Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

Easy Chicken Mole

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Are you ready to take a little trip with me to eat some semi-authentic-because-we've-got-a-few-shortcuts-up-our-sleeve-kind-of Mexican food?! Guys Cinco De Mayo is exactly a week away from today and we MUST be prepared with some Mexican yummies to celebrate! Yes, it's a requirement! This Easy Chicken Mole will have you saying OLE! (<-- too cheezy?! Yes, it's dripping with cheeziness!) You may remember that back in October Paul and I traveled to San Antonio, Texas. I ate all of the … [Read more...]

35 Minute Pizza Stuffed Peppers

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It is my goal in life to create ways to enjoy pizza in a healthier way. Really, isn't that everyone's goal in life to have your cake and eat it too?! I mean have your pizza and eat it too ha! Today I bring you my 35 Minute Pizza Stuffed Peppers! The best of both worlds: stuffed bell peppers + all your fave pizza ingredients = BEST MEAL EVER!!! I know that a lot of people argue that if you're going to have pizza than you just want pizza, right?! I totally get that. Trust me I'm not saying these … [Read more...]

40 Minute Red Lentil Curry with Cauliflower Rice

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Lentils are underestimated, don't you think? Especially red lentils out of the lentil family. I mean brown or green lentils, you're just always taking over the spot light. Let's give red lentils a chance to shine for a moment. This 40 Minute Red Lentil Curry with Cauliflower Rice is the perfect opportunity - go little red lentils! Have your 15 minutes of fame - or in this case, 40 minutes of fame! Don't get me wrong I love green/brown lentils very much in all of their sort of meaty like texture, … [Read more...]

Healthy General Tso’s Chicken

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Welcome my friends, your big warm bowl of Healthy General Tso's Chicken awaits you. Please join me as we go on this journey of making our very own Asian food right at home, AKA take-out-fake-out. My love for Asian food runs deep, all of the fresh vegetables and intense, exotic flavors really gets me. Paul and I have our favorite restaurants around town: an Indian place that we literally start drooling over just at the thought of, a Chinese restaurant 3 blocks from our house - let's be real … [Read more...]

Chicken Fajita Bowls with Cilantro Lime Rice

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I originally wanted this recipe to be burrito bowls - like inspired by Chipotle's burrito bowls but then I got carried away with the sauteed bell peppers and onions because I always ask for the fajita veggies on my burrito bowl and always want MORE of them - so then this bowl just seemed more like fajita bowls rather than burrito bowls. You know what, I'm okay with that! Chicken Fajita Bowls with Cilantro Lime Rice it is! Friends, are you ready for the deliciousness that is happening here?! … [Read more...]

Spicy Sausage and Shrimp Creole

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Do you know what the BEST recipes are? The ones that are a tradition, that you've been enjoying with your family for years or maybe even generations! Those meals, those recipes are the ones that are close to your heart. The ones that when taking the first few bites conjure up all the good good times you have spent with your family: laughing, catching up on life since the last time you were together. You're sharing a meal together that you all can't wait to dig into. It's food that's made with … [Read more...]

Thai Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Peanut Sauce

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Thai Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Peanut Sauce combines two of my favorite things, Thai food, peanut sauce, and sweet potatoes - okay that was three things ha! Either way these stuffed sweet potatoes are bursting with flavor and packed with nutrition! I know what you're thinking: 1 hour and 25 minutes to make this recipe?! Really, it's not so bad, most of that time is taken up inactive time with the sweet potatoes cooking away in the oven. And during that time is when you can mix up the … [Read more...]

Brussels Sprouts Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

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Brussels Sprouts Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing....you know, like spinach salad with warm bacon dressing?! Like that salad only with crunchy shredded Brussels Sprouts!!!! YES PLEASE!!! I have always loved spinach salad with warm bacon dressing - the warm salty, smoky dressing, the creamy hard boiled eggs, the zesty red onions, the raw mushrooms sliced paper thin, and of course the crunchy bacon crumbled on top! BUT I never really enjoyed the slightly wilted spinach. I mean, I like spinach BUT … [Read more...]

Lentil Mushroom Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce

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Are you ready to reinvent taco night?! Lentil Mushroom Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce are waiting for you! Lentil Mushroom Tacos with Creamy Chipotle Sauce are hearty and satisfying. The lentil/quinoa "meat" has taco seasoning and fire roasted tomatoes - it's topped with big strips of sauteed portobello mushrooms, and all of it is drizzled with a creamy chipotle sauce that's a little spicy, super smoky, and slightly sweet. It is pretty rare that I eat a meal without meat or other some … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

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It's time for a big healing bowl of Slow Cooker Chicken and Wild Rice Soup! Put on your cozy sweater and slippers and get settled in. Nothing beats a hot bowl of chicken soup, am I right? Especially when you are sick or feeling under the weather. I came down with a real nasty cold on January 1st that lasted about a week and half, ugh the worst! Guys, I am not a very good sick person. There are some people who can push through their cold and still go on with their every day lives - I envy them, … [Read more...]