My grandma, Sasa, truly makes the best molasses cookies there ever was. They had tons of white sugar, real butter, milk, and full gluten flour in it. I haven’t had those in about 10 years so I really cannot tell you that these are like those - but I can say that these are so delicious and hit the right spot. Haha, what a way to start this post eh?! Anyhow, molasses cookies are the perfect fall treat for me and these are incredibly easy to make!

There are a couple thoughts that go on in my head when I am writing this. The first one is noticing that I have not written in my blog since June and the second is that I have about 5 drafted topics waiting to be posted. Alas, I apparently cannot find anything more important than doing this dinner challenge again with Amanda (Mama Eats Plants)! If you want to see the first one to get a feel for what this challenge is about, do not look far and wide, just scroll right below this and its the last blog I posted, haha. 

I love finding healthy recipes that are good for my body and mind. I truly believe that who we are heavily depends on how we eat and that our system cannot work properly if we do not nourish it properly. In saying that, I love EVEN MORE doing it with people I love ...... YOU GUYS!! I am so excited to announce the best collab with Amanda! Her beautiful and effortless instagram is @mamaeatsplants  and her blog is HERE! We came up with a 5 day dinner meal plan (and some extra goodies) that focuses on vegan, gluten free, and low waste dishes and you do not need to be all or any of these things to participate, you just have to be excited to try some new recipes with us!

Collard wraps have literally changed my life

I'm not going to lie, sometimes I am really, really bad at getting all my veggies in for the day and I also get in the habit of only sautéing or baking instead of eating them fresh. My life changed one day as I decided to prep my veggies. I bought collard greens with those big beautiful leaves to put in my smoothies and when I chopped off the bottom half, realized that the top half kind of looked like a big green tortilla. I know what you're thinking. "Stevie you didn't invent collard green wraps", and I'm going to disagree, just kidding! However we all get inspired at different times and its a matter of situation

Yay we are talking about one of my favorite topics. Running! If you want to get started but don't know how or if you have energy or stress you don't know how to expel, I would suggest running as an avenue of aid. Here are some easy tips to get you started. Below that, is my story on how it changed my entire life, so feel free to read it if you have the time! 

I remember in high school and even years after saying "why can't my hair just be shiny, flat and pretty?" I would like to describe my hair as thick strands like a horse, very wavy and huge, and I've always thought it was so unmanageable. No matter how many or what type of products I would use, it would always take me (not kidding) 2-3 hours to get it to a manageable point and even then I couldn't stop trying to fix it every second.

Once you make this toothpaste for the first time and you buy your handy bamboo toothbrush, you will realize how easy it is to make a huge difference everyday in lessening plastic consumption, landfill pile up, and not supporting resource sucking industries! Knowing what ingredients go into your everyday teeth, face and body care also means voting no on deforestation and saving species from habitat destruction. So lets do it!