You know when you go to a restaurant and have a meal you can’t stop thinking about? That’s how this salmon recipe came about. I had a blackened salmon salad at a restaurant and now any time I go back there I can’t order anything but that salad. Considering I don’t eat there often, I…
Category: Recipes
Banana “ICE CREAM”
When you feel like ice cream, but decide you shouldn’t have the real deal for the 3rd day in a row…Yes, the situation above may happen to me frequently. And yes, ice cream is my weakness when it comes to dessert. This recipe still impresses me every time I make it–HOW DO BANANAS TURN INTO…
Easy Freezer Breakfast Burritos (Perfect for Planting & Harvest!)
You wouldn’t know it now with my love (and NEED) for breakfast, but there used to be a time when all I could be convinced to eat for breakfast before I’d leave for elementary school was a packaged rice krispie treat. Maybe the sugar jolt was my elementary form of caffeine? Back to these breakfast…
Quinoa Greek Salad with Garlicky Lemon Vinaigrette
Let me give you a quick low down on this recipe:1. I can’t keep letting you pronounce quinoa incorrectly. Growing up, my sister used to correct my grammar and spelling incessantly, so I can’t help that I’m now hyper aware of things like pronunciation. So, back to the topic at hand: quinoa = keen –…
Roasted Garlic Meat Sauce over Italian Parmesan Roasted Vegetables
Who says a delicious meat sauce has to be served over pasta? You can definitely serve this sauce over pasta, but try it over these roasted vegetables for a change! This sauce has amazingly deep flavor thanks to roasted garlic. Definitely don’t skip this step–regular garlic won’t be the same. If you’ve never roasted garlic…
Avocado Chocolate Pudding
Don’t run away after reading ‘avocado’ in the title of a dessert recipe…just look at it! YUM. Avocado is such a perfect ingredient to replicate the texture of pudding while providing health benefits that regular pudding doesn’t have. These health benefits include potassium (more than a banana!), heart healthy fats, fiber, and other important nutrients…
Chocolate Banana Greek Yogurt Muffins
What do I love about muffins? They cook much faster than bread (I’m looking at you taking an hour in the oven, banana bread.) and they’re already pre-portioned and easy to pack/take places. I know most of you inevitably end up with a few over-ripe bananas on the counter, and this is the perfect recipe…
Curry Chicken Chopped Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing and Crispy Chickpeas
I swear I tried to make the recipe name shorter…but there are so many important elements to this recipe that needed to be in the title! I’m a big fan of tahini–I mean BIG fan. In the last year, I’ve experimented with tahini in baked goods, dressings, sauces, etc. and I’ve not been disappointed. It’s…
Broccoli Cheese, Potato & Sausage Soup
Panera Bread. That’s what I think of when I think of broccoli cheese soup. While that soup is incredibly popular for a reason, this one is a new take. It’s hearty and cheesy like a classic broccoli cheddar, but with fewer high fat ingredients and the addition of deliciously spiced sausage for some protein to…
The {Best} Zucchini Lasagna
If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you saw this pretty little lasagna in my story last week. If you’re not following yet–here’s the link 🙂 I asked for your vote, and you responded with a resounding YES to put it up on the blog, so here it is! Let’s face it, a casserole with…