Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

Roasted Acorn Squash with Cinnamon Tahini Sauce

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The Thanksgiving side dish extravaganza continues!!! AKA the best fall foods!!! AKA can also be used for your Christmas feast. Did you know that you can slice and roast acorn squash with the skin on? The skin becomes nice and tender and adds a nice texture to the squash. Slicing and roasting acorn squash is now my new favorite way to make it as apposed to slicing it in half and roasting it for a billion years! You learn something new everyday! Anyways the sweet, buttery roasted acorn squash … [Read more...]

Banana Sweet Potato Bread (GF)

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  This was a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. I have updated it for a better experience. Enjoy! Another recipe update? YES! Although, I won't ever get to updating all of my old posts, I have been seeing a few that deserve a little face lift. No botox here...but the photos were not so great because I published it when I was still learning how to photograph food. AND the instructions in the recipe were a little too wordy. Practice and time really helps … [Read more...]

Roasted Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate

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This is a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. It has been updated for a better experience.  Halloween is two days away!!! So let's talk about Thanksgiving sides ha! Actually this roasted butternut squash and Brussels sprouts are great anytime during the fall or winter. As in, anytime you can find butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and pomegranates in season. Which is pretty much right now until the end of December. Pomegranates have a short season, at … [Read more...]

Favorite Black Bean Brownies (Gluten Free)

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This recipe was previously published on Robust Recipes a long time ago! It has been updated to create a better brownie baking experience for you. Enjoy!!! Don't you just wish you were the one to take the bite out of that brownie?! It was a delicious, glorious moment.  Perks of being a food photographer!!!! I have been known to share a few brownie recipes here on ze blog - red wine brownies, fudgy olive olive brownies, and almond joy black bean brownies.... just to name a … [Read more...]

10 Gluten Free Baking Recipes for Fall

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The leaves have turned into beautiful orange, yellow, and red hues and so has our Instagram feeds - well when you're a foodie anyways lol. Friends, turn on your ovens because it's BAKING SEASON! What better way to celebrate all the cozy fall spices and yummy baking treats than gathering our favorite fall baking recipes into one post?!!! YES?! Okay, glad you agree! As you already know all of these recipes are gluten free. If you're not someone who eats gluten free, no worries, I promise you … [Read more...]

Fall Cobb Salad with Butternut Squash

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It's official I've shifted my recipes from end-of-summer to beginning-of-fall. Bring on the pumpkin spiced recipes! Bring on the apples! Bring on all the orange and red hues! We're ready for you!!! Do you have your fave cozy sweater on? I busted out mine today because it's 60 degrees and breezy. I'm confused, yesterday it was 90 degrees and sunny!! WHAT?! Weather is strange this time of year in the Midwest, it can be back and forth for a while. You gotta keep both your tank tops and your … [Read more...]

Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats with Peanut Butter Swirl

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Happy FRIDAY!!!! Are you ready to dive into all things pumpkin?!?! I know it's kind of weird that I post a weekday breakfast recipe on Friday. I mean of course you can make thee pumpkin pie overnight oats tonight for Saturday morning, but I generally think of overnight oats as a weekday breakfast. My thought is that if I give you the recipe on a Friday you are able to grab the ingredients over the weekend and make it on Sunday night so that you have a tasty and healthy breakfast waiting for … [Read more...]

Pear Green Juice (without a Juicer)

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We are officially living that green juice liiiiiife!!!! Ever since I learned that the key to making a green juice that actually tastes good was to add sweet fruit such as pineapple the ideas for other tasty green juice recipes have been rolling in. Pear green juice for the beginning of fall!!! With the sweetness from the pears and the hint of spice from the ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg this green juice gives you all the fall vibes in a refreshing way. A win in my book because we are currently … [Read more...]

Mushroom Cauliflower Risotto with Crispy Tofu

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AND FRIED SAGE LEAVES!!! Yes, those dark leaves sprinkled on top are sage leaves that have been fried in butter until they're crispy and melt-in-your-mouth good! Sorry to yell at you first thing in the post but I didn't want you to miss the fact that this recipe includes crispy sage leaves. Have you tried them?! Oh man, they're sooo amazing! It's my favorite thing to work into a fall inspired recipe.  Oh, and that butter that has been infused with the sage is poured right into … [Read more...]

Pina Colada Matcha Overnight Oats

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Happy Monday friends!!! Okay, I know that it's Labor day today....or is it Memorial day?! I dunno, I always get them confused and have to google which one is which haha. Either way I hope that you are enjoying your day off, hopefully diving into that taco dip I shared with you on Friday. Really, this is perfect because now you can make these pina colada matcha overnight oats tonight after all your fun is done and you can start your Tuesday off on the right foot. And guess what, it only takes … [Read more...]