Homemade Pumpkin Puree – One Ingredient This time of year we usually have a few pumpkins hanging out around the house. If they are still firm and looking good, then be sure to use those pumpkins to make some homemade pumpkin puree this weekend. It’s REALLY easy! Throughout late summer and fall 2020 there were Read More!
Roasted Salmon + Brussels Sprouts 😍 Weeknight 20 minute meal. OR Quick delicious Meal Prep idea! Yep. Keep this recipe handy, because you’ll use it a lot! This seasoning mix/marinade is so dang good that we coat both the fish AND the veggies with it. So that’s EASY. Our Roasted Salmon + Brussels Sprouts is Read More!
Chili Lime Roasted Sweet Potatoes 🍠🌶 Sweet Potatoes and Yams are something we eat A LOT of at our house! It’s funny because 10 years ago, I didn’t care for them AT ALL. Throughout my 30’s I began passionately learning about health & nutrition while working with a phenomenal fitness trainer. Sweet potatoes just kept Read More!
Roasted Cauliflower Pizza Bites😍🍕 A FUN little project for a quick snack anytime! 💡Think: all the indulgence of frozen, store-bought pizza bites, without all the overly processed ingredients, sugar, and simple carbs. I’m telling you… many skeptics will enjoy this recipe, and those pizza cravings will be satisfied! I LOVE cauliflower SO much that I’m Read More!
You don’t have to be a health or nutrition expert to know that eating vegetables is important. From your earliest of days, you were probably told to “eat your vegetables” at dinnertime and may have even been incentivized to do so. As an adult, you are likely still aware of the importance of getting enough Read More!
Smashed + Roasted Sweet Potatoes 🍠🍠🍠 This is a beautiful Thanksgiving or Christmas side dish recipe – but don’t stop there! I think you’ll love this idea enough to make these for meal prep, or a special weeknight side too! Smashed + Roasted Sweet Potatoes are ALL THE THINGS: Sweet-Creamy centers with lightly Salty-Crisp edges. Read More!
Roasted Carrot Ginger Soup 🥕🧄🌱 Simple enough for a quick weeknight meal **although** these flavors are complex and fancy enough that this carrot soup will also be coveted on your holiday dinner table. Roasting the carrots takes this soup to the next level. If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can carefully blend your Read More!
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pumpkin Cookies Autumn Weekends are for baking, don’t you think?! These cookies contain ALL of my very most favorite things: chewy oats, indulgent PB, glorious pumpkin, and of course chocolate…. You likely already have all the ingredients at home. ➡️When shopping for ingredients: Look for a higher percentage cacao for the Read More!
Loaded Roasted Garlic Hummus – Greek Style This is basically 4 separate recipes (that go together PERFECTLY)….but don’t let that scare you off – it’s still pretty simple! We’ve got you roasting fresh garlic in the oven, making homemade hummus, cooking crispy chickpeas on the stovetop, and throwing together a Greek-style chopped ‘salad’. The results Read More!
Chocolate Pumpkin Balls 🎃 Aka: THE Ultimate October Truffles!😻 These little babies are completely indulgent in the best possible way. Pumpkin is super filling and satisfying, thanks to its high fiber content, but pumpkin is also low-calorie. So, it’ll fill you up, with high nutrients = energy fuel! Pumpkin also contains beta carotene, which converts Read More!