Food & fitness obsessed girl.
Deodorant… seems simple, yet it’s been such a struggle for me and many of the good folks who follow me on Instagram. I posed the question a few weeks ago on my Insta Story and hundreds of good folks DM’d me. Suggestions. Requesting help. I was flat out sick and tired of spending A LOT on crappy, bad-ingredient, deodorants. So I took the suggestions. Did a ton of research and here are my findings.
Drum roll please.
— Knead to Cook
For 2018 I’m re-instituting my favorites on my blog for easy reference (versus my Insta stories). I’m all about improving my health naturally, boost my self care and improve my well being especially in 2018! I hope you find some new product ideas or learn about product options that can add to your health and wellness this new year.
— Knead to Cook
It’s the one question I get the most. Can I share tips on how to go vegan? Then followed by favorite products and foods I love.
While I’m recuperating from knee surgery, I thought this would be the perfect time to tackle a post that will cover transitioning your diet over, favorite foods that I’ve discovered over my journey and brands for beauty, the home and life that are both vegan and don’t test on animals. Along with fashion, shoes, eating out with friends… all of the goodness.
— Knead to Cook
Baaaaahaaaa! Okay but seriously. Let’s tackle all things beauty, skincare, hair care, teeth and deodorant that are all vegan and my favorites. Logically, your thinking its makeup or shampoo there can’t be animal products in there, right? Well, I’m looking at ingredients and testing on animals and you’d be shocked. Sounds crazy that we even need to think about cosmetic companies testing on animals or even more dreadful using animal products (umm crushed dead beetles give make-up that lovely shimmer) but most major retailers found in drug stores and mainstream department stores animal test or use animals in their products. The more you know, right? Yes! Education is key. Where you put your money is a vote with retailers.
— Knead to Cook
Moving on to the Best of… series I thought I would focus on a big one – vegan meats! There are plenty of options out there and I feel like I’ve tried most (I’m sure I haven’t but…). I compiled our favorites list and these can be found at most grocery stores and Targets across the country. One caveat, my favorite – all time best meat alternative however is only found at Whole Foods but it is totally worth the trip to get your hands on their burgers. More on that below.
Now the big comment every vegan hears from their carnivore counterparts is: “If you need to find a meat replacement, why don’t you just eat the real deal?”. Well… because we don’t believe in eating animals. If there is a plant-based substitute available that is just as tasty, isn’t laden with hormones, blood and who-knows-what binders… why wouldn’t you eat that? Tirade over. Ha.
Without further adieu… let’s get to the list.
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— Knead to Cook
Lately, I’ve been sharing my favorite vegan, plant-based foods here on my blog. Good Karma Foods flaxmilk and yogurts are just two of our favorites. Recently, I have the opportunity to try out Good Karma’s flax protein milk. First things first… it has 8 grams of protein per serving AND tastes so incredibly creamy! I don’t know about you but I’m not a fan of watery milks. If you want a luscious smoothie – you need a creamy base to start and this milk is perfect! Plus packed with Omega 3’s… this one is a winner!
Good Karma Foods flaxmilk is packed with 1200mg of Omega 3’s. Free of the most common allergens like dairy, soy, & nuts. It has as much calcium as dairy milk. The flax with protein only has 70 calories per serving in their unsweetened flaxmilk. The flavor is extremely neutral and can be used in both savory as well as sweet recipes, like my smoothie recipe.
Good Karma Foods is based out of beautiful Boulder, Colorado and they were the pioneers to developing a flax seed based milk. They are passionate about healthy eating and living -which is why I believe in such an incredible company and their products. They also have an incredibly creamy drinkable yogurt that we’re obsessed with and a creamy yogurt that is unbelievable. Okay so enough of my babbling on… let’s get to the recipe AND a sweet giveaway!
— Knead to Cook
This week’s best of series focuses on all things vegan snacking.
So when I say vegan snacking, I wanted to share the best of great snack ideas not genetically modified *clears throat* crap that coincidentally is vegan like Oreos. I wanted real, vegan and gluten free snacking. I wanted to cover chips to ice cream and everything in between so everyone from sweet to salty palates are covered.
As clean as your eating is, it’s important to build in treats or desserts into your diet. Balance is key. I shared favorites that are all gluten free and vegan. Easily found at Whole Foods or your favorite markets (or online). This is just a list of my top favorites and honestly the list could go on & on if you let me.
— Knead to Cook
Okay, okay… I’ve been MIA this week. Working on a lot of things in the background (one very exciting opportunity in June!) but I’m back with my next installment of favorite vegan products. This vegan cheese post was so wildly popular, this is going to be a series of my favorites each week mmm kay? Great.
So I will digress for a moment. I’ve been off from my private “cheffing” (yes, I know not an actual word) while my main client is traveling on spring break to Hawaii. So I’ve been doing a lot of family things… like cooking for them – ha! Lunches with my daughters. Road trips. Lots of fun things. But this weekend was proved to be a wild ride. I won’t get into specifics, but that WOW, dreamy university with the 5 year masters program in psychology acceptance came in on Friday night WITH a sweet academic scholarship! Okay, I’m trying to keep it together and breathe here. Then on Saturday… I got a huge, I mean HUGE food blogging job. I’m SO overwhelmed with gratitude!
Okay so let’s get this vegan dairy post rolling…
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— Knead to Cook
Vegan cheeses all suck, right? They don’t melt. They taste horrible. Ummmm…. No! Today I’m sharing the best of the best out there & these vegan cheeses will convert even the most hard-core cheese lovers. Trust me, I’m a reformed dairy lover converted over to the favorites I’ve named below & I’m not sad at all!
Now this has been a 3 year journey of many, and I mean MANY, sub-par even disgusting (actually making me sick), pathetic excuses for “vegan cheeses”. Each of these named below are staples in our kitchen & we use them for grilled cheese sandwiches, pizza and lasagna or stuffed shell recipes. I’m going to share my tips and tricks for the ooey gooey cheeses below that will have you swoon.
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— Knead to Cook