Quinoa Vegetarian Chili
Quinoa is an excellent source of protein and is an good replacement for meat in chili. It takes on flavors well and helps thicken the chili.
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Pumpkin Coconut Soup
Pumpkin or any squash soup is a favorite at our home in autumn. We typically will have soup and bread on Friday nights all fall long! This pumpkin coconut soup is easily made vegan and has an extra nutty flavor by adding peanut butter to …
Poached Egg in a Sweet Potato Basket
I don’t know what it is about this time of year but it makes me want to use a pressure cooker or slow cooker! Time to pull out the Instant Pot!!! It’s fall and to me that means warm comforting foods, this sweet potato poached …
Coconut Ginger Oat Balls (Vegan)
Great healthy snacks for the kids, or post bedtime treats for the parents! As a nurse working in the cath lab I am often on call and need to have healthy snacks to grab on the go! These Coconut Ginger Oat Balls do the trick! …
Organic Oatmeal
I always use organic oats especially when cooking for my kids. Recent studies have found traces of pesticides make their way into oats! Yikes! The effects of these chemicals on our bodies is widely disputed, though a court recently ruled Monsanto was responsible for causing …
Creamy Avocado Pesto Sauce
•Creamy Pesto Sauce (vegan)• This sauce is so rich and creamy you would never believe there isn’t a hint of dairy in it! We love pesto and our kids do as well! It is always so rewarding to cook a clean healthy meal for your …
Dark Chocolate Raspberry Bars
•Vegan Raspberry Dark Chocolate Bars• these easy to make chocolate bars have a pecan nut base with dark chocolate and freeze dried raspberries on top! Ingredients: (for 5×7 dish, double for 9×9 dish) 1 cup pecans 1 tsp coconut oil 2 tbsp oats 1 tsp flour …
Garden Fresh Tomato Soup
So many tomatoes!!! Our tomato bushes keep exploding with ripe tasty tomatoes, so we keep coming up with recipes to use them in! This fresh basil and tomato soup can be made on the stove or in a crockpot overnight. Hope you enjoy this soup …
Orange Pecan Yogurt Muffins
These muffins are comforting with a nice citrus kick. Using Greek yogurt keeps them nice and moist, in fact I have to admit I have actually forgotten to add the coconut oil before and they still turned out great! 1 1/2 cup flour 2 tsp …
Easy Spanish Rice
This time of year my heirloom tomatoes are ripening as fast as I can pick them! What a great problem to have right? The only issue is finding new ways to get them into our meals. Spanish rice recipes often call for canned tomatoes or …