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5 Awesome Vegan Snacks
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Being vegan is a huge part of my life. One of my favorite hobbies is grocery shopping. Yes. Grocery shopping. There's a common misconception that vegans only stick to the green wall of leafs in the produce department. While vegetables are important and nutritious and delicious, I'm here to tell you that there is life beyond that beautiful section of the store.
Here are 5 products to make your vegan heart sing!
1. Silk Almond Creamer
This creamer adds the most amazing flavor to your coffee. It's even better than I ever remember milk based creamers tasting. Good bye cruelty flavored coffee!
2. SO Delicious Cashew Milk Snickerdoodle Ice Cream
If someone mentions ice cream in conversation, there's a good chance that I will start talking about this one and likely won't stop until the other participants have taken some kind of oath that they will go buy it. Cashew milk ice cream is unlike any other I've had. It is so silky smooth and luxurious. Also, the snickerdoodle cookie dough chunks are graciously dispersed throughout. Win-win!
3. Gardein Meatless Pepperoni Pizza Pockets
When I am in a hurry and craving something really sinful, I cling to these. They taste so similar to hot pockets (from what I remember) and truly knock them out of the water when comparing the nutritional facts. You definitely won't be missing hot pockets after having these.
4. Earth Balance Vegan Aged White Cheddar Popcorn
Your jaw will seriously drop when you taste this stuff. I know mine did. I have no idea how they so perfectly capture the essence of white cheddar in this snack, but it is so spot on. Also, the bag is huge so I really feel like it's worth the month.
5. Follow Your Heart Smoked Gouda Slices
I followed my heart when I bought these, and I am SO much better for it. I haven't always been on board with vegan cheeses, but I can say that these make excellent grilled cheese sandwiches and go great on baked potatoes. I was especially impressed with how well they melted.
What are some of your favorite snacks? Let me know!
3 Ways to Take Better Care of Yourself in 2017
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
There's a reason there are so many jokes about breaking resolutions every January:
Resolutions are HARD!
Resolutions often trick us into thinking that we
actually have to wait all year long for a clean slate.
The truth is this: you can create a clean slate whenever you feel like it by envisioning the changes you want to make, putting your visions into plans, and then putting your plans into actions. Easy enough, right?
As someone who has failed resolutions time and time again, I now realize that the problem has been with my mindset. In years past I have come into each "new slate" wanting to change myself due to my perceived deficits. Meaning that I only wanted to change due to my own negative thoughts about myself. I wanted to be better because I was constantly comparing myself and my success to others. We live in a time when this is easier than ever to do because the people we follow or see online show us all the best details from their lives. This year, I hope that my resolutions will come from a place of love for myself. I don't want to feel like I have to keep up with someone else's wardrobe, home decor, or makeup. I want my inner voice to speak out about things that I truly desire. I want to change myself with the mindset of: "I want to ____ because I deserve that". This type of thinking is going to take a lot of work on my part. I am going to have to shut out my negative voice constantly (probably) until it eventually dissipates (hopefully).
I plan to create "resolutions" (dare I call them that... is there another word? Self projects? Project Self?) for these areas of my life: professional, personal work, and beauty/health.
1. Professional
I stay at work way too late most days working on endless piles of things. I have to remember it will always be there tomorrow. This is not a lazy mindset, this is out of respect for myself and my personal time. What can you do to better balance your personal and professional life?
2. Personal Work
I have so many passions in life. Two of my biggest passions are beauty and writing. The sad thing is, I don't always work on these two things because I'm busy working on things that aren't as important OR I'm just straight up wasting time. When I look back on things I didn't accomplish, I get so annoyed with myself because I can never remember what I was actually doing with all that time. What are some of your passions?
3. Beauty/Health
Mental and physical health are so important and are definitely linked. With that said, I need to seriously get it together in both of these departments. I allow myself to get too bogged down with work to the point of not being able to take care of myself in the way I need to. That's so unfair to myself and the others who have to put up with me!
As you can see, these goals go hand in hand with one another, which really shows how areas of our lives layer over each other. I really hope that I can use the correct mindset this year to do better for myself!
What are some of your resolutions this year?
Let me know below!
Also, tag a friend in this post who will help hold you accountable for reaching your goals this year!
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