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Teriyaki Vegetable Stir Fry with Rice is a clean, healthy side dish perfect for serving alonside your favorite entrees. This recipe comes together quickly and tastes amazing!

Teriyaki Stir Fry Vegetables with Rice - an easy healthy side dish | TheRoastedRoot.net

If you’re struggling to keep mealtimes interesting, I gotchu! I have found the key to maintaining a “healthy” diet AND not getting bored with food is in simply changing up the flavors. Recently, I’ve been on a teriyaki kick. The salty-tangy-sweet-umami flavors really hit your palate in all the right ways!

I make my homemade Paleo Teriayki Sauce  (or use this store-bought brand <- not sponsored) and use it as a marinade for meat, or for stir frying vegetables. Let’s face it..sometimes I douse rice with it and call it a day.

This Teriyaki Vegetable Stir Fry with Rice recipe is an excellent clean side dish for serving alongside your favorite main entrees. Pro Tip: if you’re a lover of bowl food like me, whip up this recipe and use it as your base for your bowls!

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Mock fried rice jam packed with vegetables and made with quinoa. This healthful side dish (or meal) is easily adaptable and is full of essential nutrients. Lately, I’ve been all about super simple skillet meals. I’ve just been chopping up vegetables and tossing them in the cast iron skillet (or wok) with whatever else sounds …

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Grain-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free paleo chocolate chip zucchini muffins – these healthier muffins are prepared easily in your blender and turn out so nice and fluffy!

Paleo Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins - grain-free, refined sugar-free, dairy-free and healthy | TheRoastedRoot.com | Made easily in your blender #glutenfree

What zucchini-infused foods have you been whipping up this summer? I’ve been eating quite my share! I’ve been roasting it and sauteeing it to add to every meal – my morning scramble or frittata, and my lunch and dinner bowls. And, as you can see, I’ve been baking up paleo chocolate chip zucchini muffins as well.

Zucchini bread was always one of my favorites as a kid. I have fond memories of the homemade zucchini bread my mom used to make, and loved eating a thick slice warmed up with a hefty dollop of butter.

So I took that comforting concept and formed it into a grain-free muffin version…plus added dark chocolate chips, because: YOLO. I even go the extra mile to sprinkle the muffins with sea salt, because to me, the salty-sweet combo is pure heaven on earth for the tastebuds.

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