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Baked Sweet Potato Mexican Style By @shanyaraleonie 💚

Full Recipe: 2 people Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. With a fork pinch the sweet potatoes several times and then put them into the oven as they are for about 40 min. or until done.

Guacamole Prep time: 5 min. Ingredients 1-2 avocados ½ onion chopped handful coriander ½ green chili, chopped ½ lime salt to taste

Pico de Gallo Prep time: 5 min. Ingredients 1 large tomato finely chopped ½ onion chopped handful coriander ½ green chili, chopped ½ lime

Refried Black Beans Prep time: 5 min., Cooking time 40-50 min

Ingredients pre-soaked black beans (I usually make a bigger batch, so about 2 cups) 1 onion chopped 1 heaping tbsp dried coriander enough water to cover the beans salt + pepper to taste 1 tsp chili powder or to spice level 1 tbsp paprika powder 2 tbsp tamari sauce 1 green chili chopped

Instructions 1. Pre – soak beans for at least 8 hours. 2. In a big pot add beans and enough water to cover the beans, bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook for 40-50 min. or until beans are done. 2. In a big pot add all other ingredients except beans and water. Stir until fragrant over medium heat, then add beans and some more water and cook until you get a nice fragrant bean paste.

Cashew Sour Cream I’m also not a big fan of anything cashew based (except cashewgurt) because 1) it’s too dense for me and 2) it just tastes like cashews 😉 But for the sake of recreating this poutine, I wanted to try out a cashew sour cream. And it actually tastes pretty darn close to sour cream. Loved it!

Prep time: 5 min. Ingredients ½ cup cashews a good squeeze lime juice ¼ cup filtered water 1 tbsp APCV salt + pepper

Instructions 1. Presoak the cashews for at least 1-2 hours. 2. Then just mix everything together in a blender. Finally just cut the baked sweet potatoes open and load them with all things mexican. = Heaven on earth, lemme tell you! Enjoy! #glowlean

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Conquering Desires

Ibn Al-Qayyim (رحمة الله عليه) said: “Opposing desires will allow the servant to acquire strength in his body, his heart, and his speech. Some of the righteous predecessors would say that conquering desires needs more strength than one who could conquer a city by himself.”

Source: [Rawḍat al-Muḥibbīn 1/477]

Plitvice Lakes National Park - Croatia (by Alessandro Caproni) 

No effort is ever wasted, although some pay dividends later than you think. Do not imagine that you “wasted your time” because something didn’t turn out right. There is no such thing as “waste” in the Universe. Everything — everything — yields benefit. It’s true. And your life will show you this. So don’t decry the “effort that failed.” All things lead to your highest good. You just may not know it yet.

Neale Donald Walsch (via mysimplereminders)

The biggest enemies of willpower: temptation, self-criticism, and stress… These three skills —self-awareness, self-care, and remembering what matters most— are the foundation for self-control.

Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct (via tanya-nicole)

At 23, JK Rowling was broke. Tina Fey was working at the Y.M.C.A. Oprah had just gotten fired from her first job as a TV reporter and Walt Disney had declared bankruptcy.

(via birthofasupervillain)