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Daydreaming of when two years ago about this time

Daydreaming of when two years ago about this time we were in Maui oceanfront & poolside sipping daiquiris celebrating our honeymoon without a care in the world 💕
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Something about being told to not leave your house that makes me want to travel the world! (And try all the food in doing so!) 🌎 Anyone else feeling the #wanderlust lately?

Okay if you’ve eaten a lot of junk food, take ou

Okay if you’ve eaten a lot of junk food, take out, sugar, alcohol, or just severely limited your vegetables in the last two months, one thing that all of that ⬆️ is going to lead to is low energy, crashing moods, funny sleep patterns, more hunger, and yes more anxiety. We can take care of our mental health by also taking consideration to what we put on our plates. .
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Sometimes when I need a reset (re: after Christmas break) I will start with a big vegetarian meal LOADED with a variety of vegetables. It feels good, you know you’re getting the vitamins & minerals you need, you suddenly have energy again, my mood feels more stabilized and my body properly nourished. .
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This dish is Braised Chickpeas & Sweet Potatoes and has spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, chickpeas, onion, and sweet potatoes all crammed into one pan! Plus it’s creamy (coconut milk) which pulls it all together .
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https://biteyourcravings.com/braised-chickpeas-spinach-coconut-milk/

You guys know how a ripened banana is extra sweet?

You guys know how a ripened banana is extra sweet? Too sweet to eat anymore for most. Well, you probably also know that when bananas start turning black, that’s the perfect time to (not toss them!) but to be substituting them for sugar in other recipes (think banana bread). But if baking sounds like too much work or having dessert on hand sounds too tempting, instead try mixing them into overnight oats!
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RECIPE
2 cups old fashioned oats
2 ripe bananas
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
6 oz Greek yogurt
4 cups unsweetened almond milk
(Any add ins you like: nuts, choc chips, chia seeds, etc)
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1. Mash the bananas into the oats and combine well
2. Add everything up until the milk and combine. Then slowly stir the milk in.
3. It will be very liquidy now but let it sit overnight and in the morning it will be silkyyy
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4 servings • 250 calories per serving

*NEW RECIPE* or I should say a recipe you’re ver

*NEW RECIPE* or I should say a recipe you’re very familiar with, redone with 500 less calories 👏🏼👏🏼 | Lighter Chicken Parmigiana is now up on the blog!
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In the post I make this kind of daunting recipe very approachable and explain all sorts of trade secrets for making it perfeccct! And of course how to make it healthier, faster, and the process less sweaty 😂 if you’ve ever fried chicken cutlets you know what I mean!! Get the link in bio! .
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https://biteyourcravings.com/lighter-chicken-parmigiana/

Did your meal planning / macro or calorie tracking

Did your meal planning / macro or calorie tracking / fitness routine / focus / drive / goals / all the above go out the window with quarantine? Are you eating more comfort food now than ever? Are you eating more irregularly because of the lack of normal schedules? Has being inside killed your consistency to workout? Two things...
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1. It’s okay. You’re living through a pandemic. If you’re being really hard on yourself, stop. It’s not going to help. One of the best mottos I read in the last two weeks was “give yourself grace”. Give yourself room for flexibility, mistakes, crying, stress eating, all of it. .
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2. I love this meme. It reminds me that we can thrive in SPITE of our circumstances. We can lay down when we need to because that’s good for us. But we can also get up and fight because that’s healthy too. The key is balance 🔑. Doesn’t hurt to reassess if you’ve got it or not! I’ll be the first to admit that it’s a constant work in progress. Today I’m feeling energized to maintain my workouts this weekend! (Which I haven’t done in quite a bit!) 🤞🏼 #fridaymood

Quarantine has proven to me that when the going ge

Quarantine has proven to me that when the going gets tough, the tough search for chocolate cake!! And I don’t blame you one bit. Whether you’re trying your hand at making your first cake for a special occasion at home or just in need of fudgy chocolate cake layered with chocolate mousse & frosting, topped of course with crushed Oreos 🤤... this recipes got you covered. A little chocolate cake never hurt nobody and is 100% guaranteed to brighten your day 😊 .
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https://biteyourcravings.com/triple-chocolate-fudge-layer-cake/

