Low Carb Meatloaf
SUPER easy and extremely tasty, this low carb meatloaf is about to be one of your new family favorite!
Savory roasted sweet potatoes, carrots and onion over cauliflower rice is a family favorite Buddha bowl ready in minutes!
Homemade Spring Rolls are refreshingly delicious - customize the ingredients to your liking but the Peanut Ginger sauce is mandatory!
Step out of your dinner rut with these easy, freezer friendly quinoa cakes. Top with a pile of fresh kale and a poached egg.
These melt-in-the-mouth cookies feel like heaven! Delicious lemony flavor, super soft and butter-ly texture with a light crunchy bite
A veggie loaded butter chicken curry recipe
Keto Pancakes are gluten-free, low carb, and sugar-free and are perfect if you are trying to watch your carbs or follow a Keto diet.
an easy homemade recipe for low sugar, low carb granola that’s crispy, crunchy, and perfectly sweet. Vegan, Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free.
This Slow Cooker Lasagna recipe is perfect for feeding a crowd with just a little prep!
Tomato tart tartin with Parmesan & basil
Keto Bread with Coconut Flour is a delicious way for those on a low carb or keto diet to enjoy bread, guilt-free!
chewy ‘n healthy breakfast cookies bursting with peanut butter and packed with nutritious ingredients! Vegan, Gluten-Free, DF, Healthy!
Slow Cooker Wings with Spicy BBQ Sauce are fall off the bone tender chicken wings, cooked low and slow and filled with flavor.
Here’s a healthy appetizer (or snack!) for you. A combination of mashed potato pancake and grated zucchini -- and they're baked!
A hearty, delicious Beef Mushroom Soup full of umami!
A delicious and easy samlomon miso and cucumber salad
Mini Iced Vovo Bundt Cakes: A cheeky treat of moreish vanilla cake, pink lemon icing filled with raspberry chia jam. Gluten & Dairy free.
When the weather turns nasty, it’s tempting to wrap yourself in a blanket of cheesy, meaty, fat-centric comfort foods. No judgment if you do, but there are also lighter options that can feel just as cozy. Whether you’re swapping out cream for yogurt, meat for beans, or caramelized onions for dark greens, there’s nearly always a way to incorporate more vegetables or lessen your fat intake. Here are a few of our best recipes for cooking healthy, from a stunning vegetarian carrot-ginger soup to a soul-soothing seafood stew.
1. Carrot Ginger Soup
Carrot-ginger soup, done right, is just shy of incredible. This velvety number benefits from slow-cooking onions and carrots to caramelize them. It features a full pound of carrots, plus a potato for body. A splash of cream and a dollop of crème fraîche keep it feeling a far cry from tasting like “health food.” This isn’t the sort of soup you can easily purchase at the supermarket, but you can make it in an hour at home, and it is gorgeous.
2. Whole Wheat Pizza with Broccoli Rabe and Turkey Sausage
What’s more comforting than pizza? Yes, you could order a greasy pepperoni and double-cheese pie for delivery, but you could also snap up a few bags of pre-made whole wheat pizza dough. They’re the key to having a more healthful pie option any night of the week. This beauty also takes advantage of the time-saving qualities of pre-made turkey sausages. Break them out of their casings to brown, amp them up with garlicky, spicy broccoli rabe, add part-skim mozzarella, and boom. It’s pizza night, in about the same time it’d take the delivery gal to arrive.
3. Coconut Quinoa Porridge
Oatmeal is wonderful and all, but there are only so many variations you can do before it becomes a bit tiresome. Break up the routine with this pretty-as-a-picture coconut-blueberry-quinoa porridge flecked with pistachios and chia seeds. You wouldn’t think quinoa could be as tasty as oats, but it sure can be, especially with a bevy of toppings. This dish also features almond butter, bananas, coconut flakes, and honey. It sure doesn’t taste virtuous.
4. Beans and Greens Tacos
Sometimes the key to eating less meat is simply to think about which alternative ingredients have hearty mouthfeels. Beans are right up there on that list, and tend to be protein-packed, to boot. These tacos with beans and greens feature classic Mexican cuisine flavors: onion, cilantro, cotija, crema, and lime juice. Pinto beans and wilted kale fit right into that kaleidoscope of familiar, delicious notes. This dish cooks up in about half an hour on a crazed weeknight.
5. Farro with Butternut Squash, Cauliflower and Kale
We love a recipe that just keeps the seasonal vegetables on coming, and this kale salad is a fantastic example of just that. Spiralized butternut squash and cauliflower are roasted until they’re sweet and marvelously tender. They join raw Brussels sprouts, pomegranate seeds and a whole head of kale in a bowl alongside creamy feta and pine nuts. When drizzled with a Dijon-honey-olive oil dressing, it all comes together beautifully.
6. Moroccan Lamb Meatball and Couscous Soup
There’s a minimal amount of oil in this soup featuring Israeli couscous and tender lamb meatballs, and couscous is a wonderful break from pasta or other heavy-feeling starches. This soup eschews cream and a ton of fat in favor of simple chicken broth and a smorgasbord of spices. There’s cumin, curry powder, oregano, thyme, mustard, chili, cinnamon, garlic, tomato paste, and onions. They all simmer together as the lamb cooks, infusing the soup with a symphony of delicate, satisfying notes.
7. Italian Shellfish Stew
Many cultures have their own knockout renditions of shellfish stew. There’s Provençal bouillabaisse, New England chowder, and this Italian shellfish stew, among many other delightful iterations. Most are fabulous, and this one is no exception. Onion, garlic, red pepper flakes soften up juicy plum tomatoes in olive oil. A bit of red wine and tomato sauce join the mix, and when it’s flavorful, squid, scallops, clams and fish join the party. Everything simmers together, with the clams adding their inimitable brine to the sauce. Serve with plenty of bread, and try not to squabble over the broth; it’s that good.
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