Hi friends! I'm traveling this week (more on that later) but popping in today to share some delicious & nutritious recipes - all of which include matcha! If you aren't all that familiar with matcha, it's a type of green tea made from grinding tea leaves into a powder. The leaves are left intact, as opposed to regular green tea, where the leaves are infused in water and then removed - which makes matcha super antioxidant-rich. Matcha has been grown and consumed in Japan for centuries, but it only become popular in the U.S. in recent years. Matcha has a strong, earthy taste, but it can certainly be used for more than just a conventional cup of matcha tea. I create recipes for Shape, and recently they had me on a matcha kick developing several recipes using the green tea ... [Read More]
smoothie bowls
Pumpkin Banana Protein Smoothie Parfaits with Apple Pie Granola {vegan + gf}
'Tis the season for all things pumpkin & apple! These autumn parfaits feature a pumpkin banana protein smoothie with apple pie granola. Hello, hello! Now that we're over a week into October (how?!), I am full force into autumn recipes. Forget the fact that it was 85 degrees in the San Diego area all weekend, I made pumpkin pancakes and am craving hot chocolate. And speaking of recipes, between traveling for half of September with little kitchen access to experiment, being busy with freelance recipe development, and being out of town last weekend camping (more on that later this week!), I somehow haven't posted one on the blog in a couple of weeks. Well that changes today, and I have an autumn goodie to share with you guys! October can be a funny month. Most people are gearing up ... [Read More]
Chocolate Cherry Cashew Smoothie Bowl [vegan]
Hi friends, Happy Friday! I couldn't get my act together to get this post out this morning as planned, but better late than never! Shall we catch up and talk about my recipe of the day? So, my father-in-law flew into San Diego from the East coast last night and will be here for the long weekend, I'm working on Monday, and then come Tuesday, I'll be on vacation for the rest of the week. My hubby and I going on a road trip up to wine country and meeting my parents there, who are flying in from the East coast. I am really excited for it and can't wait to be wine tasting in Sonoma with my favorite people! This has been a really busy time with work, so I can't decide if this is a great time to go on vacation. On one hand, it'll be lovely to get to unwind and relax after being in go-go-go mode ... [Read More]
Fig Honey Chia Smoothie Bowl
Chocolate peanut butter. Strawberry vanilla. Chocolate covered cherry. Basically friends, I'm totally smoothie crazed. And those are a few of my favorite smoothie creation combos. But sometimes, instead of just making a smoothie to drink in a glass, I like to put my blender to work to make something a bit thicker. I then pour my creation into a bowl and eat it with a spoon, because I'm fancy like that. ... [Read More]