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Healthy Creamy Leek and Potato Soup (30 Minutes)

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Hello March! We are ready for you. We are so ready to start marching into spring and we are ready for St. Patrick's day!!! Yes, this creamy leek and potato soup is perfect for St. Patrick's day! It's luscious, and creamy without containing any cream. It's got potatoes and a nice mild onion flavor from the leeks. It comes together in just 30 minutes and makes the perfect side dish to any meal. Plus it's vegan and gluten free! The secret ingredient that makes creamy leek and potato soup … [Read more...]

5 Ingredient Banana Peanut Butter Oatmeal Snack Cookies

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Do you ever wish that you could make a banana bread cookie? You know, when those bananas have gotten all brown on you, but you really don't wanna go make a time consuming loaf of banana bread? Don't get me wrong banana bread is the absolute best! Buuuuut sometimes you don't want to take all that time to make it, right? Yet, you don't want those perfectly overly ripened brown bananas sitting on your  counter to go to waist again....or to add to the pile in your … [Read more...]

Healthy Turmeric Chocolate Snack Bars

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Hello there gorgeous turmeric chocolate snack bars! I have been wanting to bring the two of you together for a while now. Turmeric meet dark chocolate. Dark chocolate meet turmeric. May you live happily ever after! The End! Really, I always knew that perfectly sweetened turmeric would match so well with dreamy dark chocolate but I didn't know how to bring the two together. Until I saw Pinch of Yum's recipe for raw salted chocolate snack bars and thought, hey what if I add turmeric into that … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

Easy 7 Ingredient Hot Toddy (Favorite Winter Cocktail)

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Well hello there my little hot toddy friend. No, I'm not talking to you, don't be silly. I'm talking to this lovely 7 ingredient hot toddy. My true love during the winter months. I have been enjoying a hot toddy as an occasional way to wind down after dinner for the past few winters. Over time I have perfected my recipe and just had to share. A hot toddy is a warm drink with fresh squeeze of lemon, honey, cinnamon (or other spices), and a good glug of whiskey, bourbon, or even spiced … [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...]