These healthy cookies are made with oats, peanut butter, banana, and cocoa powder, sweetened with monk fruit, and include chocolate protein powder for a protein boost. Ideal for breakfast, dessert, or anything in between! Have you guys ever seen photos of people's meal prep for the week that includes 5 containers of the same bland thing for each meal? If you've worked your butt off for a bikini competition and ate that way to get there, good on ya, but that looks like a bit of a nightmare to me. I like food too much, and I like diversity in my eats too much. Sure, I have my favorite smoothies and my go-to dinner recipes, but I certainly don't eat them on the daily. In general, monotonous, robotic living scares the hell out of me. No thank you, I don't want to do the same thing every ... [Read More]
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Sunflower Butter Banana Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies [dairy free & gluten free]
Hi friends! I have been down for the count with a killer ear infection + upper respiratory sickness. It's a major bummer because I've gotten sick the last couple of times that I've visited Jersey to spend time with family, despite my nonstop rubbing of essential oils and drinking of green tea. I almost never get sick otherwise, and I think it's the combination of a cross-country flight (the woman next to me was coughing the entire time!), going nonstop making plans with family & friends, the weather change, being around my adorable but very germ-y nephews, and drinking wine multiple days in a row. So, now I'm back home in Cali, resting up this week and taking it easy so that I can get back to normal. But let's talk about something more fun... like cookies! Breakfast cookies ... [Read More]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies [vegan + gluten free]
Hi friends! Hello from San Diego, where it is hot, hot, hot! We're having a heatwave here, and today is warmer than any summer day I've experienced here. I'm working from my pool this afternoon after seeing that temperatures were hitting the triple digits. There's this strong hot breeze going on and it's pretty crazy for us spoiled San Diegans (many of whom do not have AC, myself included)! The heatwave started a few days ago, so I spent a ton of time at the beach over the weekend. Coastal walks with the pup, a burrito picnic dinner at sunset, the dog beach, watching NFL Sunday football games on my phone with my feet in the sand.... I practically lived at the beach for a few days! No complaints there! Rewinding back to two weekends ago when it was feeling more autumn-ish, ... [Read More]
Chocolate Mint Oatmeal Flax Cookies [Gluten Free]
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here! My weekend was full of holiday related activities: buying a tree and decorating it, buying outside lights and decorating my front yard, shopping for gifts, and starting this DIY craft... ...a wine cork wreath! I'm not all that crafty but I've been wanting to do something with the many corks I have around, so I decided to give it a go! I'll be sure to share the final product, which I'll hopefully have done later this week. Chances are I'll be glue gunning corks at 11 pm tonight! Coinciding with my holiday cheer, I also did some baking last weekend. ... [Read More]