These are UNBELIEVABLE

I call these Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites UNBELIEVABLE for a reason!

They're creamy, rich, full of pumpkin spice, and have the most delicious pecan and coconut crust!

And here's the best part...

You don't even have to turn on your oven!

They take about 15 minutes to put together, and then you just pop them in the freezer. They're perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or anytime you're craving something pumpkin!

This is just one of the delicious recipes in my new cookbook, Food Babe Feast.

I'm sharing the recipe with you below! But first, I want you to know something...

Food Babe Feast isn't just for holidays and parties!

It's filled with over 100 incredible recipes you'll want to make ALL the time, from easy weeknight dinners and homemade snacks to delicious appetizers, cakes, cookies, and desserts.

And you can make all these foods with real ingredients, without relying on the ultra-processed products that fill grocery store shelves!

My cookbook comes out November 10, but you can pre-order your copy today!

And when you pre-order, you'll get instant access to my entire personal grocery shopping system as a bonus!

I'm sharing the actual brands and products I buy for my family, my aisle-by-aisle grocery shopping guidance, and the 20 ingredients I refuse to buy.

I've already done the ingredient research for you! 

This bonus is ONLY available now, before the book is released. 

CLICK HERE: Pre-Order Food Babe Feast + Claim Your Free Bonus

And now, here's that delicious recipe I promised!

Food Babe’s Unbelievable Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites

(Makes 9 servings)

Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling

• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• ½ cup cashew butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
• ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ cup coconut sugar
• 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup

Pie Crust

• 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
• 1¼ cups chopped pecans, plus more for topping
• 1 cup Medjool dates, pits removed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Blend all of the pumpkin cheesecake filling ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
2. Add the pie crust ingredients to the food processor and blend for 2 to 3 minutes, until a doughlike consistency forms.
3. Press the crust evenly into an 8 × 8-inch baking dish.
4. Spread the pumpkin cheesecake filling evenly over the crust.
5. Top with extra pecans and freeze for at least 4 hours or overnight. Serve chilled the next day.

And if you have little kids or grandkids, I've got some adorable Halloween class party ideas for you, too!

I'm sharing how to make apple monster mouths, banana ghosts, little clementine pumpkins, and witch's broomsticks from the cookbook.

CLICK HERE: Watch My Halloween Class Party Video

Xo,

Vani

P.S. I'm going on a book tour and would LOVE to meet you!

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NASHVILLE, TN: Williams Sonoma — Friday 11/13 at 5:30 PM. More details coming soon.

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My heart sank when this happened...

My heart sank when this happened...

When my first cookbook came out in 2020, there was such HUGE demand that it SOLD OUT on Amazon the week it came out!

Most bookstores were sold out too.

A lot of you who wanted a copy couldn't get one and had to wait for it to be restocked.

It was frustrating and maddening, not only for you, but for me!

I don't want this to happen again with my new cookbook, Food Babe Feast!

That's why I'm encouraging you to pre-order your copy NOW, before it officially comes out on November 10th.

Here's why you want to pre-order now, instead of waiting:

• Be one of the first to get your copy! When you pre-order now, you'll secure your book ahead of its release so you won't have to scramble to find one if bookstores sell out again.
• Your pre-order makes a HUGE difference! Every early order sends a powerful message to bookstores that this is a book they need to have on their shelves! The more pre-orders we get, the more copies bookstores will be encouraged to stock, so families everywhere can get their hands on this book.
• You'll get INSTANT ACCESS to my personal grocery shopping system! This bonus is ONLY available if you pre-order and is my thank-you for your early support. I've made it SO worth it!

In this bonus, I'm giving you the actual brands and products I buy for my family, my aisle-by-aisle grocery shopping guidance, tips for decoding misleading food labels, and the 20 ingredients I refuse to buy.

I've spent YEARS reading labels, investigating food companies, and figuring out which brands I can actually trust. Now you can have all that research at your fingertips!

