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Loaded sweet potatoes with black beans and guacamole make for a super simple side dish, or even dinner! A simple, colorful nutritious vegan recipe that’ll make you swoon! Well hello, healthy loaded sweet potatoes of my dreams! This super simple recipe couldn’t be any easier AND delicious. It is an amalgamation of three basic foods: …

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Tequila-Lime marinated grilled chicken served on top of fresh salad with tequila-lime vinaigrette. A light yet filling summertime meal! Walking Dead, you guys. Let’s have words. {{No spoilers, I promise.}} It has basically taken over my every thought. As of last week, I’m all caught up through Season 6. Where are you at? I started …

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Grilled Chimichurri Chicken marinated in homemade chimichurri sauce – fire up your grill for this easy and delicious entree recipe at your next barbecue! Post includes baking instructions for those of you who prefer baked chicken. You’re looking at my lollipop. If there’s one meat I can eat like candy, it’s grilled chicken. Resisting the …

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Thank you Bob’s Red Mill for sponsoring this post! For more delicious recipes and a coupon for $1.00 off any product, please visit BobsRedMill.com! Summer, people! The flowers have bloomed, it’s flip flop and muscle T weather, you’ve broken out your Pac-Man tank top circa 1998, high-waisted jorts circa 1992 and 2015, and teal sparkly jelly sandals circa 1989…life …

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This grilled zucchini, corn, and beet quinoa salad is colorful, nutritious, and the perfect side dish for summer barbecues and picnics   Zucchini and corn season has returned! What ever are we to do? Lettuce grill them! <- Get it? I’m a riot on Mondays. …and while we’re at it, lettuce grill up some beets …

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Refined sugar-free ginger margaritas are a lower sugar cocktail recipe that is zesty, refreshing, and a healthier option. When I think of margaritas, the memories that come to mind are long bus rides with my high school track team, singing Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet at the top of our drunkest possible voices, adding “SALT! SALT! SALT!,” …

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Strawberry Rhubarb Mint Mojitos. < – Use them to cheers all things in life. Cheers! To the big things in life, like family, friends, health, green vegetables, and really great chocolate. To the little things in life like day drinking at the beach, sweet potato noodles, cats with great dividends, and figuring things out along …

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Carrot Noodles with Ginger-Lime Peanut Sauce makes for a healthful side dish or main entrée when you add protein. An amazing grain-free option for those who enjoy a whole food diet, these veggie noodles are loaded with flavor, are easy to make, and are absolutely delicious! Have you ever made carrot noodles? For the life …

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Mint Mojito Smoothie is bangarang.  Three days deep into daylight savings, folks! Have you broken out your sarong, Ray Bans, patio furniture, and margarita glasses? One extra hour of daylight and already I’m fantasizing about laying on the beach with my snorkel mask on and cocktail in-hand. Except by “laying,” I mean “riding,” by “beach,” …

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Ginger and Maple is a healthier recipe perfect for your Thanksgiving feast! This delicious cranberry sauce recipe is easy to make and so flavorful! Last week, my mom and I were sitting in a Sri Lankan restaurant planning Thanksgiving dinner, and I was being a bit of a pill.  She’s nodding …

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