Robust Recipes

Healthy, Flavorful Food

Brussels Sprouts Eggplant Buddha Bowl

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This is a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. I have updated for a better experience. Enjoy! Hey friends, anyone else here struggle with eating salads during the winter? Give me all the salads all summer long please! But come winter the last thing I want is a pile of cold leaves and veggies. Yet, my body still craves all of the veggies a good salad provides. Let's re-think that cold salad situation and instead roast some veggies and pile them on top of … [Read more...]

Mexican Chocolate Cake Balls (No Bake)

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Well hello there sexy little Mexican chocolate cake balls!!! Yes, I will be your Valentine! Valentine's day treat numero dos is coming in with a bang because today we are making ourselves (or our loved ones) some Mexican chocolate cake balls! Valentine's day recipe numero uno was quinoa crunch chocolate bark with cherries. Can't decide which one to make? Go ahead, make both. You deserve it! Allow me to tell you what Mexican chocolate is...in case you are unfamiliar. Mexican chocolate is … [Read more...]

Quinoa Crunch Chocolate Bark with Cherries

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  You know Crunch candy bars with the puffed rice? That's exactly what this quinoa crunch chocolate bark is like. Chocolate with a good crunch mixed in...and some dried cherries because why not? It's Valentine's day!!!! But seriously, I had no idea that if you toast some raw quinoa in a pan for a few minutes that it will become super crunchy. Food. Is. Magic. Plus, it's a lot of fun! The quinoa starts popping a little. Here's how you make quinoa crunch chocolate bark. It's so … [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...]

Immune Boosting Orange Green Smoothie

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  Immune boosting orange green smoothie is here to help you get over that cold or stop you from getting one! It truly works! Paul had a bad cold for a week and a half and I stayed healthy!!! This is very exciting for me because I usually catch whatever is going around. I drank this orange green smoothie twice while Paul was sick and I stayed healthy! Victory was mine!!! Okay, this orange green smoothie wasn't the only reason I didn't get sick. I took all of the multi-vitamins, ate … [Read more...]

Nourishing Miso Soup with Mushrooms

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I'm sorry. You lose 3 points. Because you both played a miso soup. Oh wait, we're not playing Sushi Go Party? That's right, we are talking about how to make miso soup. My mistake. And if you're like, "um what are you talking about?" Sushi Go Party is a fun game that's designed around sushi and Japanese foods. There is a miso soup card that when two people play it at the same time they can't use that card to score points. Anyways it's a fun game to look into. One that makes me … [Read more...]

How to Make Roasted Brussels Sprouts

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Brussels sprouts are a funny vegetable. Only a few years ago everyone hated them. When I was growing up my mom would always say that there wasn't a food she didn't like. Except for Brussels sprouts. That's probably because she had them steamed or boiled until they were a pile of bitter mush. Gross. I don't blame her. Then someone in the foodie world tried roasting them. Trimming their ends off, slicing them in half and letting them get nice and charred and crispy. Suddenly Brussels sprouts … [Read more...]

Thai Carrot Noodle Soup with Chicken

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Guys, we're doing it! We are having a healthy January without sacrificing flavor. That's exactly what this Thai carrot noodle soup with chicken is! It's healthy: packed with veggies + ginger and garlic (good for immunity). It's flavorful: layered with all the best - salty, tangy, sweet, spicy, savory. It's satisfying: Packed with a lean protein - chicken breast, and healthy fats - coconut oil and coconut milk. This recipe is one that surprised me. I had a hint of an idea, bought a bunch … [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...]

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies (Gluten Free)

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I am so distracted by that photo above. I so badly want to eat one of these cookies. The struggle is real friends, because I have two peanut butter blossom cookies waiting for me to devour at lunch. My last two cookies from this batch. I might cry once I'm done eating them. Yes, they're that good. If you ever doubted that peanut butter and chocolate belong together than these cookies will erase all of your doubts. Seriously, perfection in a cookie. Let's count the ways these … [Read more...]