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Recipe: Perfect Instant Pot Black Beans with Quinoa or Rice, Kale, and Lime-Cashew Cream
I’ve made two variations of this now and love both of them. This is a super simple and oh so stereotypically vegan meal. I was laughing as I described it to someone, but it’s so yummy! Perfect Instant Pot Black Beans (adapted from Well Planted)1 C Dried Black Beans – rinsed1 1/4 C Water1 tsp Vegetable…
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You are Worthy because You Are
I’ve heard this and said this so many times. It was this morning when I was talking about expecting someone in my organization to talk to me this week about my merit. My organization calls our annual salary review “merit”. This morning my friend stopped me and said in her perfectly matter-of-fact way “you have…
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Recipe: Southwest Quinoa and Black Bean Stew (Instant Pot)
I don’t know what I was going for when I created this, but somehow it came together! I was thinking about a vegetable soup, then I was thinking a minestrone which led to some black beans…anyway, it turned into some type of southwest inspired soup/stew thing and I’m not mad about it! Instant Pot Black…
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Recipe: Vegan Cajun Tempeh Caeser Salad
This one has a lot of components, but each is really simple. The dressing was definitely some trial and error so I’ll do my best to provide the best guide I can, but please taste-test and adjust as you need! Make a cup of Quinoa – I added some lemon juice to the water, just…
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Recipe: Vegan – Gluten Free Scones
I used the America’s Test Kitchen – Vegan for Everyone Currant Scones recipe as a base, but made a few modifications. I used my food processor for most of this recipe. Ingredients 1/2 C GF Oat Flour (you can make this by putting the oats into the food processor and blending for a couple mins)3/4…
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Know Your Why(s) to Create Lasting, Sustainable Change
There are so many ways to create lasting, sustainable change – cold turkey, dripping new behaviours and habits in, crowding out old behaviours and habits, and many more tools – but what lives behind the actions? Your Why! Well, your WhyS. I see your Why as a layered thing – there isn’t one why. The…
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Human Design Basics
Have you heard of Human Design? It’s a system that uses your birth date, time, and location to map how you can optimally exchange your energy with the world around you. There are so many components of it; however, I’m going to focus on: Energy Type, Strategy, and Authority to start. Quickly, you can find your Human Design here. When you enter…
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What to Do When You Want to Numb
We all numb. Numbing is probably one of our best coping mechanisms. I numb with TV and food. Many numb with shopping. Some numb with drinking. We all have our ways. We also all have our triggers. A tough day at work. Getting into an argument with a loved one. PMS. There are two parts…
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It’s Safe to be Seen!
When did you learn being seen wasn’t safe? When did you learn being recognized in a crowd meant being punished? When did you start hiding? When did you shrink into a wallflower? Sometimes it’s a trigger in this life that your soul recognizes as a danger from another life. Sometimes the time you remember in…
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The Gap Between: Where you are and where you want to be
In the process of waking up, there are many stages and each has their exciting pieces and the parts that are full of fear. One of my most feared places during this process is looking at the gap between where I am now, and where I want to be. If you have dreams, this gap…