And you don't have to wait for the cookbook to arrive to start using your bonus. You can get it as soon as you pre-order!

CLICK HERE: Pre-Order Food Babe Feast + Claim Your Free Bonus

I can't wait for you to get your hands on Food Babe Feast!

I've filled it with over 100 delicious recipes, including homemade cakes, cookies, appetizers, family dinners, and SO much more.

And you don't need to throw a party or wait for a holiday to make these recipes. There are SO many things you'll want to cook for your family on an ordinary weeknight!

Food Babe Feast comes out November 10, but you can pre-order it TODAY from your favorite bookstore!

After you pre-order, submit your order confirmation to claim your FREE bonus.

Reserve Your Copy + Get Your Free Bonus Here

If you've been thinking about getting Food Babe Feast, please don't wait until November 10! 

Pre-order your copy today, claim your FREE grocery shopping bonus, and help make sure this book reaches as many families as possible!

Xo,

Vani

P.S. If you've already pre-ordered Food Babe Feast but haven't claimed your free grocery shopping bonus yet, you can do that here! Just submit your order confirmation.

P.P.S. I'm going on a book tour and would LOVE to meet you!

NEW YORK CITY: Barnes & Noble, Fifth Avenue – Event Details & Tickets

NASHVILLE, TN: Williams Sonoma – November 13 at 5:30 PM. Save the date! Details coming soon.

CHARLOTTE, NC: Park Road Books – Event Details

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You'll want to eat these right through your screen!

My kids go absolutely GAGA for these homemade soft pretzels!

And honestly, who doesn't love a warm, soft pretzel dipped in honey mustard?!

These are just one of the delicious recipes in my new cookbook, Food Babe Feast.

They only take 5 ingredients to make, and they're SO much better than those processed pretzels you find at the mall or in the frozen food aisle!

I recently made a video showing you how easy they are.

In Food Babe Feast, I show you how to make the foods you LOVE without all the artificial ingredients and processed junk!

And you don't need a special occasion to make these recipes...

This cookbook is filled with delicious recipes you'll want to make ALL the time, from easy weeknight dinners and homemade snacks to incredible desserts and family favorites.

Whether it's a regular Tuesday night or you're hosting Thanksgiving dinner, you'll find something delicious to make!

Get your copy here!

And when you pre-order Food Babe Feast now, you'll also qualify for my FREE personal grocery shopping system bonus!

I'm giving you the actual brands and products I buy for my family, my aisle-by-aisle grocery shopping playbook, and the 20 ingredients I refuse to buy.

So you'll have the recipes AND know exactly which brands and ingredients to buy!

Get Food Babe Feast + Claim FREE Bonus

Xo,

Vani

P.S. I'm going on book tour and would LOVE to meet you!

NEW YORK CITY: Barnes & Noble, Fifth Avenue - Event Details & Tickets

CHARLOTTE, NC: Park Road Books - Event Details (Order the book & select in-store pickup to attend)

More dates coming!

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The Halloween candy trick I swear by

You know how it is…

The kids go trick-or-treating and come home with bags full of Snickers, M&M's, Skittles, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups... and all the usual candy full of artificial dyes, corn syrup, and other controversial ingredients.

If you’re anything like me, you don’t want your children eating those ingredients.

So what do I do with all that candy?

I call in the Switch Witch!

This is one of our favorite Halloween traditions, and my kids LOVE it.

Here's how it works:

On Halloween night, my kids leave their candy by the door. While they're sleeping, the Switch Witch comes and swaps it for better treats, books, and little surprises.

When they wake up, they get to discover what she brought!

I honestly thought my kids might resist this idea at first. But they actually get MORE excited about what the Switch Witch brings than they ever did about eating all that junk candy.

They still get to dress up, trick-or-treat with their friends, and have all the fun of Halloween. And I don't have to worry about them eating a giant stash of candy filled with ingredients we avoid.

And I found something that makes this tradition even easier!

