Appetizers

A classic Peruivian ceviche recipe using halibut, tomatoes, cilantro, red onion, jalapeno, lime juice, and avocado. Serve it up for a healthy appetizer!

Sunflower seed-crusted sweet potato and parsnip fritters with a simple guacamole – a vegan and paleo side dish or entree, perfect for those with multiple food intolerances!  Before I talk to you about these fritters, I wanted to thank everyone for their love and support on My Journey With Gut Health post! Truly, I can’t thank …

Hummus flatbread with sun-dried tomatoes, feta, spinach, pine nuts, and pesto sauce makes for an easy-to-prepare appetizer or snack.

Cream cheese stuffed peppers with caramelized onions and herbs. This crazy tasty appetizer recipe requires only a few ingredients and only about 16 minutes of bake time! Whip these beauties up for your Super Bowl party this weekend.   Those of you who are looking for a speedy quick, easy, tempting, gooey, sultry Super Bowl …

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: …

Crispy, crunchy avocado toast made three ways with hearty winter vegetables for an all-things satisfying and healthy experience. This post is sponsored by Wholly Guacamole. It’s official: it’s winter. Sure, there are two days until the winter equinox, but there’s frost on the windshield, snow for the playing, fewer daylight hours, and a splash of …

Cheesy vegan roasted cauliflower made paleo-friendly with nutritional yeast is a simple and easy paleo, whole30, keto healthy side dish, perfect to go alongside any main entrée.

Herby mashed avocado finger sandwiches with cucumber and sprouts are a fresh and healthy appetizer for any occasion. Today’s my last full day in Alaska, and I already know I’ll be missing this incredible state. My soul strings have bonded to my Muck boots so hard, I may just have to wear them back home …

Grilled portobello mushroom and squash quesadillas with peppers make for excellent quesadilla filling for a healthful summer-inspired meal. Charred grilled veggies. Melty cheese. Crispy tortilla. The trappings of tongue bud bliss. I can’t think of many foods that entice me more than a fully-loaded super gooey, ultra crispy quesadilla. Perhaps because the cheese ’tilla has …

Fully loaded Mexican street corn hummus with queso fresco, grilled corn, cherry tomatoes, red onion, black beans, and cilantro. The perfect healthy summertime snack or appetizer. I have a personal question to ask you. How do you handle the snacking situation?  Do you harbor snacks in the nooks and crannies of your purse, glove compartment, …

Fresh ahi tuna marinated in fresh ginger, liquid aminos, garlic, rice vinegar (and more) for a flavor-packed raw appetizer. Oy! How’s your holiday weekend going? We’ve been having all the fun in the sun, hitting the mountain biking trails, napping on the beach in Lake Tahoe, drinking endless mugs of pour-over coffee, and powering through …

Tender grilled chicken satay marinated in hummus, coconut milk, and yellow curry powder – an easy and delicious appetizer to celebrate National Hummus Day. Happy National Hummus Day! Did you realize today is the day we come together to celebrate our common interest in the chickpea sauce? One mouthful at a time? Didjya? Let’s eat. …