I wanted to post this on Sunday but I *actually* w

I wanted to post this on Sunday but I *actually* was not on my phone too much...I’ll take that as a good thing. One very big reason why is because I had surprise visitors standing outside my balcony (mom & brother)! It was a different visit, but boy those two hours meant a lot! .
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This recipe is the first recipe I learned to make. Younger than 10 years old, my mom let me help her in the kitchen...and I remember putting all these ingredients for meatballs in a bowl, mixing it up with our hands, forming all the balls, frying them one by one, watching them cook in the sauce and make the house smell amazing, and finally, getting to taste our masterpiece for dinner. .
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This is for all the mamas out there creating memories with their kids, giving their all when they have nothing left to give, making magic happen for their kids when they feel hopeless, filling their homes with love and comfort 💕
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https://biteyourcravings.com/traditional-homemade-italian-meatballs/

An overlooked staple for your freezer in my opinio

An overlooked staple for your freezer in my opinion is pizza dough!! Sometimes I buy multiple at a time just because it’s an easy meal to make and I like having it on hand. You can do pizza any style you want or my plan for this Friday...Stromboli! 🙃❤️ | White Pesto Pizza .
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https://biteyourcravings.com/white-pesto-pizza-with-mushrooms/

Recipes made for the moments you’re torn between

Recipes made for the moments you’re torn between indulging in comfort food and being good: Coconut Flour Protein pancakes! Loaded with protein and you can still douse them in syrup if you wish 😂 🥞 plan ahead for your weekend brunch 😉 (Mother’s Day, wink wink)
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https://biteyourcravings.com/coconut-flour-protein-pancakes/ #ipreview via @preview.app

Dishes having a moment right now on the blog thank

Dishes having a moment right now on the blog thanks to Cinco de Mayo: skinny beef enchiladas! I’m so out of it I ended up making risotto last night 😂 but you all inspired me to put this on my meal plan for next week! Seriously craving it now 🤤 plus this recipe always gives us enough for two nights! .
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https://biteyourcravings.com/skinny-beef-enchiladas/

The stress is high. The fear is high. The anger is

The stress is high. The fear is high. The anger is high. The anxiety is through the roof. Stress eating is high, google searches on ways to combat isolation and boredom also high, comfort food searches even on my own blog are up — all this to say that we are all feeling it in our own way. and some of us have ways to cope & some of us don’t. .
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I’m starting to see a real change in people’s patience. With time passing, with each other, with the world. Being that impatient person myself, I’m trying my best to be good to everyone because we are all dealing with it in different ways. And there are days where we just can’t cope. And you don’t know who’s having a hard day. Next time you talk to someone, for a second, just listen to what the actual feeling is behind their words. It helps me to connect during this time where I honestly want to be less and less social & retract further into my true anxiously introverted self 🙃 .
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And that leads me to include trying to be good to myself too. Sometimes that looks like not being hard on myself when I just want to eat comfort food and other times that means giving myself a mental break from my to do list or the four walls I’m in. Recognizing the raw emotions of yourself and others is the easiest way to stay sane, stay giving, stay positive, and make others feel good too 💜 #mentalhealthawareness #anxietyfighter

*DINNER CHANGE-UP* Brown Sugar & Soy Sticky Chicke

*DINNER CHANGE-UP* Brown Sugar & Soy Sticky Chicken Thighs (or breast, or pork chops) if you’re getting tired of cooking the same ‘ol meal inside, this (pantry!) sauce is for sure going to knock your socks off and make you wish you made double! It’s tangy, spicy, anddd sweet 😋 Plus I’m betting you already have all the ingredients!!
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SAUCE (for 4 chicken thighs or 2 bones less pork chops) easily doubles if you need more!
Olive oil drizzle
1 garlic clove minced
1/2 cup beef broth
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 teaspoons cornstarch
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Heat skillet w a drizzle of olive oil. Brown chicken or pork 3 min each side. Reserve on a plate. .
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Lower heat to med & add garlic, broth, soy sauce, brown sugar, and red pepper flakes. Let it all come together. Add your choice of meat back in. Cooking about 5 minutes each side and coating in the sauce. .
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Remove meat, keep warm. Whisk in the cornstarch to the sauce & 2 tbsp water. Sauce will thicken up and smooth out. Serve over the meat and top with fresh cut scallions (amazing fresh contrast!)
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My favorite sides: mashed potatoes, Trader Joe’s cauliflower gnocchi in photo, cauliflower mash, or rice!

