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Vegan Double Chocolate Zucchini Bread (Energy Booster)

January 25, 2021 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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This vegan double chocolate zucchini bread recipe is one our favorite nutritionist-designed desserts of all time! This super moist quick bread is luxuriously decadent and fluffy as a cloud.  Chocolate, flax seed, and green veggies combine to make a surprisingly rich crumb that is the ultimate powerhouse treat, as these ingredients can also help ease […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: chocolate, depression, dessert, mood diet, recipe

Easy Wagyu Meatballs with Sweet & Tangy Dipping Sauce (High in Iron)

October 1, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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This easy wagyu beef meatball recipe is one of my favorite meatball recipes of all time! I’m always tinkering to create tasty, healthy, high-iron recipes, and this is one of the best. I try not to eat beef too often (mostly for environmental reasons) but when I do, I make sure it’s super high quality […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: comfort food, fatigue, recipe

Fresh Papaya Seed Salad Dressing (For Gut Health)

August 26, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Yes, you can make your own fresh papaya seed salad dressing. Why didn’t we think of this sooner?!? This homemade papaya seed salad dressing recipe takes 5 minutes to make and all you need is the seeds of a fresh papaya (which most people throw out, anyways) and a few household pantry items. Below, we […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: brain food, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, recipe, vegan

Easy Focaccia Garden Bread (To Lift Your Spirits)

August 10, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

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This easy-to-make focaccia garden bread adds a cheerful dose of play to the traditional, olive-oil rich focaccia bread you may have known in the past. Making a focaccia garden is easy– just use a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs to create a landscape design on a flat sheet of rising dough, then bake for […]

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Persian Pesto Frittata (Vitamin K Powerhouse)

June 29, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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This easy green Persian pesto frittata is a delicious twist off of a classic Persian frittata recipe. More importantly, it’s a great way to pack a ton of greens into a single, one-pan meal. Made in a cast iron skillet, frittatas are great for picky eaters, or if you’re looking for creative ways to eat […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: aging, brain food, gluten free, grain free, recipe

Natalie Portman’s Vegan Hamantaschen Recipe

June 17, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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The latest recipe in G&L’s Nourished By My Heroes series is a fun one: Natalie Portman’s vegan hamantaschen recipe. Hamantaschen are classic, triangle-shaped filled cookies that originate in Israel and enjoy massive popularity in many parts of Eastern Europe. The cookie casing can range from hard, almost like a shortbread, to more dough-y, akin to […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes, Nourished By My Heroes Tagged With: cookies, dairy free, dessert, nourished by my heroes, recipe, vegan

Gluten-Free Cinnamon Peanut Butter Cookies (Focus-Enhancing)

May 11, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 3 Comments

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These gluten-free cinnamon peanut butter cookies were adapted from Ovenly’s salted peanut butter cookie recipe– a New York City classic which we’ve modified to incorporate focus-enhancing adaptogens and some cinnamon and maple to round out the flavor. Gluten-free peanut butter cookies are all the rage in boutique bakeries across America at the moment. The lack […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: adaptogens, brain food, cookies, dairy free, gluten free, grain free, mood diet, peanut butter, recipe

Butternut Squash, Shallot & Steak Tacos (For Low Iron Folks)

May 4, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 4 Comments

In my opinion, there are only three ingredients that you need to make a really good taco: super flavorful meat, citrus, and avocado. This easy steak taco recipe highlights these flavors along with sweet butternut squash and buttery shallots– and notably grass-fed steak from Arrowhead Beef. (Their beef is pasture-raised, grass-fed, and grass-finished, and ships […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: dairy free, fatigue, gluten free, recipe

Vegan Pine Pollen Pesto (Stress-Reducing)

April 21, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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This easy vegan pesto recipe should be a staple in any health nerd’s repertoire. Much like bee pollen, pine pollen is an increasingly popular adaptogen that’s full of beneficial enzymes, amino acids, minerals, antioxidants, vitamins A, B, D, E, and phytosterols. Research even shows that consuming raw pine pollen can help reverse fatigue, improve energy […]

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Garlic and Memory: An Intriguing Connection

April 20, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Just when you think you know everything there is to know about garlic breath, a promising new link between garlic and memory has been traced to a compound in garlic known as allyl sulfide. Allyl sulfide is a naturally occurring flavor compound present in all Allium species, most notably garlic and onions. According to research […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas, Mood Recipes Tagged With: aging, memory, recipe

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