Stuffed Pepper Quiche
I reallllly don’t like making my own crust. Anyone with me on this? Breakfast for dinner is supposed to be easy! Healthy store-bought crust is pretty much non-existent, so why not forgo the crust altogether and stuff it in a pepper? Think of your favorite omelet, whisk the ingredients together, throw it in the pepper and… Read More»
Healthy Whole Grain Pasta Salad
If you’re a self-proclaimed kitchen clutz and worried about what you’re going to take to an upcoming family gathering, work function or football watch party, I’m here to solve all your problems with this super easy, healthy pasta salad recipe. If you can wield a knife and boil water, you can make this crowd-pleasing bowl of… Read More»
Bourbon Vanilla Banana Bread
I had a LOT of leftover bananas from a health fair a few weeks ago so I put them to good use by adding a little twist to a favorite banana bread recipe. I knew I’d want to eat it for breakfast all week, but the problem with having sweet breads for breakfast is they… Read More»
Meatless Monday: Creamy Habanero Tomato Soup
Creamy Habanero Tomato Soup Serves 4 in 30 minutes or less – 7-8 medium sized tomatoes, de-stemmed and cut in half – 1 small habanero pepper – 3 garlic cloves, peeled – 1/4 cup olive oil – 3 tablespoons tomato paste – 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, minced – 1/8 teaspoon sea salt – Cracked… Read More»
Pumpkin Spiced Steel Cut Oats
This month’s Recipe Redux challenge was to pull out those dust-collecting spices in the way wayyy back of your spice drawer and put them to work. Perfect: I’ve got some saffron back there that I’ve been meaning to experiment with. I absolutely hated the last thing I had with saffron so I’ve been hesitant about using it again. Well, guess… Read More»
Red Thai Chili Soup
I adapted this simple recipe from one of my very favorite cookbooks, Forks Over Knives. It’s full of over 300 plant-based whole food recipes and follows one of my favorite theories about food: I love the flavors of Thai food, but I’m not expert on cooking the cuisine. This recipe requires no prior experience cooking Thai… Read More»
Poblano Chilaquiles
The breakfast chilaquiles at State and Allen was my very first brunch meal in Dallas. I just picked what I thought was the weirdest thing off the menu at the time: Two fried eggs, Oaxaca cheese, Tasso ham, black beans, & edamame on warm tortilla chips-served w/a side of salsa. And oh, was it good. Typically,… Read More»
Meatless Monday: Veggie Fajitas
One of the things I hear almost daily from my clients is “I love Mexican food, but I know it’s sooo bad for me. How can I fit in my favorite Mexican dishes without kissing my weight loss efforts goodbye?” The great thing about Mexican-style cuisine is that it can be made super healthy with… Read More»
Baked Eggplant Parmesan
Last week one of my clients brought me some eggplant from her family’s garden and of course, what else do you do with eggplant other than make eggplant parm? (Seriously though… what do you do with it?) Only problem was, I’ve never made eggplant parm, so I did a little research, ran to the grocery… Read More»
Pumpkin Pie Power Smoothie
Mmmmm, mmm, mmm. pumpkin pie in a glass. It doesn’t get much better than this. With all the sugar-heavy pumpkin flavored treats hitting the shelves, why not treat yourself to something pumpkin that’s actually good for you? This pumpkin pie smoothie is sweetened au natural (with a date) and packs a protein punch from almond… Read More»