A couple weeks ago, I literally went all out to ba

A couple weeks ago, I literally went all out to bake for an Army! My brother who is with the Army National Guard in NYC helping efforts with COVID told me that cookies would make his team happy. I don’t have (many) superpowers, but I figured I sure as hell could make people on the front lines happy over something I love to do anyway 💚 Now, whether my brother handed all ~10 dozen cookies over is another story...
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Army green chocolate chip cookies, sugar cookies, and Oreo truffles! 😋 #thankyou #armynationalguard

Back to fooood! FUN DINNER!! All I wanna cook late

Back to fooood! FUN DINNER!! All I wanna cook lately is fun food...not real food, do ya feel me there? And these are nacho average...nachos 😏🌮 why? Because these get baked in a cast-iron skillet until everything is perfectly melty and toasted. It definitely works a bit of magic. .
The cast iron is optional, but loading the nachos up with whatever you happen to find is not! The perfect dinner for a staycation & Netflix! 😉 search cast-iron nachos on the blog for the recipe!

Usually this post would be about the mental strugg

Usually this post would be about the mental struggle of dieting & fitness, but quarantine has been as much of a mental challenge as a physical one too, if not more. Living in this unnatural isolated way for a couple weeks now has been making my anxiety tick upwards day by day...really easily. And it’s easy to be consumed in negative news, depressed by how close to home it’s hitting, go through feelings of loneliness, angry about life on hold, feel panicked about the future and money, and worried and sad about sick loved ones - and back again in the same day. .
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And there have been days that I just needed to feel my emotions. I needed to feel sad, disappointed, angry, scared. And it’s a rollercoaster. On the good days I try to remember that there’s always someone whose relying on you - and you have to be strong for them. (Even if that person is yourself). Our natural instinct is to think about how this is affecting us on a personal level “this is happening to me” instead of changing perspective and seeing it as this is just something that is happening that I am going through. .
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“Choose not to be harmed - and you won’t feel harmed. Don’t feel harmed - and you haven’t been” - Marcus Aurelius
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Mental toughness is well...tough. Changing perspective is not always natural. Thats the reason I chose this quote I posted. It’s actually something my 103.5 year old grandpa says over and over and over again. I think about the things he’s seen over the course of his life. And the mental toughness that would of surely HAD to come out of it. Living through the depression and fighting through WWII. And yet, he still doesn’t give up. What can we learn from our grandparents or great grandparents who have already seen tough times in their lives?
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So, maybe tomorrow won’t be a good day mentally. But today I’m armoring my mind because truthfully only we can decide how things affect us. We decide if we’ll break. We decide if we’ll give up. 💕

Highly satiable meal that’s a pantry staple & ma

Highly satiable meal that’s a pantry staple & makes enough for leftovers? ✔️✔️ That would be mashed potatoes for sure! Maybe you have some stored in your pantry or you can still find them in your grocery store - either way, they’re a great side to ANYTHING you find to whip up for dinner. And if you’ve become more and more lazy over the last couple weeks like I have, these come together reallyy easily (& one pot!) | Search Creamy Mashed Potatoes on the blog
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https://biteyourcravings.com/creamiest-mashed-potatoes/

