Easy No-Waste Sheet Pan Blender Soup

Don’t toss out those soft veggies instead make Roasted Sheet-pan Blender Soup instead! Watch the How I made it video Reel on Instagram Here One of my waste-free kitchen hacks is, that I take whatever veggie that looks like it might be going bad & turn it into a creamy blender soup.  I had soft tomatoes […]

5 Healthy Slow-Cooker Recipes for Easy Weeknight Dinners

My birthday always falls on or around Easter weekend, and in my family, I am responsible for the holiday meals. Throughout my posts, I have talked about the importance of simplifying and finding balance. That it is easy to get carried away on menus you designed from your Pinterest board that leave you spending hours upon hours in the kitchen, I have been there many times.

5 Fall Thermos-Ready Recipes

As the temperature drops our bodies naturally desire warming foods. Sometimes the idea of “comfort foods” in the field of nutrition implies foods that are heavy, high calories, and low in nutrition density. However, our immune system needs good sources of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and digestible proteins to sustain us on those cold days or chilly fall hikes.

Here are 5 of my favorite warming recipes that are perfect to heat and fill your thermos with from sweet oatmeal to savory meals.

Roasted Cauliflower Soup

Cauliflower was once the forgotten vegetable, considered to be nutrient deficient due to its white color. How iceberg lettuce got a bad rap for being less nutritious than it’s darker green lettuce friends, the cauliflower had the same reputation against its other cruciferous family members.

The Best Cabbage Soup

Cabbage soup is something that is associated with St. Patricks Day or the crazy “cabbage soup diet” of the 80’s. However, cabbage soup is one of my favorite soups because cabbage is wonderful for gut health and is a hearty soup without being heavy. Cabbage has a long history of being used as both food and medicine.