Lentils have all of the cornerstones of a pantry essential: fairly quick to make, affordable, and packed to gills with health benefits. …
Sweet Potato Walnut Cookies
Sweet potatoes aren't just for Thanksgiving and slathering with marshmallows or butter. Sweet potatoes are chock-full of vitamins that reduce stress, boost immunity, help prevent heart attacks, and …
Cheesy Kale Chips
When I first heard of nutritional yeast, I was making a tofu breakfast burrito from another blogger's recipe. I skipped over the yeast (since that sounded kinda odd, putting yeast in a burrito) and …
Beet Cupcakes with Orange Neufchâtel Frosting
Surprise! Vegetables aren't just for dinner! The beet is a great root vegetable to use in sweet applications as well. I usually pair it with chocolate when I'm baking. …
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Black Bean Quinoa Burger Salad
Recently, N and I celebrated our favorite friends' birthdays. R and C have birthdays a week apart and last year, had a great party to celebrate. This year, they decided not to celebrate with a party, …
Banana Nut Oatmeal Buttermilk Muffins
A few weeks ago, I made a cake for N's mom's birthday. I had been waiting to make this cake for her for a while, since the flavors were right up her alley. Before I went to the market, I reviewed the …
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Collard Wraps
I'll be honest: many meals that I've made come after staring into my fridge and pantry with the question "How do I use what I have to make a meal?" It's like a Top Chef Quickfire Challenge, but with …
Roasted Kabocha Squash with Spicy Miso Dressing
Life is a rollercoaster. Sometimes it feels like you're just climbing and climbing, waiting for the big drop that never comes. Other times, the big drop pops out of nowhere, bringing with it the …
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Chard Collard Carrot Soup with Brown Rice
Mission Eat More Greens has been well underway for a month and a half. I've had plenty of fresh greens in salads, but I figured it's time to try something outside of the raw box. Soup is a favorite …
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Warm Einkorn Romanesco Salad
The more I've been thinking about this recipe the more I think of it as a "deep cut". Pulling deep into the agricultural universe and grabbing something a little different that people just don't eat …
Top to Tail Beet Quinoa
Eat More Greens, my 2014 motto, has become a little person sitting on my shoulder, saying "You could add greens to that." This recipe is a perfect example of that. I first threw this dish together for …
Togarashi Tofu with Spinach and Soba
It's that time of year again: resolution time. We're constantly barraged with people, social media, companies, and newsletters asking us about our resolutions or trying to sell us more workout …
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