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Try This Gorgeous Brown Sugar Banana Bread Recipe (GF + Vegan)

February 8, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin Leave a Comment

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This delicious, fluffy brown sugar banana bread recipe yields a twist on classic banana bread that’s super flavorful and rich. The brown sugar adds luscious depth to the traditional banana bread flavors, which are yummy and gooey as ever– and a little bit caramel-y. The vegan ingredients, meanwhile, make this brown sugar banana bread recipe […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: comfort food, gluten free, mood diet, recipe, vegan

The 10 Best Cruelty-Free, Non-Toxic Nail Polish Brands of 2025

January 4, 2025 by Molly Beauchemin 10 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

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 […]

Filed Under: Mood Recipes Tagged With: recipe, vegan

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

February 3, 2021 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

Fresh Papaya Seed Salad Dressing Recipe (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, anyway) as well as a few household pantry items. […]

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

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