Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

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...]

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...]

Pineapple Green Juice (Without a Juicer)

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This is a very exciting moment for me!!!! I finally found a green juice that I actually like! One that doesn't taste like I am drinking  a salad. It doesn't just sit there in my fridge barely touched until I finally dump it down the sink. This green juice I have been absolutely addicted to!! And it's all because of that pineapple! About a year ago I shared a recipe for fresh carrot juice, which is really tasty. Since that carrot juice I have wanted to start drinking green juices. I … [Read more...]

Chicken Fajita Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

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guys. guys. YOU GUYS!!! There is a fajita on top of a salad! Chicken, sauteed onions and peppers, avocado, black beans - all the goods! That's what's happening right now!!! I can barely handle it! And it's topped with the most delicious cilantro vinaigrette! Be still my heart. I have always loved Mexican food, authentic or not, it's my jam. After traveling to San Antonio, Arizona, and most recently Cozumel for a day my taste buds for good Mexican food has really developed into … [Read more...]

Easiest Blender Lemonade

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Hey, hi, HELLO! How are you? I'm baaaaack!!!!! Did you miss me?! My vacations were fun - I spent a lot of time with family and friends. I intended to be back to work sooner but Paul and I had colds - ugh summer colds are THE WORST. All I wanna do is be outside doing fun stuff. Colds were followed by pretty much living out of a suitcase for 3 weeks. Oh well, such is life. It feels good to back to work!!! Sometimes it takes a break from the daily tasks to help realize how much you really … [Read more...]

BBQ Chicken Salad with Greek Yogurt Ranch Dressing

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Can we all just agree that meal salads are the best kinds of salads?! Lettuce loaded with all the coordinated ingredients to bring together a meal in one bowl! Honestly, if you're not into salads you will be after eating this BBQ chicken salad and also my chicken taco salad I shared recently. Both of those salads are so perfectly coordinated with ingredients, textures, taste, and topped with the perfect dressing that you will  never want eat anything else for dinner all summer … [Read more...]

Curried Lentil Bowls (For Breakfast)

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Hey Monday! We are so ready for you with these yummy and nutritious curried lentil bowls for breakfast!!! Sauteed onion, sausage, scrambled eggs are combined with tender lentils in a tomato-y curry sauce. Some steamed dark leafy greens are in there so you cans start your day off with some extra nutrition. All of this is topped with a dollop of Greek yogurt, goat cheese, a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, and some fresh herbs. Doesn't that just sound like the best breakfast for your … [Read more...]

The Best Chicken Taco Salad

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Behold the BEST chicken taco salad you will ever have!! Taco salad always sounds so promising. I mean all the best things about a taco piled on top of some lettuce, how can that not be good?! Somehow they always seemed to fall short at restaurants, anyone else agree? So I decided to make my own! BEST decision ever! Soon after  I made those instant pot chicken tacos I had a lot of that meat leftover I added some romaine lettuce and the best chicken taco salad was … [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...]

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...]