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I am bursting with love for one of my fav places on the planet! Venice, CA you always make me feel centered, joyful, hopeful and full of inspiration. Thank you to all the businesses that make this community so special! See you again soon! 💗@the_yogacollective @moonjuice @plantfoodandwine @gjustabakery @airbnb @bekahrife @crossroadskitchen @barrysbootcamp @erewhonmarket @loveyogaspace @cafegratitude @ceremonymeditation #venicebeach

Happy Tuesday! I hope your day is sweet and full of joy! 💗 I sadly had to freeze this yummy batch of sweet potato brownies as I’m away for the next two weeks! I managed to enjoy a few squares on the weekend and they are good...but not perfect. I used date syrup instead of whole dates and I think that makes them less sweet. More testing required! The shiny icing is salted chocolate peanut butter and only 5 ingredients!!! 👩🏻‍🍳

I spent all afternoon cooking and finally nailed a recipe for homemade hummus!!! 👍🏻 I like my hummus super creamy, smooth and not too thick. Want to know the trick? Drum roll ....save the aquafaba (a.k.a. chick pea water) and keep adding that in while you purée everything in the food processor. Check out the recipe below:

1 can of chickpeas.
1/4 cup tahini
1/4 cup olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tsp garlic powder
Pinch of cumin
Pinch of salt
Toss everything in a food processor and blend until the consistency is the way you like it. I added about a 1/4 of aquafaba while blending and it was perfect. To serve pour the hummus onto a plate and make little circles in the hummus with a knife. Drizzle olive oil and sprinkle with sumac. Dip fresh veggies or seed crackers for the perfect afternoon snack! 👩🏻‍🍳

I am defiantly feeling the LOVE this week! 💕Thank you to everyone who emailed me, messaged me on Facebook or sent Linked in messages with your kind words of support and excitement for my promotion. You have all lifted me up beyond measure. When you work so hard at something for so long, make sacrifices and take risks to move to another country and leave your friends and family it’s weeks like this that make it all feel worth it. The job title is exciting but what is more exciting to me is all the people that have been part of my professional journey. Each interaction or project big or small that we may have worked on together has been what keeps me excited to wake up every morning. I can’t tell you how blessed I have been in my career to work with so many amazing people who have pushed me to think bigger than I could have dreamed for myself. Thank you to all of you @labattbreweries @mikeshardlemonade @markanthonyon •
To those closest to me THANK YOU! I am so lucky to have such a solid support network of close friends who have been with me this entire time. You’ve each pushed me when I needed it and been voices of reason when I can’t see straight. Nothing we accomplish is ever on our own and I owe a lot to my family and friends who have supported me without question for the past 20+ working years.
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Cheers to all of you and Thank you from the bottom of my heart. 💗

I spent most my my Sunday testing vegan Christmas dinner recipes for the family. I am sure this Mushroom Wellington will be a hit! 🤶🏻

Happy Friday! I wanted to share a little update with you guys this morning because I am celebrating my 6th month anniversary of eating a 100% plant-based diet. Yeah!!! 💗 I have not written much about it yet because I have been immersed in experimenting and finding my way of living with this style of eating. Before I talked too much about it on here I wanted to be sure it was something that I planned to stick with. The last 6 months have been full of ups and downs as I had to learn a whole new way of cooking. I’ve had some successes and some absolute disasters (vegan banana bread baking has still been unsuccessful). I have also faced many new challenges like navigating menus at restaurants and adjusting to social situations that are heavily focused around meat and dairy. I still have so much to learn but I am committed to staying on this path for as long as it feels good. There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about plant-based eating and the majority of people I know think I am bat shit crazy when I tell them I don’t eat meat anymore. I know the idea of this is challenging to understand but my hope is that my experience will inspire you. I am not here to preach about eating plants but rather inspire you to cook good food and have some fun with being healthy. .
Most people who know me personally know how much I loved to cook and eat meat, the idea of never making Julia Child’s Beef Bourguignon again was frightening. The only reason I was able to take the leap into a plant-based lifestyle was that I felt shitty enough to try something different. If I was honest with myself I knew deep down what I was doing was not working. I was struggling with painful periods, extreme hormonal fluctuations and at times I could not get out of bed because of the pain. After 6 months of plant-based eating I am off all my medication and have not had a symptom in 6 months. My period comes and goes, and I barely know it’s there. This is a miracle to me because I have suffered for years with these issues and thought there was nothing I could do about it. Continued in comments.🍃

It’s #givingtuesday 💛! I hope you might consider a donation to this incredible organization I volunteer with called @kitchenpossiblechi ! •
@lowmankatie is doing amazing work to create programs that empower kids through cooking. I have personally seen the power of the program change kids mindsets and help them stay positive when things go wrong or feel a sense of accomplishment when they finish something or flip a crepe for the first time. We teach simple life skills like confidence, problem solving, course correcting and positivity. I have seen my own mindset change volunteering and seeing the kids grow each week! I get SO much joy out of working with the team @kitchenpossiblechi and we want to keep GROWING and empowering more kids so please DONATE today! Any amount makes a difference! •
With love and gratitude Tracey! 💛 •
#givingtuesday #volunteer #cooking

Missing the bright blue Tucson sky this morning. 🌞

Happy Sunday!!!🥑