Blueberry Spinach Oatmeal Bars Yep, I said spinach. In dessert. I love making these to hand out when I’m teaching a class, especially to kids/teenagers. I have them grab one to munch on before I get started. Then halfway through my presentation when they are grabbing seconds, I get to the part where I’m telling… Continue reading Blueberry Spinach Oatmeal Bars
Most of us use way too much salad dressing, and the store-bought kinds are full of many different ingredients that we really don’t want in our bodies. For example, I picked up a bottle of ranch dressing off the shelf the other day, only to find that canola oil was the first ingredient. Canola oil… Continue reading Homemade Salad Dressing, Two Ways
Have you ever wanted to look like a fancy pants cook, but you’re really not that great at it? Have someone you want to impress, but you aren’t sure what’s a spatula and what’s a ladle in the kitchen? Then I’ve got the recipe for you! Here’s all the reasons this recipe is amazingly awesome:… Continue reading Salmon en Papillote (in parchment paper)
Now, I know that ranch is the king of salad dressings. People love it on salads, of course, but I also know people who won’t eat a vegetable unless it’s dipped in ranch, and of course, even their pizza needs a good dunking as well. So you may think I’m wrong when I tell you that… Continue reading Green Goddess Salad Dressing
This dressing really couldn’t be any more simple. You probably have all the ingredients in your kitchen already, and it takes approximately 2.6 seconds to put together. It’s way healthier than anything you can buy in a bottle at the store, tastes better, and is so much better for you than all those processed ingredients… Continue reading Easy Balsamic Vinaigrette
The leaves are starting to turn, the air is getting cooler, and with fall each year there is an inevitable invasion. Soon the season of all things pumpkin will be descending, and I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t be happier about the impending pumpkin onslaught. And why not? Pumpkins are not only delicious… Continue reading Pumpkin Pie Green Smoothie
This is it, my biggest secret. You know those days when you wake up, think about what you have eaten the past day (or two, or three), and groan a little bit inside? When your stomach is feeling a little rumbly and your energy is low because you haven’t been nourishing yourself well? Those are… Continue reading Easy Homemade Hummus
Oh, spring!! I needed this spring so badly. For some reason winter went on and on for about three hundred years. I felt frozen through and wondered if I would never thaw again. And then one day, the sun came out, the snow melted away, and the warmth went right through into my bones. Aaahhh!!!… Continue reading Berries, Quinoa, and Kale Salad
Sometimes a girl just needs a treat. Whether it’s a hard day at work, a birthday, or when a certain monthly visitor comes to call, those treat cravings come, even for us clean-eating types! So what do you do when those times come? For me, I like to whip up a batch of these yummy brownies.… Continue reading Decadent (but Healthy!) Dark Chocolate Brownies
I can never, ever, ever get enough ice cream. Ever. Of course, the problem is that my hips sure can get enough, and commercial ice cream is full of a bunch of questionable ingredients. Thankfully, I’ve discovered banana “nice” cream, and I’ve been playing with lots of different recipes. This one is definitely my favorite… Continue reading Cherry Banana Nice Cream
