Hummusapien got a facelift!!!
Did you notice that thangs look a little diff around these parts? It’s been a longgggg time coming, my friends. To say that I’m stoked about the makeover would be quite the understatement! Clean but fun, sleek but approachable. The best part is the new recipe index that’s actually easy to navigate. I also updated my About page and gave you a little Alchemy sneak peek! But want to know my favorite part? The little whisk pin-it button! I die over the cuteness.
Humongous gigantical thanks to Julie of Deluxe Designs for making my vision a reality, working super fast, dealing with my fifty bajillion emails a day about tiny details, and always being as nice as could be throughout the entire process. If your blog needs a little sprucing, she’s your woman! And thank God for my fantabulous friends Davida and Autumn who kept me sane when I had no recipe index and taught me alllll the things about my new camera. I can’t even begin to describe how thankful I am for those lovebugs.
In other news, this little blog is a whopping THREE years old this week! Can you believe Hummusapien is a toddler? I sure can’t. They grow up so fast!
I don’t think it’s possible to describe to you how this space has changed my life, but I’ll try. I know I’m usually funny and sarcastic and un-serious, but today I’m gonna be emotional for a hot minute. Tears may or may not have been shed while I wrote this…
I want to take a moment to thank you all from the bottom of my hummus-loving heart for your support throughout this ridiculously crazy roller coaster of three years. Starting this blog was hands down the best decision I ever made, and probably the best decision I will ever make. The unparalleled feeling I get when you comment, when you tell me you loved a recipe, when you say you’ve been inspired, when you say you fell in love with your kitchen…there’s honestly nothing like it. It’s euphoric. I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the friends I’ve made along the way and for your undying support and encouragement as readers and dear friends.
This blog is everything I am. It makes me better each day. It challenges me. It gives me direction. It gives me purpose.
This blog has enabled me to grow as a writer, blogger, photographer, cook, communicator, and friend in ways I never could have imagined. I never thought I would be here. Now there’s no place I’d rather be!
I can only hope that my passion is contagious. I hope you catch a really bad case of it and go chase your dreams, too. I hope to never stop inspiring you to embrace your healthiest self, to eat the salted chocolate cookie when you want the damn salted chocolate cookie, to find the joy in cooking, to laugh at your mistakes and to grow bigger and better from them.
I hope that when like gives you chickpeas, you bake peanut butter banana chickpea cookies.
I hope that when life gives you quinoa, you stuff it in a crumble.
- 2 ½ cups blueberries
- 4 medium peaches, pitted and sliced
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp coconut palm sugar (can sub brown sugar)
- 1 cup almond flour
- ½ cup cooked quinoa
- ¼ cup old-fashioned oats
- ¼ coconut palm sugar (can sub brown sugar)
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup coconut oil
- Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a pie pan or 8x8in baking dish with cooking spray or coconut oil.
- In a large bowl, combine blueberries, peaches, cornstarch and coconut sugar.
- Pour berry mixture into prepared pan.
- In another large bowl, stir together almond flour, cooked quinoa, oats, coconut sugar, salt and cinnamon until well combined. Add coconut oil and using your fingers, mix together until the mixture is moist and crumbly. Sprinkle crumble topping evenly over berry mixture.
- Bake for 45 minutes.
- Cool for 15 minutes before serving.
Oooh quinoa! Love that you used it here. Happy bloggy birthday! Everything looks fabulous–great work.
Maryea {happy healthy mama} recently posted…Fitness Friday: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself if you Aren’t Seeing the Results you Want
Thanks, Maryea! When I have cooked quinoa in the fridge, I kind of sort of put it in alllll the things.
Happy Blogiversary Alexis! Love the new look!!
xo,
Amanda
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Thanks a bunch pretty lady! We need to get together soon 🙂
We eat Quinoa in our household about 8 mnthos out of the year starting with Passover and continuing for about 8 mnthos before we move on or forget about it until the next time around! But we’re going to definitely have to try the salad. The picture makes it look so good!
Fabulous! Hope you love the salad!
Quinoa crumble – hello! I am loving peaches at the moment!!
Love the new facelift 🙂 Happy 3 years 🙂
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Thanks, Lauren! Peaches are MY FAVEEEE.
I just spent to the last 5 minutes giggling when I hovered over your pictures. Silly whisk.
Happy 3rd birthday buddy- big things coming your way. Hopefully a steak.
