Lemon Garlic Hummus is a quick and easy, vegan and gluten-free snack or appetizer dip for all your favorite crackers or veggies! You may remember this lemon garlic hummus from these delicious lettuce wraps, but there are a couple extra toppings if you want to serve as a dip! The thing with flavoring hummus is …
Spiralized Zucchini Quinoa Tomato Salad. Eat as a side or a light meal, cold or hot! Healthy, vegetarian, delicious. As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. I HAVE A NEW FAVORITE THING! It’s called the Vegetarian Flavor Bible. <– Have you heard of this?? Basically it is a huge book of ingredients that …
Bang Bang Brussels Sprouts! Easy and spicy side to liven up your veggies. Adjust spice to your tastes and/or serve with skinny bang bang sauce. Gluten-free, vegan. I eat Brussels sprouts ALL. THE. TIME. But yet somehow this is the first time they’ve made it to the blog. (I burned them to a crisp once …
Fruit salsa made from apples, oranges, kiwis and strawberries and tortilla chips baked with cinnamon sugar for dipping. Colorful party appetizer or healthy dessert! Vegan. Where are my fruit lovers? This recipe is a hit for parties or summer gatherings. Plus it takes minimal effort to throw together. Those cinnamon chips? I’ll tell you how …
Morning Turmeric Detox Drink with apple cider vinegar, maple syrup and a pinch of cayenne. Lots of health benefits in this elixir to kickstart your day! Related: If you don’t like the taste of drinking apple cider vinegar straight, try these delicious (vegan) apple cider vinegar gummies! I’ve long heard about the benefits of apple …
Spicy Baba Ganoush (Eggplant Dip) – with red pepper and sriracha, this appetizer is for you spicy food lovers! Can someone please tell me, is it “baba ganoush,” “baba ghanoush,” “baba ghanouj” or a spelling I’m not even aware of?! The ever-reliable wikipedia tells me the primary spelling is “ghanoush” with the “GH” at the …
Egg Puff Pastry with Avocado – a quick and easy tart to make for breakfast or as an appetizer. This egg puff pastry recipe was born around the same time that I made my asparagus tart with egg and goat cheese. I guess I wanted more practice putting eggs on things and not having them …
Blueberry crisp crumble with an oat and coconut oil topping. Healthy and fruity dessert that’s gluten-free and vegan with no added refined sugar! Two things I have an obsession with lately – blueberries and coconut oil. So I’m only surprised this recipe didn’t happen sooner. I didn’t know whether to call this a “crisp,” “cobbler,” or …
Lemon Garlic Roasted Artichokes – a simple and different way to cook this veggie side dish. Serve with melted butter or other favorite dip! I remember eating artichokes as a kid – picking each leaf off one by one, dipping it in butter and scraping off the edible part with my teeth. I didn’t know …
Fireball Hot Toddy – cinnamon whiskey, honey and lemon cocktail to melt a sore throat or for a spicy night cap. *originally written in 2016* I’ve been sick a record number of times this calendar year. Blame stress, life changes, poor sleep and what-have-you, I have experienced more than my normal amount of sick days …
Multicolored Shredded Carrot Salad with dried cranberries, dried blueberries and parsley. A beautiful and healthy veggie side dish that is vegan and gluten free. I have my mom to thank for this salad. This is a perfect example of how she can throw together whatever she has on hand to make a wonderful recipe. It’s …
Homemade Kiwi Lemonade – freshly squeezed lemonade with a twist of kiwi fruit! While I’m not much of a straight-up lemonade fan, I do like to combine other fruits with lemonade as the weather starts warming up. The other day, I was out of mint so I couldn’t make my blueberry mint version, but I did …
Spinach Chickpea Salad – a bowl of deliciousness! Protein, veggies, fruit, seeds, and nuts = flavor that will make you say goodbye to your normal boring salad. I have made this salad at least 20 times in the past couple months. Coming from a girl who didn’t like salads until a few years ago, that’s …
Curry sunflower hummus – Change out your normal chickpea hummus and make it out of sunflower seeds instead! Curry and cayenne spices give it an extra kick of flavor. I stopped by a vegan restaurant earlier this summer and had a meal that included a curry sunflower hummus. Up until that moment, I didn’t even realize people …
Lemon blueberry cookies – fresh blueberries and a light lemon flavor in a cookie that tastes like a muffin top! It appears I may have a bit of a blueberry obsession. First there was blueberry banana bread. I washed that down with some blueberry mint lemonade. And way back when, there was the berry berry cinnamon …
(Vegan) Basil spinach almond pesto. Don’t have pine nuts? Or parmesan? No problem! You can still make a basil pesto spread, no cheese or pine nuts required! Part 1 of my “make everything from scratch” meal was making homemade puff pastry. Part two… pesto! I’ll admit I never made pesto from scratch before, so when I realized …
Blueberry mint lemonade – refreshing summer drink with fresh squeezed lemons, added flavor of blueberries, and an extra kick of mint! A perfect summertime drink for sitting on the patio and enjoying warmer weather. One of the very few things I have been able to grow and keep alive in my garden is my mint …