These Vegan Walnut Cauliflower Street Tacos are a delightful way to fill your belly with satisfying, wholesome ingredients!…
Category: Dinner
The dinner category is the place to discover new recipes to feed you, your family, or the friends that are coming over at work. These usually require a little more prep time than lunch recipes.
Vegetarian Zucchini Lo Mein + Meal Delivery Services
This Vegetarian Zucchini Lo Mein is ready in under 30 minutes, full of fresh Asian-Inspired flavors, and bursting with vitamin-packed ingredients! PLUS it’s soy-free, gluten-free, and vegan-friendly!..
Love Yourself Well with these Heart Healthy Dishes!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
On a day that’s focuses heavily on spreading the love with those around you, I thought we’d take a minute to look at how you can love yourself and your family well with several tasty Heart Healthy Dishes! It’s amazing the role our diet plays in our overall health, but especially our heart health…
Healthy Fajita Bowls – A Favorite for Entertaining!
These Healthy Fajita Bowls are an absolute favorite of mine for entertaining. With a large spread of fresh ingredients, it’s easy to satisfy everyone!
If I’m honest, inviting guests in our home and cooking a meal for them is fairly intimidating to me. I LOVE hosting people…
Red Lentil and Spinach Mock Lasagna
Mock Lasagna is one of those dishes I remember my mom making as we were kids. It’s easy, filling and quite delicious! This Red Lentil and Spinach Mock Lasagna is a vegetarian take on that favorite child-hood dish! Equally hearty and filling and best of all, a winner with the little ones!…
Easy Chickpea Pasta Primavera + Gluten-Free
This Easy Chickpea Pasta Primavera is full of Summer’s best veggies. Whether you prefer it cold as a side salad, or warm for the main meal, it’s sure to deliver in both flavor and nutrition!
This recipe has been a long time favorite of mine…
Gluten-Free Garlic Kale Pesto Pasta
This Gluten-Free Garlic Kale Pesto Pasta is made using Green Lentil Spaghetti pasta coated in a creamy garlicky kale pesto sauce. The pesto sauce is a combination of ripe avocado, raw pecans, garlic, parmesan cheese, and of course kale. The flavor is bold and earthy with a touch of nuttiness, resulting in so much flavor…
Tikki Masala Veggies and Rice + Vegan
This Tikki Masala Veggies and Rice is the perfect week-night dinner! The sauce comes together quickly and is as good or better than any store-bought option!Is it odd that the foods my kids seem to eat best are Mexican and Indian flavored dishes? I mean, better than pizza, or pasta, or grilled cheese, or whatever else you can think of that kids typically love..
Sun-Dried Tomato and Mushroom Chickpea Pasta (GF)
This creamy Sun-Dried Tomato and Mushroom Chickpea Pasta is the perfect blend of hearty and healthy. Loaded with veggies, garlic, herbs and parmesan cheese!Pasta is one of those things that I don’t think to make often, but actually really enjoy. With the exception of zucchini pasta…
GF Cheesy Garlic Shrimp and Mushroom Pizza
Shrimp, caramelized onions, seasoned mushrooms, creamy white garlic sauce, GF pizza crust + cheese and more cheese. Any takers? If you’re a “yes”, then this GF Cheesy Garlic Shrimp and Mushroom Pizza is a must! There are so many great flavors working together here, making this one of my favorite, more unique pizzas of all time!…
Veggie and Egg Cauliflower Rice Bowls
These Veggie and Egg Cauliflower Rice Bowls are pretty much all my favorites things cooked and tossed together in one bowl. We’re talking riced cauliflower + Brussels sprouts + zucchini + soft eggs + shaved parmesan cheese + roasted pumpkin seeds. You’ve got flavor, texture, crunch and NUTRITION playing together like BFF’s…
Instant Pot Split Pea Lentil and Butternut Squash Stew
I really wanted to get this out in time to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving, but as you can clearly see, that didn’t happen. Several things played a part in that, the biggest obstacle is that we’re on our THIRD week of dealing with sickness…
Healthy Pumpkin Black Bean Enchilada Casserole
Like many people, I LOVE Fall. It’s truly my favorite time of the year.
Along with the crisp air, apple picking, and beautiful foliage, pumpkin plays a vital role in my affection for this season. My first inclination is to bake with cooked pumpkin, perhaps pumpkin bread or whoopie pies…
Sweet Potato Refried Bean Egg Skillet
This Sweet Potato Refried Bean Egg Skillet is a hearty dish, perfect for breakfast or dinner!
My first inclination is to apologize and share my embarrassment at going 8 WEEKS without posting a single recipe.🙈But when I stop and consider the season we’re in, the craziness of it all and the conscious decision I made to let the blog go for a short time, to prioritize things and focus on family, I can’t really be sorry…
Golden Sweet Potato Lentil Soup with Coconut Milk
I realize we’re less than a week into Summer…which means there’s still a lot of warm {and humid for many of us} days ahead. But does that mean that soup has to be off the table? Is it still okay to make soup this time of year? Because while this Golden Sweet Potato Lentil Soup with Coconut Milk…
Seven Vegetarian Recipes for Cinco de Mayo!
