After 7 hours of driving back from the beach in on and off pouring rain, I was ready to be home! It was hard to get myself unpacked and back out of the door to the grocery store but I wanted a quick and healthy home cooked meal after eating out more than usual. I…
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Greek Oil Free Pasta Salad
Need a simple and fresh pasta salad for summer? This was a tasty and dill-icious light dinner and would be perfect as a side for a cook out or party. It’s only a few ingredients and it comes together quickly, so I’m glad I put these things together because it definitely works! I used High…
Meal Planning 6.24.18
Above: Honeycrisp apple with PB2 and Everything but the Bagel seasoning These weeks of summer are flying by! I should have known, they always do, yet I’m always surprised how fast they go. It’s another week to meal plan so I made my list and went to Trader Joe’s yesterday for my weekly haul. It’s…
Edamame and Hoisin Glazed Eggplant Sushi Bowl
Want the taste of sushi without taking the time to roll the nori? If anyone is intimidated to make sushi rolls at home, this is a great alternative and you can be creative with whatever ingredients you want to use or use what’s in your favorite sushi rolls. These are simple to make and they…
Veggie Pad-oh my! Pad-Thai
Summer thunderstorm blowing outside and a big bowl of tasty noodles in my lap… and now waiting for Bachelorette to come on! Pretty good for a Monday night, huh? I found a recipe for a vegan chickenless pad Thai on Pinterest that used vegan chick’n, but since I try not to eat much mock meat…
Refried Bean and Rice Burrito
Well, this is the clearest picture I could get of this ah-mazing burrito! I had to make this one a little smaller for a picture because the first two were so messy when I attempted to roll them up, I might need bigger tortillas? These are the perfect quick dinner idea that can fill…
BBQ Vegetable Pita Pizza
Mozzarella or potato shreds? Well it looks like cheese shreds, but it’s potato which mimics the same look and texture to top the pizza. These personal BBQ pizzas were scrumptious! I roasted onions, cauliflower, zucchini, and mushrooms and used them to top a whole wheat pizza with sweet and spicy BBQ sauce. I added a…
Roasted Chickpea, Mushroom, and Kale Rice Bowl
Sometimes simplicity is key and when you have a few ingredients on hand you can easily make something filling, delicious, and healthy. I found a recipe for this on Pinterest and changed it up a bit for what I thought made it easier and it was! Instead of roasting just the chickpeas and sautéing the…
Crockpot Pizza Potatoes
This is about as easy as they come! You only need a crockpot and very few ingredients to make a simple, tasty meal for a busy night. I got this recipe from the McDougall app and you can add whatever marinara sauce and toppings/veggies you usually put on your pizza to make these easy pizza…
Marinated Portobello & Broccoli Over Rice
Cooking vegan dinners can be so simple, and only a few ingredients are needed to have a well-rounded nutritious meal. A lot of people ask me “So what do you eat?” and there’s so much I do it that it takes a while to answer that question. I focus on all I can eat that…
Balsamic Roasted Veggie Pasta
Well you would think this would be a super easy throw together meal that would be really hard to mess up, right? Apparently I found a way to do that! I think this could have definitely been great with whole wheat pasta instead of using the brown rice and quinoa pasta that I used. When…
Vegan Singapore Noodles
I’ve ordered Singapore noodles a couple of times from Asian restaurants and have mixed feelings. I usually like thicker rice noodles and sometimes their amount of curry is off. It’s good if you can’t decide between curry or noodles, but it’s the canned yellow curry powder taste. I found a recipe on Pinterest for vegan…
Tofu and Veggie Scramble and Breakfast Potatoes
“Is that scrambled eggs?!” you ask. No! Can you believe that it’s crumbed tofu and it mimics the texture of scrambled eggs? It’s true, try and see! This is a meal that I usually don’t think to make on weekends when I actually have time, so it’s a great breakfast for dinner meal. Who doesn’t…
Empty the Fridge Buddha Bowl
After a week of cooking, there’s odds and ends of extra produce and I just want to make something to use everything up and not waste it. “Waste not, want not” as Granny used to say! This buddha bowl is the perfect way to use all of the food in your fridge and turn it…
Balsamic Portobello and Quinoa Wraps
Believe me. These were a lot better than they look! I couldn’t get a good picture without the wrap unraveling, but they were packed with so much goodness they just couldn’t stay put. I’ve never had a wrap with quinoa inside and it was really tasty. Did you know quinoa is a complete protein? I…
Weekly Sushi Love
We’re used to weekly sushi because we used to go to our favorite sushi spot every weekend, but we got busy and it got too expensive for that extravagance. I’ve always wanted to make sushi, but it always worried me that the fish wouldn’t be fresh enough and I didn’t know where to buy it….
Cheesy Vegan Broccoli Brown Rice Bake
This recipe was kept pretty true to itself, with the only change of adding more rice because I had leftover and instead of miso I took their suggestion and added soy sauce and rice vinegar instead. This was a great cozy night in meal and was definitely a better vegan cheese sauce than I’ve had…
Super Bowl Food
Well it wasn’t the yummiest assortment I’ve ever made, but I tried to come up with some oil free Super Bowl foods that would fit within the starch solution guidelines. Chili was something simple that is healthy and can be made without oil, but I just threw a bunch of beans and diced tomatoes in…
Teriyaki Tofu and Veggie Noodle Bowl
This is one of my favorite meals ever, because I could probably eat it multiple times a week for the rest of my life and be happy about it. There’s something so satisfying about noodle bowls because they’re full of umami flavor and I love the combination of textures. I love eating noodles with my…
Portobello Fajita Tostadas
It’s a Mexican mashup! I’m not the biggest corn tortilla fan, but I know they’re better for you so I keep trying. My cousin Allison suggested making tostadas with them because having them crunchy makes them hold up and she was right! Their texture was much better and I could have eaten many of them…
The Charming Chickpea 