Love having at-home movie nights? Check out these 10 healthy snacks & drinks that'll make your movie nights delicious while still keeping it healthy. At-home movie nights are great. Even before the COVID pandemic hit and turned us all into cozy weekenders, and before becoming a mom made me much more likely to be home on a Saturday night, I enjoyed relaxing on my couch watching a movie with my husband - with yummy snacks in hand of course. Instead of munching on snacks & drinks packed with high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated palm oil and Red 40 dye, I opt for healthy snacks that I can feel good about consuming. That way I can have my cake and eat it too, so to speak! After all, who says you can't enjoy yourself and still keep your healthy diet on ... [Read More]
10 Healthy Snacks & Drinks to Enjoy During At-Home Movie Night
30-Minute Lentil Coconut Curry
This lentil coconut curry is a flavorful plant-based meal packed with veggies like sweet potato and baby spinach - and it takes just 30 minutes to whip up. [vegan + gluten free] We've been really into lentils in my household lately. I mean, what's not to love? They're tiny legumes that pack a powerful nutritional punch, and they can be incorporated into so many dishes - from lentil soup and plant-based shepherd's pies to Indian-inspired dishes like my recipe today. Benefits of Lentils Lentils have A LOT to offer. One perk is that they're loaded with polyphenols, which are active compounds that fight against harmful agents in the body, including cancer and heart disease. Lentils are also high in protein, iron, fiber, folic acid, magnesium, and calcium, to name a few ... [Read More]
7 Ways to Practice More Mindfulness This Year
“Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” - Jon Kabat-Zinn It's so easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, go into survival mode, and sort of just forget to live mindfully and purposefully. However, I think that mindfulness is actually most important to practice when we're in the midst of a busy, stressful time. Mindfulness offers so many benefits, including stress reduction, increased ability to deal with illness, boosting job performance and lowering depressive symptoms. Honestly, I've found the past couple of years to be the most stressful ones of my life thus far. I moved cross-country and went through a draining moving, home selling, and home buying process. I got ... [Read More]
One-Bowl Healthy Chunky Monkey Muffins [vegan, gluten free & packed with omega-3’s!]
These one-bowl healthy chunky monkey muffins are packed with oats and omega-3 rich ingredients such as flaxseeds, walnuts, and hemp seeds - making for a nutritious, chocolatey snack or dessert. I promise you friends, today's recipe is big on flavor and nutrition! I've been making healthy chunky monkey muffins for awhile now, and I realized that I hadn't shared it with you before.. so here we are! I make it a habit to have nutritious, yummy homemade snacks on hand for the week, and these muffins definitely fall into that category. Omega-3 Rich, Healthy Chunky Monkey Muffins These healthy chunky monkey muffins are vegan and gluten free, and they feature an oat base and are packed with omega-3 fatty acids - an important fat that many people do not eat enough of. In fact, a recent ... [Read More]
Satisfying Healthy Chocolate Peppermint Recipes
,Craving chocolate + peppermint? Check out this round up of healthy chocolate peppermint recipes to try this winter! I think that peppermint + chocolate is the ultimate wintertime flavor combo. As soon as colder weather hits and I'm over pumpkin & apple baking, I start craving all things peppermint. Adding something chocolatey in with peppermint makes it an even more satisfying treat. So, I thought I'd spread the peppermint love and share a round up of some of my favorite chocolate peppermint recipes. These recipes are big on flavor and feature healthy ingredients such as oats, matcha, banana and hemp hearts. Let's get to it! 7 of My Favorite Healthy Chocolate Peppermint Recipes Peppermint Matcha Hot Cocoa One of my ultimate go-to ways to enjoy peppermint is with this ... [Read More]
Stocking Stuffer Gift Ideas for Health & Wellness Enthusiasts
Stumped on what to stuff your loved ones' stockings with? Here are some great stocking stuffer gift ideas for the health & wellness enthusiasts in your life! Does your family take Christmas stocking gifts seriously? Every year on Christmas morning growing up, my and my siblings' stockings would be stuffed with fun little gifts - everything from Starbucks gift cards to lip balm and hair accessories. There would also be gifts surrounding the stockings that fell into the you're-allowed-to-open-these-early-in-the-day category, such as calendars and travel mugs. As an adult, I have fun nabbing gifts to stuff my husband's stocking with. For the first several years we were married, Adam always seemed stumped about what to put in my stocking. But in recent years, it seems that ... [Read More]