9 Fruit & Veggie Tips to Simplify Clean Eating, Prevent Food Waste

Less face it, eating clean can often feel like a chore, especially when it comes to produce. Fruits and vegetables can be a hassle to prep or store, and often go bad before they can be consumed. 9 Healthy Hacks - Fruit & Veggie Tips

Adding these helpful hacks for fruits and vegetables can help ensure success in your journey to eat clean, make prep and clean-up easier, and also reduce food waste! Win-win-win! Continue reading

Mushroom Beef Quinoa Muffin Tin Meatloaves | Low-Carb

Scenario: You’re harried, they’re hungry and the high hopes of getting a healthy dinner on the table is tanking. But, don’t pick up the phone for pizza delivery because my recipe for Garlicky Mushroom Beef Quinoa Muffin Tin Meatloaves is a little meal time miracle. Garlic Beef Mushroom Quinoa Muffin Tin Meatloaves

Personal-sized and pleasing to even the pickiest eaters, this easy meatloaf recipe is a tasty time-saver, taking only about 10 minutes to put together and 25 minutes to cook. Read on to get this yummy, low-carb, meal-prep friendly beef recipe. Continue reading

Garlic Lover’s Mushroom Chickpea Pasta and More 30-minute Gluten-free Meal Inspo

This post is sponsored by Barilla but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.

 

In the late afternoons, I often begin to feel overwhelmed, over-scheduled and over-drawn physically and mentally. Planning a balanced meal option to make my family for dinner can sometimes push me over the edge — yet, as a healthy living advocate, I’m not a big fan of hitting the drive-thru or grabbing take-out.

Barilla Chickpea Pasta - plant based, vegetarian

Enter Barilla Chickpea Pasta , this pantry staple has been a life saver (maybe literally!) and has definitely saved dinner on dozens of occasions. Read on to learn more about this plant-based pasta and check out the TWO fast and flavorful alternative pasta recipes I’m sharing today —Garlic-Lover’s Mushroom Chickpea Pasta and Pesto Chickpea Rotini with Spinach, Pistachios & Feta: Continue reading

Zoodles Marinara with Three Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Life is crazy enough, there is no need to make dinner harder than necessary. My Zoodles Marinara with Three Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms takes only about 15 minutes to make and is perfectly suited for meal prepping. Sure, you may be all “been-there-done-that” over spiralized zucchini with tomato sauce, but the addition of the hearty mushrooms oozing with a trio of cheese kicks up the YUM to a whole ‘nutha level. Zoodles Marinara with Stuffed Mushrooms for meal prep

Read on to learn more about this easy zucchini noodle recipe which is low-carb, gluten-free, vegetarian and meal preps beautifully for quick weeknight dinners and workday lunches. Continue reading

Sheet Pan Sesame Green Beans and Mushrooms

Sometimes preparing a side dish isn’t about taking sides. He wanted green beans, I wanted mushrooms – so we compromised and made them both. Our individual veggie selections roasting separately, yet on the same baking sheet, started to seem like they should mingle. So, I made the introductions, tossed them together and finished with a kiss of sesame dressing. Winner, winner – Sheet Pan Sesame Green Beans and Mushrooms for dinner! Sheet Pan Sesame Green Beans and Mushrooms

Read on to get this easy, 20-minute, easy side dish recipe that is sure to please both sides. Continue reading