The Top 3 Reasons you Need to Make This Chili As Soon As Possible: 1.) It's National Chili Month. Â Celebrate! 2.) The colors! Could there be a more perfect Halloween meal? 3.) It's a perfect veggie-centric (vegan!) way to switch up your chili routine. Â Variety is good! I could go on, but ...
Vegan Recipes
2-ingredient Vegan “Caramel” Dip
Just 2 ingredients is all is takes to make this healthy, fake-out caramel dip. With sliced apples, it makes the perfect after-school snack! I promise you that we are not living on pumpkin and apples alone over here, although it make seem like it based on the recipes I've been throwing at you the ...
Sugar-Free Cinnamon Roasted Almonds
Cinnamon roasted almonds are usually loaded with sugar. Â This sugar-free version gives you that sweet cinnamon flavor you crave, but without a handful of almonds becoming a dessert. This is a healthy, easy-to-make snack everyone in your family will love! Big news over here. Â Tim's back on the ...
Balsamic Roasted Grapes and Pistachio Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
If you've never tried roasted grapes, ...
Easy Homemade Fruit, Nut, and Seed Granola Bars
Do you guys have to send snacks with your kids to school? Â Meghan is in kindergarten this year and we are required to send two snacks with her every day in addition to her lunch. And somehow, when she gets home, she's starving again. Â So let me just warn you that you may see an increase in snack ...
Summer Vegetable Tacos
One of my favorite ways to cook a vegetarian meal is to stuff a bunch of vegetables into a taco. I put half of my CSA box into these tacos. Â The vegetables are absolutely the star of this show. Â But the avocado creme is trying hard to steal their part. Â Avocado, greek yogurt, lime, and ...
5-ingredient Chocolate-Covered Peanut Butter Ice Cream Bars
Have you ever found a recipe on Pinterest that boasts it is a "2-ingredient" or "3-ingredient" recipe only to click over and find that it uses a box cake mix? Â Seriously, people, box cake mix is not one ingredient. Â Last time I checked a box of cake mix had at least 15 ingredients. This recipe is ...
Healthy Peach Crisp Smoothie
This Healthy Peach Crisp Smoothie is a healthy breakfast that tastes like dessert! This is a very deceiving smoothie.  It tastes like peach crisp.  Yes, liquid peach crisp.  You will gulp it down and feel like you are drinking your dessert. But really it's a healthy, filling breakfast.  Crazy, ...
No Bake Sunflower Freezer Cookies
Greetings from the beach! If you follow me on Instagram, you know we are enjoying a family vacation at the beach this week. Â I had to take a little break from the sun and sand to bring you this recipe I made before we left that quickly became my newest obsession. These no-bake cookies only ...
Summer Squash Noodle Salad with Lime Vinaigrette
The alternate title for this recipe: Â Summer in a Bowl. Â What you have here is the best summer has to offer in one delicious bowl, ready to be eaten in less than 15 minutes. Â You are welcome. You will feel 10,000 times healthier after finishing this bowl of summer goodness. I promise you. Â Eat ...
Easy Lemonade Fruit Popsicles
Isn't it convenient that beautiful red and blue fruits like watermelon, strawberries, and blueberries are in season for USA's Independence Day?  I love seeing all the patriot treats floating around the Internet, using the best of summer's red-ish and blue-ish produce.  As much as I love ...
Do You Really Get Enough Variety in Your Diet? The 40 Plant Foods Challenge
We've all heard it before. Â We need to eat a wide variety of foods. Â When you get a wide variety of foods, you're covering your nutritional bases with different vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, and other good things that keep us healthy and aging well. Studies show that increasing the variety ...