Strawberry Salad
This salad represents some of the best foods of summer! Tender greens and fresh berries. Berries offer a huge nutritional punch. Click here to read more about the power of berries. The strawberry dressing is so, so good! The recipe makes a little over one cup so you will have plenty of extra. For the strawberry salad dressing 1 ½ cups…
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Chick Pea Chocolate Chip Cookies
These chocolate chip cookies are steps above your average chocolate chip cookie! Jam packed with fiber and plant based protein, you won't get the sugar crash that comes with cookies made from refined flour and added sugar. You don't taste the chick peas, but they do help create a moist dense cookie. I like one of these cookies in the afternoon with…
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Overnight Steel Cut Oats- Two Methods
Steel cut oats are less processed than rolled oats and are a great source of fiber, protein and are packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. The downside of steel cut oats for me anyway, is they take a long time to cook in the morning, and the pan gets really messy. Enter, the two best short cuts ever! Overnight steel cut oats stove…
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Curried Chickpea Salad
Another wonderful recipe from Alexis at Hummusapien! I make a batch on Sundays and then enjoy it over salad greens or in a pita throughout the week for lunch. I love all of the different textures, and the dressing is OMG good! I like to make salads with legumes as the base. Legumes are are so good for you, they are a great source of protein, high in…
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Healthy Five Ingredient Cookies
These cookies are a great snack to take on a hike, or bike ride or if I just want a little something to go with my afternoon tea. You can feel virtuous eating these cookies because they contain whole ingredients, no aded sugars or refined flours. The recipe is very versatile so you can come up with your own combinations. I used dark chocolate chips…
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Walnut Mushroom Pate
Creamy, rich and earthy. This vegetable based pate is perfect with crackers or toast, or as a dip for fresh vegetables. Along with something delicious to dip your veggies or crackers in, you are getting B vitamins, riboflavin, niacin, and pantothenic acid from the mushrooms. The combination helps protect heart health. Riboflavin is good for red blood…
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No Knead Dutch Oven Whole Wheat Bread
I made this bread for the first time during our stay ay home order this past spring. I was going to share the recipe then, but because everyone had the same idea I did and was baking bread at home, yeast became even more difficult to find than toilet paper. I thought I would wait until fall when the weather changed, and yeast was back in stock, and…
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Creamy Spring Vegetable Chickpea Curry
I got lots of great feedback when I posted this photo on Instagram, it is a beautiful dish! This recipe comes from Alexis from Hummusapien. I share lots of her recipes and many of them end up in my regular rotation. This dish is loaded with lots of beautiful vegetables and the curry is easy to make. I served this dish over black rice but any rice…
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White Bean and Swiss Chard Soup
A simple soup with wonderful flavor and plenty of protein and fiber from the beans and Swiss chard. Serve with a hearty piece of bread. Ingredients 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 leeks, washed and chopped 1 large yellow onion, finely diced 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 bay leaf 4 cups vegetable stock 1 15.5oz can Cannellini Beans drained…
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Homemade Almond Milk
When Randy and I were in Telluride last February, we stayed with our friends Bill and Cheryl. Cheryl put out the most divine almond milk that she makes herself. It was just the right amount of creamy and just a little bit sweet. Pure perfection. So, when I got home I started experimenting. I have posted a recipe for you to try. It is wonderful in…
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