Move Your Body Monday: Bicycling+ Motivational Quote Monday

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Move Your Body Monday!🚴 And introducing the 🆕 weekly post: Motivational Quote Monday.🌞

So for now on, Monday’s are  Move Your Body Monday🏃 OR Motivational Quote Monday!🌞

 

I recently got a bicycle, and I am LOVING it! It’s a great, fun way to move your body! 

Want to change up your workout routine? I HIGHLY recommend bike riding!

My bike is a hybrid👌, so it’s part street bike and part mountain bike. I like it because if the sidewalks are too crowded, I can ride in the grass!✌️

I attend a bike friendly university, so I’ve been enjoying riding my new bike around to my classes.

(If you didn’t know, I’m a Professional Writing major at a University!)  I don’t like to ride my bike too fast. I just like to feel the wind past by me, and really take in the moment! 

(Is my writer-ness showing?😉)

Here’s an motivational quote for a positive start to your week : (Image taken from: PersomalExcellence.co)

Like the quote? 

It’s from an amazing⭐️ book called Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. There is also a FANTASTIC movie based off it, also called Peaceful Warrior. Every time I watch it, I learn something new and it’s seriously life changing! It’s such an uplifting and motivational movie that will change your way of thinking into a wonderfully positive way.✌️

Until next time, remember: Move your body🚴 , and when you ride your bike–always wear your helmet❗️(and stay in the moment!)

Super Healthy Green Smoothies Sunday!

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Smoothie Sunday!🍵

This week I have 2 smoothies that are quick, easy to make, and super yummy!
  💛Fruity Green Drink💛

• 1 cup Water
• 1/8 cup Coconut Flakes
• 1/4 of a Banana
• 2 Avocado slices
• 2 handfuls of Kale Medley (Kale, Spinach, and Carrots)
• 1/2 cup Mango
• 1/2 cup Pineapples
• Lime juice

 

💛Mango Green Drink💛

• 1 cup Water
• 1/2 Cup Frozen Mango
• 1 handful of Kale Medley (Kale, Spinach, and Carrots)
• 1 Handful Spinach
• 2T So Delicious Dairy-free Coconut Yogurt

Until next time, remember: Have your veggies and eat your cookies🍪 too!

Caturday: My Cat Is The Queen of the House

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Caturday!😺

This week, we have Kiki being the queen👸🏻 that she is!  

Kiki hates everyone in the world, except for me!  

What I’ve learned from my two cats is that: you don’t own cats, cats own you!

 
Until next time, remember: have your veggies🍅, eat your cookies🍪, and love on your animals too!

Homemade Vegan Cheese+Grilled Cheese+Fav Vegan Cheeses

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Foodie Friday!🍴

For the most part going Vegan was easy for me! The hardest part was giving up cheese (but for ethical reasons I gave it up.)

But it wasn’t hard for long! In fact, I never miss cheese!

Why?

Because just look at all the Vegan cheese products out there:

  Daiya is my FAVORITE Vegan cheese brand, and I absolutely reccomend any of their products.

In the mood for quick and easy mac & cheese? Try Earth Balance‘s mac & cheese with some broccoli.
  

How do you say: YUM! Right?

But, sometimes I want something that is more natural and not processed.

So, I make my own cheese (and it’s SUPER easy!)

 

Now THAT’S how you say YUM!

• Servings: Several
• Time: 5-10 Min.
• Difficulty: SUPER Easy
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What’s in it?

• 1 Cup (soaked overnight or for a couple hours) Raw Cashews
• 1/4 Cup Nutritional Yeast
• 1/4 Cup Water
• 2T Apple Cider Vinegar
• A pinch of Garlic Powder
• A couple dashes of Himalayan Pink Salt.

How to make it?

1. Put everything in a Vitamix, blender, or food processor.
2. Blend until it has a hummus-like consistency.
3. Enjoy!

How can you enjoy your homemade Vegan cheese?

