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10 Minute Curry Chicken Salad (Great for Meal Prep)

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YES, you read that right, 10 minute, I repeat, TEN MINUTE curry chicken salad!!!!!! This curry chicken salad is here for your busy weekday lunches, your lazy dinners, or your summer picnics, or pool side parties or potlucks. It's just here for you whenever you need a 10 minute meal that you know will be anything but boring. The secret to a chicken salad in 10 minutes?! Use a store bought rotisserie chicken. Yes, I am not above paying a little extra for someone else to cook me a chicken. … [Read more...]

Healthy Smoked Salmon Sushi Bowls

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Who else loves sushi?! We love sushi so much that we drive 30 minutes across town to the best sushi place we have found. Okay, we don't really know if it's actually the best but we never seem to want to venture away from it. I tried to make a vegetarian sushi once with my mom. We even used those bamboo sushi rolling mats that's supposed to make everything easier. Nope, not doing that again. It was a mess. Everything was falling apart. It stressed me out. Probably also the same reason I … [Read more...]

2 Healthy Sauerkraut Recipes

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Hello friends! Now that you know how to make sauerkraut  - the classic flavor where all you need is cabbage and salt and caraway seeds, if you'd like, let's mix things up shall we? Sometimes all cooking (or in this case fermenting) is is knowing the basics of how to make something and then adding different flavors to mix things up a bit, create your own signature flavor of a recipe.  That's exactly what I've done with this sauerkraut! We've got 2 healthy sauerkraut recipes: … [Read more...]

Easy Vegan Caramel (Made with Coconut Sugar)

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Hey friends...it's been a minute. I got the stomach flu last week...which is the WORST kind of sickness to have for anyone, but especially when you rely on your appetite for your job. I'll spare you the details lol. I'm glad to have my normal appetite back and get to some serious Christmas baking! How about you?! First up, this amazing easy vegan caramel! It's seriously so good! This vegan caramel is part one of a two part recipe...on Friday be prepared for some chocolate turtles. You … [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...]

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...]

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...]

15 Minute Creme Brulee (No Bake)

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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the easiest creme brulee recipe you will ever make in your life!!!! It only takes 15 minutes to make and only requires one bowl!!! No tempering the eggs with hot cream, no baking in water baths for 30 minutes!!! It's seriously so simple to make that you will be making creme brulee for every single dessert for the rest of your life!!! Okay, maybe not...because cookies! But not joking about the level of ease here! Before I let you in on this fun hack … [Read more...]

Gluten Free Brown Soda Bread

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Happy St. Patrick's day week everyone!!! What are you doing to celebrate?! May I suggest making a loaf of this brown soda bread?! As you know I studied abroad in Ireland for a semester of college. One of the foods I came to love while I was living there was their brown soda bread. Have you had it before? It's hearty, rustic, dry, and best eaten with a generous schemer of good quality creamy butter. Side note about butter: Have you had Kerrygold Irish butter? I have been able to find it … [Read more...]