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…
Category: Vegetarian
Real Food Bar Review + Enter for GIVEAWAY!
I don’t do many product reviews here without also sharing a recipe, but today is one of those rare exceptions. And I don’t feed bad about it, nor do I think you’ll be mad. Because while many of us love to cook and try out a new recipe, there are also times when we just need a quick, healthy meal or snack to grab and take on the go…
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…
Raw Chocolate Oat Bars + Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free
Let me introduce you to these Raw Chocolate Oat Bars, they might just be my new obsession.
I’ve made them THREE times within the last ten days or so, making a few tweaks along the way, and as the saying goes, third time’s a charm..
Green Smoothie Chocolate Chip Muffins
I’ve made these Green Smoothie Chocolate Chip Muffins three times within the last week. The first round didn’t result in a muffin I was excited to share with you. It was okay, but not great. Truth be told, it tasted healthy…
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…
New England Inspired Creamy Apple Slaw + Apple Picking
After visiting Vermont in the Fall of 2013, Josh and I don’t really do a Summer vacation anymore, instead we spend a week each Fall in New England. Most of our time has been spent in Vermont and Maine, but this Fall we took the little ones and stayed a week in Boston, MA…
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…
Grilled Veggie Sandwich with Aged Cheddar and Balsamic Reduction
I love to cook, but I’m also all about easy meals. We eat almost 100% of our meals at home, and when it comes to dinner, I find that the meals that are made up of fresh veggies, a little dairy, loads of flavor, and come together in 30 minutes or less, are the ones that I repeat over and over…
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…
Baked Parmesan Zucchini Fries with Garlic Aioli
If you happened to see my post last week for these super-yummy Spinach Pesto Grilled Cheese Sandwiches, then you might have noticed they were accompanied by a stack of zucchini strips, encrusted in a Panko-Parmesan-fresh-herb-goodness and baked-to-perfection!…
Brussels Sprouts Breakfast Bowl with Poached Eggs
This Brussels Sprouts Breakfast bowl embodies everything I crave for my first meal of the day – it’s hardy, crunchy, full of flavor and pretty much an all around party in your mouth!…
Memorial Day Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Frozen Yogurt
I hadn’t planned on sharing something sweet this week. I had planned on sharing the recipe for these {oh-so-yummy} Roasted Brussels Spouts Bowl with Poached Eggs. But sometimes plans change. And once I started down memory lane and got this Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Frozen Yogurt in my head, it felt like the perfect recipe to share before Memorial Day weekend…
Mom’s Chocolate Covered Protein Bars
Josh and I were just talking the other morning about smells and their ability to bring back memories or suddenly make you think of a time or place you haven’t thought of in years. A quick google search revealed that this is known as “odor-evoked autobiographical memory”…
5 Minute Sweet and Savory Sweet Potato Toast
Until now, I’d only heard of sweet potato toast. It sounded great, but almost too easy. So with both little ones happy and occupied the other morning, I decided to see if it was really as quick and easy as it seemed. And I gotta say, it was!…
3 Ingredient Peanut Butter and Cacao Nib Date Bites
These 3 Ingredient Peanut Butter and Cacao Nib Date Bites are my new favorite energy-boosting snack! They’re a breeze to make, have no added sugar, and are completely kid-friendly…
Honey Balsamic and Herb Roasted Carrots + Side Dishes for Spring
Well, the sun shown most of the day and from the inside it looks like Spring outside, but the temperatures are still pretty cool and there was a light layer of snow on the ground this morning! I guess that’s somewhat to be expected for our area this time of year. Warm one day, cold the next…
Easy Lentil and Roasted Sweet Potato Taco Bowl
It’s that time of year where the weather here in Tennessee is constantly changing, some days are gorgeous and warm, while others are cold and rainy. I find myself not really wanting the traditional Winter comfort foods anymore, but also not quite ready for all things Spring. This Easy Lentil Sweet Potato Taco Bowl is the best of both worlds….
Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprouts Breakfast Bowl
This Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprouts Breakfast Bowl is breakfast, lunch, AND dinner approved! Healthy enough for breakfast, yet hearty and filling enough for lunch or dinner. Better yet, it’s loaded with nutrition, color and flavor – three of my must-haves!..
GF Peanut Butter Banana and Chocolate Chip Cookies
These Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Banana and Chocolate Chips cookies can be whipped up in less than 30 minutes and make for a tasty, healthy afternoon or bedtime snack!
In my experience the Super Bowl guarantees two things: 1) football {duh} and 2) food…
Kale Salad with Roasted Delicata Squash and Pearl Barley
Truth be told, I’m more of a spinach-kinda-girl than a kale-kinda-girl. I know kale is a superfood and what-not, but I find I just tend to gravitate to spinach… And I’m not entirely sure why. I think I’m just a habitual person. Every week I grab a 16 oz tub of organic spinach and another one that’s a spinach blend of some sort…
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.
Whole Wheat Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling
I know, I know…you’re probably thinking the time for pumpkin bread has officially passed. And once again I’m late, which unfortunately isn’t all that uncommon.
But, with the arrival of our little Addie in September, traveling in October, Thanksgiving in November, and lots of birthday celebrations…
Gluten Free Chocolate Oat Peanut Butter Balls
I’m so excited to have not just one but THREE recipes for you today!
Last year I had the honor of participating in Sprouts Bulk Bin Treat Exchange, where I shared my Grandma’s Gluten-Free Organic Thumbprint Cookies using many of their bulk bin items. I then shipped them off to two other bloggers while eagerly awaiting the arrival of each of their delicious treats…
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!…
Roasted Veggie Grain Bowl with Avocado and Hummus
As promised, today’s recipe combines a version of last week’s Mediterranean Roasted Red Potatoes and Veggies with many of my other favorites to make this Roasted Veggie Grain Bowl with Avocado and Hummus…
Mediterranean Roasted Red Potatoes and Veggies
For those of you who follow me on Instagram, you may already know that our little Adelaide has arrived! She was born Saturday, September 9th at 11:19pm and is just a little over a week and a half old. She is beautiful and perfect and our hearts are so full…
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…
Avocado Egg and Spinach Grilled Cheese
We eat a lot of eggs in our household. A lot. And this pregnancy, I’ve seemed to crave them more than ever. I’ve been a yogurt with berries, flaxseed, and bran flakes breakfast-eater for years, but for whatever reason, it just hasn’t set well with me the last nine months…