Roasted Brussel Sprouts in a Vinegar-Dijon dressing.  I love adding some dried cranberries to the mix to make it an extra festive dish around the holidays! Get the full recipe!

This is one of our favorite vegetarian dishes at home because it's so full of flavor and it's really just a ton of fiber rich veggies along with plant-based protein!  

I love this recipe (and any of my easy roasted vegetables and salads you'll see in this blog) because it takes virtually no time other than maybe 5 minutes to chop/wash a few items. Let's get cooking! =)

I always used to walk by these funny looking "white carrots"... until one day I picked them up and was forever changed.

This is a staple in our household because I can use these sweet and tasty treats all week long in multiple dishes! Complex carbohydrates are excellent for long lasting fuel - whether you are looking to manage hormones, sustain long workouts, or fuel for your day to prevent hunger pangs in 1 hr of eating - fuel up with some hearty sweets & beets!

Moroccan Stuffed Acorn Squash is a tasty, easy and nutrient-dense meal to serve this week.  Bold flavors of raisins, cumin, garlic, onion sautéed into grass-fed beef/lamb and finished in a sweet starchy bowl of acorn squash.

An amazing medley of spiraled zucchini pasta topped with sundried tomatoes, artichokes, capers, mushrooms and bedazzled with amazing nutritional properties (contains manganese, potassium, fiber all good for healthy blood vessels and an active metabolism). 

Here is an EASY protein option that you can make and have on hand all week using one of the most versatile plant proteins – beans! I love it as a snack or on top of lettuce for a salad.  Couldn't be more refreshing and filling too!

If you're looking for a way to get more vegetables into your diet what better way than swapping out white rice for... white rice... cauliflower style! Cauliflower is one of our cruciferous vegetables and has the ability to help protect against cancer due to sulforaphane, a sulfur compound that has also been shown to kill cancer cells and reduce tumor cell growth.

It’s a great source of fiber and protein due to the quinoa and lentils, but it’s also got some bioflavonoids from the parsley and a natural sweetness and antimicrobial properties from the sautéed onion, garlic and mushroom mix.  I do love my spice, and adding in a bit of hot sauce and cumin adds the touch that you need.  These patties hold together well and worked great on the skillet to bake until crispy - oh la la so delicious and nutritious!

Chicken can get boring, so why not spice it up when it comes to the taste, texture, and even how you use it?  Most people think chicken salad is just chopped chicken with mayo, but this recipe gives chicken salad a whole new meaning!

This juice has incredible detoxifying properties for the liver and may help prevent and reduce cancer cell growth due to its cruciferous veggie -  broccoli!

You have the option to make this meal vegetarian (no beef), or add some extra iron, protein, and CLA (conjugated Linoleic Acids) with a lean grass-fed beef which has been shown to positively help reduce body fat.  Get cooking - this one is a family favorite in our house!

Make these sweet little candied favorites to have on stock in your fridge all week.  Perfect for a post-workout snack, pre-workout fuel, to add to a seasonal winter salad, whip up into a soup, or just toss as a side with your morning eggs or dinner rotisserie chicken.

This plant-based appetizer will be the all-star at your next get together (if you don't gobble it down yourself before you get there that is!)

Looking for some SPICE to your dinner-time fare? This dish was inspired by my recent travels to Rishikeshi, India back last Fall 2015.  Indian food is rich in spices and aromatics like onions, garlic, turmeric, and ginger all of which have amazing nutritional properties (and make your food taste super delicious!!)

Apple sage meatballs with tomatoes topped over spiraled zucchini with amazing nutritional properties (contains manganese, potassium, fiber all good for healthy blood vessels and an active metabolism from zucchini). Enjoy!

5 Ingredients, 20 minutes, and chock full of nutrition and creamy deliciousness... I call that WINNING!