A company called Tricked by the Treat, started by two moms, has put together Halloween candy assortments filled with better treats kids actually get excited about.

We're talking chocolate, gummies, lollipops, crispy treats, Swedish candy, and more!

They even have a Switch Witch adventure book to make the whole candy swap extra fun.

You can get 10% off your order with code FOODBABE!

Shop Tricked by the Treat here!

If you've been wondering how to handle all that Halloween candy without taking away the fun, try the Switch Witch this year!

Your kids might surprise you with how much they love it.

Xo,
Vani

P.S. You can also grab their candy assortments to hand out to trick-or-treaters, so you're not giving out the same junk candy as everyone else!

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Why are we celebrating holidays with poison?

Halloween is almost here, and you know what that means...

You're at the grocery store, you see all those Reese's Pumpkins, Snickers, and Halloween candy, and you throw a few bags in your cart.

That's what you're supposed to do for Halloween, right?

But who decided that celebrating Halloween means buying all this ultra-processed candy in the first place?!

There’s no rule that says you have to buy those “treats” to celebrate.

You don’t need to poison your kids (or the entire neighborhood!) just to have a little fun.

There are SO many better ways to celebrate!

In my newest book, Food Babe Feast, I've taken over 100 of our favorite foods for holidays, birthdays, and parties and made them with real ingredients. We're talking homemade caramel corn, candy, soft pretzels, birthday cakes, cookies, incredible appetizers, and so much more!

And I included an entire chapter on how to navigate the holidays without falling for the food industry's tricks.

I was just talking about what I call the “Holiday Death Aisle” on a podcast! WATCH HERE

You can start making better choices for Halloween right now:

• Read the ingredients on the Halloween candy you're buying. Watch out for artificial dyes, artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup, GMO ingredients, and refined seed oils.
• Make fun Halloween treats at home with real ingredients! Food Babe Feast includes fun ideas for Halloween and delicious recipes for celebrations all year long.

Get Food Babe Feast + Qualify for Your FREE Bonus!

Here’s why you want to pre-order your copy today...

I'll give you my entire personal grocery shopping system for FREE!

I'm sharing the actual brands and products I buy for my family, my aisle-by-aisle shopping playbook, and the 20 ingredients I refuse to buy.

I've already done the ingredient research for you!

Get the cookbook + Claim FREE bonus! 

Xo,

Vani

P.S. I'm going on a book tour, and I'd love to meet you! 

November 10 at 12 PM ET — Barnes & Noble, Fifth Avenue, NYC. EVENT DETAILS + TICKETS

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Can't make it? You can still order a personally signed copy of Food Babe Feast through Park Road Books and have it shipped right to your door! GET A SIGNED COPY

More dates to come!

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Buying Reese's Pumpkins? Read this first.

When I was a kid, I was the QUEEN of candy!

I knew every brand, every flavor, and always had candy in my pockets.

Halloween was my FAVORITE. I'd come home with a bucket stuffed to the brim, and sometimes that candy would last for WEEKS!

My parents didn't think twice about it. Why would they? This was candy sold in every grocery store in America. We didn't know about all the artificial dyes, preservatives, and other chemicals hiding inside.

But just because something is sold on grocery store shelves doesn't mean it's safe.

And here's something else I've learned...

Halloween candy isn't really a once-a-year thing.

As soon as Halloween is over, the stores are already filling up with Christmas candy. Then Valentine's Day. Then Easter.

It's a never-ending parade of colorful candy, cookies, and treats filled with artificial dyes, preservatives, and other unnecessary junk.

I call this the Holiday Death Aisle.

Big Food has turned practically EVERY celebration into another opportunity to sell us ultra-processed junk!

And that aisle never really goes away. It just changes decorations.

To be clear, I'm not saying you should never eat candy or enjoy your favorite holiday treats.

But if you normally avoid GMOs, artificial colors, flavors, and controversial preservatives, there's no reason to buy them "just one day a year" for Halloween.

There are soooo many better candy options available nowadays!!!

