Robust Recipes

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Tropical Fruit Salsa

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Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!!! I hope you find some way to celebrate, even if it's by drinking some margaritas! That's exactly why I am sharing Tropical Fruit Salsa today. It's easy to make, pretty darn tasty, and can be served with just about anything - tortilla chips for dipping, on fish, on chicken, on pork! It's the perfect quick little recipe to celebrate Cinco de Mayo without a whole lot of effort. Okay, fruit salsa probably isn't authentic Mexican food, but hey it's served with tortilla … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Spicy Carnitas

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Today is our second day of Cinco De Mayo recipes and we are making Slow Cooker Spicy Carnitas! I love this holiday, mostly for the excuse to drink margaritas and eat Mexican food!!! Why can't every nationality have a holiday here in America? Makes sense, right? I mean America is a melting pot of heritages anyways. How amazing would it be to have an Italian day and eat all of the Italian food or an Indian day and stuff our faces with Indian food all day long, or a French day, maybe a Thai day?! … [Read more...]

25 Minute Crispy Breakfast Potatoes

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Happy Monday and welcome to 25 Minute Crispy Breakfast Potatoes. Now you will be excitedly waiting for the weekend to arrive so you can make these potatoes! Saturday morning can't come soon enough! SorryNOTsorry because trust me, these potatoes are well worth the wait! Guys, I get it Saturday morning rolls around and all you want is to make something a little extra special, yet simple. You NEED  a break from your hard boiled eggs you have every single week day, amiright?! Only problem is … [Read more...]

Almond Joy Black Bean Brownies (V + GF)

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Today - or sometime close to today is Robust Recipes' 3rd birthday! I meeeeeaaaan how does this even happen? How have I been blogging for 3 years?! It's gone so fast yet so slow at the same time (<--time is funny that way). More about blog birthdays in a minute, first let's discuss CHOCOLATE!!! I have made it a habit to celebrate my blog's birthday with a little chocolate treat because we all know that it's just another excuse for me to have more chocolate in my life - I'm not mad about it! … [Read more...]

40 Minute Red Lentil Curry with Cauliflower Rice

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Lentils are underestimated, don't you think? Especially red lentils out of the lentil family. I mean brown or green lentils, you're just always taking over the spot light. Let's give red lentils a chance to shine for a moment. This 40 Minute Red Lentil Curry with Cauliflower Rice is the perfect opportunity - go little red lentils! Have your 15 minutes of fame - or in this case, 40 minutes of fame! Don't get me wrong I love green/brown lentils very much in all of their sort of meaty like texture, … [Read more...]

Carrot Cake Banana Bread Muffins with Cinnamon Glaze (GF + DF)

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I've been having a moment with baked goods in muffin/cupcake form lately. First I made my Gluten Free Chocolate Beet Cupcakes, next I made my Grain Free Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins and now these Carrot Cake Banana Bread Muffins with Cinnamon Glaze. I just can't seem to help myself. Spring time makes me want muffins! Honestly you could totally make this recipe into bread, just cook it a little longer. See, problem solved! These muffins find us that the perfect time, when we need something cozy and … [Read more...]

Healthy General Tso’s Chicken

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Welcome my friends, your big warm bowl of Healthy General Tso's Chicken awaits you. Please join me as we go on this journey of making our very own Asian food right at home, AKA take-out-fake-out. My love for Asian food runs deep, all of the fresh vegetables and intense, exotic flavors really gets me. Paul and I have our favorite restaurants around town: an Indian place that we literally start drooling over just at the thought of, a Chinese restaurant 3 blocks from our house - let's be real … [Read more...]

Grain Free Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins

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Who needs some bright yellow, lemon-y, tangy and sweet Grain Free Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins in their life?! The answer is you and everyone else forever and always, each and every day! Okay, maybe not each and every day but trust me when I say that you are going to crave these muffins! They are fluffy and tender and moist (<-- sorry for anyone who hates that word but sometimes it's the ONLY word to describe the texture of a muffin. Besides no one wants a dry muffin, amiright?!). ANYWAYS, they … [Read more...]

Chicken Fajita Bowls with Cilantro Lime Rice

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I originally wanted this recipe to be burrito bowls - like inspired by Chipotle's burrito bowls but then I got carried away with the sauteed bell peppers and onions because I always ask for the fajita veggies on my burrito bowl and always want MORE of them - so then this bowl just seemed more like fajita bowls rather than burrito bowls. You know what, I'm okay with that! Chicken Fajita Bowls with Cilantro Lime Rice it is! Friends, are you ready for the deliciousness that is happening here?! … [Read more...]

Spicy Sausage and Shrimp Creole

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Do you know what the BEST recipes are? The ones that are a tradition, that you've been enjoying with your family for years or maybe even generations! Those meals, those recipes are the ones that are close to your heart. The ones that when taking the first few bites conjure up all the good good times you have spent with your family: laughing, catching up on life since the last time you were together. You're sharing a meal together that you all can't wait to dig into. It's food that's made with … [Read more...]