Where healthy meets delicious!
Rosemary Chicken with Roasted Grapes and shallots, served over Whipped Ginger Sweet Potatoes – a simple, easy, fall-inspired skillet dinner that can be made in 30 minutes! Here’s a simple recipe that bridges the gap between summer and fall. Rosemary Chicken with Roasted Grapes and Shallots. Chicken thighs are pan-seared in a skillet until golden…
A quick and healthy recipe for Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Ginger – a flavorful vegan side dish that pairs well with fish, chicken or vegan mains. Silky and luscious, these flavorful mashed sweet potatoes can be made in under 30 minutes! May I act from free will, and not from habit. — Yogananda The leaves…
Instant Pot Mujadara – a nourishing vegan meal of lentils and rice, infused with fragrant Moroccan spices, served with caramelized shallots and seasonal veggies. This can also be made on the stove top! See Recipe notes! Few desires, happy life. ~Moroccan Proverb While in Morocco last winter, we hired a guide to take us high…
Baked Stuffed Squash Blossoms with ground American lamb, basmati rice and fragrant Middle Eastern spices – a simple delicious main course or appetizer, inspired by the season! These easy, baked squash blossoms are a nod to my Middle Eastern roots. Similar to Dolmas (stuffed grape leaves) the large blossoms are filled with a savory mixture…
Learn how to make fermented hot sauce – a simple way to enhance and preserve your abundance of garden chilies to use throughout the winter. Full of healthy probiotics, this easy recipe has many health benefits. Plus it just tastes good! For many of you with gardens out there, this is the season of harvesting….
Quick and Easy Salmon Cakes – a simple pantry recipe that can be whipped up in 20 minutes, perfect for midweek meals. The recipe features 3 different variations – Asian Salmon Cakes, Mediterranean Salmon Cakes and Nordic-style Salmon Cakes! When I rise up, let me rise up joyful like a bird. When I fall, let…
A simple healthy recipe for Asian Slaw – easy and crunchy, this vegan slaw can be made ahead and is delicious alongside fish, tofu, or chicken or stuffed into tacos, topped onto burgers, or added to buddha bowls. A great way to add more veggies into your everyday meals. To be fully alive, fully human…
This hearty, Moroccan Sweet Potato Salad is full of amaaaaazing flavor and incredibly simple and easy to make – with only 20 minutes of actual hands-on time! Make it ahead for midweek lunches, or bring it to your next fall gathering or potluck! Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is…
A simple, healthy Halibut recipe served over Lemony Zucchini Noodles with olive oil, garlic and Italian parsley, topped with sweet summer tomatoes. A quick and easy low-carb meal! Here’s a quick and easy weeknight dinner that is low in carbs and full of clean bright flavors. Pan-seared Halibut (or substitute cod, tofu, salmon, sea bass,…
Grilled Eggplant Salad with Freekeh. Loaded up with fresh herbs and served over a tangy yogurt dressing, this healthy salad is full of Middle Eastern flavor. Vegan adaptable! If I had another life I would want to spend it all on some unstinting happiness. I would be a fox, or a tree full of waving branches. I wouldn’t mind being…
Bombay Carrot Salad with cashews and raisins, tossed in a flavorful Indian dressing. Healthy and vegan this carrot salad recipe is so EASY to make, and can be made-ahead. Gently gently… slowly slowly. (a voice in my head… grandmother?) Hello friends. Here’s a simple little salad I like to make when carrots are aplenty. What…
A simple easy recipe for Instant Pot Chicken Pozole that can also be made on the stove top. A healthy, delicious, Mexican-inspired weeknight dinner that can be made in 30 minutes! Gluten-free! This hearty Mexican soup called Pozole is simple to make and full of delicious flavor! It will leave you feeling satisfied and full…
