Vegetarian spring rolls- pin now, make later!

Easy Spring Rolls

May 16, 2013

Our go-to restaurant in our town in Germany is, oddly, a Vietnamese restaurant. They serve fresh, delicious food, and I always choose their spring rolls as an appetizer. When I stumbled upon Vietnamese rice wrappers in the store the other day I was psyched to try to recreate the restaurant's version. The end result was exactly what I love about spring rolls- healthy, light, and satisfying without being filling. I ate mine plain, and my husband dipped his in fish sauce. Hope you enjoy!

Pairings for Interesting Salads- pin now, make later!

When Salads Get Boring

May 14, 2013

Does anyone else get bored with their salads? I mean there are only so many ways to get excited about lettuce, right? I recently added feta and pear to my kale salad and the combination of the two was unexpectedly delicious and it inspired me to take a look at other pairings I could use to make my salads just that much better. Here's to hoping this inspires you, too.

Homemade Mint Ice Cream

May 9, 2013

You're skeptical that avocado ice cream could be awesome? I get it. Avocados are for guacamole and salads. But ever since I made avocado chocolate pudding I've been a fan of experimenting with them in desserts and this mint ice cream is another surprising win. I used this recipe, but made a couple changes. The end result was a creamy, delicious mint chip ice cream and you'd honestly never know it was made with avocado because there isn't a hint of it in its taste. Hope you enjoy!

Pineapple Ginger Detox Smoothie

May 6, 2013

In addition to the post workout breakfast smoothie, this detox smoothie is on heavy rotation at my house. The base is pineapple, which is so beneficial to the body. Pineapple contains manganese which is good for our bones. It also contains bromelain which aids digestion and has anti-inflammatory properties.

Post Workout Shake

May 3, 2013

I got up early today to film and edit a yoga video for anxiety, but it's taking a really long time to upload, so in the meantime I thought I'd post about this post workout shake I love. This tastes really good, and is a clean alternative to the sugar-heavy shake mixes out there.

Ingredients

1/2 banana

3 ice cubes

1 cup unsweetened milk of choice (I used almond milk)

1 scoop quality whey protein powder (buy something with low carbs and low sugars)

1 scoop greens powder (I love this brand)

1 date, pitted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Throw everything into a blender and blend on high until you get a smoothie consistency. Drink and thrive.

*Check back soon for that yoga for anxiety video!

Homemade Almond Butter

April 30, 2013

Organic raw almond butter is freaking expensive. Like around $20 bucks for a jar expensive. So when my mother-in-law told me how she started making her own peanut butter with her vitamix I thought we should give it a try with almond butter. I bought one pound of organic raw almonds for $12.99 and it yielded a large mason jar full of almond butter. Pretty good, right?