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The Lokal Post: The EASY Spice
I love bold spice, and I love my friends and I’m extra particular about both. Happily, this post contains the best of each world. Lokal Artisan Foods is a brand created by a high school friend and I was able to test the famous french toast spice before it was in package. Immediately I…
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Blueberry-Berta Smoothie Bowl
We’re in the middle of a heatwave here in NYC, and I’ve been doing double workouts for a few weeks now. When I get home from work I want something easy and filling – but ALSO delicious. My go-to’s are usually smoothies because I always have the ingredients to make something interesting and fresh. Now…
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Lemon-Blackberry-Basil Infused Cubes🍋💦🌿
Infused ice cubes! A really simple and INTERESTING way to stay hydrated this summer. I bought a bunch of ice cube molds for entertaining purposes and thought why not try this quick and easy idea with the stuff I commonly have in my fridge. 4 ingredients create this really gorgeous execution. I used basil lemon blackberries honey…
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Date cookies = Tabbalicious 🍪
I’m obsessed with dates – see the previous post! I’m finding all sorts of interesting ways to use dates as a sugar substitute. I came across this recipe and tweaked it slightly to make it Tabbalicious. These tasty little desserts literally took 20 minutes from start to finish. I LOVE cookies, I love peanut butter and I…
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Simple Snacking: Cantaloupe
1 cup of cantaloupe has about 60 energy calories and only 3 from fat. Not only is it like eating a big bowl of nothing in the fat department it’s soft, sweet and satisfying. Though honeydew is my absolute favorite melon, all members of the melon family are full of water and a great…
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easy avocado 🥑
Sporting events are an easy reason to fall off your path of clean healthiness. This year instead of the stacked nachos – try this easy avocado with pita chips or rye wraps. Avocado is high in heart-healthy monounsaturated fat (the “good” kind of fat) and full of fiber – a great choice nutrient dense…
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Smoothie Bowl Berta
Smoothies bowls are just smoothies in a BOWL with healthy delicious toppings! Kinda like a healthy sundae. Smoothie Bowls are all the rage right now because they are gorgeous to gaze at and just as tasty. I make a smoothie daily so I figured I’d give it a go with the random stuff I…
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Berta-Banana Muffins| it’s my Breakfast!
If you know me in every day life, then you know i’m a sucker for sweets … and an outright savage for cake and cupcakes. True to form the only sweets I considering eating semi guilt free are MUFFINS. Also true to form, i’m VERY concerned about what actually goes into the delicious muffins my local…
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Peanut Butter and Strawberry smoothie
I can barely believe I haven’t posted this phenomenal find before now. I would prefer to have pancakes with butter and honey EVERY Saturday morning but since that’s not realistic I often defer to one of my other most favorite breakfast concoctions. The Peanut Butter and Jelly smoothie. It’s so simple it only requires 3 ingredients,…
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3 ingredient cookies
My FAVORITE recipes have less than 5 ingredients! As i’ve stated before, the less ingredients the more inclined the recipe is to be CLEAN and EASY. I’ve given up sugar for 40 days. Desserts are my one true weakness so giving up refined sugar always proves difficult. I’m able to sustain by finding substitutes for sugar overall,…
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Grilled Cheese Tomatoes
Grilled cheese, hold the bread! USUALLY on Saturdays I wake up with a craving for pancakes or something smothered in jelly or honey – then I act accordingly and make my favorite smoothie. There are the RARE occasions I yearn for a savory approach to breakfast and I usually scramble and spice eggs to scratch that itch,…
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Banana Choco Protein Bites
Forever in search of the perfect “healthy – but satisfying” snack, I struggle with selection just like everyone else. The worst foods are the easiest accessible and also CHEAP. The strongest muscle I have against my cravings is my mind and I’ll admit – I don’t always win – i’m the MVP of justification. I came across a super easy solution that also…
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CLEAN, Colorful – Ceviche
Deliciously clean and SUPER fresh. I stayed in for New Years Eve this year. In addition to a killer year ending entree, I aimed to make a light and fresh but SPICY appetizer to take the chill off these NYC nights. I choose a shrimp ceviche, Mexico being my FAVORITE vacation place this seemed extremely…
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CLEAN Sunshine & Avocado!
If you need a new idea for healthy CLEAN breakfast or lunch – Try these super easy baked super avocados. Avocados contain GOOD fats and give plenty of energy to support a busy day AND furthermore – eggs are full of protein. In just 5 ingredients or less for 30 minutes of your time, you can accomplish a nutritious tasty…
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Sweetly spiced NUTS
Always looking for new healthy snack ideas, I began looking for something interestingly easy, crunchy and versatile enough for lunch salads or breakfast greek yogurts. I was seeking the ultimate protein crunch factor. I ventured to my absolute favorite recipe idea haven on the internet Pinterest. Throughout searching I decided on something nutty! Sweetly spiced hot walnuts to be specific. I…
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Healthy GREEN Hummus
Healthy GREEN Hummus For an afternoon snack – I put all of this in my Magic Bullet and Blended until smooth. Add a little water if the consistency is too thick. I noshed with Broccoli florets, cauliflower & baby carrots. 1 can chickpeas (garbanzo beans) drained 1 avocado – sliced up 1 lemon – just the…