Muesli is made with simple pantry ingredients and will quickly become your favorite meal prep breakfast. You can assemble it in no time! What is muesli? It’s an uncooked breakfast cereal, commonly made with rolled oats, nuts, seeds, and dried fruits. It was invented in Switzerland by Maximilian Bircher-Benner, who served this special cereal at his health clinic. (That’s why you’ll also hear it sometimes called Bircher Muesli or Swiss Muesli....
The next time you need a pick-me-up, try this energizing Matcha Smoothie. It’s made with just a handful ingredients that you may already have on hand, and it takes only minutes to blend together! Benefits of Matcha Unlike traditional green tea, which is steeped in water, matcha is made from ground green tea leaves — so the whole leaf is consumed. This makes it high in antioxidants, and gives it a stronger “green tea” flavor when you drink it....
This healthy granola tastes just as delicious as the kind made with refined sugar, but it’s even better because it’s oil-free! It’s the perfect make-ahead breakfast, or crunchy snack. Healthy Granola Ingredients How do you make healthy granola from scratch? Here’s what you’ll need: Rolled oats Nuts or seeds (I’m partial to pecans or pepitas) Unsweetened shredded coconut Maple syrup Cinnamon Be sure to use certified gluten-free oats, if you need a gluten-free granola recipe....
When you look at the recipe for these peanut butter banana muffins, you might think that I forgot to list an ingredient. There’s no flour and no oil in sight. Despite that, these healthy muffins turn out surprisingly light and fluffy. They’re naturally gluten-free and dairy-free, yet taste downright irresistible. I originally learned you could make muffins without flour while experimenting with my healthy peanut butter blondies recipe . I wondered what would happen if I added more eggs to the batter, and as it turns out, that creates a muffin-like texture....
Starbucks made headlines this week with the limited release of their Unicorn Frappuccino . If you’re not familiar with this colorful drink, it’s a coffee-less milkshake made with a number of syrups, including vanilla, mango, and a blue-colored white mocha sauce, to make a sweet and tart flavored drink. A barista at my local Starbucks told me that 8 of the 9 baristas who work at that location hated the flavor, so I wouldn’t run there to buy one before they’re gone....
This Instant Pot Rice Pudding is a quick and easy dessert that cooks in just minutes using your electric pressure cooker. I love that it’s naturally gluten-free and how you only need 5 ingredients to get started! How to Make Instant Pot Rice Pudding Making rice pudding in your Instant Pot couldn’t be easier. I love how the pressure cooker makes cooking the rice 100% hands-off , and it’s relatively fast with just a 4 minute pressure cooking cycle....
I’ve spent the past few weeks testing various ways to make pineapple whip at home. My kids want it to taste just like the kind they get at Disneyland, and I want it to have less added sugar. We finally landed on a version we all love, and it’s surprisingly easy to make. (No ice cream maker required!) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Featured Review “This dole whip was INCREDIBLE!! So similar to the real thing and without the guilt!...
Pumpkin Overnight Oats is a fast, make-ahead breakfast that you can prepare in just minutes. This version combines the flavor of a pumpkin spice latte with oatmeal, for a perfect Fall breakfast. It’s comforting and delicious! Since I’ve been working on so many pumpkin coffee recipes lately, I thought this breakfast variation would be a fun twist. If you’re like me and watch your caffeine intake, you can use decaf coffee, or feel free to leave out the coffee all together and just use milk, for more of a pumpkin pie flavor....
Back in college, when I first ventured into the world of veganism, one of my favorite desserts was vegan peanut butter fudge. Loaded with margarine and powdered sugar, it wasn’t any healthier than non-vegan fudge, but it was easy to make and tasted absolutely delicious. This is kinda like that fudge. Still quick and easy to prepare, this peanut butter fudge is much healthier than the original, using only a handful of wholesome ingredients....
Singapore Noodles are a take-out favorite, featuring comforting noodles tossed with curry powder and veggies. This version is my easy homemade spin, using ingredients that you probably already have on hand in your pantry. You can whip it up in just 30 minutes or less! Oddly enough, Singapore noodles originate from Cantonese cuisine and are popular in Hong Kong, but they are not actually very common in Singapore. This curried noodle stir-fry is traditionally made with rice noodles called vermicelli, bell peppers, scrambled eggs, and shrimp, prawns, or pork, but this version is my healthier take on it, with a hefty portion of veggies in each serving....
I have Whole Foods to thank for this idea. If you follow me on Instagram , you probably saw my recent find at Whole Foods– they were selling raw squashes stuffed with raw veggies and herbs, with the simple instruction to roast them at 350F for an hour. It sounded so easy, that I had to see if this idea were too good to be true. These stuffed squashes were priced at $10 a piece, so I decided to make my own version at home for half the price....
Even if you’re not vegan, I think you’re going to love this vegan mac and cheese recipe. It took me 10+ attempts to get the dairy-free cheese sauce just right, and thanks to reader feedback over the years, it has only gotten better. What you’ll love about this mac and cheese recipe is that it’s just as fast to prepare as the boxed version from the store. While the pasta cooks, you’ll toss a few ingredients in a blender to make the sauce....
This Vegan Potato Salad is a quick and easy recipe, using creamy avocado instead of mayonnaise. I love how it’s nut-free and oil-free , and that you can’t taste the avocado at all! Using Avocado instead of Mayo This potato salad gets its creaminess from an unexpected source– avocado! I love using avocado in this case because it keeps the recipe in the starch category for food combining (which may help to reduce bloating) and it means the overall recipe is oil-free....
I’ve created numerous dairy-free ice cream recipes since launching this website. Coffee ice cream , pistachio ice cream , mint chocolate chip , and even avocado ice cream , to name a few. But this Strawberry Ice Cream might be my favorite. It’s made without dairy or refined sugar, but you’d never guess just by tasting it! I imagine you could use any other fruit in this recipe, such as peach or raspberry, so feel free to use this as a jumping-off point for any other fruity flavors you enjoy....
This Vegetarian Bolognese recipe is just about as easy as it gets. I call it my “lazy vegan bolognese” because I use a jar of prepared marinara sauce to make it on busy weeknights, when I need to get dinner on the table fast! Using red lentils in this recipe adds an excellent source of plant-based protein to each serving, while also keeping this whole meal as fast as possible. (Red lentils cook faster than other lentil varieties....
It may not seem like it now, but it took me a while to jump onto the high-speed blender wagon. When Austin and I moved to Los Angeles nearly 10 years ago, I brought with me a blender that I thought was pretty good at the time. (It was made by Breville , which I usually consider to make quality kitchen appliances.) I remember hearing about high-speed blenders in the magazines and health books I was reading at the time, but I always thought to myself, “How much better could they really be?...
You may assume that you don’t need a “recipe” for a smoothie, and in some cases, that’s true. But, if you don’t follow a trusted ratio of liquid to frozen ingredients, here’s what can happen: You make too much. Have you ever had to keep adding ingredients to a blender because you either used too much liquid or didn’t use enough? Suddenly, you might have enough smoothie to feed an army....
