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Low Carb Spiralized Yellow Squash Noodles with Tomatoes, Pesto, and Parmesan

August 10, 2018 by Faith Leave a Comment

Low Carb Spiralized Yellow Squash Noodles with Tomatoes, Pesto, and Parmesan is where salad meets pasta! You can feel like you’re indulging, but really just chowing down veggies.

If you’re craving something fresh, light, and full of flavor, this Low Carb Spiralized Yellow Squash Noodles with Tomatoes, Pesto, and Parmesan will be your new best friend. Especially if you want to eat healthy, but you’re secretly stifling some hardcore cravings for carby things like pasta.…

Easy 5-Ingredient Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Casserole {Gluten-Free; Lactose-Free}

January 13, 2017 by Faith 5 Comments

This gluten and lactose-free Easy 5-Ingredient Chicken Parmesan Quinoa Casserole is the type of meal that makes smart use of a few pre-made or leftover ingredients so all you have to do is assemble it and toss it in the oven! Chicken Parm is one of those things that always calls my name when I see it on a menu. It’s really hard to beat the combination of crispy breaded chicken topped with tomato sauce and melted mozzarella. But it’s actually pretty rare that I order it!...

Creamy Garlic and Chive White Bean Chowder with Leeks {Gluten-Free}

January 9, 2017 by Faith 7 Comments

This gluten-free Creamy Garlic and Chive White Bean Chowder with Leeks is rich and velvety and full of fiber and protein! We all know sometimes less is more in life, and I think this can be particularly true when it comes to food. Think about a perfectly ripe summer tomato; the only thing it needs is maybe a sprinkle of salt to be mind-blowing. Or warm fresh baked bread, which can be improved by nothing except a smear of butter. Or creamy vanilla ice cream flecked with specks of vanilla beans and drizzled with hot fudge. So many times simple flavors win out....

Cheesy Kale-Artichoke Quesadillas {Lactose-Free; Gluten-Free Option}

May 13, 2016 by Faith 10 Comments

Cheesy Kale-Artichoke Quesadillas are a fun spin on spinach-artichoke dip that will have even your pickiest eaters eating kale. I’m pretty bad about sticking to weekly themed dinners, like Meatless Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Fish Fridays, etc. Not because we don’t eat meatless meals, fish, or tacos, but because when we do, it’s on any random day....

Broccoli Cheddar Soup {Gluten-Free; Lactose-Free}

March 2, 2016 by Faith 5 Comments

This Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe is deliciously satisfying; it comes together quick, but has slow-simmered depth of flavor. Winter here in NoVA is a funny thing. You’ll be rolling along mid-January without so much as a snow flurry to speak of (wondering if you’ll even see a snowflake this year), and then suddenly a single storm hits and you’re three feet under....

Easy Turkey or Chicken Masala Wraps

January 15, 2016 by Faith 14 Comments

Easy Turkey or Chicken Masala Wraps are a delicious recipe to transform leftovers into a completely new meal! I don’t consider myself a food snob at all. My go-to meal when nothing sounds good is a humble egg (preferably fried, runny yolk) with roasted vegetables, or a big pile of salad greens topped with whatever leftovers I can find in the fridge....

Cheesy Western Omelet {Lactose-Free; Gluten-Free}

January 8, 2016 by Faith 13 Comments

A Cheesy Western Omelet makes a delicious meal any time of day. The thing about eggs that is simultaneously fabulous and frustrating is that they’re best served right away. (Of course there are exceptions to every rule, and the one that immediately comes to mind with eggs is hard-boiled! But you get the idea.) Scrambled eggs wait for no one, and likewise, the runny yolk of a perfectly poached egg suddenly becomes a lot less appealing once cold. Omelets are no different because let’s face it, eggs generally just don’t reheat well....

Korean Barbeque Beef (Bulgogi) Recipe {Plus a Q&A with Celebrity Chef Thomas Gosney and a Giveaway of His Cookbook}

September 25, 2015 by Faith 13 Comments

This paleo version of Korean Barbeque Beef (Bulgogi) is super flavorful and comes together fast enough for a weeknight dinner. I can’t remember whether or not my mom consciously taught me how to cook. I think it was more a case of her cooking family dinners for us every single night (on weeknights things like fish, broccoli, and rice or beef goulash or BBQ chicken with pasta salad and greens beans, and on weekends things like roast chicken or pot roast), and me watching her in the kitchen. Of course I also learned from a variety of other sources (TV, magazines, friends, etc.), but I […]...

Stovetop White Cheese Macaroni and Cheese with Broccoli

August 21, 2015 by Faith 8 Comments

This creamy Stovetop White Cheese Macaroni and Cheese with Broccoli comes together quick for the perfect kid-friendly meal. Looking through my site, I noticed that I don’t have a lot of kid-oriented recipes. (Mostly because Mike and I don’t have kids (yet) and the only kid in my life (my niece) has a more grown-up palate than most grown-ups I know. From the age of five she insisted on ordering for herself at restaurants, and for a good long stint her meal of choice was broiled fish with steamed vegetables…a girl after my own heart.)...

20-Minute Chicken Fajita Quinoa Dinner Skillet

July 6, 2015 by Faith 14 Comments

This quick-cooking 20-Minute Chicken Fajita Quinoa Dinner Skillet is cooked on the stovetop, and is a great recipe to have up your sleeve for those busy summer nights when you don’t want to heat up the oven or fire up the grill! It’s a great way to use leftover chicken too. So, Mike still won’t eat quinoa. I wish we could be one of those happy dinner households where they make one meal and all sit down to enjoy the same thing together like The Brady Bunch or something. That has just never been the case with us....