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by Jasmine Briones
We all have our down days, and I am not going to put up any front and say that I don't. Of course I share on my blog a lot of the
positive highlights in my life, but I also want to be able to be completely transparent with you all, and share every aspect of it, including both my ups and my downs. I don't want to ever say that I would have
not wanted something to have happened, or to remove any experience from my life, because I believe that
all happenings in our life are for a reason. The reason why I am so firm about this mindset is because of my
past history with an eating disorder and lack of self love. But I also keep in my mind that my life will go in the direction which I guide it, in the sense that if I stay positive about any event I view as negative in my life, I can steer myself into a better direction, mediate the pain, sadness, or distress that I feel, and make better choices/moves for the next time.
I wanted to share with you all 12 things that I do to relax and destress, and hopefully these can give you some ideas :)
1. Close My Eyes, Breathe and Meditate
I only recently started incorporating meditation into my life, because honestly the practice was intimidating for me to get into. I want to let you know that it really does not have to be! I used to look at meditation as a specific practice, meaning that there were correct and incorrect ways of meditating, but it is not!
PIZZA. CAKE. YES, YOU ARE WELCOME :)
Three layers of Sun Dried Tomato Jalapeño Cornbread + refried beans, nacho cheese, guacamole, pizza sauce, all them veggies, is this real life?! Why yes, yes it is :) After promising to you guys this epic recipe in our Mukbang video last month, is has finally arrived!
I honestly can't remember how Chris and I came up with this recipe idea -- we were chatting one day about future blog posts etc. that we wanted to create, and one way or another, a pizza cake came to mind. Our original idea was a bit different, but after being blown away by mexican-style pizzas from our friends Alex and Kristin (Mr. and Mrs. Vegan), we just couldn't resist.
A long overdue recipe that I have been promising you ya'll on 
Recently, my partner Chris (
My favorite item at Sunday brunch growing up -- french toast! Not only does this recipe no longer require eggs, it does not have to be fried, either. Want to know my secret to the PERFECT low fat vegan french toast? BANANAS!
This past weekend, Chris and I took an impromptu trip to Big Bear, CA to spend the Fourth of July weekend with my family and enjoy the festivities held at the lake. My mom surprised us with homemade bread on Saturday morning and Chris had a brilliant idea -- let's make french toast!
Chris recently celebrated his 27th birthday (well actually it is today!), so of course I put together a few gifts for him to celebrate. I decided I would share the gifts on my page + an extensive vegan male gift guide for you all in case you need a bit of help in treating a special someone in your life. Father's Day is just around the corner, so this is definitely going to help ya'll out!
Let me know if you try any of these out, or if you have any more ideas to share for me to add :)
What I Got Chris:
