Skinnytaste Meal Plan (July 2-July 8)

A free 7-day flexible meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner and a shopping list. All recipes include calories and Weight Watchers Freestyle™ SmartPoints®.

Just a friendly reminder, to receive my new recipes or meal plans via email, make sure you’re signed up for my email subscription (it’s free!). Second, have you pre-ordered my cookbook Skinnytaste One and Done? It comes out Oct 9, but you can get 4 free recipes from the book now, with your pre-order. More details here!

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. You should aim for around 1500 calories* per day.

There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing!

THE DETAILS:

Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. While we truly believe there is no one size fits all meal plan, we did our best to come up with something that appeals to a wide range of individuals. Everything is Weight Watchers friendly, I included the updated Weight Watcher Freestyle Points for your convenience, feel free to swap out any recipes you wish or just use this for inspiration!

The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan. I’ve even included brand recommendations of products I love and use often. Cross check your cabinets because many condiments you’ll notice I use often, so you may already have a lot of them.

And last, but certainly not least, this meal plan is flexible and realistic. There’s plenty of wiggle room for cocktails, healthy snacks, dessert and dinner out. And if necessary, you can move some things around to make it work with your schedule. Please let me know if you’re using these plans, this will help me decide if I should continue sharing them!

MONDAY (7/2)
B: Avocado Toast with Sunny Side Egg (4)
L: Protein Egg and Quinoa Salad Jar (6)
D: Zucchini “Meatballs” (5) over 1 cup whole wheat spaghetti (5)
Totals: Freestyle Points 20, Calories 1,024*

TUESDAY (7/3)
B: Avocado Toast with Sunny Side Egg (4)
L: Protein Egg and Quinoa Salad Jar (6)
D: Blackened Fish Tacos with Cabbage Mango Slaw (4)
Totals: Freestyle Points 14, Calories 869*

WEDNESDAY (7/4)
B: 2 scrambled eggs (0), 1 piece toast (3) and 1 cup honeydew (0)
L: Naked Turkey Bruschetta Burger (6)
D: Grilled Pesto Chicken and Tomato Kebabs** (4) with Grilled Peach Watermelon and Burrata Salad (recipe posting Sunday) (4)
Totals: Freestyle Points 17, Calories 1,184*

THURSDAY (7/5)
B: Overnight Oats in a Jar (5)
L: Cobb Salad in a Jar with Buttermilk Ranch (5)
D: Orecchiette Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Broccoli (8)
Totals: Freestyle Points 18, Calories 895*

FRIDAY (7/6)
B: 2 scrambled eggs (0), 1 piece toast (3) and 1 cup honeydew (0)
L: Cobb Salad in a Jar with Buttermilk Ranch (5)
D: Grilled Lobster Tails with Herb Garlic Butter (2) and 1 corn on the cob (0)
Totals: Freestyle Points 10, Calories 981*

SATURDAY (7/8)
B: Asparagus-Pancetta Potato Hash (4)
L: LEFTOVER Orecchiette Pasta with Chicken Sausage and Broccoli (8)
D: DINNER OUT!
Totals: Freestyle Points 12, Calories 501*

SUNDAY (7/9)
B: Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas (6)
L: Spicy California Shrimp Stack (5)
D: Grilled Pesto Chicken Couscous Bowls (9)
Totals: Freestyle Points 20, Calories 942*

*This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.

**Grill an extra chicken breast for lunch Thurs/Fri

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7 Hot New Workout Jams for July

We’re coming up on another hot month. via GIPHY So, here are some new hot tracks to help you to keep burning up those workouts! (And — pssst! — if you need workouts to do, we’ve got a slew of free ones here.) via GIPHY Sangria Wine, Pharrell Williams & Camila Cabello Move it side to side … Live Another Day, Matrix & Futurebound featuring Alex Hepburn More like work out another day. Humility, Gorillaz featuring George Benson Slower but such a good warm-up or cool down track. (So excited to have new Gorillaz!) Karaoke, Big Freedia featuring Lizzo It’s YOUR…

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How to Build a Campfire

For outdoor wilderness enthusiasts, balmy summer weather is a reason to celebrate. My friends and I love soaking up the summer sun out on the lake or river. We try to take full advantage of gorgeous summer days by playing outside as much as possible — and what better a way to appreciate nature than taking a camping trip or enjoying a bonfire. One thing I have found surprising is that many of my most capable, bad-ass, granola friends don’t know how to build a proper campfire. I’m not sure why, but it’s a basic wilderness skill that virtually anyone…

