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Greek Pasta Salad
This is my favorite pasta salad. It is flavorful, healthy and easy to whip up in minutes. It is summer pasta perfection! I love making greek food in the summertime when home-grown tomatoes and cucumbers are everywhere. This pasta salad is made with chickpeas and olives so it is more hearty than your average pasta salad and could be a meal, rather than just a side dish. I always like to bring it as my contribution to a cookout so even if they don’t have anything else that’s vegetarian-friendly, I just make a meal out of it. My favorite type of pasta to use in this recipe is Trader Joe’s…
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Spaghetti Squash and Balsamic Beans
This has to be one of my ALL TIME favorite meals. The sweet of the red pepper and spaghetti squash paired with the salty beans and sour from the balsamic dressing is the absolute perfect blend of flavors. I’m obsessed. I know it sounds weird at first. I didn’t think I would even like it, and now I make it all winter long and I have been for years. I love spaghetti squash, especially when its roasted to a beautiful golden brown. And it’s so simple to just throw it in the oven and pour on some pasta sauce and have an easy vegetarian meal with very little work on…
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Maple Roasted Chickpeas with Bacon & Pecans
I love having healthy home-made snacks that I can grab and take in the car. Fruits and veggies are great and all, but sometimes I just don’t have time to wash and chop apples before I rush out the door to after school activities. This snack is the perfect solution. My kids will eat the entire batch if I let them. And I totally understand why, it is that good! The chickpeas take a little while to get dry and crispy in the oven (over an hour) but they can bake without needing much attention, making this a really simple recipe. My absolute favorite veggie bacon to use in this recipe is…
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Butternut Squash Risotto (with brown rice)
Risotto is traditionally made with arborio rice, an Italian short grain rice that gets creamy but stays firm when its cooked, making it perfect for risotto. It is delicious, but not a whole grain. When we switched to a whole food lifestyle I thought I had to say goodbye to risotto. Well, I was wrong! When a relative from Italy came for a visit a few years ago, she offered to make risotto. I was so excited because I knew I was in for one amazing meal, but all I had was short grain brown rice :(. I was shocked when she said brown rice would work just fine. It was some…
