Healthy Food Blog

A Healthy Snack: {Quinoa Pizza Bites}

I hope you all had a fabulous long Thanksgiving weekend -- filled with friends, family, delicious food, and even a little holiday shopping! Our food was over-the-top delicious, especially the smoked turkey. Dear Hubby said it was the best turkey he'd ever eaten -- in 30+ years! Babycakes helped me a lot with the turkey...stirring the brine in a big bucket, cleaning the turkey, removing the neck, brushing on the butter, etc... She thought everything was ... Read more » about A Healthy Snack: {Quinoa Pizza Bites}

Holiday Gift Guide for the Baker: Anthropologie

I wanted to do something a little different for the blog this year in December. Of course I'll still be bringing you wonderful new recipes, like the Holiday Bark w/Toasted Quinoa and the Sweet Potato Chickpea Chili, and an amazing healthier Pecan Pie recipe later this week (!!!!!)...but I also want to share some holiday gift guides with you with different themes and different stores. Today's guide is all about the baker in your life. ... Read more » about Holiday Gift Guide for the Baker: Anthropologie

New Favorite: {Sweet Potato Chickpea Chili w/Quinoa}

Dear Hubby was a super good sport about this meal. In fact, I didn't intend for him to even eat it.  I was going to make something else for him, while Babycakes and I enjoyed this soup. Why? ... Read more » about New Favorite: {Sweet Potato Chickpea Chili w/Quinoa}

Our Easy, Delicious, & Nourishing Thanksgiving Menu

Would you believe me if I told you this is the first year I've ever done Thanksgiving at MY house?! I feel like such a grown-up now, lol.  So I've planned everything out, including a stray from the traditional for the main ingredient, the turkey. This year we'll be SMOKING our turkey!! I saw the recipe below from How Sweet It Is and instantly fell in love. She had me at the "Cider Bourbon Gravy"!!! ... Read more » about Our Easy, Delicious, & Nourishing Thanksgiving Menu

The Vegan Debate + {Cranberry Banana Bread}

It wasn't a philosophical debate about whether to be vegan. No, I had an internal debate over the word "vegan" this weekend. Put it in the blog post title, or no????? Call the recipe "vegan"? I know that some of you may see the word vegan + baking and go running the other way. Please don't!! Just because there's no eggs and no dairy doesn't mean it's weird or doesn't taste good. Actually it's quite the opposite. ... Read more » about The Vegan Debate + {Cranberry Banana Bread}

{Blondie Brownies} 2 Ways -- Holiday & Coconut Lover's

We are in full-on holiday mode here...yes I know, super early. We've started listening to Christmas songs in the car, putting up decorations, and cooking with lots and lots of cranberries, LOL.  I'm putting them in everything: a new version of holiday bark, blondie brownies, relish, banana bread, and stuffed acorn squash.  I really can't get enough of them! Speaking of blondie brownies...you know what's better than a blondie brownie recipe? TWO blondie brownie recipes!! ... Read more » about {Blondie Brownies} 2 Ways -- Holiday & Coconut Lover's

Quinoa, Spinach, & Chickpea {Stuffed Spaghetti Squash}

We had some new friends (Babycakes' best friend from school and her family) over this weekend, so it's been a whirlwind of house-cleaning, organizing, and meal-planning. I found out at the last minute that they are vegetarians, so I went through all of my vegetarian recipes in my mind and decided on: Black Bean Quinoa Burgers with carrot and sweet potato fries. ... Read more » about Quinoa, Spinach, & Chickpea {Stuffed Spaghetti Squash}

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