Antipasta Platter
The trick to a nice snack is to set out a platter of beautiful ingredients that make the mouth water. With the Antipasta plate, try to think of everything that could be a delicious topping on a pizza and buy the best ingredients you can find. Skip the cheese for now but when you add it back in post detox, look for raw specialty cheeses.
Asian Chicken Slaw
This Asian Chicken Slaw is a healthier version of the ramen chicken salads of the 90s. It’s an excellent way to eat a vegetable as the main with the meat as the side and it tastes delicious. If you have leftover chicken, this dish is easy peasy to throw together last minute.
Beef Kabobs
Kabobs are a great idea for a fun dinner with friends or the family. This recipe provides foods chalkfull of nutrients that will put a smile on your face as you dig into this fun meal.
Beef Shank with Creamed Cauliflower
An inexpensive, gluten free, dairy free, and paleo friendly, option for a nice dinner with the family - even the kids will love it!
Berry Healthy Smoothie
Focus on healthy fats and protein when making a smoothie so it can replace a meal, then sweeten it with fresh fruit.
Chia Oatmeal with Seasonal Fruit
Can't seem to find any satisfying dairy-free breakfast options? Well this Chia Oatmeal might be for you, with fresh fruits and filling chia seeds.
Christmas Curry
A warm, comforting vegetarian curry that's red and green for the holidays. Serve it with a protein on the side for a festive, crowd-pleasing Christmas dinner.
Clean Out the Kitchen Stir Fry
A stir fry is the easiest way to clean our the veggie drawer in the refrigerator. Everything goes and it always turns out delicious.
Cocky-Leeky Stew
A play on Henny Penny’s story featuring spring chicken and spring leeks. A nourishing dish that is excellent for healing digestive distress.
Coconut Creamed Greens and Scallops
It’s always about layering the best ingredients you can find.
Corned Beef and Cabbage
It doesn’t have to be St. Patrick’s Day to enjoy this dish. Cooked cabbage, onions, and beef offer many needed nutrients to heal the gut lining, nourish your soul, and improve your mood.
Cukes and Lox
A quick and easy option for either a snack, breakfast, or dinner party hors d'oeuvres. These delcious bites are also popular among the children: bonus!
Date Pecan Balls
No-bake cookies made from real food. These naturally sweet date and pecan balls come together in minutes and please every age in the family.
Deconstructed Breakfast Burrito
The deconstructed burrito is more of an idea than a recipe. It works great when you have leftovers such as properly prepared beans or cooked meat. Skip the tortilla, but go heavy on beans, meat, eggs, avocado, and salsa. Try to think of all the flavors you most enjoy inside of your burrito.
Delicata Moons
Tis the season for squash, so impress your friends and family with this quick and delicous recipe for delicata moons.
Easy Bone Broth Recipe
Searching for the perfect food to fix your cold? Look no further, as this liquid gold will provide your body with nurishments and energy to battle the sickenss.
Finger Shortbread
These quick and easy tasty treats will have your kids howling with delight and your mind settled knowing they are not consuming fake ingredients. A healthy alternative for a tasty and spooky Halloween treat.
Fresh Cranberry Relish
This recipe provides a new look on cranberries by not drowning them in sugar. Don't be afraid to bring out the the cranberries with this bold recipe.
Gluten Free Biscuits and Gravy
Skip the sweets this year and go for something that feeds your body and soul. These gluten free biscuits and gravy are just the dish.
Gluten Free Lemon Poppyseed Scones
These lemon poppyseed scones are delicious for any time of the day. With no strict measurements, there is plenty of room for creativity.
Green Bean Toss
This looks like a lengthy list, but most of the ingredients make up the delicious dressing for the beans. This is one of those dishes that is better the next day as the dressing marinates the ingredients.
Greens, Eggs, and Ham
An ode to Dr. Seuss and one of my favorite breakfast dishes.
Healing Chicken Soup
This soup is a gut repair hero and tastes like an old favorite comfort food. Buying broth will never have the same healing effects so try your hand at the real thing. You’ll be eating an old traditional remedy for many ailments. In holistic nutrition this is the best medicine for a “leaky gut.” The glycine in the skin, the collagen in the muscle, and the nutrients in the bones create the perfect components to rebuild the gut lining. If you suffer from digestive stress, I recommend 1 bowl of this daily.
Healthy Carmel Corn
This scrumptious snack is a family hit whenver we watch a movie. A healthy and delicious alternative to caramel corn you buy at the store, this corn will sure be the new favorite movie snack.
Homemade Potato Chips
Not like the bag of oily salty chips, but a healthier alternative that tastes great with burgers.
Nicoise Salad
This is my favorite pic nic food that reminds me of the south of France. It can also be served salad bar style to allow for a variety of diet requirements and all ingredients are optional.
Peanut Butter Jelly Shake
Sometimes mornings are crunched, but this smoothie provides a quick and full of protein option to get you going.
Properly Prepared Beans
Beans, beans the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you… The magic of making beans without the unwanted gas is to soak them for a long time, simmer them gently in plenty of water, and add a secret ingredient.
Quick Frittata
You could call this a lazy omelet; it's my favorite egg dish in the morning to incorporate a lot of veggies. Just think of your favorite omelet combos and clean out the fridge with as many different veggies and herbs as you can.
