Morning Glory Steel-Cut Oatmeal Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 2 servings Start your day with plenty of veggies! Ingredients 1 cup water 1 cups almond milk, plus extra ½ cup steel-cut oats (gluten-free if necessary) 1 carrot 1 zucchini 1 green apple 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon ground ginger 1/8 teaspoon freshly…
Spring Salad with Radishes & Beets
Spring Salad with Radishes & Beets Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: n/a Total time: 10 minutes Serves: 1 Serving Fresh, colorful salad with roasted beets, radishes, baby spinach, avocado, and apples. Ingredients 1 1/2 cup baby spinach 1/3 cup roasted golden beets 1 medium watermelon radish, thinly sliced 2 medium French breakfast radishes, thinly…
Chocolate Chip Cookies without Eggs
Chocolate Chip Cookie without Eggs Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 13 minutes per tray of cookies Total time: 45 minutes Serves: 30 large cookies Soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies with no eggs and a surprise ingredient – cream cheese! Ingredients 2 sticks of butter – room temperature 1 package (8 oz) of cream…
vegan parsley kale pesto
vegan parsley kale pesto Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: n/a Total time: 5 minutes Serves: 1.5 cups A luxuriously creamy no-cheese pesto, perfect for pasta, veggies, or eating straight from the jar with a spoon. This sauce is packed with omega fatty acids, vitamin B, and a ton of Vitamin K from all the…
coconut curry lentils in squash medallions
coconut curry lentils in squash medallions Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes Total time: 1 hour Serves: 8 servings Hearty Indian-inspired lentils atop sweet winter squash. Perfection. Ingredients 1 large spaghetti squash, cut into even round slices (seeds removed) 2 tbsp coconut oil, divided 3 cups cooked lentils 2 medium yellow onions, cubed…
delightfully detoxifying salad
delightfully detoxifying salad Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 5 minutes Total time: 5 minutes Serves: 2 Fresh herbs combine with crunchy sautéed green onions for a seasonally splendid detox salad. Ingredients 1 large bunch flat-leaf parsley 1/2 cup green onions 1 tsp olive oil 1/3 cup loosely packed fennel fronds, thick stems removed 1…
Banana Almond Teff Porridge
Banana Almond Teff Porridge Prep time: 2 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Total time: 22 minutes Serves: 4 servings This teff porridge is a great change of pace from regular oatmeal. The flavor of the teff is nutty and the consistency is similar to polenta or cream of wheat. The bananas melt into the porridge…
Burger Baked Oatmeal
Burger Baked Oatmeal Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: 2 servings Burger baked oatmeal… or is it? Well, not exactly. These “burgers” are banana baked oatmeal “buns” filled with chocolate and sweet potato “patties” and cherry jelly “ketchup”. It’s my early April Fools surprise! Ingredients For the banana baked oatmeal “buns”: 1 overripe banana…
Carrot(cake) Oatmeal
Carrot(cake) Oatmeal Prep time: Cook time: Total time: less than 10 minutes Serves: 1 serving Mmmmm carrots with breakfast. Wait…what? You heard me right. If you like carrot cake, you’re gonna like this bowl of oatmeal. It has all the flavors of cake (think cinnamon and ginger) but you can eat it for breakfast and…
Vintage Easter Bunny Cake
Vintage Easter Bunny Cake Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: One of my favorite memories of Easter as a child was my mom’s Bunny Cake. Not only is the shape memorable, but it is also fun for kids to pick out the candy and help decorate. That was back in the 1970′s and now…
Black Bean Harissa Burgers
Black Bean Harissa Burgers Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 25 minutes Serves: 10 A vegan veggie burger made with brown rice and spicy Harissa! Ingredients 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed 1 cup cooked brown rice 6 green onions, chopped 1 red bell pepper, cored and diced…
Roasted Asparagus & Creamy Cilantro-Lime Sauce
Roasted Asparagus & Creamy Cilantro-Lime Sauce Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes Total time: 20 minutes Serves: 3-4 Simple roasted asparagus dish – perfect for welcoming spring! Ingredients (For Roasted Asparagus) 1 pound of asparagus (usually, a bunch is about a pound) 1 1/2 TBS olive oil 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1…