Use it as a dip for veggies!

 

Put it on burgers or sandwiches!
   

Or my favorite: make delicous Vegan Grilled Cheese!

Put it on Dave’s Killer Bread (I love the Good Seed Thin Slices) or Food for Life Ezekiel Bread!

   

Told you it was my favorite! It’s the perfect lunch: quick, easy, and delicious!  

Until next time, remember: Have your veggies and eat your CHEESE too!

Vegan Whole Wheat Oh Mega Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Review Thursday.🌟

There were a surplus of carrots in my fridge, so I thought: carrot cake! Looking around, I found something better at one of my favorite⭐️ vegan blogs: Oh She Glows.

I found her recipe for Oh Mega Carrot Breakfast Cake Cookies! Carrot cake🍰 in cookie🍪  form? Yes, please!

These are seriously delicious! They taste and have a texture of a muffin top, which is delightful! Thus, they’re nicknamed: Whole Wheat Vegan Carrot Cake Muffin Tops!

  
*not pictured: Rolled Oats, Apple Sauce, or Walnuts. I always forget a few things!😅

I made 2⃣ changes to the recipe!

1⃣~I was out of Pecans, so I used Walnuts–but it was still great! So you can use Pecans or Walnuts!

2⃣~Maple Syrup is expensive, so I used half Maple Syrup and half Honey!  (I’m Vegan, but I do consume honey occasionally.)

And, other than that the recipe was perfect!   

⭐️Fun fact: I grounded my own Whole Wheat Pastry Flour in my Vitamix with the Grain Attatchment with Whole Wheat Pastry Berries.  

Have a product, recipe, or cookbook that you want me to review? Comment below with the link, or e-mail me at: happyhealthynoms@gmail.com

Until next time, remember: Have your veggies and eat your cookies too!

How To Make Vegan Dinners Fast and Easy +How to Plan Your Meals!

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Tidbit Tuesday!💫

👍Now that you:

• have your fridge and pantry stocked with all the Happy Healthy foods, 
• and you have the basics of eating Happy Healthy Noms, 
• we can start planning our meals!

👉Miss those posts? Click here for the shopping list, and here for the basics.

Today we’re mostly going to focus on dinner! But look forward to future posts for some great, easy, fast lunch and breakfast ideas–so stay tuned!✌

Just a quick reminder:

• The magic formula is: 3⃣ meals and 3⃣ snacks!

⭐️How to Make Vegan Dinners Fast and Easy:⭐️
-Make large batch of a healthy grain on a day like a Sunday! That way you can enjoy it all week, without any effort!
-Create themed nights, and plan your meals ahead of time. This way dinner is a no–brainer!
 
At the HappyHealthyNoms house we have:

• American Monday, Taco Tuesday, Bean Wednesday, Italien Thursday, StirFriday, World (Mediterranean/Indian/Greek) Saturday, and Soup/Stew Sunday. 
• But, you can make your own themes suited to your favorite foods!

-I also made a small list of meal examples for every day, and this way I select one of those meals, buy everything for each meal, and making the dinner is a snap! 
With all that planned, start making a weekly food plan!👍

1. Add all the days of the week+ Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, (and three snacks–if you need to plan snacks!)
2. Add your dinner themes to the chart
3. Plan your meals! (Yes, you are allowed to make tentative meal plans–I do all the time!)

👉Need an example? Here’s what mine looks like for this week:  

 
• Have an Apple Device? I used the “Numbers” app to create my Food Plan! It has the Food Plan premade, just type your meals into it.
• Or just use Word, Excel, or another app!

Until next time, remember: Have your veggies and eat your cookies too!

Move Your Body Monday: Aerial Hammock

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Move Your Body Monday!💃
This week I wanted to share with you an Aerial Hammock Workshop that I recently went to. 

(Don’t know what Aerial Hammock is? Then scroll down for the pictures!)

