Can you guys believe that we're in the last full week of August? I'm starting to get a twinge of excitement for all things autumn - including everything pumpkin, weather that's a bit cooler, and football season getting underway. I have my Fantasy Football draft in a couple weeks, and I just love spending weekend mornings at home watching games. And I miss going on longer hikes with my pup! In the summertime it's too toasty for my furry friend to go on any inland hikes, so I'll be happy to head back to our favorite spots and discover a few new ones in a month or two. BUT I also don't like to get ahead of myself and try to enjoy what's happening now, so I'm enjoying the summer summer summertimeeeee. I've been doing beach yoga, this weekend I'm going paddle boarding, and I've been noshing on ... [Read More]
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Blueberry Granola, Berry & Coconut Yogurt Parfaits {vegan + gf}
Happy Friday! What do all of my fellow American readers have planned for the 4th of July weekend? It kind of feels strange for it to fall on a Tuesday this year, and I don't have anything too exciting planned. Besides working on some freelance recipe development & blog stuff, I'm hoping to spend some time outdoors to enjoy the weather - I'm thinking perhaps some time at the beach, a bike ride with the hubby, and soaking up the sun in my backyard poolside. Oh, and my hubby will undoubtedly force me to watch episodes of the HBO John Adams series. It happens every year & he's been putting it on TV late-night all week (much to my dismay!). Naturally, I'm sure that my holiday weekend will include some good eats. Today's recipe is an ode to America: red, white & blue yogurt parfait ... [Read More]
10 Blueberry Recipes to Make This Summer
I loveeeee me some blueberries. And now that it's June, we're in peak domestic blueberry season! Blueberries are awesome for a lot of reasons: They're packed with cancer-fighting antioxidants and full of vitamins, including iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc. Basically they're full of good stuff that has been shown to help ward off heart disease, promote healthy digestion, maintain healthy bones, and lots more. I find that a handful or two of blueberries is the perfect little something to eat while I'm waiting for my dinner to cook. I also often throw some of them on top of my cereal or smoothie bowls in the morning for a nutritional boost. While I love the fruit all on its own, I also love to incorporate it into recipes. Here are recipe ideas from myself and a few of my ... [Read More]
Maple Blueberry Fontina Grilled Cheese
Hi there and Happy Friday! Let me start this Friday post off with something sweet... So, I totally ate this for dinner last night! I've been doing a thing where I eat dessert for dinner about one night a week, and it's working out great for me and my sweet tooth. 80/20 balanced eating baby! The above deliciousness is scoops of Halo Top Creamery vanilla bean, strawberry, & chocolate flavors (despite me talking abut them twice this week, I'm not affiliated with them at all.... yet! I'd certainly like to be since I love them :) ) with banana, caramel, a TJ's brownie & oats bar and some chopped up Bark Thins dark chocolate pretzel with sea salt chunks. I went on a kick butt hike with my pup yesterday and just was not feeling any kind of typical dinner, so a dessert bowl for dinner it ... [Read More]
Cocoa Banana Blueberry Protein Pudding
Happy Friday!! I'm currently en route to Miami for my friend Meaghan's bachelorette party - I haven't seen her since last fall and am really excited to have an awesome girls' weekend! - but I have a yummy recipe to share with you guys... If you read this blog often at all, you probably already know that I love making dessert-like recipes that are actually healthy and can be eaten as snacks or meals as well. Enter Cocoa Banana Blueberry Protein Pudding. Blue Diamond recently sent me their dark chocolate almonds as well as sea salt almonds to try, and not surprisingly, I'm kind of in love with the dark chocolate ones. ... [Read More]
Blueberry Almond Granola
Recipe creation is a funny thing sometimes. At times, I come up with an idea for a recipe moments before and I just throw ingredients together. Other times, I have a recipe in my head for weeks and weeks that I just have a feeling will be a winner that I will want to share on here, but it takes me awhile to actually make and photograph it. The latter was the case with this granola. When I randomly threw a bag of dried blueberries into my shopping cart one day, the idea of making granola with them immediately popped into my head... but then I wound up eating all the blueberries before I could get to making any granola. Oops. So then I had to wait until the next time I found myself in a food store with dried blues to make this recipe. But, the next time I went to make this ... [Read More]