Make-ahead vegan green bean casserole! While turkey tends to get all of the attention, I’m a HUGE fan of a good ol’ green bean casserole. They’re simple yet savory and are among the many healthy dishes you can prepare for any meal or gathering. Sometimes at Thanksgiving, it’s a rare vegetable amongst the indulgent spread, and it feels good to eat a vegetable. 😉 Plus, it’s super easy to sneak even more veggies into this recipe (it’s great with added mushrooms and spinach) and this dairy-free side dish doesn’t use ANY of the canned stuff. You can also make this recipe ahead, which makes it super convenient for busy weeknights and special occasions.

Are you getting excited for turkey day?! I can’t wait! I would love to hear what you’re cooking this year! Today I’m excited to share a vegan green bean casserole you can make ahead of the big day. Be sure to check out the bottom of this post for more of our go-to Thanksgiving recipes!

Make-Ahead Vegan Green Bean Casserole

This make-ahead vegan green bean casserole can be assembled in less than 20 minutes and baked the day of your event or gathering. All you have to do is sauté some mushrooms and garlic, make a simple roux, and stir in the remaining ingredients. As a non-vegan who loves vegan recipes, this one is a home run. It’s super simple and so delicious! Pin this for your next Thanksgiving feast.

Ingredients

– 8 oz sliced mushrooms

– 4 cloves of garlic, minced

– salt and pepper to taste

– 1/4 cup all purpose flour and 1/2 cup vegetable broth

– 2 (14.5oz) cans of green beans. You can also use fresh green beans if you would like. Just trim, boil for 5 minutes, and blanch in cold water.

– 1/2 cup coconut cream (if you don’t want this to have a slight coconut flavor, use 2 tablespoons Kite Hill cream cheese and 1/3 cup almond milk, or other non-dairy milk). We’re making our own vegan version of cream of mushroom soup.

– Salted crispy onions (make sure they’re vegan and/or gluten-free if needed)

Sharing gift guide ideas for your mom, grandma, aunt, SIL, bestie, or for yourself!

I’m calling it. The holiday season is officially here and I’m so ready for it! Bring on the family fun, delicious food, and festive parties. Gift-wise, I’m trying to get my act together as quickly as possible. My goal is to have everything ordered by Cyber Monday, wrapped that week, and then I can kick back, relax and enjoy the rest of the holiday season with the fam. I wanted to share gift guides asap this year in case you have similar goals this season!

I’m starting the 2024 Holiday Gift Guide party with one of my favorite gift guides: for her!

These are ideas for your fitness-loving friends, the foodies, the BFFs, *scrunchy* friends, for your mom, MIL or nana, for the new moms out there, plus stocking stuffers and under $40 finds!

2024 Holiday Gift Guide for Her

Gifts for the fitness fanatic:

– A sauna blanket or PEMF Go Mat. My life and two of my very favorite things. I use the Go Mat daily for meditation, and use the sauna blanket 2-3 times per week and it feels amaaaaazing. I sleep so well and it makes my skin glow. Use FITNESSISTA20 for 20% off HigherDOSE faves.

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Sharing a recap of our Disney cruise #5 on the Wish! Sadly this post is not sponsored or comped in any way; just sharing my thoughts!

Hi friends! How’s the day going? I hope you’re having an amazing afternoon. I’m here in between client appointments and getting ready for part two of the day. Picking up the kids and heading into after school activities and homework feels like an entire day on its own.

So let’s switch to vacation mode! Today, I’m sharing a recap of our recent Disney cruise. It was P’s birthday and the timing ended up corresponding perfectly with my RHS trip to Orlando, so we figured we’d turn it in to a birthday celebration with some Disney World fun (on the Pilot’s birthday!) and cruise time.

We’re so happy that the Pilot’s sis and our niece were able to join us, in addition to some of our closest friends and travel buddies. We’re officially Disney cruise obsessed. It’s the perfect mix of family time, adult time, delicious food, shows, variety for ports of call, and the Disney cleanliness and service that sets it apart. It was our 5th Disney cruise and as of now, we have no desire to try another cruis

Sharing some of my EquiLife faves because their Holiday Sale starts now! Now is the time to stock up on supplements, order at-home labs, and get your detox kit for January if you’re planning on participating. Check out the rest of the post for details on this month’s giveaway, too!

Hi friends! How are you? I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I had the best weekend celebrating my bday with friends at Miraval. It was the perfect celebration with all of the things I love: friend time, healthy eats, spa services, yoga, meditation, and fun activities. Today, I’m back in action and blitzing because next week is Thanksgiving — I can’t believe it! I’ll have my first round of gift guides up this week, too.

For today’s post, I wanted to share some of my EquiLife faves because their Holiday Sale sale starts today. This is when everything is on sale, including my favorite supplements, at-home functional labs, and detox kits. We’ll be doing another community detox in January if you’d like to pick up your kit now.

*My code is FITNESSISTA10. If it’s your first time ordering, you’ll get an extra 10% off!

(Liv said, “Are you really posting a photo with your dogs out?” lol)

Here are some of my top picks:

EquiLife Faves + November Giveaway

Whole Foods Bars

I’ve tried pretty much every bar and these are my all-time favorite. They have the best simple, certified organic ingredients, an amazing texture, and the brownie and apple flavors are equally delicious. They’re perfect for kids’ lunch boxes. Get some here!

Daily Nutritional Support

Hi friends! Happy Friday! How was the week? I hope you had a wonderful one. Ours kind of a blur. P went down with the nasty bug right after Liv, so we’ve been home while they’ve rested and recovered. I’ve made lots of soup, refilled water bottles and humidifiers frequently, snuggled and watched many movies, and taken a million vitamins.

(Chicken turmeric and ginger soup)

I hope that you have a healthy and restful weekend ahead! A huge highlight of the weekend will be my birthday celebration with some of my best friends; I’ve been looking forward to it for months, and it sounds like we could all use a little relaxation right now, especially before the holiday chaos.

(The best birthday cake from my friend Ashley at Lovin’ Spoonfuls. Gluten-free funfetti with chocolate frosting. She’s made my birthday cake for years!)

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party. This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.

11.15 Friday Faves

Fashion + beauty + random:

Movies with Liv. We’ve watched so many movies together over the past week. including My Best Friend’s Wedding (she gave it an 8/10), Sixteen Candles (she said the whole movie was kind of chaotic, but liked it), Santa Clause, and Hot Frosty.

I have to say, I give Hot Frosty a solid 9/10 for Christmas movies. You just have to expect that it’s going to be cheezy fluff, buckle up, and enjoy the ride. We all liked it, just don’t expect a cinematic masterpiece.

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