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Easy Mediterranean Chickpea Salad (Plant Based)

Recipe: $9.75 | Per Serving: $2.44 | Yield: 4 servings with salad greens

Are you ready for the easiest plant-based chopped salad of all time? This Easy Mediterranean Chickpea Salad is loaded with flavor, plenty of vegetables, and just enough feta cheese to feel alive. 😉

No really, that feta tang is very exciting!

Look out 2021, we are coming in hot with a plant-based recipe to spruce up your lunches. I like feta, but you can easily make this dairy-free without it! (Though feta is a bit of a staple in mediterranean cuisine.) …

Easy Stovetop Rosemary Roasted Almonds

November 24, 2020 By Caitlin

Recipe: $3.35 | Per Serving: $0.37 | Yield: 1 cup / about 9 servings Stovetop Rosemary Roasted Almonds are one of the easiest and most delicious things you can add to an appetizer tray or cheeseboard. They’re perfect for snacking and for bentos! I love a cheeseboard, an appetizer tray, and a bento box –…

The Crispiest Kale Chips

November 11, 2020 By Caitlin

white hand holding a crispy kale chip with a background of kale chips on parchment paper

Recipe: $2.24 | Per Serving: $0.56 | Yield: 4 Kale chips are the perfect snack for salty cravings and are such a fun way to eat your vegetables. I’ve been making them since their heyday in 2012, and today I’m sharing my best tips to get the crispiest kale chips! I have a few proud…

Blender Pumpkin Spice Muffins (No Added Sugar!)

October 16, 2020 By Caitlin

Recipe: $4.45 | Per Serving: $0.37 | Yield: 12 It’s time for PUMPKIN! These blender pumpkin spice muffins are gluten-free, with no added sugar (good for kiddos!), and perfect for fall! As a self-avowed icing hater (really, I only like cream cheese frosting), I’m a big fan of muffins. I think they’re the perfect little…

Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs, Broccoli, & Butternut Squash

October 10, 2020 By Caitlin

Sheet pan with cooked cubed butternut squash, four chicken thighs, and broccoli

Recipe: $11.20 | Per Serving: $2.80 | Yield: 4 Make way for an easy weeknight sheet pan dinner that takes approximately 30 minutes, two sheet pans, and no cutting board! We are always trying to balance taste, convenience, price, and nutrition – I consider these four things for every single recipe I post on this…

Thai Red Curry Coconut Soup with Rice Noodles (Vegan)

October 1, 2020 By Caitlin

bowl of thai red curry soup with bell peppers and mushrooms

Recipe: $5.45 | Per Serving: $1.36 | Yield: 4 This Thai Red Curry Coconut Soup is a super easy flavor-packed meal that’s sure to become a weeknight dinner staple in your house! This might be a soup, or it might be a stew. I’m not sure, but it is definitely 1000% AWESOME. If you have…

Bacon Quinoa Breakfast Bowl with Roasted Veggies

September 25, 2020 By Caitlin

Close up bowl of quinoa, roasted broccoli, roasted bell peppers, and a fried egg.

Recipe: $9.05 | Per Serving: $2.26 | Yield: 4 You’re not living until you’ve had quinoa lightly fried in bacon grease! This breakfast is so delicious and perfectly complemented by the sweet roasted bell peppers. Bacon quinoa breakfast bowls are my favorite way to convert sweet breakfast lovers into savory breakfast lovers, and it’s also…

Almond Flour Pumpkin Bread with Cheesecake Filling (gluten-free, paleo)

September 18, 2020 By Caitlin

Recipe: $11.37 | Per Serving: $1.14 | Yield: 10 slices Pumpkin bread with cheesecake filling is everything you need this fall! The bread is perfectly spiced and lightly sweetened, the cheesecake filling is creamy, a little sweet, a little tart, and the perfect complement to fall spices. This pumpkin bread is balanced enough for breakfast,…

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