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The 9 Best Cruelty-Free, Non-Toxic Nail Polish Brands of 2021

January 1, 2021 by Molly Beauchemin 5 Comments

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So, you’re in the market for cruelty-free, non-toxic nail polish. And if you aren’t, here’s why you should be: new studies from Duke University and Environmental Working Group show that nail polish chemicals can seep into the bloodstream even through the nail bed. Ah!  For that reason, and the fact that traditional nail polish has […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: beauty, gift guide, vegan

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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The 11 Best Birthday Cake Bakeries in LA

August 2, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for an amazing birthday cake in Los Angeles, you’ve come to the right place. The City of Angels is increasingly regarded as one of the best culinary cities in America, and this is especially true when it comes to bakeries and celebrations. Here, you can find a wide range of cake makers […]

Filed Under: Cool Ideas Tagged With: bakeries, birthday cake, dairy free, dessert, gluten free, los angeles, vegan

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

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

March 24, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 5 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

The 8 Best Snacks for Flight Anxiety

March 9, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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Let’s be honest: most people are nervous flyers. No one likes turbulence– some of us are just better at coping with it than others. Finding healthy travel snacks for plane rides isn’t exactly hard, but finding snacks that also help fight flight anxiety can be. The best airport snacks for nervous travelers are fruits, nuts, […]

Filed Under: Anxiety Hacks Tagged With: airplane travel, anxiety help, anxiety relief, flight anxiety, Panic Attack Toolkit, vegan

Gloria Steinem’s Breakfast of Champions (Easy Freekah Porridge Recipe)

February 3, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

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Gloria Steinem is possibly the single most beloved feminist figure in American history. And with that distinction came no shortage of commentary on her looks, which were as admired as they were patronizingly weaponized against her. In a Washington Post article from 1984 (<— scary!), I recently unearthed a reference to a yummy-sounding wheat berry […]

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

The 7 Best Birthday Cake Bakeries in Providence

January 30, 2020 by Molly Beauchemin 2 Comments

If you need a birthday cake in Providence, you might initially think that your only option is to go to Federal Hill, where all the best Italian bakeries are located. This is certainly a good strategy– though Rhode Island’s capital city has a much more diverse birthday cake scene (is that a scene?) than what […]

Filed Under: Travel Well Tagged With: american cities, bakeries, birthday cake, dessert, providence, restaurants, rhode island, vegan

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