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This Spring Farro Salad celebrates fresh spring produce with a handful of simple ingredients. Add this grain salad to your rotation!
My Favorite Beet Salad features a bed of spinach, earthy beets, creamy goat cheese, stately walnuts, and a tangy honey mustard dressing.
This Cozy Chicken Wild Rice Soup is an updated classic featuring juicy chicken and tender wild rice swimming in a rich broth!
This winter, we need warm, cozy, and satisfying meals to get us through! This Spicy Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup is up for the challenge.
Vegetarian One Pot Pasta
This Dutch Baby with Poached Pears is a glorious winter brunch dish! The light and fluffy pancake is features spiced, wine-poached pears!
This cozy Pear and Caramelized Onion Risotto is about to take over your dinner plans. Settle in for a date night at home and indulge.
Temperatures are getting colder, and my meals are getting warmer. It's soup season in my house, and this Creamy Potato and Leek Soup is a comforting addition to any weeknight or meal prep rotation.
This Blended Caramelized Onion and Carrot Soup only requires five ingredients, but don’t let that fool you! It's delicious and dynamic!
This Vegetable Soup with Spicy Chicken Italian Sausage is perfect for soup season! Dig into this dynamic, satiating, and nourishing soup.
This Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie features hearty veggies, plant-powered protein, and creamy mashed potatoes for the perfect comfort meal.
This Blackened Tofu with Avocado Crema features crispy, pan-fried tofu crusted in a dynamic spice rub paired with a cooling avocado crema.
This Orecchiette with Creamy Tomato Sauce is dreamy enough for date night yet quick enough for a weeknight meal!
The Roasted Romaine Caesar Salad features a silky smooth dressing, homemade croutons, and freshly shaved, salty parmesan!
This Sticky Black Pepper Tofu features tender tofu, with lightly golden and crispy edges, drowning in a sticky and dynamically flavorful sauce. This Chinese inspired recipe is so damn delicious, and so simple to prepare.
Vegetarian Corn and Potato Chowder
If you're looking for something nourishing, comforting, and freaking delicious, look no further! This Slow Roasted Cauliflower Bowl is it!
This Slow Roasted Tomato Soup is ultra-satisfying, layered with deeply roasted tomatoes, sweet caramelized onion, and fresh basil.
This Coconut Crusted Tofu features tender and mild tofu, coated in a rich, crunchy, and nutty coconut crust. It's easy, it's delicious, it's going to be a great new recipe for your weeknight rotation!
These Herbed Tempeh Skewers with Spicy Peanut Sauce are the simple and versatile meal you need in your recipe rotation!
Cornbread Pancakes
An easy weeknight meal, or a special weekend treat! This Honey Mustard Glazed Tempeh is sweet and smooth but packs a spicy Dijon punch.
This Shredded Chicken Curry Salad is super quick and only requires a handful of simple ingredients. This dish goes well in wraps, on salads, or sandwiches.
This Mozzarella Stuffed Spaghetti Squash features a protein-packed red sauce made with fresh tomatoes and ground chicken and stringy mozzarella cheese in each veggie-filled bite!
These soft pillow-y pumpkin and sweet potato gnocchi are finished to perfectly crispy edges in a rich and nutty browned butter sauce.
Each bite of these Cafe Mocha Oats is sprinkled with dark chocolate chips, intense and deep espresso flavor, and lightly sweetened with rich pure maple syrup.
Barbecue Rubbed Tempeh is perfect for summertime! This sweet and smoky spice rub will make all your barbecue dreams come true!
Smokey paprika and cumin seeds pair up to create a deep and earthy flavor that carries through rich and creamy full fat coconut milk.
This Shrimp with Shaved Zucchini Salad is a fresh and veggie-filled dish. You just need a few simple ingredients and less than 20 minutes to deliciousness!
This Buffalo Chicken Salad is whipped up with a handful of simple ingredients in less than five minutes. Enjoy it on crackers as a snack or a quick salad!
These Chicken Meatballs in Red Sauce feature flavorful meatballs cooked to juicy perfection in a rich and bright red sauce!
Saffron Seared Chicken Thighs
Vegan Tempeh Chili
This recipe adds a simple step of brining your chicken to create a Restaurant Worthy Half Chicken. You may never make chicken without this trick again!
