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Pasta with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce

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With the first glimpse of those little pie pumpkins at the farmer’s market, my mind starts prepping those little pumpkins for this recipe.

This is my one of my very favorite fall comfort dishes. The sauce has a very delicate flavor and is unlike any other sauce I’ve ever used on pasta. I guess it would come closest to resembling an Alfredo sauce, although I’ve never been able to eat more than about two bites of Alfredo sauce without feeling comatose due to it’s overpowering richness. Not so with this healthy pumpkin sauce! The creamy richness comes from nutrient dense…

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Easy Salmon Sushi Bowl

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So you LOVE sushi too! Don’t you crave it all the time? It’s so addictive!

It’s the one food I go out for more than any other, but since eating it as often as I’d like would put my family in the poor house, I had to come up with a new plan. And the plan needed to be way easier than making homemade sushi, due to the fact my sushi chef skill level is probably about a 2/10, so…

Bowls it is. Anytime the craving hits. This is even easy enough to throw together for lunch!

And…this meets all my qualifications…

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Easy Chicken Tikka Masala with Spinach

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So, I happened to post a pic of my dinner simmering away on the stove on social media the other night and have been receiving requests for the recipe ever since. Apparently, it looked really good ?It did turn out delicious, so, I’m happy to share the recipe with you, while it is still fresh in my mind! I adapted this from a slow cooker recipe I found online, but since I didn’t have time to slow cook as it was already 6pm, I made quite a few changes to the recipe. Plus, I think this way is probably…

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Healthy Vegetarian Burrito Bowl

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Who doesn’t love a burrito bowl? They are quick, easy, filling and tasty! One of the great things about a burrito bowl is you can throw one together without a recipe, but you may risk ending up with just an average burrito bowl… Try this one! This bowl is bursting with flavor and includes my all-time favorite addition to any recipe to ramp up nutrition…greens! I try to include a few vegetarian meals in our weekly meal rotation, to keep our focus on veggies, not meat. If you’re looking for quick weeknight vegetarian dinners, add this one to the rotation!…

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Herb Roasted Chicken with Vegetables

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If you cook (and I really hope you do!), learning how to roast a chicken should be in your repertoire! It’s just so easy and so very impressive at the same time. Not to mention comforting, and it makes your house smell like the South of France. But, I know you love those rotisserie chickens that sit under those heat lamps at the store. Convenience!  0% effort and dinner is served! Yes, I am also thankful for that convenience on busy nights, but there is no substitute for a fresh, organic chicken roasting away in your very own oven!…

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Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup

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Who’s craving tortilla soup?!? Me! But I’m in the midst of a cleanse, so no tortillas for me right now. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t satisfy my cravings with an equally delicious soup complete with all the flavors of a traditional tortilla soup, just minus the tortillas and plus extra veggies! This is a very simple soup to make, as you just throw everything in the slow cooker. It’s also perfect if you’re craving healthy comfort food and something the whole family would enjoy.

As with most of my recipes, the veggies are the stars in this soup. This…

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Hearty Pumpkin Chili

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It’s October, so pumpkin everything! Yes, even chili.  ‘Tis the season, and in the effort to eat seasonal we’re going all pumpkin, all the time. I’m making pumpkin smoothies, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes, so why not chili too?

Chili is one of those meals that has endless adaptations and still always seems to turn out just right, even with pumpkin. Especially with pumpkin! Pumpkin is the ultimate fall flavor and works deliciously in a chili! It adds a creamy richness, and just a hint of flavor. It’s also a great source of fiber and nutrients like vitamins A and C…

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Weeknight Shrimp and Chicken Quinoa Paella

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I have always thought of paella as “special occasion food”. I typically only make it if friends are coming over and I really go all out, making it in the more traditional way, including all the expensive ingredients. Traditional paellas are delicious and honestly don’t need improvement. However, weeknights that we get to sit down together as a family are special too, and this paella comes together quick enough for a beautiful weeknight dinner. I still don’t think my kids appreciate that they get to eat meals like paella on say, a Tuesday night after baseball practice, but I…

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