Life is busy. It's not going to get any less busy for us for at least for another, say, 15 years, when our youngest graduates high school. I won't allow myself to use busy as an excuse to let our diets suffer. Eating healthy, homemade, and unprocessed foods doesn't have to be overly complicated or ...
Anti-inflammatory Diet
Loaded Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Basil Dressing
This Loaded Spinach Salad with Creamy Avocado Basil Dressing is full of nutrition and bursting with flavor! You'll love this healthy, vegan salad. Who is ready to get their salad on? This salad has everything a salad could ever want. It's hearty and filling thanks to the addition of quinoa and ...
Triple Berry Baked Oatmeal
This Triple Berry Baked Oatmeal makes an incredible, warming breakfast that is healthy and light! It's lightly sweetened with maple syrup and can even be mixed together the night before and baked in the morning. Super easy recipe that everyone loves! It definitely belongs on this list of the Best ...
How to Make Homemade Bone Broth in the Crock Pot
When I first discovered I could make homemade bone broth in the Crock Pot, my life was changed. Making stock on the stove top isn't exactly difficult, but who has hours and hours to babysit a pot of simmering bones in a pot on the stove? Not me. I much prefer to throw everything in the crock pot ...
Crockpot Vegan Coconut Curry Chickpea Lentil Soup
This Crockpot Vegan Coconut Curry Chickpea Lentil Soup is easy to prep and is a healthy, comforting soup!Marriage is all about compromise. I'm sure you've heard that phrase about a million times, especially if you are married. As cliche as it may be, it's true. You have to be able to bend and ...
Gluten-free Almond Oat Cranberry Bars
These Gluten-free Almond Oat Cranberry Bars are an easy one-bowl recipe and are great for a healthy breakfast, dessert, or snack!Do you ever buy food or ingredients on a whim? Or is that just a #foodbloggerproblem? That's exactly what happened with the cranberries I used for these bars. I saw a bag ...
Warm Brussels Sprout Salad with Pomegranate and Goat Cheese
I'm convinced that everyone who thinks they don't like Brussels sprouts because of some childhood memory simply hasn't had them prepared correctly. I don't remember ever having Brussels sprouts served to me, but apparently that is because I'm the baby of the family and by the time I came around my ...
Avocado Pineapple Salsa
This Avocado Pineapple Salsa is the perfect combination of heat + sweet and it goes well on everything from chicken to fish to veggie burgers! I've always loved writing. When I was in second grade I "published" a book as part of the Young Author's program. In the back of the book, on ...
Grain-free carrot coconut muffins
Do you ever notice that when you can't have something, you want it even more? Ever since having to go gluten-free because of Luke's sensitivities, it seems like I want bread and baked goods even more than usual. Of course, nearly all of my go-to recipes for such things involve whole wheat flour. ...
My Favorite Sandwich (AKA The Best Veggie Sandwich Ever.)
At first glance it looks basic. But this perfectly combined sandwich is the BEST Veggie Sandwich in the world! There is nothing mind blowing about this recipe. It's a veggie sandwich. But it's my favorite sandwich, I've eaten it for the last five days straight, and I want to share it with ...
Hoppin’ John Salad for Lunch
Hoppin' John is a beans and rice dish from the south that is traditionally made on New Year's Day for good luck. I don't know about you, but I need good luck all throughout the year, so I have no problem making this salad right smack in the middle of summer. The best thing about it is that you can ...
Red beans and rice did miss her!
When I told Tim we were having 'beans and rice' for dinner, he busted out with some Baby Got Back lyrics, so I couldn't resist using them as my title. Black beans and rice would be more accurate, however. This is a recipe adapted from Vegan Yum Yum, which is a fantastic vegan cook book. Not one ...