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Whisky whisky whiskyyyyyy. Whiskey? Oops.
Girrrrrl – it’s looking might purrrty round this space of yours! Awesome upgrade! I LUUUUURRRVE the whisk pin it button! And I luuuuurrrvvvve the sound of this fantabulous crumble!
Happy third bloggy birthday!
Thank you so much, Shashi!
Happy Birthday Hummusapien!!! Love the new look and of course, love the recipe! 🙂
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Thanks doll!
Happy 3 year blog bdaaaaaaay! This calls for a quinoa crumble binge!!
Your passion is absolutely contagious and I adore what you do here! I’m so proud of you and feel so fortunate I was able to connect with you through blogging. Keep up your passion, my dear – it certainly shines through and inspires the hell out of people. Now let’s eat some crumbleeeeez!
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The feeling is BEYOND mutual, Julia. Crumble till I die-o!
THREE YEARS?! That’s like wrinkles and grey hair…good thing you got a little lift 😉 Kidding! Hummus was fab before and now it’s just ultra fab! Absolutely loving the new site. Like fo realz it looks amazeballs!
Davida @ The Healthy Maven recently posted…Where To Stay, Go and Eat In Yellowstone National Park
A boob job is next. You just wait! 😉
Love the new look!! Congrats on 3 years too… my blog just turned 2. The crumble looks delish and I love the addition of quinoa.
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Awww how exciting!! Happy birthday to you too 🙂
I might have to check out this designer – your space looks absolutely beautiful. And congrats on three years! So wonderful & inspiring. You’re definitely making a difference and I cannot wait to keep following you.
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Happy 3 years! The update looks fantastic! So many exciting things ahead for you, can’t wait to continue to read about them and make your awesome recipes 🙂
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Thanks deary!
Love it! <3
That little “pin’ button is adorable! 😉 The site looks fabulous and so does that recipe…obviously!
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Don’t you just die?!?!
Love the facelift and love this recipe!! Gotta get me some peaches 🙂
Ashley recently posted…blueberry power pancakes
Thanks girl! Peaches all day err day.
Wishing you the HAPPIEST of blog-birthdays! LOVE love LOVE reading your posts, trying (and sharing) your recipes and encouraging friends to do the same. Keep up the GREAT work – and thanks for making eating healthy FUN.
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Thanks for the sweetest comment ever, Laura! XO
A very happy and hummus-filled birthday to your wonderful blog! What an appropriate time for a makeover. Between that and your new camera, things are looking pretty sexy around here indeed. This crisp doesn’t hurt, either – all my favorite summer flavors. You should be proud of the 3 years of work you’ve put into this blog and the following you’ve built. We promise to keep drooling if you keep posting!
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Awwww thanks SO much, Erica! I must say that it was pretty fab timing. Sexiness here we come!!!
Dude, right on there breothr.
You can't email RWA and ask them to change it? The entries aren't closed yet, so I don't see why they wouldn't let you do that.
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Congrats on the blog birthday AND the new look! I love it! 🙂
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl recently posted…Weekly Meal Plan + Refried Bean & Hummus Taquitos (Vegan)
Eeeeeek thanks so much, Hannah!
congrats on 3rd birthday!! your space looks just wonderful – I am in the process of moving and making changes to my space.
Hip hip hooray!! Happy 3rd birthday – here’s to many more. 🙂
Happy bloggy birthday – You are rocking the new blog look, very smart – the crumble looks so delicious too
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A) I can’t with the whisk button. I had to use it to pin this instead of the ugly applet on my browser that I always use.
B) Happy Blogiversery
C) YOUR PHOTOS ARE FREAKING GORGEOUS. You can tell what an effort you are putting into them, love love love them.
xo!
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The blog looks fabulous & the recipe, even better! YUM!
Thanks my dear!
Wonderful post!!! Beautiful pictures, BEAUTIFUL RECIPE (get in mah belly) and on a serious note – really beautiful writing!!
Thank yewwwwww SO much!!!!! Hugz and Kissez.
OH! And Happy Birthday!!!
Happy happy blog birthday! The new design looks fantastic. So so sleek and lovely. I’ve loved checking out your blog, and I”m excited to see you continue to write and grow. Congrats!
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Thanks so much, twin! Come by again soon!
Just discovered your website! Very excited about using chia and quinoa. I have used both for the last couple of years.
