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Maple-Date Chestnut Milk Recipe: A Local Food Lover’s Alternative to Hot Chocolate

September 30, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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This easy maple-date chestnut milk recipe is made from fresh-roasted chestnuts, dates, water, maple syrup, and a pinch of salt. That’s it! If you’re a local food lover, it makes a beautiful alternative to hot chocolate for warm-weather sipping by the fire. Chesnuts are the ultimate winter season crop, a lovely treat to wait for […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas, Mood Recipes Tagged With: dairy free, gluten free, recipe, winter blues

The BEST Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Brownies Recipe (Dopamine Booster)

August 31, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Let me just cut right to the chase: these delicious gluten-free peanut butter brownies are fudgy and decadent, made with serotonin-boosting bittersweet chocolate and happiness-inducing mucuna bean powder. Baking is a good stress reliever, and this recipe thoughtfully incorporates mood-supportive ingredients.  (And if you don’t want to add the superfoods, leave ‘um out. The recipe […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: brain food, calming, chocolate, depression, dessert, gluten free, mood diet, peanut butter, recipe

How to Make Mangosteen Juice (aka Santol-ade)

August 10, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

I am so excited to share this easy recipe for making fresh mangosteen juice, aka Santol-ade: an electrolyte- and potassium-rich drink that tastes like tropical sweet tea.  This sweet refresher is an amazing electrolyte booster that can prevent dehydration and heat-related fatigue. And, for what it’s worth, it’s just a cool, rare, and exotic tropical […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: Hawaii, recipe

Ted Lasso’s Biscuit Recipe (The Real Recipe from The Show)

August 1, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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This edition of our Nourished By My Heroes series features the first male subject we’ve ever featured in this column: Ted Lasso, the lovable hero of the Apple TV+ soccer-themed series Ted Lasso. Below, we share the official Ted Lasso Biscuit recipe– the real recipe used to make the iconic cookies on the show.   Fans […]

Filed Under: Nourished By My Heroes Tagged With: cookies, dessert, nourished by my heroes, pop culture, recipe

Try This Vegan Pine Pollen Pesto Recipe (Stress-Reducing)

May 2, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 1 Comment

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Looking for ways to cook with pine pollen? 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 […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: adaptogens, fatigue, recipe, vegan

“Cheesy” Turmeric Instant Pot Popcorn Recipe (For Stress-Reduction)

April 19, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 6 Comments

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This easy Instant Pot popcorn packs all the flavor and freshness of homemade popcorn without any of the fuss. It takes only 10 minutes to prepare and combines several anti-inflammatory spices to maximize health benefits and taste– which is why this stress-busting turmeric popcorn is my favorite homemade popcorn recipe, ever. Made with stress-reducing turmeric […]

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

Vegan Olive Oil Quick Bread Recipe (World’s Best Anti-Inflammatory Dessert)

April 15, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 3 Comments

Olive oil cake is all the rage in the baking world right now. This vegan olive oil quick bread is versatile and moist enough to moonlight as an olive oil cake (if you want to bake it in a cake pan) or as olive oil cake muffins. We love it best as an understated olive […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: brain diet, brain food, dessert, fatigue, gluten free, recipe, vegan

Yes, You Can Eat Magnolia Flowers— and They’re Having a Renaissance Right Now

April 8, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Yes, you can eat magnolia flowers— and they’re having a renaissance right now.  Magnolia season arrives in early spring every year, and it is very short– usually lasting only two weeks, so it’s sort of like a shooting star in the realm of seasonal food (like ramps or morels, they are special in that way, […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas, Mood Recipes Tagged With: nature, recipe, small town america

Natalie Portman’s Vegan Hamantaschen Recipe

February 17, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 8 Comments

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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

DIY Lemon Balm “Sleep Gummy” Recipe (For Better Sleep)

February 12, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Gummy vitamins have taken off as an overwhelming trend among adults in recent years. The enthusiasm is shared and seemingly ubiquitous, addled in part by endorsements from major pop culture figures, tech companies, and athletes. Reese Witherspoon, for instance, recently shared a meme on Instagram that said: “Those Who Say You Can’t Mix Business With […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: calming, DIY, fatigue, herbs for sleep, insomnia, recipe, sleep, sleep hacks

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