V-day is in a week and I am presenting another vegan dessert for you today: orange bundt cake with chai cashew cream frosting. This one, it might be my most creative yet. I was looking at my whiskey cake recipe last week, and wanted to turn it into an orange cake. That was easier … [Read more...]
Chocolate, Coffee and Pecan Vegan Brownies and Becoming Awake
Growing up, my dad was a principal at a Catholic elementary school in Farmers Branch, a suburb of Dallas. He served in that role for 25 years, the longest in the school history and I'm sure the longest in most schools' histories. When I was in middle school, my dad went to a … [Read more...]
Blueberry Crumb Cake + Blue Fort Worth
Last Sunday, my husband and I went to our neighborhood Starbucks to work on our side hustles, which are: this blog and developing new yoga gigs for me, and a newsletter creation about upcoming music projects for him. I loooove having a side hustle, in fact, I don't know what to … [Read more...]
New Mexican Hot Chocolate
I own 9 pairs of shoes. Which is 8 pairs more than many people, and probably 18 pairs less than many others. I live in North America, in the middle of a large, prosperous city, less than an hour from the mecca of North American shopping: Dallas, Texas. I grew up in … [Read more...]
Surrendering into 2019 with Lavender Chocolate Chip Cookies
Surrender is not a word that I associate myself with. More like, control freak, would be the correct terminology. I have these really annoying habits like: showing up on time, taking notes, following up, doing what I say I will do. Not everyone works this way. … [Read more...]
Sugar Cookie Vision Boards
It's almost the end of the year, and hopefully you have allowed time this month to do some reflecting. I've written about goal planning a bit too much, and a little about vision board creating over these past few weeks. My friend Jaime asked me about my vision board … [Read more...]
Vegan Apple Pie + Holiday Slump
I woke up feeling very down earlier in the week. It happens this time of year to the best of us, even if our lives are going great. I love the holidays, and yet they make me sad, too. And as much as I've been goal planning and looking ahead, it's good to look in the past and in … [Read more...]