This Chopped Kale Chicken Salad makes a great make-ahead lunch! Is it possible to have too many chopped kale salad recipes on a website? I hope not. Once I discovered how much chopping kale up super finely makes it 100% better, I never stopped making chopped kale salads. If you struggle ...
Lunch Recipes
Top Ten Kid-Friendly Wraps
By this time in the school year, I always end up in a rut when it comes to packing school lunches. I fall into the trap of packing the same things day after day. These kid-friendly wraps are inspiration for you (and me!) to change things up and offer some different choices for our kids' ...
Pantry Pumpkin Bisque
This Pantry Pumpkin Bisque is made with ingredients you probably have in your pantry! It's Paleo and Whole30 compliant, gluten-free, and easily adapted to be vegan. This recipe was originally published in 2011. I've updated the photos and wanted to share it with you again. I think you're going ...
Roasted Vegetable Buddha Bowl Recipe
This Roasted Vegetable Buddha Bowl Recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and full of nutrients! If you are looking for a warming, plant-powered bowl that tastes as good as it is nutritious, this is your recipe. A "Buddha Bowl" is basically a bowl of vegetables and such all mixed together, and it's pretty ...
Cold Busting Soup
This Cold Busting Soup recipe is just what the doctor ordered if you're feeling under the weather!I'm on a little bit of a soup kick. I try to vary my recipes and not do things like bring you soup recipes two weeks in a row. Whoops. What can I say? The weather started getting chillier and as I ...
Butternut Squash Apple Soup
This Butternut Squash Apple Soup is vegan, gluten-free, and a wonderful soup to eat all fall and winter long! Hey guys! I'm bringing an old recipe out of the archives today because even after all these years, I still love this recipe. You deserve to see this recipe. This post was first written in ...
2 Weeks of Healthy School Lunch Ideas
When it comes to school lunches, my biggest concern is that my kids have nourishing food to eat while they are at school. I want them to have healthy school lunches, but I don't care if they are cute or packed in a clever way, and you better believe I'm not going to spend time turning their food ...
Buffalo Chickpea Salad Sandwich
This Buffalo Chickpea Salad Sandwich has "new favorite lunch" written all over it. Or dinner. Who am I kidding? Sometimes tossing a few things in a bowl, mashing them together, and throwing them on bread is all the energy I have for dinner. It really is that easy to make this vegetarian buffalo ...
Quinoa Power Salad
This Quinoa Power Salad is having a bit of an identity crisis. It badly wants to be a cool kid and be called a Quinoa Power Bowl. Salad just sounds so boring and uninteresting; bowls are so trendy and now. Like any child, it had to listen to its wise mother. (Are you following this? I'm the wise ...
A Mason Jar Salad for Every Weekday (5 recipes with step-by-step instructions)
One of my secret weapons to keeping my healthy eating on track is preparation. Having a mason jar salad in the fridge and ready at lunch time makes the choice, when I'm hungry, simple. When I'm really hungry I can make bad food choices, but when lunch is prepared ahead of time? The potential for a ...
Autumn Kale Salad
This Autumn Kale Salad with an oil-free dressing will transform the way you think about kale salad!I have a confession. This might be hard for you to believe since I run a whole blog based on healthy eating. Okay, here it goes: I don't really love kale. Wait...whaaaat? Did you just hear me ...
The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Caramelized Onions and Tomato
I grew up in a restaurant. No, literally. I did. My parents owned a restaurant and they were there all the time, so in turn I was there all the time. It had its upsides and its downsides. A downside? My parents worked more than any other parents I knew. An upside? A work ethic was ...