Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

My Go To Hummus Recipe

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Okay friends, today is a very special day! Today I am republishing one of my favorite recipes of all times....my go to hummus recipe! Over the years I have made a bunch of different flavors of hummus (10 to be exact), some of my faves being: loaded Greek hummus, pesto hummus, and loaded butternut squash hummus, so much fun to be had with the blank flavor canvas that is hummus! Even after all of that flavor experimenting the one hummus recipe that I make most often is this regular, plain old … [Read more...]

Buffalo Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing

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Where are all my buffalo chicken lovers?!?! Gather round because I just made you a huge buffalo chicken salad!!! You're welcome!!! This buffalo chicken salad is meant for anyone who loves a good crunchy salad with all the textures! You've got crunchy romaine lettuce, chopped celery, bell pepper, a few slices of red onion, creamy hard boiled eggs, salty delicious creamy blue cheese crumbled straight off the block (the only way to eat it)! And of course, the perfectly cooked chicken breast … [Read more...]

Fudgy Olive Oil Brownies (Gluten Free)

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Are you ready for some super fudgy olive oil brownies?!?! The answer should be YES! These are the type of brownies that feed your ultimate desire for chocolate. Rich, fudgy, dark chocolate brownies with a hint of nuttiness from that olive oil! Perfection! Olive oil in brownies might sound kind of strange, and TBH I thought so when I first received a request for the recipe. I have heard of olive oil orange cake or bread but never really gave olive oil in brownies a second thought...now my … [Read more...]

30 Minute Healthy Matcha Granola

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Can I just start out by saying how much I LOVE spring weather?! It's my absolute favorite. I mean not so much the muddiness at the beginning, but right now when everything starts to transform from brown to bright green and little pops of color from the flowers!!! Everything goes POOF - it's truly magical and makes my soul happy! Honestly, this is the time of year when all the frigid weather and snow seem worth it - I'm reminded why I live in a part of the world that has 4 seasons...that … [Read more...]

Easy Eggplant Lasagna Roll Ups

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Do you ever just want some lasagna but you don't want to go through all the efforts of making one? AND you don't want the heaviness of lasagna?! YES, this is me! Easy Eggplant lasagna roll ups were born!!! 45 minutes later...minimal assembly required...eggplant instead of noodles, and all of the good feeling lasagna vibes will be yours! Virtual high five! You know what I think you should do?! I think you should go make these eggplant lasagna roll ups real soon, for several reasons. 1) make use … [Read more...]

10 Minute Weekday Huevos Rancheros

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A Mexican breakfast for the Monday of Cinco de Mayo week?!!! Ummm YES! Everything is right with the world! It would be even more right if we celebrate with a margarita on Saturday (Cinco de Mayo)...but that's for later! And YES this breakfast is totally achievable to make on your busy weekday morning! All you need is 10 minutes and 1 pan to make it! Crispy tostada, saucy salsa, gooey runny egg yolk for a weekday breakfast all in 10 minutes?! Sign me up! Traditionally huevos rancheros are made … [Read more...]

Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers

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Here are the enchiladas, as promised! I bet you weren't expecting enchiladas stuffed into a pepper...were you?! Everything is better when it's stuffed into a pepper! What else can I put in these things?! I mean, don't get me wrong, regular enchiladas are great, LOVE THEM! But you know what I love even more? Taking something traditional and putting a healthier and unexpected spin on things...chicken enchilada stuffed peppers were born. And if you're kinda like "but I like enchiladas just as … [Read more...]

Easy Red Enchilada Sauce (Gluten Free)

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Okay friends, Cinco de Mayo is coming up! This year I decided to go all out with Mexican recipes. I have always loved Mexican food, but my love deepened when I traveled to San Antonio and Arizona last year. Bring on the Mexican food!!!! This easy red enchilada sauce is really two parts. Part 1: a ridiculously-easy-to-make-and-so-much-better-than-store-bought red enchilada sauce! Part 2: Enchiladas...DUH!!!  (Coming your way on Friday)! When I decided to make enchiladas I originally planned to … [Read more...]

Blueberry Banana Bread (Gluten Free)

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What's one of the BEST smells that can come from your kitchen?!?! The answer is freshly baked BANANA BREAD....and brownies...but  right now we're talking about banana bread - blueberry banana bread, to be exact!!! What can be bad about that?! Sweet juicy blueberries baked right into soft, moist, perfectly sweet banana bread. If that doesn't sound like the ultimate bread for spring than I don't know what is! Oh yeah...there's also my banana rhubarb bread that begs to be made during the … [Read more...]

Easiest Instant Pot Chicken Tacos

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Say hello to chicken taco night all week long!!! Thanks to the instant pot which helps us to make the easiest chicken tacos ever!!!! And by easy I mean dump everything in the instant pot, the chicken, spices, salsa, black beans, frozen corn and let it cook for 8 minutes - chicken cooked in 8 minutes, how amazing is the instant pot?!?! Remove the chicken and let the power of your stand or hand mixer shred the chicken for you - seriously THE BEST times saver in the kitchen. See, perfectly … [Read more...]