This Avocado Quinoa Power Salad is a super meal prep friendly recipe! Full of fresh ingredients like creamy avocado, sweet oranges, peppery arugula, and crunchy walnuts. All topped in a simple, summery fresh basil vinaigrette – a dressing that you can whip up in your blender and store in the fridge all week. I took…
Meal Prep Burrito Bowls
One of my favorite takeout recipes – healthy Meal Prep Burrito Bowls! Loaded with lean protein, healthy fats, and whole grains – these are sure to satisfy your fast-food cravings. Read on to see how to make these + get ideas for simple ingredient swaps! Hi I’m Lauren – Holistic Health Coach behind Free Your…
Creamy Cauliflower Soup
Today we’re blending up the dreamiest Creamy Cauliflower Soup! Insert praise hands emoji riiiiiight HERE. This luscious, velvety soup really hits the spot on cold and dreary days. The flavor reminds me a tiny bit of potato leek soup (without the potatoes or the leeks) but with the same amount of texture and body. And…
Super Citrus Salad
Servin’ up a Super Citrus Salad today — with a sweet and refreshing Orange Vinaigrette to boot!! Just place handfuls of tender baby greens into bowls, top with fresh slices of orange, tear up some fresh mint, and sprinkle on as many toppings as your pretty little heart desires. Toppings like creamy crumbled goat cheese…
Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole
This Green Chicken Enchilada Casserole recipe is so easy and so forgiving – you can swap out any number of ingredients to make yours work! Delicious, simple, and cheesy. You’ll wanna pin this one for later!! Today we’re making a healthy-spin on a chicken enchilada bake – and it’s going to give you major comfort…
Crockpot Salsa Chicken
Crockpot Salsa Chicken is happening on repeat here in our house! It’s been the hero of our weekly meal prep story. Swoopin’ in to save us from that often bland (and usually blah) chicken breast life. Rest assured. This recipe is anything BUT those things. 2-ingredient shredded chicken made in a crockpot by doing little…
Asian Pear Salad with Radishes
Can we just talk about seasonal transitions for a hot sec? As in struggling to change your food moods from one season seamlessly to the next. Where your heart can’t decide if it’s craving fresh or cozy. Summer or Fall. Sometimes in the span of just one day I end up craving all of the…
3-Bean Slow Cooker Turkey Chili
Today we’re making 3-Bean Slow Cooker Turkey Chili! This chili is a super hearty, mega cozy homemade recipe. The kind of comfort food warms you from the inside out. Lean ground turkey + three kinds of beans make this one hell-of-a nourishing and protein-packed dish. Celery, Carrots, Onions, Tomatoes, and Zucchini all come together to…
Creamy Vegetable Soup
Creamy Vegetable Soup is on the menu today! Velvety, thick, heart-and-soul-warming SOUP. Zucchini, broccoli stalks, carrots, corn, tomatoes, and corn simmered in a delicious, herby broth. Soup weather is in full effect, guys. And I’m making the most of it. We’ve got rain, fog, wind, cloudy skies, and even some snow over yonder in the…
Healthy Fried Rice
Healthy Fried Rice! My ultimate comfort food. The take-OUT food I can make even when I want to (or more likely need to) stay IN. Today’s recipe is a soul-soothing, totally satisfying one-pan dish that you can make in less than 30 minutes. Add your protein of choice (chicken, shrimp, tofu, eggs, crushed peanuts, etc)…
Roasted Butternut Squash Salad
Today we are digging fork-first into this Roasted Butternut Squash Salad! You know how I feel about roasted veggies, and roasted butternut squash has got to be one of my all-time faves. Above and beyond. Head over heels. Totally and utterly adore the stuff. Golden all over and caramelized at the edges, softened and slow-roasted until…
Mediterranean Salad Bowls
Mediterranean Salad Bowls! Leftover grilled Yogurt Marinated Greek Chicken piled high into bowls of crisp romaine, crunchy cucumber, fresh tomatoes, Kalamata olives, feta cheese crumbles, and my favorite salad topper of them all – homemade pickled red cabbage. All manner of textural and flavor contrasts. A little bit of sweet, salty, tangy, crisp, brightness in every…