You guys – It’s Friday again, can you believe it? I am so happy!
I have a special freebie for you today for all of those who have Instagram and use stories alot. It’s called Mindfulness Bingo. If you use it, please tag me in your stories!
Hi everyone! Nice to meet you!
Iโm Gabriela โ vegan + baker + proud owner of a new subscription box โ TokiBox (which I created back in May this year.)
My box is all about healthy vegan goodies like superfoods, healthy snacks and eco-friendly accessories.
I became vegan a few years ago after watching a documentary about animal cruelty and Iโve been vegan since then. I donโt think I could ever eat animal products again, thatโs why I created my box. A place where you can get healthy snacks and superfoods that nourish your body and gives you energy and happiness. Because it is true that you are what you eat.
I have started cooking and baking around the same time of becoming vegan โ because I was discovering a new world filled with foods I never tried. I grew up a small village in Romania โ so there were some of the fruits, vegetables and pantry items Iโve never seen.
Now I cook because it makes me relax, distress and create amazing stuff! It has become on of my hobbies.
When I donโt work at my box (being an online business is sometimes a 24hr job) I enjoy taking photos in nature, running and doing yoga J. I love photography and the outdoors.
Iโm super happy to do write for this blog and I want to thank to Koral for the opportunity to connect with each one of you and share one of my favorite recipes.
If youโd like to check out my box head over to our website: http://tokibox.co
Iโm happy to introduce you to one of my favorite fall recipes, perfect for the holidays and fall season.
These cookies are a healthier version of the traditional chocolate chip cookies that I love to recreate in the fall โ winter season, because makes me feel so cozy and happy!
Ah, and I have to mention that it has one of my old time favorite ingredients: PUMPKIN.
Cookies are my favorite dessert and I enjoy decorating them with all sorts of stuff and serving them with
โweirdโ combinations like peanut butter and nut milk or plum jam and almond butter!
I love baking them as well because they are easy and fast to make, plus everyone in the family loves them!
I have tried tons of cookie recipes since going vegan, but I personally fell in love with this one and I hope you do to!
This recipe is healthy, with no dairy or butter and with delicious vegan chocolate chips-it can be optional in caseย youโre going for a healthier treat, and it is under 30 minutes.
THE INGREDIENTS:
These cookies are going to come out super fluffy and not oily. I like serving them with a glass of non-dairy milk. For this photo I used pea milk from Ripple, but you can use any kind of milk you want and toppings! Go crazy with them!
This is a super healthy cookie recipe you can make ahead of time and snack on throughout the week. It is filled with protein and vitamins from the tahini and pumpkin. Eat food that nourishes your body.
So awhile back in probably February, after I got a little more comfortable with working in the PNW and my commute to work, I started a bullet journal for my tasks. I use this for both home and work tasks and split it up as evenly as I can.
In here, you’ll see some photos of my original ones, to the middle to now, and to see my progress. (Some items are blurred out due solely for the fact that it’s me venting about BS.) I’ve brought my layout around full circle focusing on the minimal vs expanding it all, and now for July, I’m focusing more on design and flow as well as minimal content. I don’t think the days need to take up one page, but I’m also not sure how I feel that the entire week is only on two pages, with notes and goals. I think maybe 2 days per page and notes for each day or something similar to that. I don’t really use it on the weekends much, it’s more for mapping out the things that need to get done that weekend to keep track. It’s easier since I split up Saturday and Sunday into smaller areas for July, so it makes is neater but I just don’t know how I feel about it just yet until I start using it. Then I’ll know for August and moving forward.
It’s always fun to play around with new layouts each month. When you find things that work or don’t work, that’s always an exciting time. For example: my habit tracker and mood tracker for June that I made. It’s combined into one page this time and I actually used Washi tape for the cupcakes to color in for the moods. It works and it’s pretty creative if I do say so myself. Michaels has TONS of Washi tape now at 3/$1 in the everyday pricing. I must have bought about … 75 already from them. Shhhhh. No one needs to know … Haha.
As I steadily continue my spread over the month, the first week is gone and done already and you can see my updates below as well. Not much went on and not much will go on until the end of the month and August. I also don’t plan on bringing it with me when I go to San Fransisco for work in August so that will be a little bare sadly. It’s not a necessity for then and I’ll be at a conference anyway. #ihateflying
FYI, I’ve started this blog back in July because I thought I’d be posting it sooner, turns out I wasn’t. I’m back from San Fran now and can show you what I’ve done for August! I’m excited. It’s a simple smooth layout that I came up with to keep everything plain and to the point.
The photos are a bit out of order but it’s okay, I’m sure you get the idea of them!
Hope you enjoyed them, and sorry for not catching up with blogging recently. I’ve been overwhelmed with other life things (another blog coming soon) and living out here in the PNW.
Much love,
Koral
Virtually Yours, Koral Dawn 
