The following post is sponsored by Puritan’s Pride, but as always, all opinions expressed are genuinely my own. Hello friends, and Happy Friday! Today I've got a fun recipe and a giveaway to share with you guys! So we all know that smoothies are a great way to pack in lots of goodness into one delicious drink, but sometimes we all get into a rut of making the same ones over and over. Even though I like to get creative in the kitchen, heaven knows that I can get in the habit of making the same smoothie combo a gazillion times in a row! That's why I’m partnering with Puritan’s Pride, a maker of high-quality nutritional supplements and healthy foods, over the next three months to put some pizzazz in my smoothies. I'm using their protein powders and superfoods-based products to sneak in more ... [Read More]
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Date Balls
Happy Fridayyyy! I am super excited for the weekend, because tomorrow I'm flying out to New Jersey and will be there spending a few weeks there with my family and friends. I'm always a last minute packer, so I've got a lot of packing to do, some work to get done, a workout to fit in, and early Christmas presents to exchange with my hubby tonight... but first, let's talk dessert, shall we? With all of the sweets that surround the holidays - from baking Christmas cookies to holiday parties full of goodies - I find myself just in the mood for a little something sweet. Who am I kidding, I usually am craving something sweet anyways, but even more so lately. There were cupcakes last weekend, and last night I baked these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies (<--post from the beginning of my blogging ... [Read More]
Banana Pumpkin Muffins with a Cinnamon Brown Sugar Topping
Hi everyone, happy Sunday! I have a few updates for you all on the blog front. I've updated my recipe pages to include all of my latest kitchen creations. I also updated my workout page, which now includes a new section for my hiking spot posts. Lastly, I added a 'travel & fun' page so that all of my travel posts, restaurant and winery experiences, as well as random adventures are in one place. Fun stuff! And now onto food - banana pumpkin muffins to be precise... After a morning yoga session, running errands, and going hiking with my hubby and puppy yesterday, I came home and decided that a bit of baking was in order. Since I had an open can of pumpkin and some ripe bananas ready to be eaten in my fruit basket, and I've been loving muffins lately, I whipped up some tasty banana ... [Read More]
[Secret Ingredient] Double Chocolate Pumpkin Muffin Bites
A couple of days ago, I was on a mission to come up with a mini-something recipe that could serve as a baby snack or dessert. An I'm-waiting-for-dinner-to-cook-and-need-to-eat-a-little-something-ASAP recipe. Also an I-just-ate-dinner-and-am-not-really-hungry-but-want-a-bite-of-something-sweet snack. Since pumpkin eats are constantly on my brain these days, I naturally incorporated some into the recipe - in more than one way. I think that including chocolate in a sweet recipe is always a good idea, so this recipe quickly became a combo of chocolate + pumpkin yumminess. And then there was the mini muffin tin I happened to see peering from my cabinet just waiting to be used, all of which resulted in these babies... Then comes the *secret ingredient* part... I wanted to omit use of any oil ... [Read More]
Pumpkin Spice Pancakes with a Cinnamon Pecan Topping
Happy Friday!! Before I get to this deliciousness, my first pumpkin recipe of the fall... ...I have a few things to chat about. One, after much time and frustration I HAVE FIXED MY ANNOYING BLOG ISSUE! I thought that something was funky a couple weeks ago while I was in Europe, but I thought it had more to do with my traveling and using random Internet networks than anything else. When I came home, it seemed to get even worse, but then I had to get ready for my Seattle trip. Long story short, yesterday was the first time I had the hours & energy to figure out what the heck was happening. The first person I spoke to at Bluehost (my server) was very little help and sent me into a tizzy trying to figure out what all of this technical stuff was that could have been the culprit. ... [Read More]
Five Fun Facts on this Fabulous Friday
Hello, and yay for the weekend being here! As you may have guessed based on my alliteration of a blog post title, I'm keepin' it light and sharing some random things with you tonight (and also partly because it has been a homemade pizza & wine night for me, so I'm sipping a glass of local grenache wine and feeling all nice and relaxed at the moment ;-) ). #1 - Though I think it's ridiculous that Halloween & even Thanksgiving decor is already popping up in stores everywhere since September began, I am all about getting on the fall pumpkin bandwagon. This week I bought a pumpkin pie candle -- smells so yummy! It's only a matter of time before I start making pumpkin pancakes and smoothies on a daily basis. I think I'll wait until it drops below 90 degrees here! #2 - I've been ... [Read More]
