vegandailynews:

RECIPE OF THE DAY:  Crash Hot Potatoes

Ingredients

• 12 whole New Potatoes (or Other Small Round Potatoes)
• 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
• Kosher Salt To Taste
• Black Pepper To Taste
• Rosemary (or Other Herbs Of Choice) To Taste

Preparation Instructions

Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add in as many potatoes as you wish to make and cook them until they are fork-tender.

On a sheet pan, generously drizzle olive oil. Place tender potatoes on the cookie sheet leaving plenty of room between each potato.

With a potato masher, gently press down each potato until it slightly mashes, rotate the potato masher 90 degrees and mash again. Brush the tops of each crushed potato generously with more olive oil.

Sprinkle potatoes with kosher salt, fresh ground black pepper and fresh chopped rosemary (or chives or thyme or whatever herb you have available.)

Bake in a 450 degree oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

missmalavestreats:

oatmeal cookie smoothie <3

okay, i finally made one of these and added my own little twist to it. (chia seeds and cashews!)

• 1 frozen banana (please peel your bananas before you freeze them!!)
• 3/4 unsweetened almond milk
• 3 tablespoons old fashioned oats
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• 2 tablespoons raw cashews
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon vanilla

the night before: mix almond milk, oats, chia seeds, cashews, cinnamon and vanilla. place this mix in a lidded container in your fridge overnight.

when you wake up: place all ingredients in a high-powered blender and blend until smooth. if the smoothie is too thick feel free to add more almond milk. pour your smoothie into a bowl or glass depending on it’s thickness. (i prefer eating mine in a bowl… with a spoon!) top with more cinnamon and raisins if you’re feeling dangerous ;)

veganfoodshare:

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The picture above is of a pasta dish that was born out of equal parts laziness & happenstance. I was craving comfort food & for me that usually means one thing: pasta, but with a healthy twist.
This dish was inspired by what I had laying around in the fridge. I pulled out some grape tomatoes, arugula, & some leftover “Beet Burger” mixture (recipe from Post Punk Kitchen. I rolled the beet mixture into “meat balls” & baked for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. While the meatballs cooked, I boiled the whole wheat spaghetti, then sautéed a clove of minced garlic until fragrant, tossed in some halved grape tomatoes & let them cook until softened, & then added the arugula, allowing it to cook until just wilted.
When the pasta was al dente, I drained it & tossed it in the saute pan with the veggies & a bit of pasta water. I finished it with a drizzle of EVOO, chopped fresh basil, red pepper flakes, & a sprinkle of nooch, then topped with the meatballs.
Enjoy! “Eat Consciously. Shop Locally. Live Compassionately”

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Went back to work today! It was a struggle but I’m feeling way better. Hopefully I’m pretty much ALL better tomorrow night for Florence and the Machine at the Opera House!

In
B: Multigrain oats with honey and almond milk (248)
L: Leftover “chicken” minestrone (218) 
D: Chickpea, tomato & spinach curry (398)
Snacks: Rockmelon, corn thins with avo and tomato, 85% Lindt, Blueberry Intense Lindt, Sultanas, soy ice cream (650)
Total: 1514 calories

Dinner tonight, chickpea, tomato & spinach curry, 199 calories (but I had two serves!).

Click the photo for the recipe

Tomorrow it will be a week since I’ve exercised! Wahhh stupid cold. I’m feeling way better and went to work today… I was tempted to go to the gym but it would be stupid to push myself too hard and then not get better. I have a friend I haven’t seen in 3 years staying with me this weekend so no exercise until Monday probably. We’ll just have to go out dancing! 

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jamierunningwild:

healthyfitglow:

fitvillains:

I can relate, lol. Sometimes they’re just too catchy! :)

i literally don’t hear the lyrics to “I’m Sexy and I Know It” anymore.

i hear “I’m a Racer and I Know It”!!!!!!!!!!!!

“girl look at them Racers… girl look at them Racers… girl look at them Racers… I SHOOT HOOPS!”

“I’M A RACER AND I KNOW IT!”

okay. i’m done. bahaha. =P

Me with “Call Me Maybe.”

maddegoesvegan:

Avocado Panini

• 2 pieces of multigrain bread
• 1/2 an avocado
• tomato slices
• 1/2C cannelli beans
• dijon mustard
• coconut oil (or EVOO, or canola, or earth balance etc)

1) Spread avocado on one piece of bread, and mustard on the other. 
2) Mash cannelli beans and spread on the slice with mustard.
3) Add tomato slices on the avocado slice, and smush sandwich together.
4) Heat coconut oil in a pan and fry sandwich on both sides until crispy.

beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood:

Chilled Soba in Cucumber Cups…RECIPE

runyourfuture:

this.

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