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I teach people how to make healthy cooking exciting and fun, inspiring a whole new generation to create meals they actually wanna cook.

This is how I’d like to end every weeknight: come home, immediately put on pj’s and warm up to a bowl of this creamy mac n’ cheese pasta, made with sautéed @guansmushroom mushrooms and peas. There’s a little twist to this pasta, so be ready to devour as much as you’d like because the sauce is sneakily healthy. I’ll share the full recipe in the next few days ☺️ Happy Wednesday! ☀️#guansmushroom #sponsored
✨ Celery Juice 101 ✨ ~ You guys really seem to be into the blended celery juice video I posted about two weeks ago 🙌🏻 So, I just wanted to pop in and give you a little Celery Juice 101 🙃 Here are a few things I’ve learned since making it regularly: ~Depending on where you buy your celery from it massively affects the flavor. I found that celery from farmers markets and @wholefoods tastes the best 👌🏻 ~Don’t juice the leaves, it tastes terrible - way too earthy 🤣 ~ You totally DON’T need a juicer to make celery juice (just watch my video to see how 😉) ~ You can use the pulp to flavor and make stock for veggie soup 🙌🏻 ~ It’s best to have it on an empty stomach (this is when you’ll reaped the benefits of cleverly juice since it’s known for detoxifying and cleaning the liver ~ If you don’t have time in the morning to juice just do it the night before and keep it in an airtight container in the fridge. Hope you guys like the tips and let me know what other videos you’d like to see from us! ❤️ ps: the photo is by the talented @juliaensign
Straight summer sunshine in a bowl! Mango-coconut smoothie for one. 😍 ~ Cooking Tip: whenever I run out of nut milk, I add in chunks of frozen coconut meat (I find it at most grocery stores) and water and blend it together with the smoothie ingredients. It creates the EXACT same flavor as coconut milk! I promise. It’s delicious and a great trick for when you’re in a pinch 👌🏻 ~ I’ve also added in my favorite coconut yogurt by my main squeeze @siggisdairy to keep the coconut flavor alive and make it extra creamy and nutritious (it’s low in sugar, so perfect for a morning breakfast)🙌🏻 ~ Have a great day guys! #sponsored #siggisdaily
When a yogurt bowl looks more like a work of art from the MOMA 😍 ~ Had this the other day at an adorable cafe in LA called @honeyhi and I just loved their idea of adding dried lavender and rose petals as a topping. Something so simple added such a subtle floral aroma and kept a humble yogurt bowl oh so interesting 😍 ~ Just a little breakfast inspo for you guys on this early Friday morning ☺️ ~ Do you have any favorite toppings? Maybe something a little unusual? Please comment below, would love to know how you top yours! 🙋🏻‍♀️
Raspberry Dark Chocolate Chunk Bars…not sure I need to say much more🙌🏻🎉. Thank god there is a holiday that lets our wildest dreams come true: chocolate for breakfast, lunch and dinner 🤣 Be sure to tag a friend who LOVES chocolate and share that chocolatey-love today my friends! ❤️❤️ ~ Ps: we’ve also made an adorable free downloadable gift tag for this recipe (linked in bio!), so that you can attach it when you gift these chocolates to your loved ones…or yourself 😉 ~ Biggest thank you to the ridiculously talented @juliaensign for editing, directing and filming this video and to @leedawnhershey for the cameo and taste tester 🤣. Happy V-Day to you sweet friends! ❤️❤️
Green Curry Soup all made in one pan 😍 a.k.a. a kitchen clean up dream! 🙌🏻 There is just two full days to enter the @lecreuset + @thefeedfeed giveaway! I mean, you’re getting a set of two non-stick, durable and beautiful @lecreuset pans for free 😍 It’s like Christmas came reallly early. To enter the giveaway just head back four posts ago where you see the curry-pan recipe and follow the simple instructions. I promise it’s really easy ☺️ Good luck guys! * * #goop #huffposttaste #feedfeed #beautifulcuisines #todayfood #eeeeeats #realfood #sanfrancisco #foodphotographer #foodphotography #wholefoods #foodstyling #onthetable #thatsdarling #f52foods #foodwinewomen #healthyish #tastemade #qapital #buzzfeedhealth @foodandwine @thekitchn #healthyfoodshare #cleanfoodshare #iamwellandgood #realfood #eattheworld #giveaway #curry #greencurry
I respect any ‘holiday’ that celebrates love and by love I mean, love for Dark Chocolate baby! 🙌🏻 Let the celebrations begin! 🤣🙌🏻 ~ I have a fun little video for you guys on Valentine’s Day for how to make Raspberry Dark Chocolate Chunk Bars 😍 And all you’ll need to make them are just three ingredients: cacao powder, cacao butter and maple (or honey). And any toppings you’d like. That’s it. I promise. ~ A little tip for ya: Cacao butter might be hard to find, so I ordered mine off @amazon but I’ve found it before at health food markets like @wholefoods. The rest is pretty easy to find (@traderjoes has the cacao powder and maple 🤗). pic by the lovely @juliaensign * * * #goop #huffposttaste #feedfeed #beautifulcuisines #todayfood #eeeeeats #realfood #healthydinner #foodphotographer #foodphotography #wholefoods #foodstyling #onthetable #thatsdarling #sweetpotato #qapital #buzzfeedhealth @foodandwine #iamwellandgood #chocolate #darkchocolate #vegandessert
I pledge allegiance to ‘avocado flower toast’ 😱 I mean...this has got to be avo-toast 2.0! 🤣🙌🏻 And I don’t know how much more millennial I can get 🙉 Thank you @freakinalltime for making my breakfast dreams come true 🤣 Happy Monday guys! ☀️ * * * #goop #huffposttaste #feedfeed #beautifulcuisines #todayfood #eeeeeats #realfood #sanfrancisco #foodphotographer #foodphotography #wholefoods #foodstyling #onthetable #thatsdarling #f52foods #foodwinewomen #healthyish #tastemade #buzzfeedhealth @foodandwine #peaches #breakfastinspo #yogurt #iamwellandgood #realfood #eattheworld #healthycuisines #avocadotoast #toast
 
 
 
 

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