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2 Simple & Easy Healthy Pizza Recipes

2 Simple & Easy Healthy Pizza Recipes

For the Love of Pizza: 2 Simple and Easy Pizza Recipes There probably is not a person around who does not know what a pizza is or hasn’t tried it. Tradition has it that pizza originated in Naples, Italy, yet some forms of pizza are dated back to ancient Greece..From there somewhere in the early 1900s,… Read More

Delicious Homemade Dressings for Salad, Wraps and More

Delicious Homemade Dressings for Salad, Wraps and More

Delicious Homemade Dressings for Salads, Wraps & More Making your own salad or wrap dressings can be so simple and are so much better for you than those chemical laden store bought ones. Here are some of my favorite easy-to-make + delicious dressing recipes.  Use them on salads, wraps, over raw veggies, and more. Avocado… Read More

Tomato Bisque

Tomato Bisque

This copycat recipe (Noodles & Co. Tomato Bisque) is just delicious and perfect for game day or movie night at home. Easy to make and actually good for you too. The health benefits of tomatoes are great due to the high concentration powerful phytonutrients including lycopene. Tomatoes support cardiovascular health, bone health, and have anti-cancer qualities. Studies… Read More

Crispy Basil

Crispy Basil

Crispy Basil is a delicious add on to just about anything. I actually loved eating them just by them selves. Here’s all you need: Basil leaves Olive Oil Sea Salt Directions: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Wash and dry your basil leaves. Make sure they’re really dry so they crisp instead of wilt in the… Read More

Harvest Tomato Basil Soup

Harvest Tomato Basil Soup

OK, so I LOVE tomatoes! I make tomato sandwhiches on toasted multi-grain bread, marinate in olive oil and vinegar, slice up with a little salt & pepper, eat right off the vine in late summer when my plants are giving me some delicous ones and sometimes just pick one up and eat like an apple with… Read More

Spinach Basil Pesto

Spinach Basil Pesto

Eat your Spinach Popeye! Spinach! Popeye’s food of choice and no wonder. This dark-green leaf really packs a nutritional punch, helps fight cancer, builds strong muscles, and much, much more! Fresh spinach is loaded with minerals and iron that helps alkalize the system, cleanses the blood of toxins, and increases energy. Here’s just a short list… Read More

Sweet Basil Spaghetti Squash

Sweet Basil Spaghetti Squash

Recipes this easy, tasty and good for you need to be shared. A perfect dish for you alone or even Thanksgiving dinner. With a whole lot fewer calories (1 cup = 45 cals), the good carbs, and only .5 fat grams per cup, it is a tasty replacement for any pasta. It will leave you… Read More

Forbidden Black Rice with Basil Shrimp

Forbidden Black Rice with Basil Shrimp

Forbidden Black Rice topped with Basil Shrimp (it will be your new favorite rice) Black Rice was once a food reserved for ancient Chinese Royalty and forbidden to non-royalty. Now we all can enjoy this delicious side but it is not that readily available yet. I did find some at Costco but they were out the… Read More

Summer Brown Rice & Quinoa Salad

Summer Brown Rice & Quinoa Salad

With summer squash, fresh off the vine tomatoes, radishes and pine nuts this summer brown rice and quinoa salad is a winner. Serve it as a side dish or add grilled chicken or salmon and make it a meal. I made this the easy-peasy way and used the Seeds of Change brown rice and quinoa… Read More

Ratatouille Nicoise

Ratatouille Nicoise

Ratatouille Nicoise, pronounced rat-ə-too-ee nee-swaz, is a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish (nicoise means in the style of Nice and prepared with tomatoes) originating in Nice. It is usually served as a side dish, but in my family we like it as a meal. My mother, daughter and brother love it over mashed potatoes but I like it all on its own. It was… Read More

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