A cookie bar with a ton of peanut butter flavor, this blondie has a healthy twist with the blended chickpeas.
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The secret to making Brussels sprouts palatable to just about anyone: roasting. Roasting Brussels sprouts brings out their wonderful nutty flavor, plus it’s really easy to do. One brilliant bonus: the roasting process browns and crisps the outer leaves, turning them into crunchy chips to munch on straight out of the oven.
Lentil soup is usually eaten when one is in need or want of something comforting and inexpensive. This variation is much the same, except with the added bonus of being quite exotic in flavor, too. The fragrant Indian spices lighten and brighten the soup’s homey flavor. Red lentils tend to easily break down into a coarse puree during the cooking process so you should expect a creamier texture than typical lentil soups.
This earthy, nutty flavored, grain-like seed makes a great rice substitute. It’s gluten-free, packed with protein, and delicious!
Life and Health tip: Remember that grains in your salad still count as carbohydrate servings. To bulk up this meal, could add extra beans and serve with carrot sticks and fresh fruit.
Falafel might be one of the things you’ve never made from scratch before, but don’t be intimidated. The food processor does double duty for the chickpea mixture and the falafel balls are easily hand-or-ice-cream-scoop-formed, thanks to the breadcrumbs that bind everything together. One bite into a warm whole-wheat pita stuffed with freshly baked falafel and a few shakes of hot sauce, and ordering take out falafel will seem like too much trouble.
A little roasting goes a long way, especially when you have the perfect combination of waxy red potatoes and herbs. Don’t limit these to only breakfast; they’d make a perfectly decent side dish to any of our main recipes.
It’s a high claim but…you can never go wrong with pesto. This exceptionally flavorful version uses pistachios instead of pine nuts and tastes incredible with crackers as an appetizer, tossed together with pasta, spread on sandwiches and burgers, and even between layers of lasagnas or casseroles.
Few things are lovelier or more refreshing than a salad of freshly cut fruit. The only way to make an already-great fruit salad better? A drizzle of bright, lightly sweet lime-agave dressing.
Don’t let its plain appearance fool you (that’s what the pretty bowl is for anyway). These lentils, baked for a long time with tomatoes and molasses, are incredibly delicious especially served over rice or pasta.