Spicy Grilled Green Beans I love grilling veggies. It’s a fun way to enjoy the deliciousness of my garden. Enjoy my favorite grilled green bean recipe and delicious marinade grilling sauce. The beans can be eaten alone, as a side dish, or as a topper to any salad. They are just that good! Ingredients: 6
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Summer isn’t summer without a yummy salsa. I make sure to plant extra tomatoes, jalapeños, peppers and onions in my gardens just for salsa making. Use my simple salsa recipe as a “basic” recipe as a foundation for all salsas, then add simple whole food ingredients from the recipe options below, to enjoy a variety of delicious
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Vegan Pesto I love pesto. I love making a vegan alternative for my vegan friends, and for those in my life who don’t tolerate parmesan cheese very well. And when I make pesto, I make enough that I can freeze some for later. 1 ice cube of pesto is approximately 2 T of pesto that I can
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This is my favorite way to eat salads–I make the night before work or travel. I either add the salad dressing first so it’s on the bottom, then flip the jar over when I am ready to eat so the dressing “mixes” with the ingredients and is drips from the bottom of the jar to the top.
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Vegetable Quinoa Salad Bowl This is a delicious and simple, healthy salad full of nutrion, vitamins and antioxidants for your summer gatherings. Although this is perfect as a stand-alone salad, I love to serve this in a large collard green as a wrap (like an amazing quinoa and veggie burrito) or sometimes I serve it a bed
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Southwest Quinoa Bowl This is a simple salad, using common “southwest-style” ingredients and adding them to a healthy, high-protein grain–quinoa. The use of clean, whole, colorful and fresh ingredients ensures this meal is not only gorgeous, but also delicious and good-for-you! Ingredients 3 cups quinoa, cooked and ready 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained 1
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Cauliflower Rice: I love this recipe! Simple to make and fun to eat! And good for you. Cauliflower Rice Serves 6 4 cups cauliflower, chopped 6 beets, peeled and chopped 6 scallions, chopped 1/2 red onion, chopped 2 teaspoon coconut oil or olive oil 1 cup, chopped parsley Sea salt and pepper, to taste Directions: Steam the
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I love eating clean whole foods. Here is one of my family’s favorite recipes! Lemon Roasted Brussels Sprouts Serves 6 2 pounds Brussels sprouts 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoon lemon zest 2 lemons, juiced Salt and pepper Preheat oven to 450°. Directions: Cut off the bottom ends of the Brussels sprouts and discard, cut remaining parts
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Vegetable Noodle Soup My kids LOVE noodles. So I try to superfood their noodles as much as possible, and change the added vegetables often, to give them a varitey of nutrition. Here is one of our favorite vegetable noodle soups using rice noodles. It serves our family of 6 with ease–and I take the leftovers to work
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Baked Baby Red Potatoes: I love this recipe. It reminds me of garlic mashed potatoes and garlic fries–just a healthier version. My family loves this! We make it fun by mixing up the potatoes–using small white, purple and red potatoes. It keeps the meal colorful, fun and delicious! Ingredients: 2 lbs baby red potatoes 1/2 c
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