We all need to have a quick and easy side dish up our sleeve that goes with a variety of dinners. This mushroom sauté recipe is just that. It's simple enough that you can easily include it in your weeknight dinner lineup. Yet, sautéed mushrooms are always elegant enough to include as a holiday ...
Vegetarian Recipes
Cheesy Spaghetti Squash Casserole
This Cheesy Spaghetti Squash Casserole is easy to prepare and makes a fantastic gluten-free dinner. My parents didn't make casseroles growing up. I barely knew what they were when I graduated college. Yet, here I am, as an adult, making casseroles. My kids don't even like their food to be ...
Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole (Vegan and Gluten-free!)
This Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and made without refined sugar! You won't miss any of it. This recipe is proof that healthy food can be delicious!My favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the sweet potato casserole. My husband is cringing right now because he ...
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 ...
Spiced Apple Cider Baked Donuts
There's a local donut shop where I live, Bill's Donuts, that's pretty much a legend. It's a tiny shop that people flock to, creating long lines every weekend. I've lived here for over 6 years and have only been there once. It happens to be right across from our church and my parents, brothers, and ...
Butternut Squash and Kale Lasagna
Are you ready to turn your everyday vegetarian lasagna into a decadent fall dish that is a total show stopper? This Butternut Squash and Kale Lasagna is your ticket. I love lasagna in all its forms, but this butternut squash lasagna ranks up there with my favorites. It's rich, has great flavor, ...
Pumpkin Banana Quinoa Breakfast
Have you heard? Quinoa breakfast is the new oatmeal. If you haven't tried quinoa for breakfast yet, let your obsession begin here. This Pumpkin Banana Quinoa breakfast is creamy, lightly sweet, and perfectly spiced for fall. You're going to love it. Of course it's made with healthy, ...
Curried Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
I know "pregnancy brain" is a thing, but what about "mom brain." Is that a real thing? If it's not, it should be. Then I'll have a valid excuse for my forgetfulness. Last week I was scheduled to bring snack for Luke's school. Easy enough. I had two bags of baby carrots and some cucumbers in ...
Vegan Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars
My family likes these Vegan Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars more than traditional apple pie and you'll love the ingredient list!You are going to want to stop what you are doing and make these bars immediately. Seriously. These Vegan Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bars just shot up onto my favorite ...
2-Minute Dark Chocolate Brown Rice Porridge
This delicious Brown Rice Porridge recipe is brought to you on behalf of Minute® Ready to Serve Rice. Thank you for inspiring me to create this unique breakfast idea!September is National Rice Month. I thought I'd let you know in case you needed an excuse to eat more rice. Brown rice is a wholesome ...
Dairy-Free Strawberry Yogurt Alternative Parfait (with Peanut Butter Syrup and Chocolate Chips!)
This parfait is brought to your courtesy of Silk. Thank you for inspiring this special treat! If you've read Happy Healthy Mama for a while, you know we try to limit our dairy. While we love cheese too much to completely give it up, we also know that dairy can have a negative impact on our health. ...
How to Cook Butternut Squash in the Crockpot
Do you ever have those moments where you wonder why you didn't think of something sooner? A how-did-I-even-function-before-this-epiphany moment? That happened to me this week. Yes, I'm being dramatic. But learning that I could cook butternut squash in the crockpot was a game-changer for ...
