Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

Simple Spring Salad with Sugar Snap Peas and Burrata

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Hi and welcome to the first official day of SPRING!!!!!!! AKA the BEST SEASON OF THE YEAR!!! Even if it doesn't quite feel like spring just yet I know it's on it's way! Don't you just LOVE everything about spring?! The transformation, from blah brown winter to beautiful bright green little buds popping up on the trees. Yes, okay, it's a bit muddy at times and rainy but for me there is something so magical about the transformation from the hibernation to re-birth that gets me as excited as a … [Read more...]

Super Green Pineapple Lime Cilantro Smoothie

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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAAAAAAYYYYYY!!! Today I don't have a traditional Irish recipe, which is how I like to roll!!! Instead I have a GREEN recipe for you - Super Green Pineapple Lime Cilantro Smoothie to be exact! It's sweet, tangy from the lime, and pineapple-y with hints of cilantro and spicy ginger! Also, my Instagram is looking a little brown and orange lately. It's time my friends, for a bright green recipe! Cause Instagram says so! Smoothies, especially green ones are a great way to … [Read more...]

Irish Boxty Potato Pancakes with Brussels Sprouts and Bacon

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Happy St. Patrick's Day week!!!! If you have been following my blog for a while you will know that I am obsessed with Ireland and that I studied abroad in Dublin for a semester of college. You can read about my other Ireland recipes and happenings here, here, and here. BUT for now let's discuss these Irish Boxty Potato Pancakes with Brussels Sprouts and Bacon, shall we?! Is it weird that I don't have any pancake recipes on the blog and the first pancake recipe I share with you are savory … [Read more...]

Gluten Free Chocolate Beet Cupcakes

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Before you get freaked out by the beet part of these cupcakes let me tell you that I had several people try these cupcakes and not a single one of them guessed what the secret ingredient was when I asked them. AND Paul, my dear husband who despises beets (except for my Beet Basil Hummus), he won't touch the things with a 10 foot poll - even beet hating Paul liked these Gluten Free Chocolate Beet Cupcakes! I think it's safe to say that you CAN'T taste the beets in these cupcakes! Hidden veggies … [Read more...]