Okay, before I dive into the recipe for this Watermelon Dill Gazpacho (which is so freaking delish, might I add), I want to go in another direction for a minute and talk about my personal life. (So if that is of zero interest to you, by all means, scroll down to the bottom for the
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Chocolate Cherry Fudge Popsicles | vegan + paleo
I am so excited to share these Chocolate Cherry Fudge Popsicles with you! These are everything I love in a dessert: creamy, decadent, and chocolate-y. In fact, this recipe is a throwback—one of the very first recipes I ever had on this blog. I’ve been wanting to update my old content (hello, ugly photos, I’m
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Here’s How Stress Can Make You Eat More
I want to tell you a story, and I want you to let me know if you relate to this. I used to work for an agency creating video and photography content around food. The job was good, but often stressful. Sometimes the workload was heavy, sometimes the clients were particular, sometimes things would go
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Nutrition Myths You Need To Ditch: Part 1
Oh baby, have I been waiting to make this post about nutrition myths for awhile now. I don’t know if you know this, but there’s a lot of well, questionable dieting and nutrition advice out there. And I get it: you have a lot of differing opinions, and people with different backgrounds giving this advice.
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Strawberry Apple Paleo Pie
I am back with yet another recipe! This Strawberry Apple Paleo Pie is sure to be a winner. Honestly, it’s been such a long time since I’ve made a good ol’ fashioned pie, and boy, did she not disappoint. So if you’re looking for a tasty (and healthy) dessert to make this Mother’s Day, I’ve
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Why We Need To Stop Focusing On Weight Loss
Hello, jello! I know it’s been a hot minute (ahem, a month), so I’m super excited to get this post out, because I’ve been thinking about it for so freaking long. Nutrition and health are seemingly centred around weight loss—and we can largely attribute that to the diet industry. This is so prevalent in our
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How Stress Hormones Mess Up Your Gut Health
Can we talk about the role that stress plays on gut health? Maybe you’ve never thought about that relationship before—after all, when we think about gut health, we think moreso about what we’re consuming and what it’s digesting. But the truth is, there’s a very strong connection between stress and its impact on healthy gut
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Banana Foster Chia Pudding [GF + V]
This recipe has me SO excited! Mostly because it came out of the leftovers that I was trying to use up: an opened can of coconut milk and a very ripe banana. In my attempts to be less wasteful and use up food in the fridge, I had the best idea: caramelized bananas. And alas,
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Eat More To Weigh Less?
I’m going to tell you something, that I’m sure, on some level you already know: dieting doesn’t work. Diets don’t provide long-term success (meaning any weight you lose, you’ll likely regain—and then some), and 95% of all diets fail. And yet, we’re in this cycle where we always go back to it. Even though we
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Slow Cooker Overnight Oats With Blackberries + Pears
If ever there was a warming winter breakfast dish, this would be it. Pears, cardamom and blackberries all come together in this super filling, super easy-to-make slow cooker overnight oats. With the days feeling cold and dark, it’s an absolute pleasure to wake up to the smell of this in the kitchen. As an oatmeal
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