Recipes
Simple, Balanced Recipes for Healthy Eating
Spiced Chickpea and Carrot Salad with Ancient Grains
This is a really quick and easy salad that is great on its own and packs well for lunches too. One of the reasons I like this salad is that is it is a great source of fiber and protein making it a rounded meal with all the veggies in it. You might read the title and...
Creamy Cauliflower Soup
Lately cauliflower has been my vegetable of choice. I’m loving it roasted and also steamed with just a little bit of olive oil and lemon juice. When I’ve been extra under the weather and sick to my stomach while I am on medical treatment my gran makes me mashed...
Basil Walnut Hummus (Plus Some Holiday Survival Tips!)
Hummus is one of my top go-to snacks for so many reasons: It is inexpensive to make It is full of fiber and protein It is easy to bring as a snack or part of a healthy lunch It works as a veggie dip and as a sandwich spread One of the great things about making it...
Roasted Vegetable, Quinoa and Lentil Salad
Roasted cauliflower, beets and cabbage with pepitas pair up for a highly nutritious, mineral packed, free radical fighting super salad
Basil Mango Dressing
This sweet Basil Mango Dressing is perfect to add to dishes with a little bit of heat like spicy tacos or burgers
Roasted Beet Salad with Balsamic-Orange Vinaigrette and Candied Walnuts
Normally when I post a recipe I highlight one or more of the ingredients, so today I’m going to talk quickly about walnuts. I find that walnuts don’t get the attention they deserve … when we talk about nuts in our diet it often comes in the form of peanut butter, or...
Sundried Tomato Hummus
Before I dish out recipes I always like to add some tid-bits of nutritional knowledge and hopefully its something that many readers don’t already know. At first I thought about the ingredients in this hummus and what topics I could highlight: the vitamin C...
Peanut-Lime Rainbow Salad
Now that Spring is here, it seems like perfect timing to share this colorful salad. One of the hashtags I often use is #eattherainbow - I know it's the Skittles tag-line but it's also fitting for brightly colored fruits and vegetables. There is one vegetable in...
