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“Beety” Lentil Noodle Stew

Cozy 1-pot “Beety” Lentil Noodle Stew with lentils and beet noodles. Perfect to meal prep for cold winter work nights made easy.

Hey, you!

I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!

Dan and I were lucky to spend time with tons of family, some that we haven’t seen in years.

Do you ever get the post- holiday blues?

You know, that awkward feeling of, oh, now what?

After the table is cleared and family starts to dissipate, I always start to feel a little funny as my mind shifts from “holiday-mode” to the post-holiday-world.

I’ve even been known to be downright glum as the warm glow of festivities is slowly enveloped by too early night skies.

Luckily, the post-holiday world is one with stews.

Warm, hearty, comfy, cozy stews.

This “Beety” Lentil Stew warms you from the inside out and puts on a smile on your face on the darkest of evenings.

Let’s get blues-bustin’!

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Nutty Protein Stuffed Pears

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Stuffed pears baked with a spiced nut butter filling. Serve solo or with oatmeal, yogurt, or ice-cream for a protein packed breakfast, snack, or dessert!

Happy Thanksgiving Eve, everyone!

How is your holiday so far?

My day has consisted of a little dancing to Christmas music a day early, a lot of time scampering around the kitchen with the oven on, and a TON of sighing when I receive ANOTHER Black Friday email.

(Note to self: Do a Digital Minimalism Detox…see text below!)

If you’re like me, you’ve probably seen your fair share of stuffed veggies scrolling across Instagram in the past week, but how about stuffed fruits?

These Nutty Stuffed Pears are baked to perfection and stuffed with an irresistible spiced nut-butter filling.

They’d be the perfect light dessert after all of the good food we’re going to enjoy tomorrow!

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Paleo Pumpkin Pecan Pillow Cookies

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Easy grain-free cookies made pumpkin and pecan butter sweetened with maple syrup. Perfect to meal prep for healthy snacks, dessert, or even breakfast.

Confession: I’m REALLY bad about writing down my recipes.

I know, I know, for shame.

You see, most of them are so startlingly simple, I just kind of will myself to remember while doing some serious taste-testing.

Note to self: New Years Resolution #1…Record ALL the yums.

Luckily, I found an old archived Instagram post that jogged my memory on the measurements for these cookies that are your pumpkin and pecan pie all tied into one.

These Paleo Pumpkin Pecan Pillow Cookies are a recipe you won’t want to misplace.

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Sweet Potato Black Bean Collard Bowl

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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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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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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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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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Fall Harvest Salad

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Fall salad with roasted sweet sweet potato, beet, toasted walnuts, and crisp apples. Serve with maple mustard tahini for a vegan take on honey-mustard.

When I’m falling asleep I count foodie fantasies instead of sheep.

Try it!

Sometimes, when I’m stuck on recipe creation, I say the titles over and over again (in the least creepy way possible, I promise…).

I like the way words sounds and the corresponding pictures and feelings they create.

And I just couldn’t get Maple Mustard Tahini out of my head, friends.

I knew that this dressing was going to be a thing even before I paired it with an fall salad.

You’re going to love this Fall Harvest Salad filled with fall’s finest produce and topped with my latest seasonal inspired maple mustard tahini!
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Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet Cookie

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Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet Cookie made sweet potato, almond flour, and nut butter. Enjoy slices for a quick fall breakfast!

Tomorrow is the first day of fall, everyone!

I’ve got the perfect recipe for you to make to welcome the season.

This Sweet Potato Breakfast Skillet Cookie requires only one bowl, one skillet, and some serious cravings for cookies for breakfast.

I bet you’ve got all three of them.

Oh, well, and some sweet potato and stuff.

Let me tell you about this “other stuff”…

You might have seen the whole “skillet cookie” thing trending the internet lately.

If you haven’t, it’s basically a giant cookie baked inside a cast iron skillet and then spooned out and enjoyed in all it’s crumbly cookie glory.

Genius.

The minute I scrolled post one of these enticing pictures, a skillet filled with a perfectly browned cookie, my heart immediately did a series of somersaults and cartwheels and backflips.

Or wait…maybe that was my stomach.

I put off making my own for a while, because I wanted to create a healthier version not weighed down by oil and sugar that still tastes like a cookie, you know?

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