Spice spice baby | A list of my favorite spices + an easy dinner recipe

Spice spice baby | A list of my favorite spices + an easy dinner recipe

Ciao everybody and welcome back to another nutrition blog post! As the not so punny title indicates, this week is about spices and how to use them to maximum advantage (both health-wise and flavor-wise) in your cooking. As everyone’s spice selection is highly personal, the following are just those that I use most often to create the bulk of my favorite dishes. With these, I can make curries, stews, broth, rubs for meat, and add some zest to dips like salsa and guacamole. 

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8 Foods I Eat Everyday >> And so could you!

8 Foods I Eat Everyday >> And so could you!

Ciao everybody and welcome back to the blog! This week is another nutrition-based post all about the staple foods I include every day in my diet. As I’ve said before on here, every body is unique and responds differently to each food. Therefore, the following list is by no means a recommendation of what you should eat. These are just the foods that make me feel good and allow me to perform well. Some of them may work for you too, so try out as many as you’d like and listen to how your body responds :)

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3 Healthy Dessert Recipes Under 3 Ingredients

3 Healthy Dessert Recipes Under 3 Ingredients

‘Ello everybody and welcome to this week’s tasty recipe blog post. Recently, I’ve been feeling very inspired to make healthy treats because 1) I love all things sweet and 2) experimenting in the kitchen is one of my favorite hobbies. So, this week I bring you three of my favorite sweet (and healthy) treats that you can make in under 10 minutes when the sweet craving strikes. 

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How to: Delicious Smoothie Bowl

How to:  Delicious Smoothie Bowl

Hola todos and welcome to another nutrition blog post! This week’s topic is near and dear to me as it has to do with a meal that I make every single day- the smoothie bowl :) Now, the idea of something that you usually drink served in a bowl with toppings and a spoon may seem weird, I get it. However, this slushy bowl reminds me of the açaí bowls of Brazil or an ice-cream sundae, but it’s healthy! Not only are you filling your body with a butt load of nutrients, you also get to feel like you’re eating ice-cream every day :) 

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4 Healthy Weeknight Dinner Recipes

4 Healthy Weeknight Dinner Recipes

Hello everybody and welcome to this week’s blog post! As we are now in the second week of 2019, and New Year’s Resolutions are all the rage, I thought I’d give you all four healthy dinner (or lunch) recipes to help you out if eating well is one of your resolutions ;) I posted three of these recipes on my Instagram (@alexandratempletonfit) but thought I’d consolidate them here, as well as add a vegan one for any of you non meat-eaters our there. 

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