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Easy and Delicious Cucumber Salad

Easy and Delicious Cucumber Salad

This cucumber salad, tossed in a sweet yet tangy vinaigrette, takes little time to prepare, and is absolutely delicious! This version is slightly different than a family recipe that we have been enjoying for decades. Feel free to make this up to a day ahead 

Easy to Prepare Vegetarian Tempeh Stuffed Peppers

Easy to Prepare Vegetarian Tempeh Stuffed Peppers

These tempeh stuffed peppers are flavorful, easy to prepare, healthy, and filling! Don’t let the idea of preparing stuffed peppers scare you-it is not difficult, and the bell peppers are basically an edible bowl! Prepare these ahead of time as part of your meal prep, 

Easy to Prepare Italian Chopped Salad

Easy to Prepare Italian Chopped Salad

This salad is easy to prepare, it is light, it is crunchy, and best of all, it is flavorful. Serve it before a meal, serve it as a side dish, or enjoy it as a main meal! This recipe was created from my love of 

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Greek Yogurt

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Greek Yogurt

If you are looking for a healthy way to satisfy your craving for edible cookie dough, then look no further! This recipe can be for snack, dessert, as a dip, or even for breakfast! You can eat it as it is prepared, freeze it and 

The Best Zucchini Meatballs

The Best Zucchini Meatballs

Please believe me when I tell you this: you do no need meat to make meatballs!! These zucchini meatballs are the perfect dish for Sunday dinner (“dinnah”), Meatless Monday, or any day of the week! If you are following a vegan diet, a vegetarian diet, 

The Best Instant Pot Vegetarian Tacos

The Best Instant Pot Vegetarian Tacos

Ingredients: 1 cup of quinoa, uncooked1 cup of vegetable broth 1 can (15 oz) of black beans, rinsed and drained1 can (14.5 oz) of diced tomatoes1 can (10 oz) of enchilada sauce1 tbsp of chili powder1 tsp of cumin1 tsp of salt1 cup frozen corn, 

The Best Corn Couscous Salad

The Best Corn Couscous Salad

Sweet corn is one of the culinary highlights of summer, and this recipe highlights the delicious flavor and texture of corn.This simple dish, packed with flavors, is easy and quick to prepare. Serve it warm as a side dish (or add a protein and serve 

The Best Bean Avocado Salad (AKA “Cowboy Caviar”)

The Best Bean Avocado Salad (AKA “Cowboy Caviar”)

This recipe for cowboy caviar is easy, fresh, colorful, and adaptable. Cowboy caviar can be used as a salsa (it is soooo good with tortilla chips!), a salad, a side dish, as part of a burrito bowl, or even as a topping on a salad–the 

The Best Pasta Primavera Salad

The Best Pasta Primavera Salad

This pasta salad isn’t just to be served during spring and summer-you can enjoy it year round! One thing I love about this pasta salad is that is versatile–you can add a variety of vegetables to it. This pasta salad is perfect as a main 

The Best Chickpea “Tuna” Salad

The Best Chickpea “Tuna” Salad

This vegan tuna salad is easy to prepare, healthy, packed with protein, and delicious! This “no-cook” salad can be eaten out of a bowl, in a wrap, over lettuce, or with crackers. You will love the texture and the taste of this vegan chickpea salad 

The Best Chickpea Salad with Tomatoes and Cucumbers

The Best Chickpea Salad with Tomatoes and Cucumbers

Crunchy chickpeas, crisp cucumbers, and juicy tomatoes, all tossed in a lemony dressing-this chickpea salad is perfect for spring and/or summer (or for any time of year for that matter)! This recipe was inspired by a salad created for me by a dear friend, who 

The Best Black Bean Burgers

The Best Black Bean Burgers

These black bean burgers are easy to prepare, flavorful, and delicious. The black beans are combined with cornmeal, salsa, and spices, to create a substantial meatless patty. This black bean burger is perfect for lunch, dinner, or a BBQ–and it is so delicious, I PROMISE 

Colorful Fruit Salad with Simple Honey Lime Dressing

Colorful Fruit Salad with Simple Honey Lime Dressing

This recipe is so simple, yet so delicious. It is colorful, and it is an easy way to eat your daily servings of fruit. Serve with or without the honey lime dressing as part of your breakfast, as part of your lunch, as a snack, 

April Fools’ Day Dish: The Best Spaghettieis (Ice Cream “Spaghetti”)

April Fools’ Day Dish: The Best Spaghettieis (Ice Cream “Spaghetti”)

Looking for a fun way to surprise your family and friends? Then look no further than this ice cream dish–which can be initially passed off as spaghetti! Spagettieis (the technical name) originated in Germany as an ice cream dish made to look like a plate 

The Best Roasted Squash Arugula Salad

The Best Roasted Squash Arugula Salad

This salad can be prepared any time of year, using any type of squash. For this recipe, I used acorn squash. You can try delicata squash, yellow squash, etc.– the possibilities are endless! The arugula gives hints of pepper to the salad, and the acorn 

The Best Irish Soda Bread with Chocolate Chips

The Best Irish Soda Bread with Chocolate Chips

Irish soda bread is a quick bread, meaning it does not require yeast or time to rise. The buttermilk and baking soda act as leavening agents! Now some might argue that it is blasphemous to add chocolate chips to Irish soda bread, but I say 

The Best Homemade Granola

The Best Homemade Granola

This homemade granola is easy to “whip up”. You can use this exact recipe, add to the recipe, or change up some of the flavors and add the ingredients that you love!Snack on the granola, eat it like cereal with your choice of milk, or 

The Best Berry Smoothie

The Best Berry Smoothie

This mixed berry smoothie is a healthy combination of fruit and yogurt, it is kid-approved, picky eater approved, and it’s super easy to make! The smoothie takes less than five minutes to make, and it is packed with protein, thanks to yogurt and almond milk. 

The Best Fluffy Homemade Nutella Pancakes

The Best Fluffy Homemade Nutella Pancakes

These Nutella stuffed pancakes are fluffy pancakes filled with a thick layer of creamy Nutella. The Nutella is frozen into discs, then sandwiched (pancaked?) between layers of pancake. This breakfast is easy to make, and insanely delicious to eat! Ingredients: 12 teaspoons Nutella ® 1/4 

The Best, Easy to Prepare Mason Jar Southwestern Salad

The Best, Easy to Prepare Mason Jar Southwestern Salad

Healthy, convenient, delicious, crunchy…the list of adjectives for this salad can go on and on. But I will leave it to you-try this recipe and let me know what you think. I love this salad so much that I might marry it. I am kidding,