Soo with gyms having been closed for two weeks now

Soo with gyms having been closed for two weeks now, this little corner has been my gym temporarily. Everyone’s been taking to different ways of staying in shape and with the weather being nicer, a lot of my workouts have moved outdoors (in open spaces) 🌅🌳. But...I’m that weirdo that really misses the gym. I miss lifting heavy weights & having machines - and up until now I didn’t need a reason for having them at home! I did manage to snag two non-matching 10 lb weights at target and considered myself lucky. So for now it’s high reps and a lot of body weight challenges! (burpees for time anyone??😜)
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You’ve also probably noticed many awesome people and companies putting out free workout videos - and I LOVE that 💕 But if I’m being honest...I personally don’t love following videos. I’m not a class person either. I like doing my own thing. I like creating my own workouts and concentrating on certain things at a time. .
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SO I’ve filmed something a bit different for you - if you’re anything like me, and you kind of just like doing your own thing, but are now confused because the setting & equipment is different (ie: gym vs home) - then these videos will give you a good sense of how the hell to do an at home version of your workout. .
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And - if you’re not a gym person but would like to get into strength training, there’s no better time than now to brush off the rust and major initial soreness & get comfortable with certain movements before doing them in front of people! So if you’d like to just do the videos once through...go right ahead! That’s how I filmed them and I was very sore the next day 😂
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I split them up into sections: stretching & warmup, body weight / NO equipment needed, and weights & bands. I’ll be posting one section a day so you can digest it all. And if you have any questions or need more explaining, shoot me a message! I’d love to help. First video coming tomorrow! How have you been keeping active the last two weeks?

Hey guys! Hope everyone’s hanging in there - esp

Hey guys! Hope everyone’s hanging in there - especially if you’re a healthcare worker or first responder like my brother whose out there in NYC with the national guard making things happen, we love you! 😘
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If doing YOUR part means staying at home, then I got a treat for you bc I know the cabin fever is getting to you (especially if you have kids)! Yeah, you may have more time to start a hobby, like cook a new recipe - but living like this has made it more about fun meals, easy cleanup meals, making whatever-you-can-out-of-the-pantry meals.
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So, I’ve gathered up some recipes that are going to make you want to cook *again* even though you jusst cleaned the kitchen...& to start off are these really fun s’mores cupcakes. ALL the ingred. should be in the store (or your pantry), so next time you run out for TP toss ‘em in! 😉 also, you & your kids are going to love watching the marshmallows rise! .
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Use choc cake box mix OR from scratch cake recipe:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp espresso powder
1 cup buttermilk (if you can’t find, sub w milk)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water .
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Large marshmallows (1 per cupcake)
2 - 4 oz semisweet chocolate bars
1 cup heavy cream OR heavy whipping cream
Crushed graham crackers .
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder & soda, salt, & espresso powder to a large bowl. Stir until well combined.
2. Add milk, oil, eggs, & vanilla to flour mixture and combine. Carefully add boiling water and keep mixing until everything comes together.
3. Pour evenly into prepared cupcake tray. Bake for 20-25 min or until a toothpick comes out (mostly) clean.
4. Cut out a small portion of the center of each cupcake and put in 1 of the marshmallows. Bake for 5 min - they expand quickly so keep an eye out!
5. To make frosting: chop chocolate finely & place in a medium bowl. Heat heavy cream on the stove until simmering. Pour over the chocolate and let sit for 2-3 min to soften. Stir to combine
6. Once everything‘s cooled, spoon ganache on & decorate with graham crackers!

Although we all wish we lived in the world where y

Although we all wish we lived in the world where you could just sign up for the things we wanted and have them hand delivered, unfortunately that service is not available just yet 🤔
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Until then, it’s up to us to get our hands dirty, turn our phones off, put your blinders on, and DO the work. No matter what that work is. And the truth about doing the work is that the results are usually pretty honest. You either will or will not see the results depending on the level of effort you put in.
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So if you don’t have results, ask yourself: am I putting in the work? The right work? We can usually always find one area to improve our approach, one area where we can do more!

I haven’t made this recipe in awhile but I think

I haven’t made this recipe in awhile but I think now that our mini kitchen reno/update/work is totally done - I’m ready to get cooking again & THIS is going on the list! | Creamy Mushroom Chicken | .
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https://biteyourcravings.com/creamy-mushroom-chicken/

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