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Here’s Oprah’s Cornbread and Black Eyed Peas Recipe (Perfect Cold Weather Comfort Food)

January 3, 2025 by Admin Leave a Comment

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Today’s edition of Nourished By My Heroes features the ultimate comfort food combo: Oprah’s recipe for Southern-style cornbread and black-eyed peas.  The Maui-based mogul has openly stated on multiple occasions that her favorite meal is “cornbread, black-eyed field peas, and rosé”— and it’s easy to understand why.  This easy black-eyed peas recipe is so SO […]

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

December 31, 2024 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 Roast Fresh Chestnuts in Your Oven

December 3, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Roasting fresh chestnuts in the oven is the modern equivalent of “chestnuts roasting on an open fire…”, the iconic lyrics to one of the most quotable American Christmas songs in the canon. Every year when winter comes around, securing a bag of locally-grown chestnuts and roasting them in the oven is a local food lovers’ […]

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Easy Acorn Squash Pie Recipe (A Cool Pumpkin Pie Alternative)

November 9, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

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This easy Acorn Squash Pie recipe is a delicious pumpkin pie alternative that’s perfect for Thanksgiving dinner. It’s also a great recipe for anytime you have extra squash lying around, and you’re tired of making savory dishes. It’s so good! Beginning with our super-flaky homemade pie crust, we add just the right amount of seasonal […]

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How to Make Mangosteen Juice (aka Santol-ade)

October 10, 2024 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 […]

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Stress-Busting Turmeric Instant Pot Popcorn Recipe

September 19, 2024 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

Joni Mitchell’s Easy Lentil Soup Recipe (Comfort Food)

September 16, 2024 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

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Joni Mitchell’s easy lentil soup recipe is a darling little gem that reflects the no-frills food ethos of the 1970s. Made with red lentils, tomato puree, and a hint of sweet paprika, this easy blended lentil soup recipe is the ultimate fall/winter comfort food.  This recipe originally came from a repost in The Guardian, which […]

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Easy Focaccia Garden Bread Recipe (To Lift Your Spirits)

August 20, 2024 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 and fun– just use a variety of fresh vegetables and herbs to create a landscape design on a flat sheet of rising dough, then bake […]

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The BEST gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe (Focus-Enhancing)

May 11, 2024 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 that 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 […]

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

May 2, 2024 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 […]

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