In my new book Food Babe Feast, I show you how to celebrate EVERY occasion with delicious real food, without all the unnecessary junk the food industry puts in our favorite treats.

Inside, I share over 100 recipes for everything from Halloween parties and birthdays to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and all the celebrations in between.

You can still have the cookies, cakes, candy, dips, and party food you LOVE! Just made with better ingredients.

And right now, when you pre-order Food Babe Feast, I'm giving you something EXTRA special for FREE!

My entire personal grocery shopping system!

I've spent YEARS investigating food ingredients, reading labels, and researching which brands are actually worth buying. And now I'm sharing all of that with you!

You'll get my personal list of trusted grocery brands, my aisle-by-aisle shopping playbook, my shortcuts for decoding confusing food labels, and my Terrible 20 list of ingredients I refuse to buy.

I've already done the label reading for you!

Imagine walking into the grocery store knowing exactly which brands to trust, what ingredients to avoid, and what I would actually put in my own shopping cart.

And the best part? You get immediate access, so you can start using my system on your very next grocery trip!

This exclusive bonus is only available when you pre-order Food Babe Feast!

Get Food Babe Feast + My FREE Grocery Shopping System

Let's stop giving Big Food our money for poisoning our celebrations.

We can have delicious traditions without all the junk!

Xo,
Vani

P.S. BIG NEWS! The company behind Airheads and Mentos Gum just announced plans to remove artificial dyes from more than 650 products! Changes are expected in 2027. This is huge progress! But beware, artificial dyes are still everywhere in the Holiday Death Aisle this time of year. Keep reading those ingredient labels and voting with your dollars. It's working!

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Don’t put on lipstick until you read this

I don’t wear a lot of makeup in my daily life. But since I’m on camera a lot, I do use mascara, eyeliner, eye shadow, blush, and a little lip color.

When I do wear it, it has to be the cleanest I can find. 

And I can tell you: It feels SO good knowing I’m not exposing myself to dangerous ingredients daily.

Mascara sits millimeters from your eyes. Lip products get swallowed all day long.

Most beauty brands still use harmful chemicals. Because they can. Beauty products aren’t well-regulated in the U.S., and many companies prioritize profits over our health.

5 things in a lot of makeup right now:

• Forever chemicals. In a test of 231 makeup products, 82% of waterproof mascaras and 62% of long-lasting lipsticks showed high levels of a marker for PFAS, linked to hormone disruption and certain cancers. 28 of 29 products tested further didn’t list PFAS on the label.
• Parabens, siloxanes, and triclosan. Linked to hormone disruption.
• Heavy metals. Lead turned up in all 400 lipsticks in one federal test.
• Fragrance and talc. “Fragrance” can hide dozens of undisclosed chemicals. Talc can carry asbestos.
• Plastic glitter. Tiny flecks of plastic, and microplastics have already turned up in human blood.

That's why I love the brand withSimplicity.

In 2015, their founder spotted glitter from her makeup on her baby’s cheek while rocking him to sleep. She started making her own. Today she’s a Master Esthetician, and withSimplicity still makes everything in small batches in the U.S.

They color their makeup with minerals, clays, and plant ingredients. Their mascara is made with coffee seed oil and chamomile. The lipstick includes Cupuacu butter, a nutrient-packed superfruit from the Amazon.

The easiest way to try them is with the Food Babe Makeup Discovery Kit:

• Full-size Tri-Stick for cheeks, lips, and eyes
• Full-size Botanical Mascara in black
• Full-size Lipstick
• Liquid Foundation samples in light, medium, or dark shade ranges

And since withSimplicity is a partner of Food Babe, I have a special discount for you:

Use code THEFOODBABE for 15% off your first order

Even if you don’t wear makeup, they’ve got nail polish, skincare, and body care too.

Xo,
Vani

P.S. Grab your makeup bag tonight and read the labels. Parabens, “fragrance,” and talc are the easiest ones to spot.

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