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Summer Smoothie Series, #4: Have Your (Cheese)Cake and Drink It Too

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Rich, creamy, sweet, but not too sweet, cheesecake comes pretty close to being the perfect dessert. So it’s no surprise that many stray from eating healthy to eat a slice or two (or three…), later feeling the caloric guilt (and food coma) that comes with eating it.

As a fellow cheesecake connoisseur—although I don’t think I’m half as fanatical about it as my friend Shirley; she could easily eat an entire cheesecake by herself—I wanted to find a drinkable and much healthier version of this delectable sweet, and so I did!
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A Quick Pic-Me-Up: Oreo Pancakes From Minimalist Baker

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IMG_8590Cooked up some delicious and super rich vegan Oreo Pancakes (I used a recipe from the always fantastic Minimalist Baker; if you haven’t check out Dana’s blog you are missing out… she is killing it!) for a bit of a breakfast treat on this dreary Tuesday here in the Northeast. A few additions/tweaks I made to the recipe: a handful of hazelnuts to the ‘frosting’ (they were processed along with the coconut flakes), 1/4 cup coconut flour instead of the whole wheat (Note: You will need to use an additional 1/4 cup of liquid if you use this flour), and a tasty garnish of dark chocolate morsels and chia seeds before digging in.