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What to Do If You Hate Salad

What to Do If You Hate Salad

Are you a salad hater? I am here to tell you, it is ok to hate salads + you don’t have to eat them if you don’t want to. Making a hearty, irresistible salad isn’t an easy task to accomplish. Planning for a salad and [continue reading]

How To Toast Quinoa

How To Toast Quinoa

Move over croutons, your salad just got a new crunchy topping! Once you learn how to toast quinoa you will see how easy + versatile it is.  Best of all, you don’t need any oil to make crispy quinoa in minutes!

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Bowl

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Bowl

I am in LOVE with this salad! If you know me, you know I am a salad fanatic.  Not to mention, I am obsessed with trying to sneak quinoa into just about anything.  Meet my latest creation, The Mediterranean Quinoa Salad Bowl.  Full of vibrant [continue reading]

Superfood Salad

Superfood Salad

How about a salad that is not just an ordinary salad? How about a salad packed with lots and lots of healthy foods with crunch and flavor!?!?!? This superfood salad is just that. A salad constructed of super foods. Colorful foods high in vitamins, antioxidants, [continue reading]

Avocado Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad

Avocado Tomato Cucumber Pasta Salad

Ready or not, summer is coming! To me, that means wonderful + yummy summer side dishes made of colorful, fresh ingredients. This is the perfect plant-based summer pasta salad! Bring this one to a picnic, serve as a side dish for a barbecue, or simply [continue reading]

Vegan Dill Pickle Ranch

Vegan Dill Pickle Ranch

This Vegan Dill Pickle Ranch is the perfect creamy blend of  silken tofu + a few simple ingredients giving you a healthy + dairy-free + nut-free + oil-free dill pickle flavored ranch dressing in minutes! When I went plant-based I thought I would never eat [continue reading]

Oil-Free Thai Cucumber Salad

Oil-Free Thai Cucumber Salad

5 minutes + 5 ingredients! That is all you need to make this Oil-Free Thai Cucumber Salad! Perfectly flavored + crisp + no fuss. Made with no fish sauce + no oil. This salad is great for a snack, lunch, or an Asian-inspired side dish.

Oil-Free Pomegranate Salad Dressing

Oil-Free Pomegranate Salad Dressing

The easiest + prettiest salad dressing you will ever make! So colorful, packed with nutrients, full of flavor + oh so delicious! This Oil-Free Pomegranate Salad Dressing is dairy-free, vegan, and gluten-free.  The best part is that it is ready in 5 minutes with only [continue reading]

Mango Black Bean Salsa

Mango Black Bean Salsa

This Mango Black Bean Salsa recipe is super healthy + flavorful + beautiful + nourishing! The ultimate salsa for Mexican night or meal prep, as a snack or for lunch! Vegan + oil-free + EASY!  

Chili Lime Tahini Dressing (Vegan!)

Chili Lime Tahini Dressing (Vegan!)

This Chili Lime Tahini Dressing is super easy to make! The most perfect flavorful dressing ready in 5 minutes! Vegan + gluten-free + dairy-free + made without cashews. Drizzle this awesomeness in your wrap, on your salad, or even as a dip!

Air Fryer Tempeh Croutons

Air Fryer Tempeh Croutons

Bite-size pieces of tempeh flavored + crisped to perfection! These Air Fryer Tempeh Croutons can be tossed over your favorite salad, layered into a wrap, folded into a bowl of soup, or simply eaten as a snack with a yummy dip!

Mango Salsa Recipe

Mango Salsa Recipe

This mango salsa recipe is downright delicious.  I have never been a fan of fruit salsa until now! So colorful + pretty + healthy + easy + perfect for Mexican night! Oil-free + vegan!   

Silken Tofu Vegan Ranch (nut-free!)

Silken Tofu Vegan Ranch (nut-free!)

