We are, without a doubt, creatures of habit. We thrive on routines, and we have A LOT of them. Evening: workout, shower, dinner, tea + reading, J preps coffee for the A.M. / K lights the lavender incense, meditate, sleep. Morning: green juice, coffee, reading, journaling, oats, email, get ready for work. Weekend: same date night,…
Snacks
Fat Green Smoothie
Sometimes Kayli and I (reluctantly) go to morning workout classes. I say “reluctantly” not because we aren’t early birds (alarm sounds at 530AM every day), but because we adore our habit of slow mornings. On morning exercise days, we forgo our glorious, slow morning routine of coffee-sipping and book-reading in exchange for a jarring, heart-pounding, rather…
Easy Baked Tortilla Chips (oil-free, salt-free)
We have a thing for chips and salsa. We often go out for Mexican food just for the hot, salty, freshly fried basket of chips and freshly made salsa. We actually stopped buying tortilla chips to keep at home because we simply can’t be trusted to eat them at an appropriate pace! From the oil to frying…
Crispy Lentils
These Crispy Lentils are so simple it feels like cheating. You bake some lentils until they get crispy, adding crunchy, whole-food protein to any meal you want. That’s it. Adding them to a salad is an obvious choice, but let your imagination go wild… A wrap. Granola. Trail mix. Avocado toast. Oatmeal. Add some liquid smoke…
Basic Hummus (oil-free, salt-free)
Hummus is an obvious staple for plant eaters. Do you know how I know it’s so obvious? Because hummus is what everyone feeds us when they don’t know what else to feed us. If I had a dollar for every time I heard “Kayli, there’s some hummus on the buffet for you” at a gathering… I…
Cocoa-Avocado Mousse
I despise the deprivation mindset that dominate this time of year. Deprivation is dangerous. It grows from a place of “I’m not enough”. It sets you up to feel unfulfilled and punished. Not good. Since an estimated 73% of us tend to give up on our resolutions, I think we need a new approach. This…
Pineapple Cilantro Blender Green Juice
We start every day with a blender green juice (typically our Classic Blender Green Juice recipe). It gives us a little kick of energy, sets a healthy tone for the day, and helps us pack as many greens as possible into our diet. Today’s Pineapple Cilantro Blender Green Juice is extra special. The addition of…
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins (Vegan)
In my family, the designated pumpkin pie baker was my Great Grandma Pope. She always arrived to Thanksgiving dinner with a tin carrier stacked with freshly baked pies. Every year, without fail, she plopped her homemade pies down on the dessert table and exclaimed “they’re probably not fit to eat.” Boy, was she wrong. They…
Vegan Cheese Plate
A festive holiday table is hardly festive enough without a cheese plate. Whether you dig expensive, oozing stinky cheeses or (like me) retro almond-encrusted cheeseballs, I’d bet there’s a cheese plate of sorts stored somewhere in your holiday memories. Today we are resurrecting that memory and veganizing it. Whoever said you have to go without?…
Fall PROBARs
By the time this post hits your eyes, I’ll be hiking my way to a Colorado summit or crawling around Fort Collins’ selection of world-class breweries. Maybe both. Either way, this seasonal version of my favorite bars will be in tow- in quantities large enough to share. Print Fall PROBARs Author: James Recipe type: Snack Prep time: …