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You wake up in the morning and you're over the usual cereal, oatmeal, smoothie routine and you want something simple and quick. All of a sudden you think "I'll have toast with jam!" After all, what is easier and quicker than stuffing a piece of bread into your toaster and smothering it with raspberry or strawberry jam? Especially when you have time to cook some eggs on the side... yum. However, do ...
This smoothie is everything you could possibly dream of. Creamy, sweet, packed with a ton of flavor, tastes as satisfying as a vanilla milkshake from a fancy restaurant but has all of the nutrition your body deserves. Not only is this recipe dairy-free (yay for being lactose-free), it is soy-free and gluten-free. And all natural sooo obviously yum. Last week I surprisingly went until Thursday ...
Lately I've been on this huge smoothie kick. My go-to smoothie is pears and frozen bananas, maybe with a dollop of pumpkin puree (as it is in season), with a little vanilla extract. This week, however, I opted for something simple but still packed with protein. I decided I would use some of my Vega One French Vanilla Nutritional Shake protein in my smoothie and combine it with berries. When I ...
Fall mornings and the weather is getting colder... I should be gravitating away from the smoothie bowls and towards the hot oats. Yet what am I doing? Still make cold overnight oats. They're easy to grab in the morning and when you're waking up at 7:30am for an 8:30am class, they're most convenient. Every time I think of a breakfast I always do a smoothie or oatmeal. I just bought eggs this past ...
This post is directed towards my love of all things pure. Pure-ly Elizabeth that is. The rest of the ingredients are pretty pure too, you could say. I used almond milk, a banana, chia seeds and natural almond butter. All on my list of goodies. I found this recipe from an Instagram that belongs to of one of the first foodies I ever began to follow, Courtney Swan. I started following Courtney a ...
I think this year I've become more obsessed with pumpkin and banana. A weird combination to most but when they're blended together, a whole new world is opened up. The sweetness of the banana with the fall flavor of the pumpkin is unbeatable. I love having this smoothie for a snack post-class or in the morning for breakfast. It's like having dessert in the middle of the day and is a great pick me ...
