Patrice D'Agostino

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When Your Best Isn't Enough: On Motherhood, Work and Getting Things Done

When Your Best Isn’t Enough: On Motherhood, Work and Getting Things Done

Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything but nothing all at the same time? Like you’re stuck in a perpetual rut of having things to do but not completing them well-enough to ever feel like they’re truly finished? Well, if you have, chances are, you’re probably a mother. Welcome to my life. Lately my to-do list has been surmounting, and I feel swallowed whole by life. I’m still a student,…

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Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies | Vegan and Gluten Free

Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies | Vegan and Gluten Free

  If there is one thing I miss about my gluten eating days, peanut butter cookies would be that one thing. I absolutely love them! Leo doesn’t quite get my “thing” for PB cookies but it’s not up to him to understand. It’s just a love I have and can’t explain it. Gluten free baking has led me to play around with many different grain flours and gluten free flour blends. Oat flour is the simplest…

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Raw Peach Cheesecake w/ Pistachio Crust

Raw Peach Cheesecake w/ Pistachio Crust

Ingredients: 2 Cups Raw Cashews (Soaked for 4 Hours) 1/4 Cup Almond Milk 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil 1/4 Cup Sea Moss Gel 2 Tsp Vanilla 1/4-1/2 Cup Liquid Sweetener (Honey, Coconut Nectar, or Maple Syrup) Pinch of Himalayan Pink Salt Crust: 2 Cups Raw Pistachios 6 Pitted Medjool Dates 1 Tbsp Coconut Oil 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Pinch of Himalayan Pink Salt Topping: 2 Ripe Sweet Yellow Peaches 1/4 Cup Sea Moss Gel…

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Macrobiotic Peanut Noodle Bowl w/ Raw Veggies

Macrobiotic Peanut Noodle Bowl w/ Raw Veggies

This recipe features raw crisp veggies and is perfect for warm summer days when turning on the stove for long periods of time just isn’t an option. The only cooked aspect of this dish are the noodles, making the preparation quick and simple. This fiber rich dish features, adzuki beans, which are the quintessential macrobiotic bean, bell peppers, bok choy, pickled carrots and daikon, purple…

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EATS // June 2015

EATS // June 2015

Welcome to my inaugural monthly EATS post! EATS will feature five of my favorite foods I’ve made, and eaten of course, during the previous month that are worth sharing here on my blog. I realized that a lot of good meals are lingering on my Instagram page and deserve a special highlight for you all here. Checkout out my first five picks below. 1. Hippie Bowl In our house we have several big bowls…

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Saturday Outing to the West Coast Crafts Fair

Saturday Outing to the West Coast Crafts Fair

On Saturday we were all sitting around the house being lazy with nothing to do. So I suggested our first spontaneous family outing to the West Coast Crafts fair in San Francisco. And it was a huge success! Lathan slept on the ride there, which gave me lots of mommy relief. Plus we were able to find close parking in SF without having to circle the block too excessively. Score! I have to say the…

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Whipped Lavender Body Butter

Whipped Lavender Body Butter

This whipped lavender body butter is a great replacement for lotion. While this butter is a great moisturizer for anyone, it is ideal for those with sensitive skin and for babies. It’s made from all natural ingredients and is free of harsh preservatives and emulsifiers. I came up with the recipe for Lathan who is struggling with a bit of dry skin. After his doctor recommended we stop using plain…

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A First Mother's Day to Remember 

A First Mother’s Day to Remember 

My first official Mother’s Day (weekend) created lot of heartfelt impressions for my memory books. Last Mother’s Day, Leo and I did celebrate in Paris with a day at the Louvre, lots of stops for food including lots of gluten free pastries at Helmut Newcake, and lots of slow pregnancy walking. While the time in Paris was blissful, nothing compares to celebrating your life as a mother with the…

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Mint Pineapple Pear Juice

Mint Pineapple Pear Juice

 Lathan is cutting his first two teeth, which means sleep does not live here right about now. The only way for me to keep sane and maintain the little energy I have is by eating as nutrient dense as possible. This allows my body to exert little effort in metabolizing and digesting my food, so I can keep the energy I have to nurture my sad teething bébé. These teeth are slow moving so my juicer…

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Coconut Curry Red Lentils

Coconut Curry Red Lentils

My husband Leo lives for this dish! I’m sure he’d eat his weights in coconut curry lentils, if I’d make that much. He’s not that big on food, strange right, but he absolutely loves red lentil dahl. Sadly the last time I made this dish it came out awful and he was heartbroken. I’m a perfectionist in the kitchen but multitasking as a new mama while cooking has been challenging. During the last 6…

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Honey Pear Seed Brittle

In our household we snack a lot! Some people enjoy larger meals, we on the other hand are grazers and munch throughout the day. I’m always trying to come up with creative new snacks to fulfill our munching needs. This brittle came about for that reason.  

The recipe is super simple. If you don’t have a dehydrator fret not you can still make this brittle by popping it in your oven at the lowest…

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Warm Kale Salad w/ Beets and Quinoa

Warm Kale Salad w/ Beets and Quinoa

  I have a serious backlog of recipes and other pics to post. It’s been my intention to post twice weekly but clearly that hasn’t happened. Anyone who’s awaken every two hours nightly for weeks on end can understand just how difficult it is to function at full capacity. Nevertheless I’m still holding onto the commitment to post at least twice a week, even if that only plays out in my mind in…

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Inspired / Coconut Curry Lentil Bowl

Inspired / Coconut Curry Lentil Bowl

I lament to Leo at least once a week about how unfair it is that the Cafe Gratitude locations in Southern California are so much better that the one here in Berkeley. Honestly the Berkeley location could use a major aesthetic and menu renovation. Though as much as I’d like for this to happen, it seems that the SoCal restaurants are still going to reign supreme, at least for awhile.

So, if I…

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Turmeric Berry Smoothie

Strawberry Turmeric Smoothie

Turmeric has become one of my staple postpartum spices. It’s rich in curcumin, is anti-inflammatory, full of antioxidants and detoxifying. I’ve found that my success with healing from my birth experience- which is a ongoing journey- losing pregnancy weight, and maintaining my energy levels, while also breastfeeding requires a lot of work. One thing that is central to this process is hormone…

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A Family That Poses Together...

A Family That Poses Together…

Lathan had his first photo shoot, not shot by daddy, and did such an awesome job. He’s clearly the star in these photos, stealing hearts one cute look at a time.Who knew a 3-month old could run? Well, mommy thinks he can do just about anything.

It’s been about a month since this shoot, and Lathan has grown so much. Looking at these images makes me realize how quickly time flies by. It also…

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Spicy Chickpeas and Kale

Spicy Garbanzo Beans and Kale

We had a grand plan to enjoy the spring like Bay Area weather and leaving the house for dinner. Well that never happened. Lathan instead had different plans and decided napping and being a crank monster would be his plan for our Saturday. So I had the choice of ordering take out or putting together a quick meal for dinner. Obviously the later option won.

Now I am awake at 5am writing this post…

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Celebrating Post 100 with New Beginnings

Celebrating Post 100 with New Beginnings

  When I rebranded my blog patricedagostino.com, after writing under the name Preferably Vegan for a few years, I’d intended for this shift to launch the start of my lifestyle blog. Obviously that didn’t happen initially and I stuck with what was familiar to me, recipe development. After hesitating for sometime I figure the 100th post is the perfect time to make the change. It’s now or never.

Wit…

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