Seven Vegetarian Recipes for Cinco de Mayo!
The sun is shining, the weather is warm and I think {fingers-crossed} Spring is FINALLY here to stay! And with the warm weather comes the joy of eating outside!..
Vegan Lentil Curry Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Without question, I love this time of the year.
Without question, I love this time of the year.
Especially now with little ones and seeing the excitement in their eyes as they see Christmas lights for the first time, or bubble over at the thought of a LIVE TREE in our house! Reading Christmas stories at night, baking cookies to give to others, teaching them the joy to give and receive.
Roasted Acorn Squash and Quinoa Power Bowl
My typical go-to after Thanksgiving is a salad – my body can’t help but crave something simple and nutritious. However, today I’m excited to share this Roasted Acorn Squash and Quinoa Power Bowl. I love quinoa bowls and how easily they adapt to so many flavors. This one is a new favorite, full of lots of flavor, nutrition and pure seasonal bliss!…
Rustic Roasted Veggie Pizza with Lentil Crust
As a full on pizza-lover, I’m always looking for a new healthy crust option. Cauliflower pizza crust is a regular at our house, and I’ve played around with several others including a Polenta crust and even a Swiss Chard crust. So when I came across this Lentil Pizza Crust…
10 Healthy Butternut Squash Recipes for Fall
The weather has been absolutely beautiful in Franklin/Nashville the last few weeks. Cool crisp mornings, a gentle breeze throughout the day, and gorgeous sunshine without the overwhelming heat and humidity. It’s been so reminiscent of Fall…
Spinach Masala with Organic Brown Rice and Naan Bread
As of yesterday, we officially have a two year old little boy. From the time Brighton was little, we couldn’t help but feel like his name’s been prophetic, often hearing others say “BrightON is so fitting, he brightENs all things”…
Gluten-Free Three Cheese Sun-dried Tomato Pizza with Pesto
First and foremost: this Gluten-Free Three Cheese Sun-dried Tomato Pizza with Pesto – so good!
First and foremost: this Gluten-Free Three Cheese Sun-dried Tomato Pizza with Pesto – so good!
Second: I’m so excited to not only bring you this recipe, but to be teaming up with Sprouts and their Coast-to-Coast Blogger Network to create this gluten-free recipe guide, 7 Gluten-Free Recipes to Get Cookin’…
Cauliflower Quinoa Tacos with Black Bean Salsa and Guacamole
Apparently yesterday was National Doughnut Day…which I completely missed. There are so many national food days, how do people keep up with it all?! I’ll have to make it up to you and share a yummy donut recipe soon!
In the meantime, how about these amazing {vegan + gluten-free} Cauliflower Quinoa Tacos with Black Bean Salsa and Guacamole?!…
Sweet Potato Mexican Casserole with Roasted Corn and Black Beans
Planning a night in this Cinco de Mayo rather than heading out? I’ve got just the dish for you!
This Sweet Potato Mexican Casserole with Roasted Corn and Black Beans is bold in both color and flavor! And best of all it’s loaded with nutrition, yet low in calories, allowing plenty of room for some churro cupcakes, Mexican brownies, or fried ice cream!
Spaghetti Squash Veggie Teriyaki Bowl
This Spaghetti Squash Veggie Teriyaki Bowl is hearty, healthy, and full of flavor. Not only is it a great alternative to takeout, but a great way to get in loads of veggies without sacrificing the flavor. As a huge fan of spaghetti squash…
White Bean Creamy Alfredo with Zucchini Pasta + Le Creuset
I know, I know. Another zucchini pasta dish, but what can I say, we eat zucchini pasta weekly and there are so many different healthy ways to fix it! This White Bean Creamy Alfredo with Zucchini Pasta has become a recent favorite…
Baked Lentil Marinara Spaghetti Squash + Sprouts Bean Sale
This Baked Lentil Marinara Spaghetti Squash is for all the pasta lovers out there wanting to cut back on the carbs without sacrificing your favorites! Using vegetables in place of pasta is a regular thing in our house…
Sweet Potato and Beet Veggie Flatbread
So, a bit of an interesting story regarding this Sweet Potato and Beet Veggie Flatbread. I got an email earlier this summer from a producer for RFD-TV’s show “Country Women”….
BBQ Sweet Potato and Veggie Pita Pizza
This BBQ Sweet Potato and Veggie Pita Pizza makes a weekly appearance in our house. I’ve mentioned this before, but pretty much every Friday night, we have some sort of healthy flatbread pizza, play a card or board game while we eat, then watch a movie once Brighton goes to bed…
Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Burrito Bowls
As a full-time mom, to a ten month old baby boy who is into e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g, meals that can be prepped ahead of time have become a must – which is why I love these Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Burrito Bowls!…