fall recipes

Pumpkin Sugar Cookies

True to the season, I wanted to create a festive take on the traditional sugar cookie. Not to mention, coconut oil makes sugar cookies so delicious. Since I’ve been traveling a lot lately, I decided to pull a little inspiration from one of my favorite TV chefs, Sandra Lee, and made it “semi-homemade.” You can of course, go above and beyond and make these cookies from scratch. I started out knowing I wanted to make a pumpkin flavored cookie. Since I do my best thinking while driving, an idea popped into my head – why not replace the egg with […]

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Maple Bacon Popcorn in a Pumpkin Bowl

You can thank Pinterest for this blog. I’m often scrolling through hundreds of post from people who are more talented and skillful and imaginative than I am. And I consider myself crafty. Alas, we can’t all have Pinterest-worthy meals and décor every day. That is, until I found the pumpkin bowl! It’s exactly what it sounds like – you carve an opening just big enough for a bowl and place it inside the pumpkin. Talk about easy AND festive! Pumpkin Bowl:  Pick a pumpkin around the bowls you have available. I knew I wanted a small bowl for the popcorn, […]

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Pumpkin Pie Protein Shake

For those of you who have read my blogs, I’m an absolute fitness fanatic! Being an athlete of the National Physique Committee, training for my competitions is very important to me. You’ll find me in the gym at least 5 days a week lifting weights and doing cardio. Along with exercise, diet is key in succeeding with muscle gain and fat loss. I try to focus on good supplementation and nutrition on a daily basis and have recently started to incorporate coconut oil into my diet as a serving of healthy fats. Coconut oil is made up of medium chain […]

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