Just in time for barbeque season and summer staycations, you’re going to LOVE these Greek chicken burgers with homemade tzatziki. I admit, I’ve been known turn my nose up at chicken and turkey burgers. I typically find them dry and tasteless. They are often touted as a healthier option because they are lower in fat
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How to Make a Sourdough Starter
[I’m super excited to share this post in our series about sourdough. Naomi makes learning how to make sourdough starter looks so simple, even to my baker-challenged self!] In my last post we chatted about why traditional sourdough may actually be good for you. I loved hearing stories in the comments about how sourdough bread was one of
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Grain Free Mug Brownies
Though I dabble with gobs and grandma’s blueberry muffins and banana bread, I am definitely not a baker. That’s why I adore recipes that you can can’t really mess up, like these fun, grain-free mug brownies. I mean, the name alone gives away the secret that we won’t be dealing with spring pans and egg white peaks.
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Roasted Red Cabbage with Lemon and Garlic
Lately I’ve been trying to eat lighter. (Check out my slim down for summer challenge to learn why.) But for me this doesn’t mean chowing down of low-cal fake foods, artificial sweeteners, or other junk. It mostly means cutting back on the extra starchy stuff (bread, pasta, croissants) and filling up on well-prepared seasonal veggies (to
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Paleo Pizza on Portobello Caps
Whether it’s gluten-free deep dish pizza or grain-free cauliflower crust, I love dreaming up ways to make a healthy pizza recipe that satisfies my standards for comfort, fun, and flavor. My most recent adventure has been perfecting paleo pizza – a task that proved to be harder that it first seemed. When it comes to grain-free
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Salmon and Asparagus Bake
You know when you try a new recipe that you think is going to be just “meh” and then are blown away by how delicious and perfect it is? This salmon and asparagus bake is one of those dishes. I had a similar experience with my chicken Florentine over acorn squash too. A few weeks ago, I
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Homemade Pho with Zoodles
Have you seen my post about making zoodles? Homemade pho is a great way to enjoy zucchini ‘noodles.’ Zoodles are truly one of my favorite ways to get the function and joy of pasta without feeling like I’ve devoured several fistfuls of starch. While there’s nothing wrong with carbs, sometimes the mood or the season calls for something lighter. I
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Literally Can’t Even Paleo Snickers Bar
Running a meal planning business, I test LOTS of recipes. For the paleo meal plans we aim to include a fun dessert each week, and I’ve got to tell you, I’ve tested some pretty awful paleo excuses for sweets that make big promises but in the end, taste like an omelette or powerbar. This paleo snickers
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Junk Free Homemade Vanilla Pudding
I’m a bit obsessed with real foodifying the junky comfort foods of my youth. Some of my favorite makeovers are nachos with homemade chips, french fries with gravy, the perfect mashed potatoes, gluten-free deep dish pizza, chocolate chip cookies, and salted caramels. Recently nostalgia called again… Remember vanilla pudding out of a box? I loved that stuff
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Roasted Cauliflower with Fennel and Sausage
Some dishes are so simple they don’t need a recipe. Instead the recipe serves to inspire the combination of flavors that you haven’t yet considered throwing together. This roasted cauliflower dish is one of those creative kitchen ah-ha moments. It’s around this time of year that I start to grow weary of the same winter veggies
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Chicken Florentine over Acorn Squash
Running a meal planning business, I test LOTS of recipes – some flops, some with room for improvement, and some that are just knock-it-out-of-the-ballpark good. This recipe for chicken florentine over acorn squash is one of those winners. When I first started playing with this recipe, I wanted to create a casserole that was reminiscent
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Simple 3 Ingredient Non-Greasy Homemade Lotion
These days, the internet abounds with DIY beauty products, and when it comes to homemade lotion, I’ve tried so many variations. One of my favorites is whipped body butter, my recipe that smells and feels as decant as it sounds. When I want a lighter, non-greasy homemade lotion, this is the one. Why make homemade lotion when you
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