Author: sandra

Easy Calzone Recipe

This easy calzone recipe features homemade pizza dough and a veggie and two-cheese filling. Dip it in zesty pizza sauce and prepare to be amazed. Sharing half of a pizza is nice. But eating that same pizza in the form of your own pe...

Vegan Blueberry Muffins

These vegan blueberry muffins SO tasty and have no refined sugar or dairy; they’re made with coconut oil and maple syrup. A few months ago, we received this email from reader Rochelle: “I want to make healthy blueberry muff...

Healthy Banana Bread

You know how banana bread is just an excuse to eat cake? Here’s a healthy banana bread recipe that’s actually healthy: and tastes good, too! Banana bread is usually just an excuse to eat cake, right? Most banana bread recipes ar...

Cacio e Pepe Recipe

A classic Italian dish, this Cacio e Pepe recipe translates to “cheese and pepper” pasta. It’s the mac and cheese of Italy, but even more delicious. What is cacio e pepe? This recipe, cacio e pepe, has a special place...

5-Minute Seared Ahi Tuna

Looking for 5 minute recipes? Seared ahi tuna is a super quick, nutritious and filling 5-minute recipe; serve with leftover veggies and rice. Alex and I get a lot of questions about fast meals. And there is nothing quite like seared...

10-Minute Baked Salmon Recipe

Short on time? This 10-minute baked salmon recipe is an ultra quick dinner, paired with a bright green chimichurri sauce. When we do opt for meat or fish, we look for it to be sustainably raised where possible. Here, we’ve cre...

Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup Recipe

This Instant Pot wild rice soup recipe is cozy and naturally creamy, so it’s a 100% plant based dinner. Serve with crusty bread. Well, it’s so, so delicious. It cooks dried white beans at the same time as the rice (wow!), a...

Roasted Eggplant Pasta

This eggplant pasta is flavor-packed with roasted eggplant & zesty marinara sauce! An impressive plant based dinner, it works for weeknights or parties. Meet your new favorite dinner recipe. Yes, this eggplant pasta has got it a...

Cauliflower Tacos with Yum Yum Sauce

These cauliflower tacos with breaded cauliflower, refried beans and silky Yum Yum sauce are all about one thing: big flavor! Behold the taco. Canvas for all kinds of deliciousness, from traditional like barbacoa with tomatillo...

Cuban Black Beans Recipe

This quick Cuban black beans recipe uses canned beans as a shortcut: but they’re full of big flavor! Here’s how to make Cuban black beans at home. Ever had Cuban black beans? Our friend Dan (who Larson calls “Tio”, Spanish f...