Quinoa Salad
Quinoa is a protein rich grain that benefits from a long soak to unlock the proteins for proper digestion. Try soaking it overnight or starting in the morning to cook for dinner. If you have leftover quinoa, this comes together in a few minutes. Sunflower or pumpkin seeds are a nice addition to this salad
Rainbow Kebabs
Keep it light, simple, and garden fresh for the best flavored skewers. If you don't have skewers, try using rosemary stems with the leaves pulled off. Soak in water first so they don't catch on fire.
Ratatouille
Based on the flavors of a traditional ratatouille, this dish is best when gardens are overflowing with zucchini and tomatoes. This is delicious with an egg for breakfast
Roast Butternut Soup
Roasting the butternut first brings out a delicious sweet umami (the 5th taste). This soup will win anyone over to the butternut lovers camp.
Roast Chicken
This is your 3 meal from 1 big purchase savior. 1. dinner 2. meat for a deconstructed burrito breakfast, and 3. bones for bone broth.
Roast Tomato Salsa
Tomatoes contain lycopene which is an antioxidant protective against cancer. Lycopene is better absorbed after it is cooked and this cooked salsa tastes amazing over everything.
Roasted Butternut Soup
Butternut squash make beautiful nourishing soups. This soup not only warms up the cold room in winter and fall, but it also warms up the belly.
Roasted Carrots and Aioli
Simple roasted carrots with a creamy aioli. A gorgeous, easy autumn side that makes vegetables an easy sell, even for kids.
Rosemary Cashews
Hand-roasted rosemary cashews, inspired by Marcona almonds. A savory snack with fresh rosemary and sea salt that comes together in under 10 minutes.
Sauteed Greens
Sautéing greens in a little fat is the best way to absorb the maximum nutrients available, especially the fat soluble vitamins A and E. 3 handfuls of greens a day can keep the doctor away and they will cook down into a few bites.
Savin Money Stew
Easy and inexpensive, clean out the fridge, and turn your broth into an inexpensive stew.
Sesame Seared Tuna on Butternut Puree
This is a delicious and easy recipe for those nights when you need a healthy dish quick, but you still want to impress. Bonus if you can get fish from your local fishermen.
Sofrito Minestroni
An Italian Sofrito is like the French Mirepois, a collection of diced up veggies, often in the triad of onion, celery and carrot. It is the start of many great dishes and can become a super fast soup.
Spaghetti Squash Ragu
The squash that cooks up to look just like spaghetti is an amazing treat. This homemade spaghetti sauce is easy and so flexible. You can mix and match the veggies, spices, and herbs and it always turns out delicious. If your kids hate veggie chunks, cook the meat separate and hit this with an immersion blender before adding the meat to it.
Steamed Veggies with Salmon
Steaming veggies with salmon is an easy to make them tender quickly. All you need then is a healthy addition of butter and a sprinkling of sea salt to bring this dish together for a quick lunch. Think of using a fresh herb to boost nutrition and flavor.
Stracciatella – Egg Drop Soup
This soup is perfect for a cold and windy day. It will warm up you and even the kids with wonderful, healthy ingredients.
Straciatella Italian Egg Drop Soup
This is a heavy hitter when it comes to gut healing comfort food. The important part of this soup is the bone broth because it adds nutritional value, saves you $$$, and can become a soup in a matter of minutes. Salt is an important ingredient for flavor. It isn’t the same as sodium listed on a can. I strongly advise you to avoid all processed foods, even those listed as “low sodium.” They have strange chemical preservatives used that disrupt your natural electrolyte balance. Give a good dose of sea salt until it tastes good; it will still be way less salt than what you would be served at a restaurant.
Stroganoff
A healthIER version of hamburger helper that most families adore. This is a very loose translation of the traditional stroganoff with mushrooms, beef, and cream. I add cabbage, a cruciferous veg with gut healing power because it blends in nicely.
Sweet Potato Coins
Not like the bag of oily, salty chips, but a healthier alternative that tastes great with burgers.
Taco Salad Bar
No reason to give up taco Tuesday, just because you’re detoxing. Simply serve everything in separate bowls so the entire family can make their own tacos or taco salad. This is an easy way to accommodate a bunch of different diets with one main dish.
Traditional Muesli
Traditionally soaked muesli is a great way to prepare a quick breakfast, eat whole grain oats that are more digestible, and get your dose of healthy probiotics
Valley Center Salad
This salad is an homage to my hometown which was covered in citrus and avocado groves. If you have a hard time with red onions, soak them in the citrus juice for an hour to “cook” the intensity away.
Vanilla Cream Soda
Sometimes I need a mocktail so I feel a little relief, and when I do I want it to taste like comfort food. I can't think of anything more comforting than a vanilla cream soda.
Yellow Curry
A mild dish the whole family will love. Yellow curry is a great way to add turmeric, an anti-inflammatory to your diet. Try it with fish to increase your omega 3 fats that also improve inflammation. Curry ingredient lists seem long, but you can often just clean out the fridge with all of your leftover veggies at the end of the week. It’s the sauce that’s delicious, the rest is optional.
Zero Waste Vegetable Hash
Zero waste uses every part of the vegetable to make your grocery money go farther. Use beet leaves, broccoli stems, and keep your peels on to make your dish bulkier. The smaller the veggies are chopped, the less people will notice.