Tag: vegetables

Lentil and Walnut Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce Recipe (Vegan, Meatless Monday)

Lentil and Walnut Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce Recipe (Vegan, Meatless Monday)

It’s 5pm and your taco craving hits. You need something that can be on the table ASAP and won’t require a trip to the grocery store.

Roasted Butternut Squash, Kale and Quinoa Salad with Lemon-Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe (Vegan)

Roasted Butternut Squash, Kale and Quinoa Salad with Lemon-Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe (Vegan)

It’s squash season. YAS. And the sweetness of butternut squash pairs so well with the tangy lemon & balsamic, bitter kale and earthy quinoa.

Fig and Ginger Glazed Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Fig and Ginger Glazed Brussels Sprouts Recipe

Is it just me or are figs showing up everywhere these days?

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Spicy Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe (Whole30, Paleo)

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Spicy Bacon Vinaigrette Recipe (Whole30, Paleo)

I’m not really a salad person. That’s about the understatement of the century. I generally make it a point to avoid salad at all costs.

Butternut Squash “Mac and Cheese” (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Paleo, Whole30, Meatless Monday)

Butternut Squash “Mac and Cheese” (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Paleo, Whole30, Meatless Monday)

The creamiest, dreamiest sauce on your mac ‘n’ cheese. You picturing it?  Now imagine that it’s dairy-free and also full of veggies. Whaaaat???? How? Squash, that’s how. Trick your kiddos into eating their veggies with this butternut squash sauce.

General Tso’s Tofu with Instant Pot Sticky Brown Rice Recipe for Meatless Monday

General Tso’s Tofu with Instant Pot Sticky Brown Rice Recipe for Meatless Monday

Raise your hand if you love General Tso’s chicken. ME ME ME! I do! The crispy chicken coated in the sticky, sweet, salty sauce. *stomach growls* Yes please!

Lemon & Arugula Pasta with Spicy Cauliflower “Meat” Recipe (Vegan)

Lemon & Arugula Pasta with Spicy Cauliflower “Meat” Recipe (Vegan)

Farewell, summer. I have mixed feelings about it. Mostly I’m excited for fall and coziness and pumpkin things, crisp, cool evenings and mornings, and you don’t die of heat stroke every time you try to have a fire pit to roast s’mores. But, won’t you 

How to Start a Plant-Based Diet: The 5 Most Important Tips

How to Start a Plant-Based Diet: The 5 Most Important Tips

What’s THE hottest nutrition plan in the medical community right now aside from DASH or Mediterranean? The plant-based diet. Definitely the most controversial next to Keto. Are potato chips and french fries plant-based? Absolutely. But we’re talking about a “whole foods” version. Not the crunchy 

Spicy Spaghetti Squash Ramen with Homemade Vegan Kombu Dashi Recipe

Spicy Spaghetti Squash Ramen with Homemade Vegan Kombu Dashi Recipe

You know when you get a hankering for ramen? Like good, super flavorful, salty, spicy, major umami ramen? And you know what a buzzkill it is to crave that ramen if you aren’t eating noodles? You might have a bright idea to make said ramen 

Bacon-Wrapped Fig-Glazed Chicken Thighs Recipe

Bacon-Wrapped Fig-Glazed Chicken Thighs Recipe

I’ve been on a big fig kick lately. I’ve been combining fig with everything I can think of. I’m talking on grilled cheese, on pizza, glazing this bacon wrapped chicken. It’s all seriously drool-worthy.

Chickpea and Cauliflower Tacos with Avocado-Lime Crema

Chickpea and Cauliflower Tacos with Avocado-Lime Crema

Mexican food is a staple around our house. At least 50% of the time you’ll find some sort of burrito bowl, quesadilla, Mexican skillet or tacos around our dinner table. It’s so easy to fall into the rut of doing the same fixins over and 

Italian Herb Spaghetti Squash with Burst Tomatoes Recipe

Italian Herb Spaghetti Squash with Burst Tomatoes Recipe

I love a good, quick weeknight dinner. We’re talking a “just ran in the door from work or errand-running and my kid is screaming for food and it’s 6pm and I have nothing planned for dinner” kind of quick dinner. But being a culinary diva