This Caprese Chickpea Veggie Burger makes a quick, easy, and healthy dinner! I'm on a bit of a veggie burger kick. What's not to love? They are easy to throw together, quick, and a great way to add a variety of vegetables to your main course. And they're so satisfying. A good veggie burger leaves ...
Vegetarian Recipes
5-Minute Creamy Mango Ice Cream
This 5-minute Creamy Mango Ice Cream is made with four simple ingredients, is healthy and low in added sugar, and can be made in your Vita-mix or food processor. It's ready instantly--no freezing time required! Are your kids out of school yet? Both of mine are on summer break and we are in ...
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 ...
Mint Chocolate Chip Pea Pops
This recipe for Mint Chocolate Chip Pea Pops make a healthy special treat!Yes, you read that title correctly. These are pea pops. A few years ago, a friend I knew in college posted that she'd snuck some extra veggies into her toddler by adding peas to his smoothie. I was intrigued and put it on my ...
5-ingredient Paleo Pancakes
These 5-ingredient Paleo Pancakes are made with no flour, no sugar, and have sweet potato and banana as the stars! When I discovered I could make "pancakes" out of just sweet potatoes and eggs, my life was changed. That's not dramatic, it really was life changing. Pancakes are such a kid ...
Healthy Fruit Dip–4 Ways
When the snack beast rears its ugly head at your house, what do you feed it? Today, I've got an idea for you. Actually I have four ideas for you. Â Healthy fruit dip done four different ways! My kids can eat truck loads of fruit. They love all fruit and it's the first thing they eat from their plate ...
Spiced Broiled Grapefruit
This recipe for Spiced Broiled Grapefruit takes just minutes to prepare and makes the perfect healthy snack or breakfast! This is a sponsored post on behalf of Sweet Scarletts and Millennial Blogs.  I would like to introduce you to my new snacking obsession.  Texas Red Grapefruit from Sweet ...
Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins
These Banana Chocolate Chip Baked Oatmeal Muffins are a great portable breakfast idea! I make a lot of variations of baked oatmeal muffins since I first started making them almost four years ago. I don't always think about putting the new recipes here on the blog. Â I mean, how many baked oatmeal ...
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. Â 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? Â The potential for a ...
Happy Healthy Mama’s Most Popular Recipes in 2015
2015 was a big year here at Happy Healthy Mama. Â I grew more and faster than ever before, and this blog is not a baby. Â It was exciting and terrifying and fun all rolled into one. Â I have to say, I am proud of what I accomplished this year and I'm also proud of the delicious food that came out of my ...
Mushroom Sauté with Rosemary, Garlic, and Red Wine
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 ...