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Sweet Potato Black Bean Collard Bowl

Sweet Potato Black Bean Collard Bowl with sweet potato, black beans, pecans, and orange maple dressing. Perfect for meal prep!

You guys, I’m pretty sure I’m currently in the middle of a quarter-life crisis.

I’m plagued by thoughts like…what am I doing with my life? What am I doing next year, next month, next week?

Quickly followed by thoughts like…and what the heck is for lunch?

Fall has a way of making me introspective, like, because all of the leaves are falling and changing maybe I should be, too.

I read somewhere first that when tackling problems, we should pick those first with easy solutions.

So let’s figure out this lunch thing first, shall we?

I definitely have an easy solution for that issue.

This Sweet Potato Black Bean Collard Bowl is the ideal fall lunch that comes together in under 20 minutes!

It’s packed with warm sweet potato, black beans, and a show-stopping oil-free orange maple tahini dressing.

Orange maple tahini?!

What?

Yes, friends!

It’s perfectly sweetened with fresh orange juice and a touch of maple syrup to make the flavors in this bowl POP.

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Pumpkin Cacao Cranberry Muffins

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Easy 1-bowl pumpkin muffins with cacao nibs, dried cranberry, and dark chocolate chips. Enjoy as a healthy breakfast, snack, or dessert.

Currently, there are two perfect pumpkins sitting on our balcony like orange guardians watching over the neighborhood street.

These are our pumpkins; big, bulbous, freshly cleaned…but faceless!

We always manage to go pumpkin picking, but it’s the carving that always seems to get overlooked.

I’ve never been very good at free-styling the face with a kitchen-knife, and my inner art-critic always cringes at every asymmetric slice.

Ooops.

But who said pumpkins have to have faces, anyway?

What I lack in pumpkin carving skills I promise I make up for in pumpkin recipes.

It’s been a while since I shared a muffin recipe on here, so let’s make these wildly appropriate 1-Bowl Pumpkin Cacao Cranberry Muffins as we near Halloween!

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Vegan Chickpea Ratatouille

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Easy 1-pan vegan chickpea ratatouille baked with your favorite late-summer veggies. Perfect for meal prep and easy weeknight dinners.

My last college course was French, and I took it over the summer in an accelerated schedule so that I could finish on time for graduation.

I spoke French every darn day that summer and now I can safely say I don’t remember a word of it.

Memory is a fickle thing. All of those tireless lessons hung out short-term storage and then said “Au Revoir!” after I had my diploma in hand.

Point being, I won’t tell you how many times I had to look up the spelling of “Ratatouille” before sharing this post.

This Vegan Chickpea Ratatouille, however, I can’t forget, even if I can’t always spell it right.

From now until spring, I plan to live on one-pan meals.

Anyone else?

They’re so simple to throw together and never ever get boring.

Especially when you give them fun dish-themes, like Vegan Chickpea Ratatouille.

Of the many variations on ratatouille, this one with chickpeas and eggplant is my absolute favorite!

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Pumpkin Chia Pudding Parfait Cups with Sautéed Apples

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Easy Pumpkin Chia Pudding paired with quick sautéed apples for a nutritious fall breakfast, snack, or dessert. Perfect for meal prep and busy workweek fuel!

Friday!

I always feel like I have a little more headspace heading into the weekend, you know?

Twice this week I woke up thinking it was Friday and felt totally snubbed by the calendar when it was, in fact, Wednesday and Thursday.

Nothing against Wednesday and Thursday, but I’m really excited about this weekend in particular because Dan and Harper and I are finally going pumpkin and apple picking!

Both of which take center stage in today’s recipe…

I shared these Pumpkin Chia Pudding Parfait Cups with Sautéed Apples on Instagram a few weeks back and asked if anyone was interested in the recipe for this easy Pumpkin Chia Pudding.

The answer was a resounding yes!

I’m so glad you guys aren’t tired of my pumpkin and apple recipes! (yet!)

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Pumpkin Quinoa Bowls with Balsamic Reduction

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Hearty quinoa bowls with a pumpkin twist with blackened brussels sprouts, avocado, and an easy balsamic reduction. Great for a gluten-free grain bowl!

