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Brie and Walnut Portobello Mushrooms with a Tomato Balsamic Emulsion
While the hubbies away the wife will play! In my house that means making all kinds of yummy food that wouldn’t really go over well, like popcorn for dinner for instance. It’s not quite substantial enough for him. Go figure. Brie, sourdough and olives with a green salad…not really his favorite. He thinks that’s more…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian Main Ingredients: Mushrooms All Ingredients: Cheese, Tomato, Walnuts -

The Gift Of Family and A Versatile Roasted Carrot Recipe
Before I get into the recipe…I think we should get caught up! After all it’s been awhile. I missed you so much. You know, I hadn’t intended to be away quite so long. I had hoped to host our regular Keep It Real Thursdays, but alas, I’m a few days late. It has been a…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot All Ingredients: Carrot, Spinach, Walnuts -

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: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot All Ingredients: Apple, Arugula, Avocado, Cabbage, Carrot, Grapefruit, Peaches, Spinach, Tomato, Walnuts, Zucchini -

Keep it Real Thursdays – Unbelievable Quinoa Buckwheat Granola (GF, DF, VG)
My best friend in the whole wide world is visiting me this week and I’m super excited. We have a camping trip planned to check out Salt Spring Island and I’m really stoked. As a result we need easy no fuss breakfast solutions. What better camping breakfast food (and anytime breakfast food) than granola? Why…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa All Ingredients: Almond, Buskwheat, Hazelnuts, Quinoa, Walnuts -

TV Tuesday #16 – 5 Minute 4 Ingredient Raw Power Bars (DF, GF, Sugar Free, Vegan)
What’s the number 1 reason most people give for not eating healthy? Not enough time. What’s the second reason? It’s expensive. What if you had one recipe that took 5 minutes to make (seriously, no hyperbole here), had super cost effective ingredients, and was nutritionally dense? What if that recipe was so flexible that the…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast, Dessert, Protein Bars, Snack Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa, TV Tuesdays, Walnuts All Ingredients: Chocolate, Coconut Oil, Walnuts -

Whole Food Wednesday – Not Another Waldorf Salad Recipe!
Welcome to Whole Food Wednesdays. I think I’m about to start a trend because for the third week in a row I’m going to post yet another salad recipe: The Waldorf Salad. Now I know what you’re thinking, there’s nothing exciting going on here. It may not be the most innovative creation but it is…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast, Dessert, Protein Bars, Snack Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa, TV Tuesdays, Walnuts, Apple All Ingredients: Apple, Arugula, Celery, Cheese, Walnuts -

Chocolate Chip Walnut Protein Cookies (no protein powder, gluten free, dairy free)
So my mission is to find or create a protein cookie recipe that 1. doesn’t suck and 2. doesn’t use that horrible processed protein powder. One of my biggest pet peeves about diet websites is that they often promote protein powder supplements or prepackaged protein snacks and a multitude of low fat junk that is…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast, Dessert, Protein Bars, Snack Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa, TV Tuesdays, Walnuts, Apple, Almond Butter All Ingredients: Almond Butter, Chocolate, Coconut Flour, Walnuts -

Millet Pomegranate Salad with a Basil Chimichurri Dressing
I’ve yet to have the pleasure of traveling to Argentina, but my husband, Joshua, was there in 2005, and one of the things he’s always raved about – besides the amazing beef – is the Argentinian magic sauce known as Chimichurri. It’s a green sauce made of parsley, olive oil, chili peppers and a…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast, Dessert, Protein Bars, Snack Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa, TV Tuesdays, Walnuts, Apple, Almond Butter, Millet All Ingredients: Basil, Millet, Pomegranate, Sunflower Seeds, Walnuts -

The Millet Energy Salad
I’ll be hosting the Wholesome Wholegrain Cooking event during the month of October. The WWC was started by Sanjeeta at Lite Bite. This month the challenge is to use millet in a lunch recipe. Once a week during the month of October I’ll be sharing some fab millet recipes for those of you interested in…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast, Dessert, Protein Bars, Snack Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa, TV Tuesdays, Walnuts, Apple, Almond Butter, Millet All Ingredients: Almond, Pear, Pumpkin Seeds, Raisins, Sunflower Seeds, Walnuts -

Beet and Walnut Barley Risotto with Bacon and Blue Cheese (or Feta)
When the fall hits us on the West Coast, I think we all look for comfort foods. Those options can be healthy or not and everyday we are faced to with the option to choose. The food choices we make every day effect not only the way we look but the way we feel. The…
Recipe Categories: Appetizer, Gluten Free, Low Carb, Lunch, Main Course, Sauce, Vegetarian, Dairy Free, Side Dish, Vegan, Informational, Salad, Breakfast, Dessert, Protein Bars, Snack Main Ingredients: Mushrooms, Carrot, Keep It Real Thursday, Quinoa, TV Tuesdays, Walnuts, Apple, Almond Butter, Millet, Barley All Ingredients: Beet, Walnuts