This Silken Tofu Vegan Ranch is the perfect creamy blend of  silken tofu + a few simple ingredients giving you a healthy + dairy-free + nut-free + oil-free ranch dressing in minutes! When I went plant-based I thought I would never eat ranch dressing again. [continue reading]

Silken Tofu Vegan Spicy Ranch

Silken Tofu Vegan Spicy Ranch

This Silken Tofu Vegan Spicy Ranch is perfect drizzled over a salad, layered into a sandwich, dolloped onto a veggie burger, or used as a dip.  The blended silken tofu gives you that rich, creamy, salad dressing texture paired with just enough spice.  No soaking [continue reading]

Silken Tofu Creamy Italian Dressing (oil-free + nut-free!)

Silken Tofu Creamy Italian Dressing (oil-free + nut-free!)

Nut-free + Oil-free + Dairy-Free + sooooo creamy and delicious.  Finally …. a salad dressing you can feel good about eating. Did you hear that? NO NUTS! No soaking cashews for this vegan dressing! This Silken Tofu Creamy Italian Dressing is SUPER EASY and oh [continue reading]

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

This might possibly be the best quinoa recipe you have ever tried.  Practically perfect in every way.  The blend of wholesome + fresh ingredients brings this salad together in the most delightful way. This Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad Recipe is easy + healthy + packed with [continue reading]

Oil-Free Balsamic Vinaigrette

Oil-Free Balsamic Vinaigrette

This Oil-Free Balsamic Vinaigrette is just perfect! Quick + easy + healthy! Use it as a marinade, pour it on veggies, salads, or pasta. For vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters alike, salads can either be super healthy or super unhealthy! The dressing you choose can be [continue reading]

Oil-Free Vegan Pasta Salad

Oil-Free Vegan Pasta Salad

Making a healthy + oil-free vegan pasta salad is so easy! You will be amazed how quickly this recipe comes together.  You can change up the dressing, the veggies, and even the pasta.  Perfect as a side dish, lunch, as a meal on its own [continue reading]

Dairy Free Green Goddess Dressing

Dairy Free Green Goddess Dressing

This Dairy Free Green Goddess Dressing is vegan + gluten-free + oil-free + made without nuts! Only 6 ingredients + 5 minutes! The secret ingredient? Silken tofu! Perfect as a dip or poured over your favorite salad greens! This is one of my all time [continue reading]

Oil-Free Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Oil-Free Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Looking for that perfect, easy salad to make on Thanksgiving? You have come to the right place! Pumpkin puree + tasty herbs make this Oil-Free Pumpkin Vinaigrette a healthy, no-fuss addition to your Thanksgiving meal. Just 6 simple, plant-based ingredients shaken up in a jar [continue reading]

Vegan Thanksgiving Salad With Pumpkin Vinaigrette

Vegan Thanksgiving Salad With Pumpkin Vinaigrette

This Vegan Thanksgiving Salad with Pumpkin Vinaigrette is the perfect side dish! So many fall flavors plus healthy pumpkin, plant-based + easy! Roasted pumpkin with veggies, toasted quinoa, topped a with fabulous oil-free healthy dressing!

Oil-Free Salad Dressings

Oil-Free Salad Dressings

Oil-Free Salad Dressings? Is it even possible?!?! YES! Today I bring you 10 of my favorite oil-free salad dressings. They are all plant-based + easy! The best part? You can use them on greens, veggies, as a dip, on pasta or noodles, or as a [continue reading]

Avocado Salad

Avocado Salad

Looking for a healthy + easy + vegetarian side dish? You have come to the right place. Today, I introduce you to one of my go-to salads. The perfectly yummy Avocado Salad! A few simple ingredients, one bowl, and 7 minutes, that is all you [continue reading]

Arugula Pizza

Arugula Pizza

Sometimes, the dinner inspiration just isn’t there.  You know what I mean.  Dinner. What to make?? Where to begin?? Then begins the mental checklist.  Is it healthy enough? When did I last make that dish? What did everyone eat for lunch? Did they get enough [continue reading]

Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing

Healthy Homemade Salad Dressing

A good healthy homemade salad dressing recipe is an absolute necessity in any kitchen! This one is versatile and perfect for busy weeknight dinners, to pack in lunchboxes or for meal prep! Just a few simple ingredients, 5 minutes + a jar is all you [continue reading]


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