I’m happy to report that it’s finally starting to feel like fall here in Virginia.

We got back from Indiana on Monday and were cooly greeted with sweater weather.

I stepped our of the car, shivering in my T-shirt, and instantly started craving all things soothing and warm.

You know what goes well with sweater weather?

Hot chocolate, big pots of soup, oh, and cozy quinoa bowls with flavors that represent the season.

These Pumpkin Quinoa Bowls with Balsamic Reduction are my current go-to power bowl.

Grab a sweater and let’s get brusselin’.

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Date Sweetened Chocolate Hummus & Apple Chips

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Five ingredient date sweetened chocolate hummus! Perfectly paired with apple chips, fresh fruit, or spread on toast for a sweet snack.

Happy Saturday!

We’re out of town visiting my grandparents, and I spent the majority of the week packing to be away.

While I was packing, I was also snacking.

Amidst the packed and prepped one-pan meals and overnight oats is a tub of homemade chocolate hummus and a bag of apple chips.

I’m so excited to finally share my recipe for chocolate hummus with you, along with my favorite dipping partner!

You’re going to love this Date Sweetened Chocolate Hummus that requires only 5 ingredients and a totally healthy obsession with hummus.
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1-Bowl Butternut Brownies

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1-bowl vegan, gluten-free, and oil-free brownies made super moist with the addition of butternut squash puree for a healthy dessert!

Hi, friends!

It might still feel like summer out, but it’s definitely baking season and I made you brownies just to prove it.

I’m more than happy to sweat it out in front of my crowded double oven to create some new fall favorites.

These 1-Bowl Butternut Brownies are gluten-free, no-oil-added, refined-sugar-free, and made with only FIVE ingredients!

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Curried Cranberry Apple Chickpea Salad Cups

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1-bowl curried chickpea salad with apples, pecans, cranberries, and a delicious spicy yogurt base. Serve with radicchio cups for a fun lunch, snack, or appetizer.

I’m writing this post with the sniffles and a tickly throat…all of the telltale symptoms that a cold is coming for me.

Doh.

Sometimes I like being sick. Is that a weird thing to say?

OK, maybe I could do without the physical symptoms, but being a highly active person, sometimes I forget to slow down.

Being sick quite literally forces me to take some time to rejuvenate both my body and my mind.

Lounging on the couch eating nicecream while binge-watching This Is Us (who else is obsessed???) sounds pretty great right about now, but we’re about to road trip to Indiana to visit my extended family and there’s a lot to get done around here.

Mostly in the form of food preparation because when I travel, I tend to take my kitchen with me.

These Curried Cranberry Apple Chickpea Salad Cups are on my list of easy things to prepare for the trip.

You’re going to love whipping this mixture up for easy fall lunching!

And hey, curry is good for colds, right?

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Cauliflower Crust Pizza

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Vegan, gluten-free, oil-free pizza made with a cauliflower crust topped with fresh vegetables with a lemon tahini twist. Perfect for a healthy pizza party!

Happy Friday, friends!

I woke up this morning feeling so light, like a huge weight I didn’t even know I was carrying had been lifted off my shoulders.

Work week, you’re heavy. Anyone else relate?

My shoulders do hurt, actually, but I think it’s more from awkward photography angles than carrying heavy things, but can we pretend it’s the latter?

Because this Cauliflower Crust Pizza is anything but heavy.

You’re going to love this oil-free, gluten-free crust paired with fresh vegetables and a dreamy lemon tahini drizzle!

It’s the weekend, and every fun weekend starts….with a slice of pizza.

Join me!

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Leftover Quinoa Breakfast Bowls

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Leftover quinoa breakfast bowls made with cooked quinoa and sweetened with banana. Ready in 10 minutes and packed with protein, berries, and seeds!

I’m just a little excited about cold-weather breakfasts, guys.

If you’re stuck in a breakfast rut, no judgement!

I’ve been there.

Did I tell you I used to eat oatmeal every day for breakfast for probably…half a decade?

This post is for all of you oatmeal lovers out their shyly thinking about mixing it up.

You’re going to love these Leftover Quinoa Breakfast Bowls that are perfect for busy workweek mornings. …

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