Discovering health, wellness and the little things in Chicago.
This past weekend my friend visited from Michigan and we spent a great time brunching on some of the finest foods in Rogers Park and the Chicago area. During the short two day weekend, we went to Uncommon Ground and Beatrix. At Uncommon Ground, I had the amazing smoked maple Gunthorp Farms chicken hash. It came in a hot skillet with two fried eggs on top of the most tender chicken I have tasted ...
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 ...
Instead of doing one product in specific that I love, I want to do a post on three products I tried within the past week that I bought at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods that I was SO pleased with. I highly recommend these and they're relatively cheap (always a perk)! If that doesn't get you to go buy it, trust me when I say they taste way too good not to buy. The first product is Trader Joe's ...
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 ...
