Veggies | Powercakes

R is for…My Aunt Rita & Roasted Root Veggie Recipe!

February 18, 2013 By Kasey 5 Comments

Hi all! Started this morning off with a 545am CrossFit WOD! It was an awesome one of push presses (which I upped my max 10 more pounds! woo!), ring dips, sit ups, & double unders! Even after a fun filled day yesterday of yoga (with a bunch of crossfit ladies- so fun!) & a night of family time, I didn’t sleep very well – weird. I basically was awake since 4am so I was ready to go by the time my 515 alarm went off! Sometimes when I know I have somewhere to be in the morning, I almost get anxious & can’t sleep! I think I’m afraid I’ll miss my alarm. Do you ever do this?? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe Tagged With: aunt rita, CrossFit, family, instagram, plant power, Roasted beets, root veggies, veggies, WOD

Personal Grocery Shopper & New Finds!

January 13, 2013 By Kasey 8 Comments

hi all! Sorry I’ve been a little MIA – powercakes is a busy girl over here. Although, I do update my “on the go blog” Instagram daily so you can always check up on that! I’ve said in recent posts that I’ve picked up a few new personal training clients, as well as continuing to move forward with my business. This time in my life is super busy but so rewarding at the same time. For example, as part of her training package, one of my new clients wanted me to take her to the grocery store so I could help her pick out healthy eats! OF COURSE I was all over this – Dream job? I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, CrossFit, FitFluential, Fitness, plantPOWER, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet, Thrive Forward Tagged With: client, CrossFit, FitFluential, fitness, kohlrabi, personal training, POWERCAKES, veggies, vlog, whole foods, wholefoods, WOD, youtube

Blogger meet up and Mediterranean eats!!

December 11, 2012 By Kasey 1 Comment

hi all! Hope you’re enjoying your week so far! I have been a busy bee for the last week now that I’ve made a pretty big decision! More on that to come later this week – I will be VLOGGING about it for suuuuure. 12/12/12 may just be the first day in my new journey! Until the world ends like a week later, right? Anyway, I got a chance to meet up with my girl Amy from @SpotOnWellness last night! I originally met Amy at the FHBC Conference in June! She is a fellow FitFluential Ambassador! She happened to be on a business trip in my town so OF COURSE we had to get together! It was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: beTRUEtoYOU, Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER Tagged With: hummus, juice, lentils, mediterranean, plant based, plant power, protein, spotonwellness, veggies

Mexican Style Stuffed Acorn Squash

November 15, 2012 By Kasey 8 Comments

hi all! I hope you’re enjoying your week! Last night I got the urge to cook new recipes. Within an hour & a half I came up with 3 new ones! Talk about a girl with a mission. Not sure if I’m alone with this but I’ll be sitting there during the day and a new idea will pop into my head & BOOM! That night it is created. Edible or not, I still feel accomplished. To continue with my sharing of #plantPOWER recipes from last week, how about we move to number 3 today? It’s a Mexican take on an old classic! So Simple! I was inspired by my best friend Kate. We text … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe, The Eat Clean Diet Tagged With: acorn squash, mexican food, mexican style, nutritional yeast, plant power, veggies

#PP Side Dishes!

October 17, 2012 By Kasey 1 Comment

hi all!! Have you entered this weeks #plantPOWER Giveaways? Perfect Fit Protein Powder Drink CHIA & we’ve got a few more coming up this weekend! Can you believe the #plantPOWER support? So thankful to all of the companies! & Can’t wait to announce the winners at the end of the month! So, if you saw my post yesterday, I got a phone call to be a 2 week Sub at my old high school! Had to be there at 720 am this morning & had a great first day! Really hit the ground running & I was pretty proud of myself to jumping right into things! My #powerbeverage was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, plantPOWER, Recipe Tagged With: brussel sprouts, corn, papacakes, plant based, plant power, side dish, theloveofkale, veggies, watermelon

Figs, Hard Boiled Eggs, Radiow Interview, & Fortune

September 14, 2012 By Kasey 10 Comments

hello all! I hope you’re enjoying your day today! So lately I’ve been super busy; per usual. BUT I don’t complain, because I love what I do! Just want to say thank you to Kiesha from Wild 104 in NY for this RADIO INTERVIEW!! you can find her here! Twitter: @KieshaWild104 Instagram: @KieshaWild104 I go into detail about my fitness, eats, & tips!! Wanted to give a big shout out to my best bittie Sarah who will be running in the Erie Marathon this weekend along with some other awesome ladies who will all do AMAZING things!! So inspiring!! If you missed my post about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Recipe Tagged With: #fitness4cure, egg whites, eggs, figs, fruits, hard boiled eggs, personal training, powerbowl, prep, protein, Recipe, salad, veggies

Weekend Recap: Leg & Booty POWERCIRCUIT

August 27, 2012 By Kasey 11 Comments

Hey all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! I got to take some time to relax and visit with the boyfriend… Speaking of the boyfriend, I woke up to this beautiful rainbow in the fridge on Sunday morning. I’d say I’m a lucky girl He knows how much I love to #EATARAINBOW; smart boy! This #POWERPLATE was my PRE-WORKOUT fuel for LEG DAY! Along with my GNC BCAA’s! Leg & Booty #FitFluential POWERCIRCUIT Round One … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, Recipe Tagged With: business, eat a rainbow, fitfluenetial, fruits, leg circuit, leg day, plant based, rainbow, update, veggies, vlog

LEG DAY #PROOF & VEGGIE NOODLES

August 11, 2012 By Kasey 10 Comments

hi all! hope you had a good week! If you missed Monica’s guest post on how she ate clean & worked out while on an RV for 3 weeks; check it out here! This week I was working a sports camp every day this week so I was a little busy; but wanted to catch you up a bit! lately I’ve been workin’ on those leggies & seeing some progress! loving the squat rack ; fact: you feel pretty BA when you’re in there, not gonna lie. & I forgot how much I loved pig-tails; thanks to one of my little campers this week! For squats I usually start with a warm-up set with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, FitFluential, Recipe Tagged With: FitFluential, leg circuit, leg day, leg workout, PROOF, Recipe, veggies

GIVEAWAY WINNERS, FRUITS, & VEGGIES

June 27, 2012 By Kasey 11 Comments

`hi all! Got home last night from the Fitness & Health Bloggers Conference & have been super busy since, with some pretty cool meetings can’t wait to share with you all soon; basically Colorado has changed my life. I will be doing a whole post about it; but for now check out my RECAPS of the Conference! Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 So onto the exciting news!! The 3 winner’s of the POWER FUSION GIVEAWAY are… & one of my INSTAGRAMMERS @HealthyFood (hope you’re okay with winning chocolate ) Ladies, CONGRATS!! & please e-mail me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, POWERMEAL A DAY Tagged With: FitFluential, fitness and health bloggers conference, fruits, junepowermealaday, power fusion, refuel, roasted veggies, THE NUTRITION SHOPPE, veggies

Side Dishes–Roasted Veggies & Grilled Brussels

June 18, 2012 By Kasey 12 Comments

Hi all! Hope you enjoyed your weekend! Today’s JUNE POWERMEAL A DAY TOPIC is SIDE DISH Two of my favorite side dishes are: First up, Roasted Veggies (I make these on Sunday's and they last me for the beginning part of the week!) I just take a few bags of frozen veggies (or fresh) put them onto a pan, spray with olive oil & cook at 350 Degrees for an hour! so easy & yummy! Next, GRILLED BRUSSELS Thanks to PAPACAKES for teaching me his grilling ways. I’d like to start a new blog revolution… GRILL WITH PHIL! He is the KING of grilling around here … [Read more...]