Where healthy meets delicious!
Vegetarian Enchiladas with black beans and farmers market veggies like red bell pepper, sweet potato, zucchini or corn lathered up with Homemade 5-Minute Enchilada Sauce! Easy, healthy and full of delicious Mexican Flavors! Vegan and Gluten-free adaptable! Hello Fall! This simple recipe for Vegetarian Enchiladas using farmer’s market ingredients bridges the gap between seasons bringing end-of-summer veggies…
Zucchini Cornbread! A savory zucchini bread infused with Mexican spices, cornmeal, fresh corn, and sharp cheddar cheese, baked in a skillet. A cozy side to stew, soup, and chili. This savory Zucchini Cornbread is comfort food! Combining the last of summers bounty with homey nurturing cornmeal is perfect for embracing fall as the weather turns…
Chili Lime Chicken with Glazed Peaches – a fast and easy weeknight dinner highlighting fresh juicy peaches and can be made with either chicken breast or thigh meat. We still have peaches at our farmers market and so I couldn’t resist slipping this one before they disappear, in just in case you still have them…
Green Papaya Salad {Bangkok Style!} – a light, healthy and refreshing salad bursting with authentic Thai Flavors! Served with cabbage wraps and Thai Sticky Rice. Here is a tasty recipe for Authentic Green Papaya Salad created by my friend Suwanee who recently started a Thai Recipe Blog called Simply Suwanee. She has an amazing story about…
Why we ALL should be eating Forbidden Black Rice! Plus 3 healthy ways to cook black rice: Stovetop, Instant Pot & Pilaf! A healthy, vegan, gluten-free side dish full of powerful health benefits: Black rice the most nutritious rice you can get- the highest protein, the lowest carbs, and the lowest calories compared to other rice!…
Farmers Market Vegetable Soup – a simple healthy vegetable soup recipe that is easy to make and loaded up healing nutrients- a great way to use up all those farmers market veggies! Great for Sunday meal prep! Make on the stove top or in an Instant Pot. After a week of travel, and all the…
Baked Zucchini with Garlicky Parmesan Breadcrumbs- a simple easy vegetarian side dish that is baked in the oven. Kid-friendly and GF adaptable. Here’s a very simple recipe for baked zucchini that no one seems to tire of. It’s fast and easy to whip up letting the oven do most of the work. Perfect for these first…
Simple Baked Cod with Tomatoes, Basil, Garlic and Lemon- a fast and easy weeknight dinner that is healthy and delicious! Keto and Gluten-free. For many of you this week, it is the first week of school for your kids. I know how busy this week can be so I wanted to share a very quick…
It’s that time again, back to school and back to work! Here are my top 25 Delicious Healthy Lunches to try out this week that are mostly plant-based and veggie-driven. Most of these healthy lunch recipes can be made ahead and are packable. Many are vegan or vegan-adaptable and gluten-free! Pick out a few to try…
Heirloom Tomato Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Smoked Blue Cheese – a simple summer salad highlighting sweet and juicy heirloom tomatoes and rich earthy walnuts. Can be made in 15 minutes! In this simple recipe, juicy summer tomatoes are paired with earthy walnuts to create the perfect marriage of flavors. Smoked blue cheese adds a tantalizing…
Grilled Romaine Salad with Maitake Mushrooms – with a Japanese-Inspired Caesar dressing that comes together in 20 minutes! (Feel free to sub other shiitake or portobellos!) Vegan-adapble and keto friendly. The first time I had Maitake mushrooms was when my friend Richard pan-seared them and placed them overtop the most light and delicate fettucini alfredo….
How to make Manhattan-style, Fermented Pickles with Garlic and Dill! An easy step-by-step guide to making the most flavorful, crunchy, tangy pickles full of healthy probiotics, with only 20 minutes of hands-on time! What happens when people open their hearts? They get better. ~Haruki Murakami I’ve been chomping at the bit to share this easy…
A juicy Nectarine Salad with cucumber, basil, goat cheese, red onion and optional Urfa Biber (Turkish Chili Pepper). A simple delicious Farmers Market Salad you can put together in minutes! Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ~Pema Chodron After coming home from the farmers market the other day…
How to make the BEST Tzatziki Sauce! A delicious Greek cucumber-yogurt sauce to use in mezze platters, wraps, gyros, or as a simple dip for pita bread, or as a delicious side to Mediterranean dishes. This EASY healthy authentic recipe can be made in 15 minutes! Summer has filled her veins with light and her…
Chilled Cucumber Melon Soup – an easy, healthy summer soup that can be served as an appetizer or light meal. Refreshing and delicious! Once you realize this floating life is the perfect mirage of change, it’s breathtaking – this wild joy at wandering boundless and free. ~Han Shan This chilled Cucumber Melon Soup is a…
