Candle Cafe West Review

I’m always thrilled when a new healthy and/or vegetarian place opens up closer to home. I live near the Upper West Side of NYC and was excited to hear that the East Side’s well-known vegan restaurant Candle Cafe opened up a West side location on April 1st. My man and I dropped in for a [...]

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Artichoke & Sun-dried Tomato Salad

Last night I made salads for dinner. Big homemade salads are my favorite go-to meal, and with highs in the 60s yesterday, NYC was finally starting to feel like Spring. I took a walk after going to the gym, got a pedicure, and then cruised over to a health food store to get some organic [...]

Artichoke & Sun-dried Tomato Salad is a post from: Laurel On Health Food

Healthy Road Trip Food

This weekend I’m going on a road trip with two of my girlfriends to upstate New York and to Niagara Falls. It will be my first time seeing Niagara and I’m pumped! I absolutely love waterfalls but have only seen one in my life.I can’t wait to hear that roaring noise of the water and [...]

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Poolside Sipper

I spent the last two weeks in Florida again, finishing up a writing contract during the weekdays and hanging with my friends on the weeknights and weekends. The work part of the trip was pretty stressful, so I made sure to sneak in lots of fun and relaxing time when I was off. Last weekend [...]

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Chocolate Shake!

I have a passion for making healthier versions of foods people love. Something we all love is a really good chocolate milkshake. For my healthy version I add raw superfoods, dairy-free almond milk, and use stevia to keep down the sugar content. I make these single serving shakes for my boyfriend and I when we’re [...]

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