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Pea Pesto Sweet Potato Poppers

Oil-free sweet potato rounds baked and smashed with herbed pea pesto. The perfect healthy appetizer for game-day or any-day!

Hi, guys!

Are you football fans?

I can’t say that I am, but you know what I am a fan of?

Easy and healthy game-time snacks.

Dan would tell you that I’m a Patriots fan by marriage (don’t hate!), but I spend the majority of the game asking what just happened.

And smashing all of the veggies together to make an oil-free, gluten-free option to enjoy between (and during) plays.

These Pea Pesto Sweet Potato Poppers are a total “game-changer” (sorry, I had to), when it comes to feeding you and your football fans this fall!

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Fruit-Free “Fake Out” Shakes

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Fruit-Free “Fake Out” Shakes are a salad in milkshake form. Low-sugar shakes that taste like dessert but are packed with veg and protein!

Hi, friends!

You’ve been loving my Banana Free Smoothie Bowls and Galaxy Bowls (Blue Galaxy Bowl & Green Galaxy Bowl) so today I’m sharing this entirely fruit-free shake recipe.

While I do love fruit in my shakes, I can safely say that I don’t miss them in this one.

These creamy fruit-free shakes are all about low-sugar options when you’re not feeling you’re tutti fruitiest.

Sometimes I want more of a savory breakfast, especially if I hit the dark chocolate hard the night before, ya know?

I really didn’t know what to call this masterpiece because nothing seemed to accurately describe their awesome-ness.

Finally, a friend on Instagram suggested that I call them “Fake Out” Shakes because they look like dessert but are essentially a salad in milkshake form.

Brilliant.

These Fruit-Free “Fake Out” Shakes pack a whopping 2 cups of frozen veg in each serving, plus healthy fats and plenty of protein.

Can your salad boast that?

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“Eggy” Veggie Chickpea Salad Sandwiches

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“Eggy” veggie chickpea salad sandwiches with nutritional yeast and “black salt”. Perfect on a sandwich, crackers, or by the spoonful.

Labor Day Weekend, WHAT?

Does anyone else feel like time is literally flying?

I think back to the hours I spent in high school complaining of boredom, staring up at the stark white ceiling from my pink quilted bed, wondering what the heck to do with my day.

Boredom.

Yawn.

Sometimes I wish I could experience it again, those hours that seemed to expand before me like an accordion of nothingness.

I don’t know about you guys, but time is pretty much the most precious thing to me in my adult life.

If plans fall through and there’s suddenly a gap in my full day, it feels like I won the lottery.

Dance parties in the kitchen ensue and Harper barks along.

But for the most part, friends, I remember how happy I am to be stuffing the hours I do have with chickpea salad sandwich trials.

I hope you’ll be able to “stuff” this recipe into your Labor Day Prep because it’s the perfect farewell to summer.

Let’s all slow down for a freakin’ minute and make these “Eggy” Veggie Chickpea Salad Sandwiches, shall we?

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Coconut Stuffed Raspberries

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Four ingredient refreshing summer dessert with fresh raspberries and creamed coconut! Perfect for quick healthy refined sugar-free dessert bites.

You guys.

I have the freshest dessert to end your summer and take you into Labor Day weekend.

It should be no surprise to you by now that I love “stuffing” things.

When I see the opportunity to create a compact finger food, I can’t just let it slip away.

If there’s a crater in a vegetable or fruit, you bet I’ll find a way to pack it with a complimentary food and call it a snack/meal.

These Coconut Stuffed Raspberries require only 4-ingredients to whip up.

I never had the pleasure of meeting my grandpa on my mom’s side, but my mom tells me he loved raspberries so I like to claim that I got my obsession from him.

Whether or not raspberry love runs in your family, you’re going to love these Coconut Stuffed Raspberries.

They’re made with only fresh fruit and coconut for a gluten free, grain free, refined sugar free dessert!

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Sweet & Savory Macro Bowl

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Sweet and savory macro bowl with butternut squash, quinoa, and kale with an oil-free lemon tahini dressing. Perfect for meal prep!

Where did the summer go, friends?

I feel like I blinked and missed it.

Sure, we still technically have a month left according to the calendar, but as soon as September hits I know that warm weather days are numbered.

At the same time I do get all tingly when I think about crunchy fallen leaves, the inescapable pumpkin everything, and crisp cool autumn air.

I’m starting to add hints of fall to my food and my favorite combination lately has been this macro bowl

It has sweet baked butternut squash, toasty quinoa, salty olives, sauerkraut, creamy avocado, and a bright lemon tahini dressing.

