These Meyer Lemon Poppy Seed Pancakes are light, fluffy, and make a wonderful weekend breakfast! This post was originally published in 2014. Photos have been updated. If you didn't catch this one the first time around, you need to give it a try--it's a favorite pancake recipe! I originally ...
Recipes
Carrot Honey Quick Bread
This Carrot Honey Quick Bread has a vibrant color and wonderful texture from the shredded carrots it uses!Let me age myself for a minute. When I got married, my mom gifted me a collection of recipes. It was family recipes, recipes she found in magazines, and recipes she gathered from ...
Smoky Sun-Dried Tomato Cashew Dip
This Smoky Sun-Dried Tomato Cashew Dip is dairy-free (vegan), Paleo, and full of addicting flavor! This dip has so many of my favorite things going on. First, even though someone might assume it's a cream cheese based dip, it's not. There's no dairy to be found in this rich dip. Instead, it's ...
Spring Vegetable Skillet with Soft Boiled Eggs
This Spring Vegetable Skillet with Soft Boiled Eggs will elevate your everyday breakfast! I haven't been this excited about breakfast in a long time. Eggs and vegetables is one of my favorite breakfasts, and this Spring Vegetable Skillet with Soft Boiled eggs totally elevated my standard ...
Honey Mustard Roasted Carrots
Honey Mustard Roasted Carrots are perfectly sweet, tangy, and make a beautiful side dish. What can I say about these Honey Mustard Roasted Carrots? They are everything you want in a vegetable side dish: easy to prepare, simple ingredients, outstanding flavor, pretty presentation. ...
Chocolate Chia Granola–The BEST Healthy Granola
This Chocolate Chia Granola is loaded with nutrients and doesn't skimp on flavor! It's a perfect topping for Silk's Almond Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative. My kids have been on a huge granola kick lately. They have one request when it comes to granola flavors: must include chocolate. I decided ...
Easy Chocolate Bird Nests (No-Bake, Vegan, and Gluten-Free!)
These Easy Chocolate Bird Nests are a family-favorite recipe I make every year around Easter time. They are quick, easy, AND healthy! Note: This recipe was originally published in 2012. I updated the photos and the text and recipe are the same. When different holidays roll around, do you ...
Dairy-Free Orange Creamsicle Smoothie
If you grew up loving Orange Push-Ups, an Orange Julius, or Orange Creamsicles, this Dairy-Free Orange Creamsicle Smoothie recipe is for you! One of my greatest joys in life is taking a treat that is traditionally unhealthy and turning it into something that is not only nutritious, but also ...
The Ultimate Chopped Kale Chicken Salad
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 ...
Your Healthy, Homemade Dinners Solution: The Conquer Dinner eBook is HERE!
Do you ever feel like you have the best intentions when it comes to preparing healthy, homemade dinners for your family, but in reality your execution just isn't there? Are you a busy, working mom who has zero energy by the time dinner time rolls around? Or do your kids' crazy schedules make ...
How to Plan for Eating a Bigger Variety of Foods
I'm as guilty as the next person of eating my favorite foods over and over. Hardly a week goes by that sweet potatoes don't pass my lips. Nearly every day I eat a banana. Even though I do eat my favorite foods a lot, I also am cognizant of eating a wide variety of foods and helping my family do ...
3 Healthy Homemade Gummy Bear Recipes to Try
Collagen is the most abundant protein in our bodies. A long-chain amino acid, it's made up of the individual amino acids glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. The only place you'll find collagen in nature is in animal tissue (bones and connective tissue). So why am I talking about ...
