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Magically Versatile Any Time of Day Quinoa Salad

This time of the year is tricky, because it is CRAZY. Crazy busy! When things get nutso, I make this quinoa salad. It’s like your favorite convertible bra, except with food. With a few easy switches of a strap it can go with any outfit or in this case, a few veggies or sauce. When…

Recipe Categories: Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian
Main Ingredients: Quinoa
All Ingredients: Cilantro, Parsley, Quinoa

Not Your Grandma’s Potato Salad

Something so freakin’ awesome happen to me today that I can’t wait to tell you all about it! Are you ready. Ok, so yesterday I get a call. A call from my husband. Ok, nothing out of the ordinary there, but there’s more. He says to me, “I’m a few hours away from the tower.”…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato
All Ingredients:	Capers, Dill, Potato, Spinach, Tomato

Roasted Cauliflower Mint Salad With Citrus Cashew Dressing

There are some flavors that make you feel like it’s spring, no matter what the temperature is outside. Take dill for example. There’s nothing “winter” about dill. No matter how you shake a stick (or magic wand) at it. Mint is the same. So while the snow was falling and the temperature dropped to below…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower
All Ingredients:	Cashew, Cauliflower, Hemp Hearts, Mint, Raisins

Carrot and Cucumber Veggie Noodle Salad with Cilantro Hemp Pesto (DF, GrF)

Even though it’s still snowing as I write this, I still feel like spring is in the air. Probably because the sun is finally starting to rise before I do and set at a reasonable hour (not 5 pm). At least for me, with spring comes the unquenchable need for veggies. More Veggies! I…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot
All Ingredients:	Carrot, Cilantro, Cucumber, Hemp Seed

Roasted Squash and Quinoa Salad with Baby Greens and Cranberries

I’m a big fan of doubling my efforts to get 2 meals in one. Today’s recipe is one of those. Actually, I find all roasted veggies really have that potential. Like the Roasted Carrot recipe I shared a while back, or roast beets to make this soup today and use the rest to make this…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Squash
All Ingredients:

TV Tuesday #36: The Perfect Apple Cabbage Salad to Keep Your Health On Track

It’s no secret that a majority of people out there have one of these three New Year’s resolutions or goals. Lead a healthier lifestyle. Lose weight. Eat better. That’s where this salad comes in. It can help you fulfill each of those with a simple 2 ingredient salad and a simple vinaigrette. Eating more…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Squash, Apple, Cabbage
All Ingredients:	Apple, Cabbage

Squash and Cashew Salad with A Lime Yogurt Dressing

Keep It Real Thursday – Roasted Squash and Cashew Salad with a Yogurt Lime Dressing

I have been accused of cooking with expensive ingredients. And that’s not completely wrong. Sometimes I do. I love food and some of the foods I love aren’t cheap. That being said, it is good to have some balance. This is one of those. I bought a 2 pound squash from a local farm for…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Squash, Apple, Cabbage, Keep It Real Thursday
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Cumin Spiced Squash with White Beans and Scallions

Some days, prepping food for the week feels like sooo much work. I’m standing in the kitchen, roasting beets, peeling and roasting squash, processing pepper, toasting squash seeds for a healthy snack or salads, making beans, toasting raw cashews, blah blah blah. When it’s all done, I don’t even have a meal! I hate feeling…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Squash, Apple, Cabbage, Keep It Real Thursday
All Ingredients:

Any Time Caprese Salad and a Food ‘N Flix Annoucement

Do you like good food and a movie? I’m delighted to announce that I’m this month’s host of Food ‘n Flick. What is Food ‘n Flick? Well, it’s this wonderful and fun group of bloggers, that get together, watch movies, and then head into the kitchen to cook or bake stuff inspired by the movie….

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Squash, Apple, Cabbage, Keep It Real Thursday
All Ingredients:	Basil, Bocconcini, Tomato

10 Five Minute Whole Food Lunches You Need To Make

Back in the day, when 9 to 5 was part of my life, lunches were hard. Isn’t it just easier to eat out? Well for me that wasn’t the dilemma, I didn’t really like eating out for lunch. It was expensive and I’d rather spend that money on a sweet pair of boots or…

Recipe Categories:	Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Lunch, Main Course, Salad, Vegan, Vegetarian, Side Dish, Low Carb, Condiment, Informational
Main Ingredients:	Quinoa, Potato, Tomato, Cauliflower, Carrot, Squash, Apple, Cabbage, Keep It Real Thursday
All Ingredients:	Apple, Arugula, Avocado, Cabbage, Carrot, Grapefruit, Peaches, Spinach, Tomato, Walnuts, Zucchini

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Magically Versatile Any Time of Day Quinoa Salad