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🥣 Sharing recipes & vegan lifestyle hacks
☀️ Vegan for every reason under the sun
🍏 NYC-based vegan blogger

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Chocolate or Art? ⁣
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I think both. ⁣
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This maple caramel chocolate is from @confectionerynyc in the east village. Their chocolates and macarons are as beautiful as they are delicious. They also have pastries, cookies, and hot chocolate. Confectionary NYC is a super cute shop you should definitely check out. All vegan too! ⁣ ⁣
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Sometimes a sandwich is just the perfect meal. On this sandwich, I have plant-based tuna from @goodcatchfoods , arugula, mustard, a splash of lemon, and some thousand island dressing. The sprouted grain bread is from @foodforlifebaking . What’s on your plate today this #meatlessmonday? ⁣
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🌱 P.s. This sandwich has a whopping 24 grams of protein... 10 from the bread and 14 from the tuna.⁣
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🐠 Have any of you tried @goodcatchfoods plant-based tuna? ⁣
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👉🏽 Swipe for photos of the Good Catch Foods tuna packaging for all the nutritional details.

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VEGAN PASTRY EXTRAVAGANZA! is LIT 🔥 at @termsofendearmentbk in Brooklyn! Yo, BK in the house! Manhattan vs. Brooklyn - ok, so this bout you win. Heck, we are all winning. NYC is like Vegan Disneyland. Exhibit A: Terms of Endearment. ⁣
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🥮 So when it comes to croissants do you favor savory or sweet? ⁣
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🍪 Fortunately, at TOE you can have have both and such a variety of each. PLUS they have a full lunch/afternoon/early evening menu. Currently, they close at 7pm, but, perhaps, fingers crossed, they will extend operations to later in the evening. ⁣
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👉🏽Swipe right for pics of more croissants, treats like the cinnamon bun with cream cheese frosting, and the extended menu. ⁣
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📸 Pictured here we have the almond croissant and a turmeric latte with almond milk. ⁣
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👀 Have you been yet?

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Are you a fan of having breakfast for dinner? Pancakes and smoothie bowls top my short list of breakfasts for dinner. Quite frankly, there’s really no bad time to have pancakes or a smoothie bowl, right!?!!⁣
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🌱 This bowl is a mashup of hearty steel cut oats + smoothie. With toppings like chopped dates, chia seeds, goji berries, coconut, and bananas, this bowl makes for a nutrition packed, delicious, and satisfying meal. ⁣
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🌱 Pro Tips⁣
1. Keep frozen bananas 🍌 and berries 🍓 in your freezer so you’ll be smoothie ready anytime. ⁣
2. Toppings add texture, chewing satisfaction, and nutrition so top away! ⁣
3. Mix up your oats. If you always have old fashioned rolled oats, try steel cut oats. They take a bit longer to cook, but their nutty flavor and chewy texture make it worth the wait.⁣
4. Sweeten smoothies with a date or two. ⁣
5. Drizzle with a nut or seed butter. You can make this bowl as light or as hearty a meal as you like. ⁣
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🌱 What’s your favorite breakfast for dinner meal?

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Happy MEATLESS MONDAY! 😀 Looking for meatless meal inspiration? ⁣
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🌱 I love to have this kind of a meal every day. It’s hearty, satiating, nutritious and easy to put together.⁣
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lots of leafy greens⁣
baked marinated tofu & eggplant
brown rice or a grain or 1/2 a burrito
dressing⁣
pumpkin seeds⁣
nooch aka nutritional yeast⁣
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🌱 What makes this meal easy? ⁣
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1. Having the components on hand - hello meal prep Sundays. I made a bunch of tofu and eggplant in my air fryer yesterday so I had lots of good leftovers. ⁣
2. Keeping pre-washed greens in the fridge. This shortcut is key for me. ⁣
3. A good dressing. I love @traderjoes Almond butter turmeric salad dressing. ⁣
4. Having crunchy and flavorful toppings on hand, like the nooch and pumpkin seeds. ⁣
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🌱 Typically, instead of the burrito, I would have a grain but I had the burrito handy so went with that. ⁣
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🌱 Do you have any tips for pulling together a hearty meatless meal in no time?

