This crisp, refreshing salsa is bursting with the flavors of juicy kiwi, cool cucumber, tart lime, and spicy jalapeño. I have a salsa confession to make: before I met Alex at the ripe old age of 25, I only ate mild salsa. Mild! I know! What's even the point? It wasn't exactly that I ...
Archives for May 2016
Salted Pistachio Chocolate Chunk Ricotta Cake
This moist, tender ricotta cake is loaded with dark chocolate chunks and topped with pistachio-oatmeal-brown sugar crumbles. It's perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert! I know I just posted s'mores bars on Monday, and now I'm back with another dessert--also with chocolate, no less. It's a ...
Easy No-Bake S’Mores Bars
These easy no-bake s'mores are like a cross between cookie dough, fudge, and everyone's favorite campfire dessert! I'm usually like the last person on the planet to get excited about a no-bake dessert. I love to bake! What's so hard about turning on the oven? I actually find the ...
Raspberry Kale Smoothie with Coconut Water
Coconut water makes this healthy vegan, gluten-free raspberry kale smoothie incredibly refreshing and super hydrating. I really, really want to like coconut water. It's low-calorie, super hydrating, and has tons of potassium. It's pretty much like nature's Gatorade, and seeing as how I run five ...
Coconut Sesame Noodles with Pineapple and Snap Peas
Sesame noodles are given a luxurious, tropical makeover with coconut milk and chunks of juicy fresh pineapple! Do you have a million open boxes of spaghetti in your pantry? I am forever forgetting whether or not we have pasta when I'm at the store, so I buy more and then discover that there are ...
Oven-Baked Skillet Pancake with Blueberry Sauce
Once you try this easy, oven-baked skillet pancake, you'll never go back to flipping them on the stovetop again! For years, I've faced a serious pancake dilemma: I love to eat them, but I hate to make them. Are you with me? It takes for-ever to cook all the batter, and by the time the last ...
Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Smoothie
This gluten-free, vegan smoothie tastes like a chocolate cherry sundae. Be sure to check out the other #FoodieMamas recipes at the end of this post! Happy Sunday! How was your week? Owen got really sick in the middle of the night on Thursday night, and I basically spent from 1am to 6am cleaning ...
Cantaloupe Gazpacho with Crispy Prosciutto
This fresh, healthy, gluten-free cantaloupe gazpacho is the perfect warm weather soup! I can't believe May is almost half over! Where has the time gone? I recently went to Old Navy to buy Owen some new pants (all of a sudden like 75% of his pants are too small and fit him like capris, it's ...
Smashed Edamame Toast with Ricotta and Parmesan
This quick and simple smashed edamame toast is loaded with healthy veggie protein! When I started my food blog, I made a promise to myself that I would never do a post on avocado toast. Not that I don't love it (who doesn't?) but it's just so trendy, and do you really even need a recipe? Mash ...
Blueberry Beet Smoothie with Hemp Seeds and Coconut
If you are reading this, it means that it is Sunday and I survived my trip to the DMV. As I write this post, it's Friday morning, and I'm curled up on the cushioned bench seat in our kitchen. There is granola in the oven (recipe coming up!) and it's pouring rain outside. I'm tired from the gym ...