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Healthy Obsession: Watermelon Everything

Summer came on fast and furiously here in the Washington, DC area — as it always does. And right on schedule, I found myself standing in the produce aisle on my weekly trip to the grocery store drooling over the watermelon stand. Nothing says summer like watermelon. But here’s the funny part … when I was younger, I was so not into watermelon. It wasn’t until an early-September (and very hot and insanely humid) half marathon in 2013 when I was handed a piece of watermelon at the finish and thought to myself “my goodness, where has this deliciousness been…

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Podcast Ep 88: Feminist, Photographer & Entrepreneur Kyle Hepp

A self-described “serial entrepreneur who’s never had a real job,” Kyle Hepp is an internationally recognized wedding photographer, a CrossFitter who has placed top 10 in Chile’s female CrossFit rankings for several years, author of the book “The Maternal Instinct Myth,” and is in the process of seeking funding for a new gym software company with her boyfriend and “baby daddy.” The busy mom to 1 ½-year-old Ayla has all kinds of tips and tricks to help live a full life that’s a little more off the beaten path. Kyle lives the life of an expat in Santiago, Chile, and at…

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How Much to Pay Your Sitter

The first time we hired a sitter for our daughter, I was clueless. What was the going rate? Should I order her dinner? Do we tip? via GIPHY After quite a few texts back and forth with my mom tribe, I settled on a rate that felt fair — and decided to order pizza for her and round up the total amount. And it’s worked well ever since. Although, sometimes I do wonder if it’s the best thing … or if I’m over- or under-paying for my area. via GIPHY Which is exactly why this infographic from UrbanSitter is so…

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Our Feet Rise and Fall Together With Brooks Running

The 2018 Special Olympics USA Games are right around the corner — and I’m so psyched to say that I’ll be there for the start of the games, along with my fellow Brooks Running blog ambassadors, because Brooks is bringing us all out to Seattle to be part of the cheer line. And that’s exciting to me on several levels. For one thing, I get an incredible amount of joy out of cheering people on. If you’ve never grabbed a spot at a race and screamed your lungs out for total strangers, you’re truly missing out. But also, I’m enormously…

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Weight Loss Success Stories: Justine Traver

“Leaving a toxic relationship and in a new and healthy one I came to the realization that I needed to finally do something for myself. I joined Weight Watchers, I found a meeting right near my job (no excuses) and dove right in, head on.”

“Food filled a void in my life for a long time. I would eat when I was happy, sad, depressed, anxious. It was an awful cycle of eating like crap, feeling awful, and then doing it all over again. Food never judged me or put me down. I used food as a way to comfort myself for many years. It wasn’t until April of 2017, two years after leaving a toxic relationship and in a new and healthy one that I came to the realization that I needed to finally do something for myself”.

Justine Traver
Clothing Size: 16 down to current size 2
Weight before/after: 190 pounds/125 pounds

Inspiration ahead…

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Skinnytaste Meal Plan (June 25-July 1)

A free 7-day flexible meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner and a shopping list. All recipes include calories and Weight Watchers Freestyle™ SmartPoints®.

Just a friendly reminder, to receive my new recipes or meal plans via email, make sure you’re signed up for my email subscription (it’s free!). Second, have you pre-ordered my cookbook Skinnytaste One and Done? It comes out Oct 9, but you can get 4 free recipes from the book now, with your pre-order. More details here!

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing these free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc or swap recipes out for meals you prefer, you can search for recipes by course in the index. You should aim for around 1500 calories* per day.

There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing!

THE DETAILS:

Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. While we truly believe there is no one size fits all meal plan, we did our best to come up with something that appeals to a wide range of individuals. Everything is Weight Watchers friendly, I included the updated Weight Watcher Freestyle Points for your convenience, feel free to swap out any recipes you wish or just use this for inspiration!

The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan. I’ve even included brand recommendations of products I love and use often. Cross check your cabinets because many condiments you’ll notice I use often, so you may already have a lot of them.

And last, but certainly not least, this meal plan is flexible and realistic. There’s plenty of wiggle room for cocktails, healthy snacks, dessert and dinner out. And if necessary, you can move some things around to make it work with your schedule. Please let me know if you’re using these plans, this will help me decide if I should continue sharing them!