I want to try the Banana Coconut Chia Pudding to switch up my breakfast fare. I belong to Weight Watchers and need to know the points values in order to calculate the points. In order to do that I need the fat, carbs, fibre and protein numbers. Do you have that information? If so , it would be greatly appreciated and would help tremendously with my weight loss.
Thanks!
Hi Barb! So glad you found the site. Unfortunately I don’t calculate that information. You can calculate nutrition info for free on sparkrecipes.com if you’d like. Sorry dear!
Happy blog birthday to a blogger that never fails to make me crack up…love how much positivity your lil space on the internet continues to ooze! I couldn’t think of a more delicious dessert to celebrate with- I’ll bring the hummus 🙂
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Awwww shucks!! Love your right back 🙂
Happy Blogging-versary. The new design looks great. Whoever says you don’t get better with age is just wrong. In fact, I’m pretty sure the saying is you do get better with age, so perhaps I’m the one wrong and making stuff up. It wouldn’t be the first time…that I made stuff up, not that I’m wrong of course. You understand.
I will devour any dessert with fruit in it, and I am gobsmacked, in a good way, over the addition of quinoa here. Very clever. Beautiful pictures too.
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Hahaha I agre–blogs get better with age, like a fine win! Thanks for your sweet comment.
I am so proud of you, Alexis!!! Your blog is amazing and I love your recipes– many of which I have tried and love! Keep them coming! 🙂 XO
Awww thanks SO much, Christen! Your comment made my day 🙂
WOW, this crumble looks beyond amazing – the quinoa is really intriguing! I just came across your blog for the first time tonight from Foodgawker, and wanted to say that I love your blog name! I’m looking forward to reading some of your older posts soon 🙂
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Thanks!! I’m so glad you found me! Enjoy 🙂
Let me tell you that your recipes are amazing, at least for the one I tried. Have you tried broccoli cheese casserole?
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Thanks, Sandra!
My dear Alexis. Where to begin. I know this is a blog comment and not a book, and that everyone is prob sick of hearing about my story and how you’ve changed my relationship with food & cooking and how I’m obsessed with you, but I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of talking about it. Alas, I will try to keep this brief (not working so far). Happy, happy, happiest of birthdays. Three is such a fun age! It’s like you totally have a personality and have come into your own, but still have plenty to grow. Which is a good thing – I hope the day I stop growing as a person is the day that I die. Yikes, morbid. Onto happier thoughts… I am SO THANKFUL for Hummusapien, and so thankful for you. I’m getting emotional and am gonna tryyyy not to cry. Um, you are the best thing I’ve ever stumbled upon on the Internet. You have become one of my closest friends and I couldn’t love you more. You have helped me want to be better to myself and see food as a way to love and care for myself vs. this crazy monster of a scary thing. You have helped me find purpose and passion, excitement, and a sense of accomplishment. You have helped me find myself underneath the fear. You STILL remind me, regularly, that perfect doesn’t exist, that every body is different, and that all we can do is our best in this moment. In my eyes, you are an angel and my life is so much better with you in it. I look forward to reading your posts and making your recipes daily. You have helped shape a way of life for me that fits, that feels good, that I adore and embrace. You are an amazing friend, writer, blogger, RD, inspiration, recipe-developer, healthy-eater, photographer, and Hummusapien. You change lives, you chase dreams, you make things happen. I admire your sense of self, your outlook on life, your work ethic, your caring heart, and your authenticity. Thanks for being you, girlfriend. You are a gift to us all. <3 Oh, and I can't wait to make this recipe since I'm already in love with your skinny summer berry crisp. One note though – WHERE IS THE ICE CREAM?! xo.
What kind of camera do you use!?
Where did you learn how to use it? Just bought my first Canon DSLR!!
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I use a cannon! My friend is a photographer so she showed me how to shoot manually. I keep pretty much the same setting and just changed the brightness when it’s not light enough out. Practice makes perfect 🙂 It took over four years but I’ve finally gotten the hang of it!
a great example of when i archive recipes to make in the future…this one 3 years later!…i have an overabundance of frozen fruit in the freezer and needed to evict some to open up some real estate ; ) i love fruit crumbles and have made them definitely in the last 3 years–even making them for breakfast…but needed a crumble that was tasty and substantial with protein and yumminess…..so your crumble topping fit the bill…..instead of cooked quinoa, i added quinoa flakes….
thanks again for yet another great recipe!