Vegan Italian Sausage
Oatmeal with Blueberry Compote and Almonds
Massaged Kale Winter Salad
Vegan Jackfruit Carnitas
This recipe is so simple that you can make it any night of the week in a flash, yet so delicious that you can get away with prepping it for a special date night in. You only need a handful of simple ingredients to perfect these Pesto Chicken Meatballs.
Polenta with Shiitake Mushrooms and Gravy
Risotto with Blistered Tomatoes
Roasted Vegetable Grain Bowl with Creamy Tahini Dressing
Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes
Weekend brunch or a weeknight breakfast for dinner? This Soyrizo Skillet is the savory, satisfying meal you need.
These Soba Noodles with Soy Ginger Tempeh make for the perfect plant-powered dish that is loaded with protein, flavor, and fiber-rich vegetables.
Crispy Garlic Herb Tempeh
Tempeh Bolognese
Tempeh Chickpea Curry
Kale & White Bean Soup
Dig into these tender and juicy Chicken Thighs with Basil White Wine Sauce. Each thigh is covered in a savory gravy that's brightened up just a little with fresh and acidic tomatoes
This Thai Curry Soup is loaded with tender rice noodles, bright and acidic tomatoes, creamy coconut milk, and a just a tiny kick of spice!
Chicken Skillet with White Wine Gravy
Dig into this warm and cozy Winter Lentil Bowl. Featuring winter vegetables, plant-powered lentils, and fresh sage, this dish is nourishing, satisfying, and loaded with flavor.
Chicken & Vegetable Soup is such a winter classic. It's warm, it's cozy, and it's great for meal prep! Don't miss this winter classic, it's delish.
This butternut squash casserole is cheesy, veggie-filled, and loaded with fall flavors like fresh sage and pumpkin! It's perfect for meal prep or your friendsgiving!
Black Pepper Stir Fry
This recipe was born completely by accident! I ran out of peanut butter... but I am SO glad I did!
Buffalo Chicken
Vegan Lentil Tacos
Chicken & Mushroom Skillet
Turkey Sweet Potato Chili
Spice up your meal prep with this super simple and versatile recipe that's packed with lean protein
This Summer Pasta Salad is loaded with protein and fresh and simple ingredients.
Meatless Monday or just your average meal prep, these Vegan Enchiladas are perfect for your batch cooking needs!
Barbecue Chicken Grilled Pizza
Falafel
Curry Skillet
Teriyaki Glazed Salmon
Zucchini Caprese Salad
How to Make a Kale Salad that Doesn't Taste Like Dirt
Tomato Basil Skillet
Purple Gnocchi
8 Minute Macaroni & Cheese
Southwest Breakfast Skillet
Do you know the secret to the perfect wing? Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and tossed in the perfect sweet sauce with a smoking kick? I do, and I am telling you all about it here.
This Meatless Monday recipe is full of plant-based protein!
Your meal prep just got a whole lot more interesting. These Turkey Meatballs are full of flavor and absolutely delicious!
Your Meatless Monday just got a whole lot more interesting with this protein-packed, super simple meal!
A weeknight dinner, a meal-prep Sunday, or a meatless Monday, these Southwest Stuffed Sweet Potatoes are delicious for any occasion.
When you don't live near the coast, sometimes you have to pretend you do. This Oven Baked Blackened Tilapia is exactly what I need to get some lean, flavorful protein in.
These Curry Veggie Burgers are a new twist on veggie burgers. Loaded with flavor and real, whole food ingredients, you don't want to miss this recipe!
This vegetarian dish is loaded with rich flavor and perfect for winter batch cooking!
This one pan meal is all you need for a protein-packed meal prep. It's gluten free, loaded with protein, fiber, and fresh veggies.
These Spicy Shrimp Tacos with Citrus Slaw take less than 30 minutes to make and even less time to devour!
Paleo Turkey Burger Sliders
Creamy Chicken & Veggie Bake
Southwest Taco Casserole
Chili Lime Glazed Salmon
Stuffed Sweet Potato
Coconut Crusted Walleye
Chipotle Chicken
Taco Casserole
Turkey Chili
Eggplant Lasagna
Yellow Curry
Goose Stir-Fry
Sweet Potato Nachos
Gluten Free Pizza Crust
Mouthwatering Meatballs
Cool Carnitas
Crock-Pot Shredded Chicken
Cranberry Feta Stuffed Chicken