CFC’s FAVORITE Homemade Five Bean Salad Okay….This salad is completely ADDICTIVE with all its tangy flavors and textures. Our CFC Five Bean Salad is FABULOUS for parties, BBQ’S, and especially Holiday Celebrations (think: double/triple this recipe) because you can make it the day before, set it in the fridge…then simply pull it out and Read More!
Garlic Herb Mushrooms For all of our CFC Mushroom LOVERS! This dish makes for a VERY SIMPLE holiday side, so consider adding these Garlic Herb Mushrooms to your Thanksgiving and Christmas menu plans!Did you know: Mushrooms are known to have cancer-fighting properties. Mushrooms are also immunity-boosters, they can help lower cholesterol, they’re high in B Read More!
Roasted Veggie + Quinoa Meal Prep Bowls By popular request: Meatless Meal Prep inspiration for ya! Quinoa is gluten-free, high in protein and one of the few plant foods that contains all nine essential amino acids. It is also high in fiber, magnesium, B vitamins, iron, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin E and various beneficial antioxidants. Read More!
Quinoa Stuffed Eggplant Boats Hearty, Warming, Comforting and Filling: EXACTLY what we’re CRAVING throughout these colder months. Eggplants, aka aubergines, belong to the nightshade family and are often considered a vegetable, although they’re technically a fruit, since they grow from a flowering plant and contain seeds (just like pumpkins!).Eggplants are a very nutrient-dense food meaning Read More!
Pizza Chicken Bake #HappyWeekend Skip greasy cardboard takeout and make THIS pizza bake at home instead! Simple, Delicious, Melty, and SUPER Satisfying! When shopping for store-bought marinara sauce: I like to make sure the marinara has no added sugar (tomatoes naturally contain sugar, but there shouldn’t be sugar in the ingredients list.) I REALLY prefer Read More!
Jalapeño Popper Zucchini Boats. #HappyWeekend Here’s a FUN weekend spin on the traditional jalapeno poppers for you to try out! I love these stuffed zucchini for several reasons, but mostly because they’re completely crave-worthy and obscenely DELICIOUS! I also love that we’re using zucchini to recreate my teenagers all-time FAVORITE snack food! In the late summer, Read More!
Mediterranean Grassfed Beef Meatballs These Savory Tangy little meatballs are PERFECT to serve as your protein with a meal, as an appetizer on toothpicks. OR my personal favorite: tucked neatly into glass food prep containers in the fridge for our next few meals ahead! The addition of fresh chopped herbs really gives these meatballs such a Read More!
Grilled Garlic Chicken + Summer Veggies DINNER is ON the Grill tonight! THIS is THE ONLY grilling recipe you will need to grill up all of those gorgeous end-of-summer garden vegetables, alongside PERFECTLY moist, juicy flavorful chicken breasts. I ABSOLUTELY ADORE grilled zucchini! ➡️ Rachel’s Tips: Be sure to cut up your veggies into large Read More!
3 Ingredient Bacon Wrapped Salmon Bites Melt. In. Your. Mouth. Good! OMG! A FUN little appetizer you’re gonna want to try out for yourself! Grab a large skillet, heat it up, fry up a bunch of these tasty Lil’ bites, and serve them up right as they’re hot out of the pan. These are great Read More!
Fresh Pomegranate Salsa Here’s a NEW & different spin on salsa for you to try out! Any big-time pomegranate lover’s up here in this blog? MEEE! Pomegranate adds such a sweet-crisp crunch to our traditional Pico Garden Salsa recipe! I often add a bit more jalapeno because I LOVE the heat! Pile this onto your grilled Read More!
