Candied Ginger, Almond, and Quinoa Granola

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Start your day off right with a bowl of yogurt topped with this sweet and crunchy candied ginger, almond, and quinoa granola. 

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Yulu Yogurt. As always, my thoughts and opinions are my own.
candied ginger, almond, and quinoa granola

So you must have heard of Trivia Crack.

The smartphone app that’s sweeping the nation and making us wish we remembered everything anything we learned in 4th grade geography.

This must have been what our teachers meant when they said it would come in handy later in life.

They were so much more clairvoyant than I would have thought. Huh.

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Tofu, Sweet Potato, and Black Bean Vegetarian Burrito Bowls

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Easy vegetarian burrito bowls – who needs Chipotle when you can make these healthy and delicious tofu, sweet potato, and black bean carnitas at home!
tofu, sweet potato and black bean vegetarian burrito bowls

Rumor has it that Chipotle has recently added tofu to its burgeoning list of burrito filling options.

TOFU.

The stuff that my mother still refuses to acknowledge as an actual edible, life-sustaining foodstuff.

Whatever is this world coming to?

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BistroMD Review and Giveaway #bistroMDdiet

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Disclosure: This post was sponsored by BistroMD. As always, my thoughts and opinions are my own.

Looking for a way to stay on track in the new year? BistroMD is a great resource for keeping your diet in line while allowing you to still feel full and satisfied after every meal. Read on for more details!

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The truth about being a food blogger is that it’s not all gourmet dinners, edible glitter, and multi-colored paper straws.

Sometimes I’ve cooked or baked all.day. and there is still NOTHING to eat at dinnertime, either because everything was a total fail or because one cannot live on chocolate chip cookies alone. (I mean, we could, but we probably wouldn’t feel too great. )

On days like those, I reach for the takeout menus. And to be honest, though it feels like a good idea in the moment, I regret it almost.every.time – it’s greasy and heavy and never makes me feel like a million bucks the way a good healthy homemade meal does.

Like most people, I have resolved to “BE HEALTHIER” in the new year, and part of that means not ordering in Chinese food at least once a week just because I’m too tired or don’t feel like trekking it into the kitchen again. So when BistroMD offered to send me three days worth of meals to try and review, I jumped at the opportunity.

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Brussels Sprout, Lemon, and Jalapeno Pizza

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Pizza Friday gets VEGGIE-FIED in this brussels sprout, lemon, and jalapeno pizza.
brussels sprout, lemon, and jalapeno pizza

To the age-old question of “what does one EAT the Friday after New Year’s when we’re still trying to keep this healthy living momentum going but….FRIIIIDDAAAAYYYYY”.

I say pizza.

Really.

Pizza.

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Wednesday Coffee Talk

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1. I’m really going to miss these guys.

2. Seriously, though, I’ve been trying to not have dessert every night and it is HARD STUFF. I just want something sweet constantly! Someone needs to come and lock my refrigerator shut.

3. Or I just need to stop baking. Ha. JUST KIDDING. #cantstopwontstop.

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