Yes. Plain Water. 😂 Okay I know. I KNOW. You came here for a smoothie recipe and I'm about to talk to you about water. Just hear me out 🫠 Here's the thing — most of us are walking around chronically dehydrated and we don't even know it. Tired? Probably dehydrated. Headache? Dehydrated. Hungry when you just ate? Might actually be thirsty. Brain fog? You guessed it. 💧 Your body is roughly 60% water. Your brain is 73% water. Your blood is 90% water. And most of us are out here running on coffee and vibes wondering why we feel terrible. 😂 💧 What water actually does for you: 🌿 Flushes out toxins your body worked all night to process 🌿 Keeps your digestion moving — especially important on a high fiber plant-based diet 🌿 Delivers nutrients to your cells 🌿 Keeps your skin glowing 🌿 Regulates your body temperature 🌿 Lubricates your joints 🌿 Literally keeps you alive — which is nice 😂 🌅 First thing in the morning matters most. Before your coffee. Before your smoothie. Before anything. Drink water. Your body just went 8 hours without it and your cells are thirsty. A big glass of water first thing wakes your digestive system up, jumpstarts your metabolism, and honestly just makes everything work better all day. 🌿 I personally start with plain water and then watermelon juice every single morning before anything else hits my stomach. It's a non negotiable now. 💧Not a fan of plain water? Add some lemon, berries, SMALL pinch of salt for electrolytes, or cucumber! Annnnnnd because I can't send you off without something to blend — here's my go-to super hydrating smoothie that basically IS water but makes it delicious: 😂 🍉 The Hydration Hero 🍉 2 cups frozen watermelon 🥒 1 cucumber (peeled) 🍋 Juice of half a lemon 🫚 Thumb of fresh ginger 💧 Coconut water or plain water to blend How much water are you actually drinking every day? Be honest. 😂 Drop it below — and tell me if you're going to try this one! 👇💧

And instead of doing a giveaway...we're doing something WAAAAAAAY 🅒🅞🅞🅛🅔🅡 we're creating our very first community cookbook! 🌻 ROOTED & WILD: The Foundation Recipes 🌻 A community cookbook created by the first 100 founding members of Rooted & Wild. Wahoooooo! This isn't about perfect food photography or fancy chef skills. It's about the recipes that actually show up in real kitchens and real lives. The recipes YOU love! Want to be included? Easy peasy! Just send me a message with alllllll the info below 👇🏻 OR post in underneath —> Rooted & Wild Founder Recipes and I'll grab it! 📸 A photo of your dish (phone photos are totally fine!) 🌱 Recipe name 🥕 Ingredients 👩‍🍳 Instructions 💚 A sentence or two about why you love this recipe A few simple guidelines: ✅ 100% plant-based recipes only ✅ Original recipes preferred ✅ Keep instructions clear and easy to follow ✅ One recipe submission per member (for now 😉) ✅ Family favorites, comfort food, healthy meals, desserts, ferments, snacks...all welcome! I'll compile everything into a beautiful PDF ebook and every member of Rooted & Wild will receive a copy. Years from now, you'll be able to say I help build this 🤸‍♀️ ✨ "I was part of the Founding Recipes Cookbook." Drop a 🌻 below if you're in, and start gathering those recipes! Let's make something amazing together. 🦬🌱📖 👉🏽 Please submit recipes by June 30th 👈🏽

Time to celebrate those wins — big wins, tiny wins, weird wins, “nobody else gets it but me” wins. Drop ’em below. 👇 My wins this week? I didn’t lose my mind. I didn’t throat punch anyone. 😂 And when life was life-ing, I didn’t say “screw it” and run straight into the arms of ultra-processed junk food. Instead I ate chocolate sweet potato pudding for breakfast like a grown adult making responsible decisions. 🤣 Progress over perfection. Sometimes it looks like finding a better way to handle the messy moments. Your turn — what’s your wrap-up win this week? 🌱 Big, small,ridiculous, we want em all. 💚

I'm so sad today. I lost my sidekick Mr. Patters last night. 6 years I was his human. Yesterday was a rough day. I spent the day just chilling with him. Loving him. Petting and rubbing him for hours. I apologized for all the times I pushed him down because I wasn't in the mood. All the different emotions. Man, death is wack. Animal loss is tough because they love us unconditionally. I'm gratfeul it happened quickly and he didn't suffer. Somedays life just isn't fair. I'm bouncing off my phone for a couple days 🫶🏻

Not gonna lie ... I saw this in another community and flat out stole the idea because I just thought it was super fun! So show us using only GIFs what you're up to this weekend 😝 Here are mine 🫢