Hey friends! Shall we start the week off on a yummy note? More specifically, let's chat about these maple cashew butter stuffed banana muffins - which are all decked out for the holidays because I simply couldn't help myself from nabbing candy cane muffin decor. Between having a very Christmas-y weekend watching both Home Alone and Elf, plus going ice skating (more on that later this week!), along with lighting up my living room with my Christmas tree and fireplace decorations every night and playing nonstop Christmas music as of late, I'm full blown in holiday mode. I can't get enough of it! But back to food. For this recipe, I played around with coconut sugar for the first time with muffins. I was pleased with the result, and will be experimenting with coconut sugar more often moving ... [Read More]
Archives for December 2015
Hiking Boat Canyon at Laguna Coast Wilderness Park
Happy Friday! Any fun plans for the weekend? Speaking of the weekend, today I want to back it up to last weekend and talk about my latest hiking adventure - which took me up to the Laguna Beach area. With my hubby working for the Marine Corps all weekend and no plans on my agenda, I declared last Saturday a hiking day! I invited my cousin Michelle to meet me for an outdoor workout together. She lives in Long Beach, and I live in Northern San Diego County, so we decided to try to meet up somewhere in between us. The Laguna Coast Wilderness Park seemed like a perfect halfway point, with it being 45-60 minutes from each of us. We decided on hiking a trail called Boat Canyon - which is described as a strenuous workout by local hiking websites. I wanted to get a real workout in, and ... [Read More]
Oatmeal Walnut Hemp Energy Balls + Nektar Naturals Honey Crystals Giveaway
Hi friends! So I noticed the other day that I haven't posted a new sweet recipe on here since this apple pie autumn granola over a month ago. I figured it's time to sweeten things up around here today, sound like a good idea? On the topic of sweets, I most definitely have a sweet tooth. Given the choice between sweet or savory, I go with sweet 9 out of 10 times. But instead of indulging in dessert every night and letting my sweet tooth get out of control, I look for healthy ways to satisfy it - like with banana almond butter muffins, banana berry sorbet or these energy balls. One of my go-to sweeteners of choice is honey. That's why when the opportunity to try Nektar Naturals honey crystals presented itself, I was interested in trying it out. Nektar honey crystals is a non-GMO sweetener ... [Read More]
A Holiday Gift Guide for the Yogi in Your Life
Hello friends! Have you started your holiday shopping yet? With it still being far enough out to order your presents online, today seemed like a great time to share my gift ideas for the person in your life that loves yoga. As a yogi myself, I own and love the products I list below, and actually just purchased 3 of these as Christmas gifts for fellow yogi loved ones. Let's get to it! Aurorae Synergy Yoga Mat Towel - You may remember that earlier this year I reviewed and hosted a giveaway for the Aurorae Synergy yoga mat towel. I absolutely love this mat, and am 99.9% sure that I'll never go back to a regular yoga mat again. It's just so much more comfortable than a typical mat. Recently I went to a yoga event where mats were given out to use, and I was so uncomfortable the whole ... [Read More]
A Day in Baja, Mexico [Travel Recap]
Living in the San Diego area, crossing the border into Mexico has been long on my bucket list... and last weekend, I finally got to check it off! As an American, the concept of being able to just hop over a country border by land is interesting to me. It's not something I've gotten to do very much. In my European travels, I've crossed borders in trains and busses, but I barely have known when I've crossed into another country since it's not necessary to go through customs between European Union countries... but the idea of literally walking over a border? Intriguing! The 4-day Thanksgiving weekend seemed like the perfect chance to spend a day exploring Baja. I've found that there are two categories of Southern California residents when it comes to Baja travel: a.) ones who ... [Read More]
Boost Your Immunity This Holiday Season with Green Juice + Daily Greens Giveaway!
Happy December everyone! Can you believe that it's the start of the holiday season? I was happy to get a lot of Christmas shopping done online in the past week. I love shopping without leaving the comfort of my cozy couch! Any who, December seems to be the time when many of us fall prey to sniffles and sore throats. With most of us coming across more germs than usual between holiday parties, family get togethers, traveling, and being out and about shopping, plus the colder weather that many are faced with this time of the season, people are bound to get under the weather. I've gotten an upper respiratory thing more than a few times over the holidays. It's usually the only time that I ever get sick, and while a cold is just a cold, I find it very annoying. It bogs ... [Read More]