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Happy Saturday, friends! I just finished a new hot yoga class at my go-to gym, Studio Three, and I am ready to eat the entirety of a Whole Foods store. But instead, I’m going to have this magical creation I whipped up with Cedar's Foods instead. Good move, Addie, good move. When Cedar’s Foods reached out to me to collaborate with them I was silently jumping for joy. As my name has “chickpea” in ...
Let's get one thing straight. Nothing beats a club sandwich. When I think of the classic go-to American meal, it's not a hamburger or hot dog (although those two might be in my head after that Cubs game last night - woo Cubbies!). It's a sandwich piled high with turkey, bacon, lettuce, mayo and tomato. If you were to ask my mom what she made me growing up on special occasions and for most of my ...
I often find that most of recipes I create are sparked from something I've come across or eaten when I was a little kid or teenager. There's a specific memory about a comforting dish or baked good that urges me to recreate it but in a healthier way. Like banana chocolate chip bread, for example. My mom would make this for my brother and I when we were younger in loaf and muffin form and I remember ...
Do you guys ever have those moments where you're thinking about a million different things at once and you're anxious, stressed and excited all at once? Me right now. I can't even tell you guys how much I have been both dreading and looking forward to October these past two few weeks. It's one of those times when I have so much planned, tons of work to do both in and out of school and I'm ...
Every year when fall hits, I can't stop myself from consuming all things pumpkin. I'm sure you're rolling your eyes thinking I'm like every other person who is on that #PSL train but no really, I'm talking about fresh pumpkin roasted in the oven straight from my mom's garden, canned pumpkin blended in my smoothies and every kind of squash I know dipped in caramelized onion hummus (trust me, it's ...
