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September 19, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Healthy Pumpkin Banana Mini Loaf

Let’s be honest, this is probably the 28075390th post you’ve read in the past couple of weeks that’s exclaiming… IT’S FALL! And what does fall mean?! PUMPKIN TIME! Sorry guys, but we’re not going to pretend to be above the pumpkin craze (however you will not see us buying a PSL). We absolutely love the stuff, and just about any baked good that it finds its way in to.

BUT, why is it that pumpkin and 78 grams of sugar always seem to go hand in hand?! We want pumpkin people, not a straight injection of processed sugar that’s going to send us into a 3pm coma.

So, we did what any pumpkin loving couple who like to eat their baked yummies in the morning would do… We tweak and substituted with mostly natural sweetness, and found a recipe that not only gave us our pumpkin fix, but was also healthy enough to throw some almond butter on at 7am and call it a breakfast.

September 13, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Life in the Clouds – Italy (Part IV – Romping in Rome)

Oh, Rome. What a CITY. It’s grand and beautiful and breathtaking… and it’ll give your heart rate a SERIOUS run for it’s money.

After Florence, we thought we knew what to expect in an Italian city. A little walking, a little site seeing, some good food… HA. Nice try kids.

The first thing we quickly realized after stepping off the train is that Rome is MASSIVE compared to Florence. Just the train station is enormous. So of course, we immediately got lost in the maze of Roman streets. After an hour of wandering, a spremuta pit stop to borrow some wifi, and some not so nice words exchanged (nobody said traveling as a couple was all peaches and roses people), we finally found our little airbnb. When we say little, we mean that quite literally. Our room was about the size of a respectable closet. BUT, it had AC and a bathroom, so we were happy :).

September 7, 2017 by Kamehameha23

The Ultimate Healthy Granola Recipe

Ahhhhh, remember the good old days when you thought granola was healthy? Oh man, we used to smash BOWLS of that sweet crunchy goodness. I mean, could you blame us? At this time, we also thought bagels were a good choice too so… Let’s just chalk that one up to the blissful ignorance of our youth. And denial.

September 2, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Life in the Clouds – Italy (Part III – Florence)

After an amazing 5 days in Milan and Tuscany, we were headed off to Florence. Not only would this be our first big(ish) city, but it was also our first time on our own. No more Tizzy/Nick tour guides, no more fluent Italian, and no more delicious restaurant recommendations. Just us, our maps, and our stomachs to guide us.

Okay, so maybe this would only be the case for like, 2 days. We were joining up with Nick again in Rome :).

But STILL. Here we go!

August 27, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Tomorrow Isn’t a Promise

Although we’re in the middle of our Italy series, and also had a number of recipe posts planned, as a result of recent events, we feel compelled to write this instead.

Everyone knows the saying ‘life is short’. We say it all the time. We think it all the time. Almost as a passing afterthought. Without genuine consideration of our words, we fire off advice to people. Talking about how they shouldn’t wait until tomorrow, or how they don’t have ‘all the time in the world’. We say these things lightly, without realizing their true weight, or applying them to ourselves.

But how often do we actually stop and reflect on the true brevity of life? How many of us really consider the fact that everything we’ve put off for ‘tomorrow’ might never come to light?

August 21, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Life in the Clouds – Italy (Part II – Tuscan Adventures)

We woke up to another early morning knock on Saturday morning. The consolation to our sunrise wake up calls was the delicious breakfast that we indulged in every morning. Let’s be honest, we could get used to this kind of breakfast very quickly. Green smoothies?! Pshhhh, ain’t nobody got time for that.

Our standard breakfast fare was an espresso for Ben, a spremuta or a cappuccino for me, and then we’d share a pastry (or two!). If there were mini pizzas, they had Ben’s name written all over them.

August 13, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Life in the Clouds – Italy (Part I)

So we’ve officially been back from Italy for a week now, and it’s hard to believe that because it seems so far away. BUT, we’re excited to write these recap posts, because that means we get to look through all of our pictures and reminisce.

Honestly, there’s no way we’ll successfully convey how insanely amazing this trip was. It covered all of the bases for a first time Europe trip, and more. We ate all the amazing food we could fit in our bellies, saw all the sites we wanted to see, basked in the Italian sun, and explored through train, vespa, and our lamborfeeties. It was a dream.

August 7, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Feeding Your Soul – Making the Choice to Fill Your Bucket

Hey Dreamers! Wow, it’s been about seven thousand years since we’ve posted an article to the blog. But trust us, it’s for good reason! We’ve been spending the last three weeks exploring Italy, and consuming as many carbs as humanly possible (trust us, that’s a lot). While we have about 26796823 pictures, and just as many posts to write about it, we felt like this one should come first.

Let’s start it by saying we’re not millionaires. We’re not even six figure-airs. We actually spend most months stretching from paycheck to paycheck. Italy was a trip we couldn’t reasonably afford. It was way out of our budget (especially for almost 3 weeks), and most wouldn’t call it a ‘responsible’ adult decision. We easily could’ve used the money to put into savings. Build a nest egg. Pay off some students loans. Save for a deposit on a house (because apparently, that’s what people ‘our age’ are ‘supposed’ to do).

But do you know why non of that mattered? Because it did something that money can’t buy. It fed our SOUL. It stoked a fire that so many people let die down until it’s a tiny glowing ember that they forget about.

July 18, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Plant Based Supplements for Fitness – Choose and Use Like a Boss

Navigating the world of plant based supplements shouldn’t require a PhD. But if you’ve ever wandered the aisles of a natural foods store, you’ll find yourself wishing you’d attended Harvard so you could maybe begin understanding what the heck these pills and powders are supposed to do. Instead of closing your eyes and reaching for the nearest bottle, with a hope and a prayer that it won’t send you into cardiac arrest, we’re here to give you an easy breakdown of how to choose and use plant based fitness supplements. So now you can buy with confidence, like the plant based boss you are.

July 11, 2017 by Kamehameha23

Nooch Popcorn

Yup, you read the title correctly, NOOCH popcorn. If you’re anything like us, you’re probably asking yourself, ‘what the heck is nooch??’ (if you’re a veg/vegan pro, then you’re rolling your eyes and saying, uh DUH). Even though we’ve been rocking the plant based thing for a while now, it has taken us years to figure out the nooch craze. To clarify, ‘nooch’ is super cool hippie vegan slang for nutritional yeast. Which makes sense, because if you went around calling it yeast, people would be totally weirded out and never try it.

This is definitely not a new or inventive recipe. Nooch popcorn has been loved and eaten by the masses for a long time. When people like this stuff, they REALLY like it. But, as silly as it seems, some of us just need a little guidance in breaking the nooch door down. Or at least knocking. Cautiously. And learning how to make your own version of this delicious and nutritious snack does just that. It also shows you how ridiculously easy it is to make your own popcorn.

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