I crave rotisserie chicken often, but I found myself going to the California Chicken Cafe too often. Until… I found out how to rotisserie my own chicken. This method works! It takes 3 hours in the oven. But you don’t mess with it at all. So you can do your work-from-home thing while it cooks.… Continue reading Effortless Rotisserie Chicken at Home | Slow Roasted Chicken

Once again, ground turkey coming in for the win for a quick and lazy weeknight dinner. With just a few ingredients and the right spices, you can make a delicious dinner nobody will complain about. I serve it with rice, beans, avocado, and salsa on the side so everyone is happy. Easy Turkey Tacos Ingredients… Continue reading Easy Turkey Tacos | 30-minute weeknight dinners

This dessert came together because I was lazy, if I’m being honest. The oven was already on from dinner. So I just decided to throw the apples in there and let the oven do all the heavy-lifting. The most work you have to do is peel the apples. After that there’s not much science to… Continue reading Baked Apple Dessert | Easy gluten-free desserts for one

This is for one of those busy weeknights. You only have 30 minutes start to finish with cleaning and everything! It comes together in a jiffy and it holds over the next day really well. Serve it over pasta or in a sandwich. Weeknight Turkey Bolognese Ingredients (for 4): Directions:

This is an easy option for lunch or dinner. All you need to make sure is that your beans are cooked and Chiles are roasted. I grew up with a pot of cooked lentils or beans in the fridge at all times. So, bean tacos, or bean and cheese quesadillas were always a go-to snack… Continue reading Roasted Chile and Bean Taco | Quick Mexican Vegan Lunches

Growing up, my mom would make this side dish often. We loved it. (So much better than salad with Newmans dressing- sorry, Newman) It was a great way to eat our veggies, and no one complained about it! Soy sauce really does a good job of upping the flavor of zucchini and onions to another… Continue reading Zucchini and Onion Stir Fry| Vegan Sides

I only learned this recently and don’t always remember to do it.  But, I feel better about eating my produce when I do. Here’s 3 ways to wash pesticides off your produce:  Soak produce in salt water using Himalayan salt or sea salt for 20 minutes. Rinse with water afterwards. Add 1 teaspoon of baking soda… Continue reading How to remove pesticides from your produce 

The Blue Zones are places where people live 90 to 100 years, and are free of disease. So the recipes from there are valuable. They give us an insight into what people eat there. What they eat is only part of the story. Their way of life is a big key, too. Living a long,… Continue reading The 8 Best Blue Zones Recipes | 8 Easy Plant-Based Recipes for weeknight dinners

If you’re hanging out at home, this is a really easy recipe to prepare. You don’t need a slow cooker. You can cook it in a low temperature oven (325 F) for a couple of hours. At the end you have really tender, shreddable beef that’s perfect for tacos. You can also eat the broth… Continue reading Braised Beef Tacos

By boyfriend doesn’t crave veggies like I do. Sometimes I get sad about it because I want to share a salad with him. Most of the time he wants meat. 😄 On certain occasions, he agrees to order from Sweetgreen (salad chain), and I’m thrilled! But. . . what’s better than ordering overpriced veggies bowls… Continue reading Copycat Shroomami Bowl (Sweetgreen) | Trader Joe’s recipes