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Happy Thursday food enthusiasts! I am bringing you a post that I dropped on your Instagram feed earlier this week. I'm sure it will be of no surprise to the internet community that it is one of my top favorite items to make: a smoothie. I made this smoothie this past weekend and fell in love with the light and fresh taste it delivered from the combination of Bai5's molokai coconut beverage and my ...
As I am slowly starting to get back on the blogging track, I thought this would be a great opportunity to get back into doing What I Ate Wednesday's as a few of my favorite food bloggers do. While sharing with you the wonderful things I've been chowing down on lately, I also want to introduce you to one of the newest products that's hit my foodie shelf. The shelf I keep stocked with all of the ...
Every Monday morning I wake up around 5:30a.m. so I can catch the train by 6a.m. for work downtown. Right when I get off the train, I have this beautiful view of the restaurants and office buildings of River North - a sector of downtown Chicago. When I first started my job in the city it was February so every time I walked out from the subway, I was greeted by either a blizzard, negative ...
It's safe to say nut milks are the newest food trend. As far as I know, when I was younger there was only soy milk and my generation rarely drank that. Growing up, I always had a glass of skim milk with dinner and sometimes even 2%. My parents joked when I was a baby that they needed a cow out in the backyard to keep up with my rapid intake of milk. However, within the past few years as the health ...
This recipe is all about chocolate and sugar. Two things I've been craving lately after dinner the past week. Can ya blame a girl? After treating myself to a raw vegan tiramisu my friend brought me last weekend, I've been on the hunt to whip up my own magical chocolate and nutty creation! Bring on the dessert and bring it on quick. Yesterday as I was brunching with my new blogger friend Emma, she ...
I don't know about you but when I work a long day and end it off with a workout, I need something immediately to quench my thirst and cure my cravings. Obviously you've read the countless articles online of "what to eat post-workout" and 9 times out of 10 a smoothie recipe is linked. The main form of energy you need after a day of running around like a chicken with your head cut off is protein. ...
