I’ll just come out and say it, I’m in LOVE LOVE LOVE with this Cinnamon White Hot Chocolate! When it comes to hot chocolate this holiday season I’m trading in my love for dark chocolate and instead shaking things up a bit with the often over looked, but still incredibly delicious, white chocolate. And […]
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It’s time to get your Christmas Party Chex Mix on! What’s fun about having a food blog is that you get to prep for holidays ahead of time. This usually means prepping a recipe weeks and sometimes months out. So in this case, the Christmas music of course had to come out as well so […]
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/> I may be just a tad premature in saying this since it’s only early November but, I’m already beyond excited about leftover Thanksgiving and Christmas cranberries. Yes, leftover cranberries because with said leftover cranberries you can make this vibrant, ultra healthy, antioxidant power house, Cranberry Kale Salad with Cranberry Poppy Seed Dressing which […]
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I beginning to notice a trend here at Grab Some Joy and that is a love for breakfast! (See my Sweet Potato Power Breakfast, Pumpkin Maple Overnight Oats and Blackberry Coconut Chia Pudding for more breakfast love.) And with cloudy overcast whether here Oregon my maple tree turning is suddenly the most beautiful electric […]
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It’s only September and I’m already on board the pumpkin everything bandwagon! Just this past week alone I’m guilty of consuming 2 pumpkin lattes, pumpkin pancakes and now these insanely delicious and easy Pumpkin Maple Overnight Oats! Now usually I wait until October 1st before I begin all things pumpkin but for some reason this […]
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I’ve been anxiously waiting to write up and share this recipe for this Mediterranean Pasta Bowl for months! You see, the plan was to feature my home grown zucchini from my very first, almost-legit, garden that I planted this year. Of course the home grown organic zucchini’s were going to be the star of […]
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I have always been on the fence with this whole chia pudding craze. I get that this magical nutrient dense little seed is good for you but before I just could’t will myself to fully embrace it. I think it stems from my dislike for tapioca pudding from childhood where it was not so much […]
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There’s nothing but selfish ambition going on with this Carrot Ginger Chopped Chicken Salad! It’s true, the intentions for this salad was about me and my desire need to get more veggies in my diet. Anyone else with me?! Now day in and day out I would say that I overall have a consistently […]
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Hello Lemon Asparagus Spaghetti Squash! You are light yet satisfying and are ushering me into the world of fresh spring and summer recipes! Thanks in part to the sun actually deciding to come out of hiding this week in Portland!! It is truly a miracle since both Portland and Seattle have had a record breaking […]
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I typically eat the same things for breakfast every week. Do you? It’s usually pretty healthy, but certainly nothing fancy. We’re talking oatmeal, yogurt, and Minnie Mouse pancakes because well…my sweet toddler LOVES Minnie! She’s pretty famous around here so weekly Minnie pancakes happen often using the most delicious pancake mix in the HISTORY OF […]
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We had an epic snow day week in Portland recently. From a city that sees mostly rain (we’re basically Seattle’s hippy cousin) 12 inches of snow was a big deal! Businesses close, kids don’t go to school and parents with school aged kiddos go a bit crazy. So I’m told…But not us, because when you […]
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May I introduce to you, the Best Dark Chocolate Brownie! After months of taste testing, this version of my dark chocolate recipe totally deserves its title as BEST. Friends, I must say it’s rough being a brownie tester. I mean, it’s truly been unfortunate that we’ve been eating multiple versions of these brownies every week […]
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We have a mini gong in our living room that we bring out for football season. That’s right, a gong! When our team scores our daughter who is 2 1/2 has the privilege of ringing the gong and screaming, TOUCHDOWN!!!! As you can imagine, it’s a pretty big hit! Pun intended. Ha!! And while the […]
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Sometimes, I just want a big bowl of comforting pasta. And I mean a HUGE bowl of pasta and nothing else. No healthy salad to go with it, no veggie, no fruit. Just pasta, and maybe some bread….and I will enjoy every massive carbohydrate bite! Because, it’s comforting, and sometimes “adulting” is hard and well, […]
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Good things always come in bowls. Like a bowl of ice cream and Lucky Charms and Cesear salad. Pretty much all of my current pregnancy cravings… All foods that I love and either can’t have or shouldn’t have. So what’s a girl to do? Make a dish that fulfills my sweet and savory craving that […]
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Friends, you NEED this Blueberry Citrus Salad in your life! Because it’s practically been summer in here in Portland and I’ve I’ve got my 90’s summer playlist on Pandora playing non-stop. We’re talking temperatures in the 90’s!! Whew! I’m totally a hot weather loving girl. Send me to a tropical beach or a hike in […]
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I love lunches that look and taste delicious. I love lunches that I can whip up in a minimal amount of time, take little effort, yet look like I was slaving in the kitchen.When I need to be on the go, I love lunches that I can throw in my not so cute adult lunch […]
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When it’s sunny in the Northwest you better believe that everyone is outside and acting like it’s summer. In the springtime, Portlanders like myself are not ashamed to pretend it’s 80 degrees out, when in fact it’s only 65 degrees. We are so bold as to wear short sleeves, break out the BBQ and order iced […]
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While I adore and am passionate about eating whole foods and nourishing my body, there is a side of me that is also a pizza and beer kinda gal. Take me to a pub, give me an iced cold Blue Moon and a cheesy pizza with a football game on and I’m one happy girl! Then […]
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There’s a little back story behind this delicious Tortellini Minestrone Soup. You see, I grew up in a wheat field about 25 miles south of Spokane Washington. Whenever we had errands to run such as grocery shopping, banking, Target runs, Dentist etc. we called it, “going to town.” Yes, it’s true, we called it that. […]
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