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SEED + MILL at Chelsea Market in New York City is halva heaven and definitely a place to check out when you’re in the city.⁣
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For the love of sesame seeds, Seed + Mill @seedandmill serves up artisanal halva in a wide variety of innovative flavors. They also have a vegan soft serve ice cream which you can have in a cup or on a cone with tahini drizzle and halva crumbles on top. They make their halva with their own tahini aka sesame seed butter.⁣
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The halvas pictured here are top to bottom: ⁣
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Pistachio 💫⁣
Sea Salt Dark Chocolate 🍫 ⁣
Coffee ☕️ ⁣
Marble ✨⁣
Raspberry 💕⁣
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Which flavor would you go for?⁣
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If you’re like, “what the halva?, What is halva?” Halva is sweet treat made from tahini and sugar. It has a delicate flakey texture that melts in your mouth in the most delightful way! 🙂 ⁣
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The majority of Seed + Mill halvas are vegan and clearly labeled vegan! Some of their other fabulous vegan flavors are ginger, black sesame, chocolate & orange, chocolate pistachio, black sesame, cardamom, and sweet pecan! ⁣
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All Seed + Mill halvas are gluten-free too, so 🎤 [mic drop]⁣
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👉🏼 Swipe for more pics including the vegan soft serve in a red velvet cone. It’s pretty and was so yummy!!⁣
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💗🍦💗🍦💗🍦💗🍦💗🍦💗🍦💗🍦💗🍦💗

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BANANA BERRY AND ? SMOOTHIE Can you guess what veggie is in this smoothie? ⁣⁣
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Do you have trouble getting those veggies in for yourself or your little ones? Well, hello smoothies to the rescue. The sweetness from the fruits disguises those more mild flavored veggies. ⁣⁣
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Smoothie Ingredients:⁣⁣
🍌 bananas (frozen)⁣⁣
🍓 strawberries & raspberries (frozen) ⁣⁣
💞 dragon fruit smoothie pack @pitayafoods⁣⁣
splash of plant-based milk (more if needed)⁣⁣
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AND the secret veggie is…⁣⁣
drumroll please…⁣⁣
The hidden veggie is red cabbage!⁣⁣
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Toppings: ⁣⁣
chia seeds 👀 hello omega-3s⁣⁣ dates 🌱⁣⁣
coconut 🥥 ⁣⁣
banana 🍌⁣⁣
raspberries 🍓⁣⁣
peanut butter 🥜 ⁣⁣
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What are your favorite smoothie toppings?

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Hello VEGAN AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FARE at JA JA JA in NYC! 💚⁣
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Have you been to JaJaJa @jajajamexicana yet? ⁣
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If not, be sure to add it to your list of places to go!⁣
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Ja Ja Ja offers authentic plant-based Mexican street food, including more indulgent comfort foods with lighter fare as well. ⁣
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They have three locations. The West Village restaurant we went to is pretty, well lit, with a chill vacation vibe. Had so much fun with my friend Dianne @diannewenz! Great friends, good food, chill times… perfect!⁣
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Here’s what we got. Swipe ➡️ for all the pics. ⁣
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Coconut Queso Quesadilla $13 + with Guac $3⁣
spinach & basil pesto, serrano, king mushroom, pico de gallo, sour cream ⁣
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Hijiki~Hearts of Palm Ceviche $12⁣
jalapeño, hijito seaweed, red pepper, cilantro, cherry tomato, avocado, served with plantain chips⁣
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Shredded Papaya Bowl $14 with carnitos $3⁣
green papaya, watermelon radish, mango, watercress, serrano, pomegranate seeds, mixed apricot dressing⁣
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A side of fermented Beans - side $4⁣
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Dessert ⁣
Chocolate Chip Cookies 4 for $4⁣
They were outstanding! ⁣
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They also have Mexican Wedding Cake Cookies. I will get those as well next time. And next time will be very, very soon!!⁣
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They’re open for lunch and dinner, and brunch on the weekends, ⁣
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They serve up fresh-pressed juices as well as beers on tap and other alcoholic beverages. ⁣
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They have three locations including Lower East Side, West Village, and Brooklyn

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PAPAYA + LIME = SUBLIME⁣
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A whole papaya with the juice of one or two limes makes a perfect light breakfast or snack anytime. There’s something about the combo of papaya and lime. Have you tried it? ⁣
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If you have had papaya and didn’t like it much, adding fresh squeezed lime juice is a game changer. It brings out the sweetness and the lime juice adds a contrasting tartness. This is nature’s sweeTart!! ⁣
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I upped the citrus factor here and added the juice of some lemon and orange too. So good! ⁣
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Papaya is packed with nutrients - vitamins, minerals, and fiber. ⁣
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What’s your favorite fruit?

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