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Banana Peanut Butter Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free)

Recipe: $3.45 | Yield: 32-36 Cookies | Per Cookie: $0.13

These easy banana peanut butter oat cookies with chocolate chips are about to become one of your favorite easy recipes. We’re using mostly pantry ingredients here, and is there any better combination than chocolate, banana, and peanut butter?

This post was originally published in March of 2014. Photos are new (except for the one just below), instructions have been updated for clarity, and minor tweaks have been made to the ingredients list. Thank you for supporting me and my blog!

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Healthy Dairy Free Butter Chicken with Vegetables (Low FODMAP)

February 6, 2021 By Caitlin Leave a Comment

black bowl with white rice and butter chicken and vegetables

Recipe: $12.18 | Per Serving: $3.05 | Yield: 4-6 Forget takeout – this Easy Dairy-Free Butter Chicken (with chicken thighs) comes together quickly and tastes incredible! You can easily adapt classic butter chicken to be completely dairy-free by using coconut oil and coconut milk or keep it lactose-free with ghee. This is one of our…

Easy Mediterranean Chickpea Salad (Plant Based)

January 14, 2021 By Caitlin

bowl of mixed greens with mediterranean chickpea salad, chickpeas, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, marinated red onions, feta

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…

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…

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