MONDAY (6/25)
B: Low Fat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread (5) with a banana (0)
L: Chickpea Tuna Salad (0) and an apple (0)
D: Cream of Zucchini Soup  (1) with 2 Easy Garlic Knots (4)
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 10**, Calories 854*

TUESDAY (6/26)
B: Low Fat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread (5) with 1 cup cherries (0)
L: Chickpea Tuna Salad (0) and an apple (0)
D: Shrimp Scampi Tacos with Caesar Salad Slaw (6)
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 11**, Calories 896*

WEDNESDAY (6/27)
B: Low Fat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread (5) with a banana (0)
L: Chicken Club Lettuce Wrap Sandwich (5)
D: Houston’s Grilled Chicken Salad*** (7)
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 17**, Calories 892*

THURSDAY (6/28)
B: Low Fat Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread (5) with 1 cup cherries (0)
L: Cilantro Chicken Salad (1) in ½ a small avocado (3)
D: Quick Garlic-Lime Marinated Pork Chops (5) with Chipotle’s Cilantro Lime Rice (6) and sliced tomatoes (0)
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 20**, Calories 916*

FRIDAY (6/29)
B: 6 ounces nonfat Greek yogurt (0) with ½ cup sliced strawberries (0), 1 teaspoon honey (1)
L: Cilantro Chicken Salad (1) in ½ a small avocado (3)
D: Steamed Mussels with Piri Piri (4) with 2 ounces multi-grain baguette (3)
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 12**, Calories 801*

SATURDAY (6/30)
B: Huevos Rancheros (4) (Recipe x 2) and Tropical Fruit Salad (0)
L: Watermelon, Feta and Arugula Salad in Jars (4)
D: DINNER OUT!
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 8**, Calories 481*

SUNDAY (7/1)
B: Strawberry Peanut Butter Swirl Smoothie Bowls (7) (Recipe x 2)
L: 1 ½ cups Southwestern Black Bean, Quinoa and Mango Medley (3)
D: Cheese Stuffed Turkey Meatloaf (7) with ½ cup steamed green beans (0)
Totals: Freestyle™ SmartPoints® 17**, Calories 820*

*This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.

**The PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® values for these recipes were calculated by Skinnytaste and are not an endorsement by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the PointsPlus® registered trademark and SmartPoints® trademark.

***Grill an extra chicken breast for lunch Thurs/Fri

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Grilled Pesto Chicken Couscous Bowls

Juicy grilled chicken, zucchini and tomatoes topped with a light spinach-arugula basil pesto served over couscous.

There’s nothing better than making pesto from scratch! It adds a mouthful of bright summer flavor.

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Chicken Club Lettuce Wrap Sandwich

Chicken Club Lettuce Wrap Sandwich, a low-carb (keto) lunch idea that replaces a wheat wrap for a lettuce wrap. Just 5 ingredients, and less than 10 minutes to make!

Crisp, cool and delicious, I love lettuce wraps! I have been making this BLT Lettuce Wrap for years, a few more favorites are these Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps and these Steak Taco Lettuce Wraps, just to name a few!

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America’s Most 5K-Friendly Cities

It’s always fun to see how your city or state ranks with the rest of the country. Is it healthy? Does it cook? Is it happy? If you’ve ever wondered how your city stacks up in the running-5Ks department (now that’s a department we’d like to work in), we have the infographic for you! Created by Custom Ink, this infographic breaks down which cities have the best attributes for 5K races, based on: safety, typical weather conditions, landscape, race frequency, and even brewery access (since many running events are now followed by beer). Check. It. Out. (We can hear the Chicagoans…

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What You Need to Know About the Summer Solstice

Summer is my favorite time of year. It means freedom: road trips, adventures, late nights, and overall, a good time. The stars are kind enough to mark each year with a summer solstice. You may be wondering: What is a solstice and why should I care? Well, we have some answers. What is a Solstice? According to the Farmer’s Almanac, a solstice occurs when a planet’s rotational axis is in either the southern or northern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere, our summer solstice is usually on the longest day out of the year, which means more daylight — yay! On…

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Houston’s Grilled Chicken Salad

Grilled Chicken Salad with greens and vegetables are tossed in a honey-lime vinaigrette and topped with a delicious peanut sauce.

Trust me, this delicious grilled chicken salad will soon become your summertime staple!

