Happy Saturday! I woke up this morning refreshed with oats and mango on my mind. I had some extra time and decided to make the ultimate stove top oats: Chia-Banana Cooked Scottish Oats with Mango-Orange-Passionfruit Compote, Coconut Cream, Crunchy Almond Butter, Sliced Banana and Blueberries. Holy smokes, toppings galore! Hidden under the toppings is a [...]
After two weeks of restaurant and “celebration” eating, it is about time to get back on track and back into the kitchen. Even when I eat “healthier” dishes on vacation, there is always MUCH more indulging. I figure that I don’t go out to eat or on trips that often so it is worth it. [...]
Happy Friday! My morning oats are finally back! And thank goodness! While I typically do enjoy mid morning snacks, yesterday I was absolutely FAMISHED a few hours after breakfast (way hungrier than usual, and after calculating my actual “breakfast to famished” time it was 2 hours not 3). I determined the only breakfast that truly [...]
I’m a self-professed dark chocoholic and an almond butter addict. Put the two together, and I can not resist. I have been eyeballing MaraNatha’s Dark Chocolate Almond Spread, for a while now, and since I never stick to my grocery store list (all I actually needed were apples and bananas) it happened to find its [...]
I’m not a picky eater in the slightest (As mentioned before, there isn’t anything I WONT try….I had baby octopus last night at sushi…but that’s another post), but I am admittedly an indecisive eater. Everything always sounds SO good to me and I always want to try EVERYTHING. I am notorious among my family and [...]
I really think I could eat “sweet” for every meal/snack of the day. Granted, if I don’t have some sort of vegetable in my day I feel a bit off. Shortly after my snacky breakfast, I decided to give the Chocolate Green SuperFood another try. I thought that I was cheating a bit by adding [...]
Yesterday as I waited (for what seemed like 8 years during the 11am rush) in line at Starbucks, I noticed one of their colorfully decorated chalkboards had the slogan “Happy is a Flavor” scribbled across it. That got me thinking about how foods really do influence the way you feel. I knew that once I [...]
