Category: Recipes
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Olive Oil Stone Fruit Cake – Dairy & Refined Sugar Free

I love using seasonal produce for yummy treats! This week I made a Dairy Free Olive Oil Stone Fruit Cake. It is the perfect light summer dessert. It is naturally sweetened with maple syrup and the olive oil makes it super moist. I thought you would really taste the olive oil, but you do not!…
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Summer Pasta with No-Cook Tomato Sauce

Hello!! Last Monday, I promised you some simple, fast and flexible side-dishes so today I wanted to share with you my Speedy Summer Pasta with No-Cook Tomato Sauce. This is one of my favorite summer pasta dishes because it highlights summer’s juicy tomatoes and garden basil. It is great alone or with cheese and it…
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Healthy and Simple Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs

I changed my plan this week to share these Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs with you because they were so good! My children do not love grilled chicken and they asked for more!! Why we loved these Healthy and Simple Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs I found this recipe great for the summer and busy weeks –…
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Raw Vegetables

Fast & Easy Side Dish & Kid Friendly Vegetable You may have noticed that “Pick Your Own Veggie” pops up a lot on my meal planning menu so I wanted to share why 🙂 For the summer it makes life easier to not have to prep or cook another item when we are coming home late,…
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Peas with Creamy Feta & Chopped Walnuts

Hello – I hope you you enjoyed the weekend, we had beautiful weather weather and enjoyed a lot of family beach and pool time! I have talked a lot about keeping it simple and flexible for the summer so I thought I would share some easy, fast, and flexible dishes and snacks over the next…
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Vegan & Gluten Free Banana Date Brownies

Vegan & Gluten Free Banana Date Brownies we were very skeptical! We love chocolate and as much as we eat healthy we also love our treats around here, especially brownies! My children ask for a treat every night (frankly I am looking for something sweet most nights after dinner) and I try (key word) and…
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Roasted Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi

Tip Tuesday – Roasted Trader Joe’s Cauliflower Gnocchi! The directions on the back of the bag instructs you to either boil or saute your gnocchi which does not work with the cauliflower version – it leaves you with very mushy gnocchi. One day I decided to try and roast it instead to get a crisp…
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Healthy Cookies & Cream Cauliflower Ice-Pops

Happy Friday! It has been long week and crazy hot and humid in NY so we kept the oven off and decided to have fun with some ice-pop recipes. Obviously the one with sprinkles and chocolate won! These pops are super yummy and creamy! They are all natural, dairy free & have the added nutrition…


