Recipes
Easy, healthy recipes focused on a plant-forward lifestyle with vegan and vegetarian options;
dietitian-approved and family-friendly.
Home-Cooked Valentine’s Day Dinner Menu with Recipes
No Bake Sugar Cookie Bites by Maggie Farley, MA, RD from Meals with Maggie Staying in with your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day? Try this menu of heart-healthy recipes to treat your loved one, featuring recipes from culinary Registered Dietitians.Every year we celebrate Valentine’s Day with a home-cooked meal.Don’t get me wrong; I love quality, local…
Greek Spaghetti Squash
What’s on your menu this week? In the dead of winter, when snow grows more quickly than anything else, I like to rely on winter squash from the previous season. Thus, today I bring you a winter dish featuring spaghetti squash. This recipe for Greek Spaghetti Squash has become a favorite of the Peas &…
No-Knead Sourdough Sandwich Bread
This no-knead sourdough sandwich bread recipe has a soft crust, uses only wild yeast and doesn’t require any special equipment. Learn step-by-step how to feed a sourdough starter and make this easy recipe, perfect for beginners! During the Covid-19 pandemic when we all found ourselves stuck indoors, sourdough bread-baking made a comeback in popularity. But…
Cheddar Black Bean Burgers
This recipe for homemade Cheddar Black Bean Burgers is a delicious vegetarian meat alternative. Enjoy these easy-to-make, plant-based burgers made with real whole food ingredients! If you’re shifting towards a plant-based diet, you’re probably going to need an option for a burger. Luckily, there are many plant-based burger alternatives at the grocery store. You can…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal
I’m a weird breakfast food eater. As in, I’m the kind of person who doesn’t mind eating leftover Chinese food for breakfast. In fact, my breakfast on most mornings is a cheese quesadilla melted to perfection in the toaster oven. If you’re a regular reader, I’m sure you’re not surprised (see: Dietitian Eats). Thus, today…
Homemade Chicken Strips
I like weird food. I like fancy food. I like to explore other cuisines and other cultures via the language of food. But sometimes I just want chicken strips. Unfortunately, most of the chicken strips out there just aren’t that good for you. They’re often made of that weird “pink stuff” which is supposed to…
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bars
While in search of a different, delicious breakfast one morning this fall, I accidentally created a new breakfast bar recipe. And because it’s fall – and because I’m a white middle class millennial woman – this means it includes pumpkin. Despite my love for breaking clichés, I have to admit that I, too, succumb to the…
Three Bean Mexican Salad
We arrived home a couple of weeks ago from celebrating my birthday (which happens to fall on Cinco de Mayo) in Mexico. You only turn 30 once, right? So better enjoy it. Beach-side Blogging Bestest Friends When in Mexico… Enjoy it I did. But when I came back I was very ready (or at least…
Easy Coconut Cranberry Granola
January is a weird month. It’s the I-know-I-need-to-get-back-on-track month, but also the I’m-still-craving-all-things-sugar. What a bother. In my constant effort to balance my love of food with my love of health and nutrition, I often transform my favorite foods into a slightly-more-healthy (but still delicious!) dish. Cases in point: All-Natural Broccoli Rice Casserole One-Dish Grown-up…
Curried Red Lentils with Fried Cauliflower and Peanuts
I just returned home to Colorado from Sunny Southern California. The average temperature there was in the 60s. Today the high is a mere 38 degrees – which is about 30 degrees warmer than it’s been in the last week. Winter, I’m kind of over you. But if you must snow me in and prevent…