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Touring the Breweries of Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Folks have been plotting vacations around wine since, well, pretty much forever — something to which Jenn can clearly attest — but I know more and more people who are doing the same thing when it comes to craft beer. I spent a day in Portland, Ore. (after this race … and subsequent wine tastings) checking out the beer scene (and falling in love with Cascade Brewing, which is a must-visit if you’re a fan of sour beers, because they are the pioneers of that movement), and I have a few friends who’ve visited places like Asheville, Grand Rapids, and…

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Steamed Mussels with Piri Piri

Steamed mussels get a kick with spicy Piri Piri Sauce which is basically a kicked up chimichurri sauce.

We love mussels, they are so easy and fast to cook yourself! Here I steamed them with white wine, then topped them with this fresh sauce, which adds brightness and tons of flavor. You can serve this as a light dinner with some crusty bread, or as an appetizer.

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My Everchanging Grief

As I live with my grief day to day, month to month, year to year, I realize more and more what “they” say is true. Grief is not a destination. It is a journey that changes daily, and just when you think you have it figured out, it changes on you. It’s been a little less than four years since my husband and I said our goodbyes to our daughter Ilana. That first year, there were more tears than I have cried in my entire life. There was more heartache than one should endure in a lifetime. There was sadness,…

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Podcast Ep 87: Siri Daly

Siri Daly is not only the creator of the Siriously Delicious food blog, author of Seriously Delicious: 100 Nutritious (and Not So Nutritious) Simple Recipes for the Real Home Cook, and the spouse of Today and The Voice co-host Carson Daly, but she is also the mom to three active kids. This woman knows what it means to be busy! In this fun, breezy discussion, we chat with Siri about how the self-taught “passionate home cook” manages so many meals and schedules in her day while remaining (relatively) sane.   Siri spent years working in television production before embracing life as…

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Beauty for Those Who Sweat

Guys, here’s some fun news: being healthy and active is so popular now that companies and entrepreneurs are creating beauty products just for those of us who sweat! via GIPHY And while we all know that we’re beautiful exactly as we are, there’s no doubt that sweat makes you, er, sweaty. via GIPHY So, for all of your fit and sweaty situations, we’ve compiled a great list of some of the companies and entrepreneurs who are making sweat even more beautiful (and have sent us goodies to test out). via GIPHY Now, go get ’em, gorgeous! Bath & Body DirtyBird…

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Skinnytaste Meal Plan (June 18-June 24)

A free 7-day flexible meal plan including breakfast, lunch and dinner and a shopping list. All recipes include calories and Weight Watchers Freestyle Smart Points.

Just a friendly reminder, to receive my new recipes or meal plans via email, make sure you’re signed up for my email subscription (it’s free!). Second, have you pre-ordered my cookbook Skinnytaste One and Done? It comes out Oct 9, but you can get 4 free recipes from the book now, with your pre-order. More details here!

If you’re new to my meal plans, I’ve been sharing free, 7-day flexible healthy meal plans (you can see my previous meal plans here) that are meant as a guide, with plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food, coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc. You should aim for around 1500 calories* a day.

There’s also a precise, organized grocery list that will make grocery shopping so much easier and much less stressful. Save you money and time. You’ll dine out less often, waste less food and you’ll have everything you need on hand to help keep you on track.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook join my Skinnytaste Facebook Community where everyone’s sharing photos of recipes they are making, you can join here. I’m loving all the ideas everyone’s sharing!

PS – If you want to make your own meal plan, you can search for recipes by course in the index.

THE DETAILS:

Breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday, are designed to serve 1 while dinners and all meals on Saturday and Sunday are designed to serve a family of 4. Some recipes make enough leftovers for two nights or lunch the next day. While we truly believe there is no one size fits all meal plan, we did our best to come up with something that appeals to a wide range of individuals. Everything is Weight Watchers friendly, I included the updated Weight Watcher Freestyle Points for your convenience, feel free to swap out any recipes you wish or just use this for inspiration!

The grocery list is comprehensive and includes everything you need to make all meals on the plan. I’ve even included brand recommendations of products I love and use often. Cross check your cabinets because many condiments you’ll notice I use often, so you may already have a lot of them.

And last, but certainly not least, this meal plan is flexible and realistic. There’s plenty of wiggle room for cocktails, healthy snacks, dessert and dinner out. And if necessary, you can move some things around to make it work with your schedule. Please let me know if you’re using these plans, this will help me decide if I should continue sharing them!

