Main Dishes
Healthy Baked Turkey Meatballs with Spinach
These baked turkey meatballs have an incredible flavor and are a cinch to throw together! They’re a healthy, make-ahead meal that tastes damn delicious.
Slow Cooker Sweet Potatoes (the perfect side dish OR main course!)
These fluffy slow cooker sweet potatoes are a perfect make-ahead side dish OR main course! You can serve them as they are, or load them up with the toppings of your choice to transform them into a healthy meal.
The BEST Slow Cooker Beef Chili
This is my FAVORITE slow cooker beef chili! It has a robust, rich flavor that’s sophisticated yet nostalgic—it’s perfect for any crowd or occasion.
Breakfasts
Healthy Pumpkin Breakfast Cookies (Gluten-Free & Vegan)
Packed with whole oats, pumpkin puree, almond butter and flax seeds, these vegan and gluten-free breakfast cookies are jammed with nutritious ingredients, and yet they taste like treats! Serve them as a quick grab-and-go breakfast, pack them as a school snack, or eat them as dessert. Or, better yet, hide them from your kids and save them for yourself (I won’t tell). 😉
Blueberry Spinach Smoothie Bowl with Maple Buckwheat Clusters (Vegan, Gluten-Free)
These antioxidant-rich blueberry spinach smoothie bowls are packed with superfoods but taste like a treat! They’re an easy and delicious way to kickstart your day.
Easy Baked Oatmeal Bars (Vegan, Gluten-Free, Naturally Sweetened)
These easy baked oatmeal bars are a healthy and delicious way to start the day (and a darn fine afternoon snack)! Best of all, they can be made ahead, making the morning rush much, much easier.
Appetizers
Easy Fig Chutney Recipe with Walnuts & Port (the perfect cheese pairing!)
This fig chutney is fragrant with port, cinnamon, star anise, orange zest and maple syrup. It’s easy to make and is the perfect addition to cheese platters or cheese plates (don’t miss my other serving suggestions below!).
Elote Dip with Jalapeños and Feta
This warm corn dip (a.k.a. Mexican street corn dip) is flavored with garlic, jalapeños, cilantro and a toasty layer of feta cheese. It’s sweet, salty, a touch spicy, creamy and crunchy. In other words, it’s the perfect way to kick off your next party!
Easy Ratatouille Recipe (plus the best ways to serve it!)
Brimming with fresh vegetables and loaded with flavor, this easy ratatouille is the perfect side dish or appetizer!
Soups
Easy Vegetable Potage Soup with Cheesy Baguettes
This cozy vegetable potage soup is ultra satisfying and nutritious. It’s the perfect meal to warm up with on a cold day!
The BEST Slow Cooker Beef Chili
This is my FAVORITE slow cooker beef chili! It has a robust, rich flavor that’s sophisticated yet nostalgic—it’s perfect for any crowd or occasion.
Mexican White Bean & Chicken Soup (Slow Cooker or Stovetop!)
This Mexican-inspired white bean chicken soup is ultra satisfying AND healthy. It’s brimming with vegetables, white beans and chicken, and it gets served with all the toppings. Best of all, it can be made in a slow cooker OR on the stovetop!
Salads
Butternut Squash Salad with Apples, Goat Cheese & Grains
This roasted butternut squash salad features caramelized squash, crunchy apples, creamy goat cheese and hearty grains for a healthy, flavor-packed side dish or main cours
Gluten Free Recipes for Thanksgiving: delicious dishes everyone will love!
Whether you can eat gluten or not, these delicious gluten free recipes for Thanksgiving will appeal to ALL of the eaters at your table!
Healthy Grilled Panzanella Salad (A One Bowl Meal) gluten-free friendly!
This grilled panzanella salad incorporates a bounty of summer vegetables into one of the BEST SALADS EVER. With creamy mozzarella, grilled bread and a garlicky red wine vinaigrette, it’s a healthy meal or side dish that will satisfy even the biggest meat eaters.
Side dishes
Butternut Squash Salad with Apples, Goat Cheese & Grains
This roasted butternut squash salad features caramelized squash, crunchy apples, creamy goat cheese and hearty grains for a healthy, flavor-packed side dish or main cours
Roasted Acorn Squash Slices with Maple Brown Butter Vinegar Sauce
These roasted acorn squash slices are drizzled with a brown butter, maple syrup and vinegar sauce for a side dish that will leave you swooning.
Easy Cranberry Sauce Recipe (the ULTIMATE sauce!)
This easy cranberry sauce recipe features fresh or frozen cranberries and a few secret ingredients that give it an incredible flavor and texture!
Desserts
Gluten Free Chocolate Quinoa Cake with Chocolate Whipped Cream Frosting
This chocolate quinoa cake is incredibly tender with an unparalleled chocolate flavor. You’d never know it was made with quinoa instead of flour! A light and silky whipped cream frosting takes it over the top.
Mini Pavlovas with Dark Chocolate (Gluten-Free)
These mini pavlovas with dark chocolate feature a crispy, chocolate-studded meringue base, billows of whipped cream and fresh fruit for what has to be one of the best desserts EVER.
Individual Crustless Pumpkin Pie Custards (you won’t miss the crust!)
These individual crustless pumpkin pie custards might just revolutionize your holiday table! They have an incredible texture and flavor, and they’re far easier to make than pie (I promise you won’t miss the crust!).
Drinks
Healthy Strawberry Cottage Cheese Smoothie (that tastes like a milkshake!)
This healthy cottage cheese smoothie is packed with protein and has a delicious, milkshake-like texture! It’s a nutritious snack that tastes like a treat.
Superfood Berry Smoothie Bowl
This superfood berry smoothie bowl is loaded with powerhouse ingredients (but tastes like ice cream!). It’s one of my favorite breakfasts and snacks.
Hot “Cacao”
As I write this, my steep driveway is turning into an ice hill worthy of Stochi lugers (as I post this, a few days later, rain is turning that ice into a gushing stream). This winter’s been rough.
