Are you swimming in produce? I am! Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, OH MY! These babies were just harvested and at their peek of late summertime perfection-and made the most amazing gazpacho! I was teaching a cooking class in a small kitchen, and knew no one was going to want to be crowded and hot over a…
Strawberry Rhubarb “Cream” Pie
I’m creating new ways to use 2 foods that are at their peak right now: strawberries and rhubarb! I recently made a strawberry rhubarb compote. It’s awesome on top of oatmeal, waffles, and chia seed pudding, but I wanted to find another way to use it. Why not add it as a flavoring to a…
Molasses Baked Beans
Baked Beans often have tons of added sugar. In this recipe, I cut it by a lot. Homemade version usually call for BBQ sauce, and that has a lot of hidden sugars too. To get that same sauce flavor, I used a tomato sauce, spicy brown mustard, molasses, and liquid smoke. Liquid smoke gives the…
Banana Peppers Stuffed With Summer Vegetables
Looking for a healthy way to enjoy stuffed banana peppers? Have a lot of zucchini lying around? This is another way to use that zucchini! We have always made our banana peppers with cheese and bread crumbs, as well as veggies. We were looking to lighten them up. This was it! The nutrional yeast used in this recipe…
Protein Power Quinoa Salad
Fight the power?! Heck no-LOVE the power of this protein packed salad. Great as a side or a main meal, you will fall deeply in love and crave this salad. In fact, even though I just finished eating it, I want more now! Quinoa is an ancient food that has come into popularity in the…
