Calling all sweet potato soup lovers! You’ll love this coconut curry flavored creamy dreamy sweet potato soup! There’s a seasonality to just about everything. White pants, fuzzy socks, the stock market, peaches…my tolerance level for Taylor Swift. We closet our whites post Labor Day. Trade our moccasins for flips. Sell in May and go away. Rejoice during …
Side Dishes & Snacks
Cajun-seasoned roasted vegetables are a nice change-up from the classic dish and makes for a delightful healthy side dish. Born on the bayou? Yeah, me neither. You may have the same alligator chasing air boat day dreams as I, wherein there’s an old rickety cabin with a weathered white beard overall clad cigar smoking banjo …
Classic ratatouille with eggplant, tomatoes, squash, and garlic, deconstructed and sauteed in a frying pan. This easy side dish is flavorful, healthful and easy to prepare. Rata-tat-too me. Me: “Hey, what should I say about ratatouille?” Boyfriend: “Do what?” Me: “Ratatouille sauté” Boyfriend: “The movie.” Me: “Never saw it.” Boyfriend: “You should. Little rats running …
Parsnip gratin is similar to potatoes au gratin. This healthy root vegetable recipe is lightening up using steamed cauliflower and milk instead of heavy cream.
Roasted Yams with honey, walnuts and raisins are an amazing healthy side dish or snack! Make them on repeat for the workweek or for special occasions! When the weather cooled off last month and loads of amazing treats started showing themselves all over pinterest, my hibernation instinct kicked in and I began foraging. Foraging in the …
Saffron Rice with golden raisins and pine nuts is a delicious Middle Eastern inspired side dish that pairs perfectly with just about any main dish. Make it in big batches to enjoy with meals throughout the week!
Butternut squash and brown rice stuffed bell peppers are delicious, easy to make, and very nutritious! Perfect for the fall and winter.
Sweet Potato Hash Browns (or Rösti) is a traditional Swiss and German side dish to go alongside just about any meal. Easy, healthy recipe.
Stuffed Baby Bell Peppers with cream cheese are a quick, easy, and delicious appetizer! This low-carb, keto appetizer is perfect for sharing at any gathering!
Beet and sweet potato tart made gluten-free. Fresh, delicious, packed with nutrients. I’m not really a tart maker. I’ll eat a tart any day of the week…I just don’t make them. Except, I did make this one. As soon as I saw this post from Cannelle Et Vanille, I knew I had better become a tart maker right …
Dried Fruit and Hazelnut Bars with dried figs, apricots and cranberries. A healthy energy bar recipe that is gluten-free, refined sugar-free, and a nutritious snack. Anyone ever try a Body Pump class? I tried one for the first time while I was in Sonora. The workout was great but the experience was even better. Great …
Toasted Nut Energy Bars with almonds, walnuts, almond butter, dried apricots, dates, and more! This healthy energy bar recipe is paleo, grain-free, refined sugar-free and delicious. It was always a treat to open up my brown bag lunch at school and find a granola bar waiting there for me. Being the good little lunch eater …
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of no-bake treat recipes and I could not possibly be left behind on the no-bake extravaganza. I love baking, but let’s be honest – the dough is always the best part. These carrot cake bites are great for the obvious carrot cake lover and are packed full of protein …