We LOVE Sweet Potato Toast! We LOVE sweet potato toast here and it makes an excellent accompaniment alongside any meal, and can be a stand alone snack as well. Sweet potato is loaded with nutrients like vitamin C, skin-healthy beta carotene, and colon cancer preventive ellagic acid. Sweet potato is so versatile we use it here in juices (yes, you can juice it
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Yay for elevated comfort food! Chicken nuggets can be a real comfort food and remind me of my childhood. These chicken “nuggets” are an elevated version with coconut to boost the flavor profile, make it more luxurious, or make you feel like you’re on vacation! But what I love most about this recipe is that I’m not going to feel
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Delicious AIP Chili This chili recipe follows the AIP (anti-inflammatory diet protocol). For those of you unfamiliar, the AIP excludes the most common foods that can be inflammatory to the body, including dairy, legumes, grains (including gluten), nightshade vegetables (think, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes), nuts, seeds, eggs, and seed-derived spices. Now, you may be thinking about what’s left, especially because most
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With the Superbowl right around the corner, you won’t want to miss this recipe! I found myself craving chili the other day, probably because of the cold weather and because I was in need of some comfort food, but in my family, you can’t eat chili with cornbread! That began my search for a vegan, gluten-free cornbread recipe. Since I
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I LOVE this Everything Veggie Soup! It’s been a while since we posted a recipe. To be honest, I wasn’t feeling too inspired in the kitchen, but I definitely enjoyed cooking and eating this soup! Lately, I feel like I’ve been preaching veggies veggies veggies, and well, this soup has TONS of them. In the winter, when it’s cold outside,
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WHO DOESN’T LOVE AN EASY SALAD? Something about summer makes me crave simple, light, and easy dishes! This chickpea salad is a great recipe to add to your rotation and a great spin-off of your typical egg, chicken, or tuna salad. Not only is this recipe delicious and refreshing, but it is packed with plant-based protein, veggies, seasonings, and flavor!
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Gut healthy eating can be simple and delicious! When it comes to gut healthy eating, we recommend a diverse diet full of various fruits, veggies, grains, beans and legumes, nuts and seeds, high-quality protein, fermented foods, and more to ensure adequate fiber, healthy fat, antioxidants, pre and probiotics and other gut beneficial nutrients to help nourish the gut bacteria and
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A quick recap on inflammation Not all inflammation is harmful; however, many of us suffer from chronic inflammation, which can be very problematic for our bodies! Inflammation may result from several factors, with diet, lifestyle, and environment at the forefront. Therefore, working to reduce inflammation through an anti-inflammatory diet is key and will leave your body feeling much healthier and
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THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN A WARM BOWL OF CHILI ON A COLD WINTER DAY! I love this turkey veggie chili because it is a classic dish that is super easy to make and is nearly always a crowd pleaser. A basic chili recipe is based on a few staple ingredients (though the variations are endless). Common ingredients of chili include
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I’M OBSESSED WITH BRUSSELS SPROUTS! If you’ve ever had dinner with me between the months of October and march, you KNOW that there’s usually an extra side of crispy Brussels sprouts somewhere on the table. I love Brussels sprouts roasted, seared, shredded, raw… pretty much anything you can do to them! Winter is here, and so are the holidays! Two
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I LOVE THIS SIMPLE, EASY SALAD! I was looking for a very simple salad recipe to make with what I had on hand. That’s when I created this simple Greek salad. It’s made from 5 very common ingredients – chopped cucumber, halved cherry tomatoes, chopped celery, shredded carrots, and shredded Brussels sprouts. Brussels sprouts have many health benefits and I
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Fall recipes for you We find cooking and baking during the fall to be so fun and tasty with so much seasonal, nutrient-dense, and flavorful produce. To make things easier for you, we have compiled a whole bunch of delicious and nutritious recipes (broken down by meal) from our website that features in-season fall produce. Why do I care? And
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Guide to being gluten-free Going gluten-free might seem like the trendy thing to do; however, what you may not realize is just how difficult following a gluten-free diet can be. Even today, where gluten-free products are seemingly everywhere, gluten is hidden in tons of products, many that people would never expect. In this post, we are diving into what it
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Should I be gluten free? Going “gluten free” continues to be a common diet practice and marketing term in our country, and we can bet you either know someone who follows this eating style or perhaps have tried it yourself. Yet what we find is that many people don’t really know if they should be gluten free in the first
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I love this super delish and easy meal! These spaghetti squash boats can be made however you like. We like to make them with the turkey recipe below feel free to eat as is or add in your favorite sauce. You can make these boats with any sort of sauce you like, as well, such as tomato sauce, pesto, or
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These cookies are totally worth making! I call these my creative quarantine cookies… because prior to this I probably would have never used chickpeas as a base for cookies, but now forward I certainly will! These cookies are loaded with fiber, and minerals like calcium, magnesium, iron, and others. Chickpeas are a nutrient dense food and using them in cookies
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We need more easy recipes! So I made this recipe just for you. This delicious and easy to make pantry pesto is simple to make and you can replace many of the ingredients for what we have in this recipe. For example, if you like to use pine nuts or lemon or cheese, go for it! We didn’t use those
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January is National Oatmeal Month (I actually never knew this until yesterday). Oatmeal is one of my FAVORITE foods, so upon learning that it has entire month, I quickly decided that I needed to write a post about it. Oatmeal has many great healthy properties: A rich source of minerals: Mangesium: key for bone health, brain health, blood pressure, blood
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