MONDAY (6/18)
B: Yogurt Chocolate Chip Muffins (7) with 1 cup mixed berries (0)
L: Asparagus, Egg and Bacon Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette (3) and an apple (0)
D: Summer Cavatelli with Corn, Tomatoes and Zucchini (7)
Totals: Freestyle Points 17, Calories 882*

TUESDAY (6/19)
B: Yogurt Chocolate Chip Muffins (7) with 1 cup mixed berries (0)
L: LEFTOVER Summer Cavatelli with Corn, Tomatoes and Zucchini (7)
D: Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats (5)
Totals: Freestyle Points 19, Calories 855*

WEDNESDAY (6/20)
B: Yogurt Chocolate Chip Muffins (7) with 1 cup cubed cantaloupe (0)
L: LEFTOVER Summer Cavatelli with Corn, Tomatoes and Zucchini (7)
D: Summer Vegetables with Sausage and Potatoes (7)
Totals: Freestyle Points 21, Calories 864*

THURSDAY (6/21)
B: Yogurt Chocolate Chip Muffins (7) with 1 cup cubed cantaloupe (0)
L: Spiralized Greek Cucumber Salad with Lemon and Feta (7)
D: Turkey Burgers with Zucchini (3) and Low Carb Potato Salad (4)
Totals: Freestyle Points 21, Calories 848*

FRIDAY (6/22)
B: 2 hard-boiled eggs (0) and 1 cup cherries
L: LEFTOVER Turkey Burgers with Zucchini (3) and Low Carb Potato Salad (4)
D: Cajun Shrimp in Foil (4)
Totals: Freestyle Points 11, Calories 911*

SATURDAY (6/23)
B: Easy Bagel**(3) with 2 strips bacon (2), 1 egg (0), and an orange (0)
L: Summer Pasta Salad with Baby Greens (5)
D: DINNER OUT!
Totals: Freestyle Points 10, Calories 515*

SUNDAY (6/24)
B: LEFTOVER Easy Bagel (3) with 2 tablespoons light cream cheese (3) and 1 cup cherries (0)
L: Chopped Salad with Shrimp, Blue Cheese and Bacon (7) (Recipe x 2)
D: General Tso’s Chicken (5) with 1 cup cauliflower “rice” (0)
Totals: Freestyle Points 18, Calories 933*

*This is just a guide, women should aim for around 1500 calories per day. Here’s a helpful calculator to estimate your calorie needs. I’ve left plenty of wiggle room for you to add more food such as coffee, beverages, fruits, snacks, dessert, wine, etc.

**Double Easy Bagel dough for leftovers on Sunday

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Grilled Lobster Tails with Herb Garlic Butter

Grilled Lobster Tails topped with Herb Garlic Butter are a delicious delicacy, and grilling them is super quick and easy!

Grilled Lobster Tails

Compound butters are amazing flavor enhancers for seafood, meat, grilled corn and veggies. This one is made with garlic, fresh herbs and lemon is delicious atop these lobster tails, but you can also use it on grilled halibut, vegetables and corn. I love having at least one variety in my fridge all summer to pull out when the mood strikes.

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Hot Yoga: Tips and Tools We Sweat and Swear By

When I tell my friends about how much I love the hot yoga classes I’ve been attending, I get some version of the same response every time: “That sounds awful. We live in Florida. It’s already hot! I sweat way too much for that!” Oh, you think you sweat too much? Have you met me? via GIPHY YOU GUYS. I sweat a lot. I sweat right through my ponytail in a hip hop dance class. I sweat profusely in regular, non-hot yoga. Hell, I’m sweating a bit right now, typing in my office. (My friends are not wrong — it is hot here.)…

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How To Make Nut Butter

Homemade nut butter is so simple to make, just two ingredients (nuts and salt)! Simply toast the nuts then put them in the food processor. Here I made nut butter three ways; almond butter, walnut butter and pecan butter but any tree nut would work.

How To Make Nut Butter

Homemade nut butter is healthy, affordable and even more delicious than store-bought! You can make as much or as little as you wish! It’s easy to make, too. You’ll just need a decent food processor or a really good blender. Making it yourself also gives you complete control of what goes into your nut butter. Serve it over toast, with banana, apples or pears, stir some into my overnight oats, smoothie bowls, or just eat it with a spoon!

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