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwich 

September 22, 2016 by
Vegan Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwich || If you're looking for a hearty meal (vegan or not) look no further! This amazing sandwich can be made in 5 minutes, is packed with nutrients, and GOOD for you food!

I'm pretty sure if they had support groups for people who loved Facebook food videos, I'd be the first one to sign up. I really love this new trend of short recipe clips flooding my timeline and am constantly jotting down ones that I 'neeeed to try asap'! Now if only someone would create a Pinterest-esq site for these quick food videos so that I could store them in a more effective way directly on Facebook... The other week, Buzzfeed Tasty posted a video featuring an avocado chick pea sandwich and I was super inspired. I absolutely love sandwiches that feature "salads". My infamous skinny fruit + nutty chicken salad recipe is a crowd favorite, but ever since going vegetarian almost a year ago, I've been hunting down subs for my past favorites. Once…

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21 Day FIx, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Recipe Box, Snacking

Coconut Walnut Cherry Crunch Smoothie Bowl

September 5, 2016 by
Coconut Walnut Cherry Crunch Smoothie Bowl || These smoothie bowls are the perfect vegan breakfast, snack, or even meal option! It's light, easy to make, and customizable to what you're wanting to fuel your body with that moment! My family LOVES them!

I have a very love/hate relationship with smoothies (except for these skinny very berry smoothies, because they are super tasty). Or rather, cold foods in general. I tend to go through fazes where I'm really about them, or really against them. There is not in between, but this month, I've been on a total smoothie kick. They're really just looking at me taunting me with a "we're backkkkk" but I'm loving it. Further more, I've expanded my renounced love for smoothies by creating smoothie bowls lately. [Do you guys remember my recent post about chocolate covered cherry + banana smoothie bowls?] Well, apparently they only keep getting better! Or at least I've found the flavor combos are pretty much limitless and SO versatile. They're kind of like my no-bake protein bites. I started off…

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21 Day FIx, Breakfast, Lunch, Recipe Box, Snacking

Toasted Coconut Mango Chia Seed Pudding

September 1, 2016 by
Toasted Coconut Mango Chia Seed Pudding || this vegan, no bake treat is perfect for snacking, breakfasts, even as a meal! At only 3 ingredients, it's simple to whip up & keep on hand!

A simple recipe that focuses around the flavors of toasted coconut mango chia seed pudding... need I say more? Okay, I'll also add that this stuff is vegan, no-bake, takes all of 5 minutes to make, easy to keep on-hand, freaking DELICIOUS, oh, and only 3 ingredients. Yeah, you're the real MVP, toasted coconut mango chia seed pudding. So let's get to it! 1/2 cup chia seeds 1 cup toasted coconut + vanilla almond milk 1 large mango Recipes with minimal ingredient lists (like these Chocolate Covered Almond Protein Bites) seriously have my heart. In a large bowl (or use a Tupperware if you want to close a lid) combine your 1/2 cup of chia seeds with 1 cup of toasted coconut vanilla almond milk. Stir well to evenly coat. Peel, dice + mash…

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21 Day FIx, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Recipe Box, Snacking, Sweet Tooth

Chocolate Cherry Banana Smoothie Bowl

August 28, 2016 by
Chocolate Covered Cherry + Banana Smoothie Bowls | These vegan, easy to make smoothie bowls are packed with healthy nutrients, fats, and keep you fueled with natural proteins & ingredients

I've been a tad obsessed with smoothie bowls lately. If you've never had a smoothie bowl before, they're exactly what they sound like! I always use frozen bananas as my base, add in any other frozen fruits I'm feeling, then get crazy with some toppings. :) The other day, Dj and I got home pretty late, so I didn't want to eat anything too heavy for dinner. I decided to play around with a new combo for a smoothie bowl and it was AMAZING. Luckily, I thought to snap a picture before digging in, so while this post doesn't have as many step by step pictures as my posts usually do, I can still share it! 1-2 frozen bananas 1/2 - 1 cup of frozen cherries 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 1/4 cup unsweetened vanilla…

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21 Day FIx, Breakfast, Lunch, Recipe Box, Snacking

Guacamole Goat Cheese Toast

May 10, 2016 by
"Chia-Avacado-Goat-Cheese-Toast"

When it comes to breakfast, lunch, dinner, (okay, literally any time of the day), avocado is my jam. I have a very similar love affair with goat cheese, so when I combine the two, something magical happens. If you remember my go-to breakfast for avocado English muffins, this post won't come as a surprise to you that this is still my ultimate go-to breakfast combo, but adding some variations to recipes never hurt anyone. In fact, I've found ways to improve on already stellar recipes (teriyaki chicken stir fry BAKE, anyone?) I was really craving some avocado toast the other morning, but I just had one problem: I didn't have any ripe avocados. However, I'm not one to give up that easily, and when I realized that I had some single servings of guacamole…

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21 Day FIx, Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch, Recipe Box, Sides, Snacking, Sweet Tooth, What I Ate On Wednesday

What I Ate on Wednesday; Vol. 3

April 25, 2016 by
"Easy weekday meal ideas"

One question I’m frequently asked is what I eat on a typical day-to-day basis. Sure, recipes are great, but many people want to know the more simple meals I munch on throughout the day. From the post: Homemade Acai Berry Bowls As an easier guide besides “check out some breakfast and lunch ideas on my blog!”, composing a post that gives an exact depiction of what I eat from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep seemed a lot easier. I'm a big believer in eating foods that are healthy for you. I don't count calories, I rather keep track of food groups + the nutrients that I put into my body. I'm currently on the 21 Day Fix, which provides healthy workouts (only 30 minutes per day- yesss)…

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21 Day FIx, Dinner, Lunch, Recipe Box

Healthy Teriyaki Vegetable “Fried” Rice

April 1, 2016 by
"Healthy-Homemade-Vegetarian-Fried-Rice"

One of my favorite ways to cook is to take classic comfort foods and try to make them healthy. Sometimes they don't always work out, but then there's times like this (or that time) where the recipe comes out and you can't believe that it's healthy and you probably won't ever go back to the take out version. Do you remember my latest post on my recipe for teriyaki roasted veggies? Well, I used those to create this healthy "fried" rice! I love it when recipes are versatile and you can change up how you want to use them. This recipe is a good mix of both fresh and roasted vegetables, fluffy eggs, brown rice, salty feta cheese, and tons of different spices! I made my vegetarian (because if you didn't know, I am…

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21 Day FIx, Dinner, Lunch, Recipe Box, Sides, Snacking

Teriyaki Roasted Veggies

March 29, 2016 by
"Teriyaki-Roasted-Vegetables"

When it comes to roasting vegetables, I'm a huge fan. I've always been a huge fan of veggies in any sort (when I was about 5, my favorite food was salad; I was a weird child) ;) . When you add teriyaki in the mix, you have me sold. When you roast or bake meals with a sugar element in it (like balsamic or, in this case, teriyaki, it crystalizes and provides an added crunch- yum!) This is my favorite go-to side dish. I eat these as a snack or add them to some rice & protein and make a meal! If you're interested in how you can make these more substantial, check out this recipe for my Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry Bake. Here's What You Need: 3 cups of raw broccoli 2 cups raw…

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