This was one of the most fun and interesting experiences that I have ever had! It was actually easier to do than it looks, but I was sore for days afterwords!

   
    
    
    
   

Search around Google to see if there are Aerial Hammock or Aerial Silk classes near you!

Until next time, remember: Have your cookies🍪 and move your body💃 too! 

NutriYUM Smoothie Bowls

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Smoothie Bowl Sunday!🍵  💛Berry Kale Acai Bowl💛 

🍧Smoothie: Frozen Blueberries, Acai Powder, Matcha Powder, Spirulina, Spinach, Kale and a splash of Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk. 

🍃Toppings: Fresh Strawberries Slices, Fresh Black Berries, Raspberry Chia Seed Jam from the Oh She Glows Cookbook (the recipe can be found here,) Carmelized Buckinis, Dried Blueberries, Goji Berries, Carob Powder, Dried Fig, Plain Chia Pudding (click for recipe), Hemp Hearts, Dried Apricot, Cacao Nibs, Fresh Ground Almond Butter, and Coconut Flakes. 

 
   ❤️Apple Acai Bowl❤️

🍧Smoothie: Frozen Blueberries, Frozen Strawberries, Frozen Cherries, Acai Powder, Matcha, Spirulina, and a splash of Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk. 

🍃Toppings: Apple Slices (covered in cinnamon and Monk Fruit in the Raw,) Carmelized Buckinis, Dried Blueberries, Goji Berries, Dried Figs, Raspberry Chia Seed Jam from the Oh She Glows Cookbook (the recipe can be found here,) Dried Apricot, Cacao Nibs, Fresh Ground Almond Butter, and Coconut Flakes.  

Until next time, remember: Have your veggies and eat your cookies🍪 too!

Caturday: Sassy Cat in a Basket

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Caturday!😺

This week, we have Indi being a sassy cat in a basket!

  

Cute, but not sassy enough?

Keep scrolling…

 

There!

Indi is definitely being the sassiest cat in a basket!

She was meowing up a (sassy) storm!

Until next time, remember: have your veggies🍅, eat your cookies🍪, and love on your animals too!

Yummy Raw Vegan GF Pad Thai

Hey there! Thanks✨ for visiting Happy Healthy Noms for this week’s Foodie Friday.🍴

Today’s recipe is crisp, refreshing, and seriously good! It has the taste of a real Pad Thai, but this is raw and totally vegan! The carrot and cucumber noodles have a nice crunch and compliment the veganized Pad Thai sauce! 

Note: You will need a vegetable spiralizer!

Raw Vegan Pad Thai

• Servings: 1
• Time: 5-10 Min.
• Difficulty: Easy
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What’s in it?

“Noodles“:

• 2 medium-large carrots
• 1/2 cucumber

Sauce:

• 2 T Chopped Onions
• 1/2 Lime
• 1 t Minced Garlic
• 2 T Soy Sauce
• 1 T Rice Vinegar
• 1 Packet Sweetener (I used Stevia)*
• 1/4 t Siracha**

*Skip if you don’t like your Pad Thai sweet.

**Squirt as much as you want it you like it spicy!

Garnish:

• 1/2-1/4 lime
• 1 T peanuts
• Cilantro 

How to make it?

1. Over a plate, use a vegetable spiralizer to make the carrot and cucumber noodles.
2. Chop the onions and put them in a small bowl. Put all the sauce ingredients in the bowl and mix with a spoon.
3. Pour the sauce over the “noodles“.
4. Top with peanuts and cilantro. Place the lime on the side.
5. Squeeze the rest of the lime and enjoy! 

Un-Raw Option: Add grilled tofu or tempeh for more protein! (Calories: w/tofu: 190, w/tempeh: 200)

 

Today’s recipe was inspired by Be the Change Journals’ Raw Pad Thai recipe.

Until next time, remember: have your veggies🍅 and eat your cookies🍪 too!