Two-Ingredient Almond Mango Ice Cream (Vegan)

Cold, Desserts, Food, Gluten-Free, Ice Cream, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian, Weekday Approved

Scooped Two-Ingredient Almond Mango Ice Cream from top up close

I was driving home from work this week and craving a sweet frozen treat. I knew I wanted something light and quick when the idea to make a five-minute nice cream hit me.

With a half opened carton of almond milk in the fridge and a bag of mango chunks in the freezer, I had all of the ingredients I needed.

7/24

Blood Orange Syrup

Breakfast, Desserts, Food, Gluten-Free, Recipe, Sweet, Vegan, Vegetarian

Action shot of pouring homemade blood orange syrup on Trader Joe’s frozen pancakes from side up close

I made my own blood orange syrup and you can too! All you need to make your own flavored syrup are two ingredients: sugar and flavoring, and you can make any custom syrup you want.

Creating your own syrup is simple and fun. The base of simple syrup is just sugar and water boiled together on a stovetop until the mixture reaches the desired syrup consistency.

Though it may seem more difficult, the process of making flavored syrup is just as easy as making simple syrup: boil together the flavoring, sugar, and water together, and voila! Flavored syrup!

This is where it gets fun.

7/02

Hearty Black Bean Pasta with Marinara

Food, Gluten-Free, Healthy, Hot, Meal Ideas, Recipe, Savory, Vegan, Vegetarian, Veggie Based, Weekday Approved

Hearty Black Bean Pasta with Marinara and Trader Joe’s Organic Black Bean Rotini from angle

Ye haw! I’ve jumped on the healthy pasta bandwagon—carrot spirals, lentil sedanini, tofu noodles, edamame spaghetti, zoodles, brown rice and millet ramen, spaghetti squash, and more.

Most recently, I tried Trader Joe’s Organic Black Bean Rotini. It’s like eating a bowl of beans (holy protein!), but it tastes like pasta!