If you’re not feeling the fall feels yet, allow this Sweet & Savory Macro Bowl to be the most seamless transition for you.

There’s such a strong sense of renewal that hits me in the fall, which is ironic, because I know everything is dying.

You can trace it back to my school days, when I equated colder weather to returning to school, and all of the anxiety, excitement, and preparation that went along with it.

This year, I always thought, I can be whoever I want to be.

Well, this bowl will give you all of the renewal you need to be a new and improved you.

I always feel 100% after I eat it.

This mix of probiotics, protein, healthy fats, and complex carbs seems to be everything my body craves around lunchtime.

And all the time.

I’m calling it now: this is going to be your favorite bowl going into fall.

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Raw Krazy Kale Salad with Miso Tahini Dressing

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Vibrant kale salad packed with raw vegetables, walnuts, and raisins topped with an oil-free miso tahini dressing. Enjoy for a quick and fresh lunch!

Are you ready to get KRAZY, friends?

If you’re thinking, ugh, not another summer salad….just wait.

This Raw Krazy Kale Salad with Miso Tahini Dressing will totally inspire you to mix up your obligatory lunch bowl of greens.

The mixture of crunchy raw veg, creamy walnuts, sweet plump raisins with a savory miso tahini is about as wild as my summer days get lately.

This salad is packed with raw veggies you probably already have in your fridge somewhere, so dig them out and allow them to shine.

Wanna join in on the fun?

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Chocolate Fig Freezer Fudge

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Chocolate Fig Freezer Fudge sweetened with dried figs with just four ingredients! Store in the freezer for a quick dairy-free and refined sugar-free treat!

Let’s talk FUDGE.

When I was little my parents took us on a trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee to see the Smoky Mountains.

Most notably during that trip, I remember riding the Sky Lift (these giant aerial cable cars that rode over the resort) purchasing my first three beanies babies (I know you’ve got some hiding in your closet!), and navigating the great outdoors.

We also got some of the first and best fudge I’ve ever tasted from a local fudge shop in the downtown area.

My parents carefully unwrapped the wax paper in our hotel, cut the dense sugary block into small rectangles, and handed out samples of Peanut Butter and Chocolate to my sister and me.

No words, friends.

The cliche “melts in your mouth” is the only semi-suitable description here.

Something I hoped to achieve in this Chocolate Fig Freezer Fudge.

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Baked Oil-Free Almond Flour Falafel

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Healthy oil-free, gluten-free baked falafel with a fresh cucumber tahini tzatziki! Enjoy this baked falafel in a lunch wrap, in a bowl, or on its own.

What do you think of falafel?

My first introduction to this typically deep-fried chickpea patty came from a Middle Eastern Eatery down the street from my house in high school.

I used to call ahead and order the “Hummus Falafel Rolled” and pick it up in my parents’ blue Honda Civic. I was practically drooling when I unwrapped it on the way home to reveal the golden brown pita stuffed hummus, greens, veg, and the crispiest brown falafel patties.

Too tempting to wait.

And it was messy, because the best foods are. I’m talking major hummus and falafel landslide messy.

Probably not the best thing to eat in your parents’ car when you’re 16.

Sorry, mom and dad.

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Romesco Roasted Cauliflower Toasts

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Upgrade your toasts with a nut butter based romesco sauce and roasted cauliflower. Enjoy this toast spread for a light lunch, tasty snack, or appetizer!

Happy Toast Tuesday, friends!

Does anyone else feel like they let down the almighty toast gods if they don’t stick a slice of bread in the CusineArt each Tuesday and watch the bread glow yellow and then…POP!

Top it, toast it.

Well, today, you’re in luck, because I’ve got the toast toppings all picked out for you.

This Romesco Roasted Cauliflower Toast is one of my favorite pairings for any season, combining roasted cauliflower and herbs with a creamy veg and nut-based romesco sauce.

You bring the bread, I’ll bring the recipe.

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Oil-Free Purple Sweet Potato Fries with Beet Ketchup

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Crispy oil-free baked purple sweet potato fries paired with sweet beet ketchup. Slice, bake, and season, then dip in naturally sweetened beet ketchup.

It’s Friday and I think we all deserve some fries dipped in ketchup.

I remember back when I considered fries a junk food, something I ordered from the fast food drive-through window with equal anticipation and regret.

How about a plant-based pairing that makes you feel as fantastic after you them as it does while you’re eating them?

In my house, fries and dip is considered health food.

You really can’t argue with that logic when you’re stuffing your face with Oil-Free Purple Sweet Potato Fries dipped in Beet Ketchup.

Plants on plants for the win.

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