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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Anyone who knows me, knows that I Love soups. This is one my favorite and simple soup recipes. Chunky Vegetable Soup Serves 2–so double it for your family, or so you have some to freeze for later. 1 large onion or leek, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 2 inch ginger, peeled and chopped 2 large carrots, chopped
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4 P Salad: Potato, Pesto, Peas and Pine nuts This is one of my favorite spring and summer salads. The crisp peas, the creamy pesto, the soft potatoes and the texture of the pinenuts make this a delicious side dish to any meal. My husband loves it with broiled salmon or lemon chicken, and couscous or quinoa for
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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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I Love Spinach–spinach in my smoothies, juices, salads and soups. I want to share my favorite delicious Creamy Spinach Soup with you today. This recipe makes 2 servings, so adjust accordingly. Creamy Spinach Soup 1 cup water 1 ½ cups spinach 1 avocado 1 stalk celery 1 clove garlic 1 teaspoon ginger root ½ teaspoon sea salt
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Vegetable stir-fry with Coconut Rice I love the rich and clean flavors of cinnamon, turmeric and cumin. They not only taste amazing, but these herbs are incredible immune-boosters. Paired with coconut rice, this meal is wonderful and a treat for your family. Ingredients for stew: 1 tsp coconut oil 1 onion, diced, 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 tsp
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Eating in a healthy way can be simple, fun, beautiful, and (yes) even exciting! When I get together with family and friends, I like to keep the meals simple, clean, whole and served buffet-style. This is an example of an awesome meal served to over 15 people in a buffet (serve-yourself) style. I use greens, quinoa, and
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Miso Soup with Sea Vegetables Miso is fermented soy. I recommend staying away from soy, especially when you are trying to balance hormones, or when you have thyroid disease. However, fermented soy is my one exception. Fermented soy, in the form of miso, helps to convert essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals into more soluable forms for better
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Bone Broth Recipe My grandma used to make bone broths every week, as a base for all of her soups. Grandma’s soups, especially her chicken soup, were so good for our health because bone broth was the foundational basic ingredient. Bone broth has potent nutritional properties. The collagen from the broth can help to reduce inflammation in
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