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These easy chickpea crackers are ultra crunchy, with endless seasoning options, and loaded with fiber and plant-protein – perfect with cheese, dips, and more!

Not only are chickpeas incredibly low-budget and packed with nutrients, but they’re quickly becoming one of my most versatile pantry staples – perfect for roasting into crispy chickpeas and transforming into chickpea tofu, chickpea ‘tuna’, and even chickpea cookie dough. Now, it’s time for these simple homemade chickpea crackers.

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Creamy onion pasta with chili oil & tomatoes is perfectly sweet, savory, cheesy, comforting, tomatoey, & a little spicy. An addictive restaurant-quality dinner!

Easy pasta recipes are one of my go-tos for low-effort, high-reward comfort food, usually made with simple flavors and kitchen staples. Recently, I’ve been loving my high-protein pasta sauce and quick hummus pasta. Now, it’s the turn of onion pasta. It’s like French onion soup pasta, but with a spicy, tomatoey twist.

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These Pizza Baked Oats are perfect for busy days – just mix everything in one dish and bake. They’re quick, hearty, gluten-free, vegan, and super versatile!

While I’m no stranger to baked oats, they’re usually versions like chocolate baked oats and pumpkin baked oats and other ‘desserts in disguise’ to target my sweet tooth. But oats are versatile enough for savory oat tortillas and gluten-free seeded bread, so why not savory oatmeal like these pizza baked oa...

Make 4-ingredient healthy chocolate mousse that’s rich, creamy, fluffy, and perfect to satisfy a sweet tooth – no eggs, cream, dairy, or refined sugar!

I’ve already shared recipes for avocado chocolate pudding and silken tofu chocolate mousse, but if neither of those ingredients are your thing, I’ve got a great alternative! This healthy chocolate mousse is rich, creamy, chocolatey, and fluffy with zero eggs or dairy, thanks to a special, secret ingredient: aquafaba.

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This quick and simple, one-pot yellow lentil dal is hearty, flavorful, budget-friendly, and totally satisfying with rice and/or naan – perfect for busy nights and meal prep!

I’ve already shared recipes for a cozy green lentil dal and creamy red lentil dal – now meet their golden cousin: yellow lentil dal/dahl. Made with moong dal, these curried lentils are mild yet nutty, creamy, and easy on the stomach. Better yet, this recipe skips the extra steps of preparing a tadka, but still packs in plen...

This quinoa bread recipe is easy to make with no yeast, oil, sugar, or gluten – a flavorful, nutrient-dense gluten-free bread that’s perfect for toasting!

Over the past couple of years, making nutrient-dense, gluten-free bread has become a bit of a passion project. I’ve already shared recipes for oatmeal seed bread and protein lentil bread, but lately, I’ve been on a quinoa kick. After a few tasty experiments, this quinoa bread recipe was born. It’s tender with a subtle chew and packed with a ...

These quick and easy, 2-ingredient oat tortillas are gluten-free, vegan, and wonderfully versatile & pliable—ideal for sweet or savory tacos, wraps, and burritos!

As someone who loves making food from scratch, homemade tortillas are nothing new for me. I’ve already shared recipes for rice tortillas, spinach tortillas, and 2-ingredient lentil tortillas. Now it’s the turn of wholesome and nutritious oat tortillas.

Made with just oats, water, and optionally salt, these healthy tortilla wraps are s...

Next time you crave fries, ditch potatoes for yuca fries (aka cassava fries). They’re crispy outside, creamy inside, a little sweet, nutty, & can be baked, fried, or air-fried!

If you’ve never tried yuca (cassava), now is the perfect time. Like air-fried plantain, yuca fries are a popular Caribbean/Latin-American side dish I’d never tried before moving to the Dominican Republic, but have become a household staple (I even grow and harvest yuca year-round...

Make ultra-gooey, fudgy vegan zucchini brownies with no eggs, flour, oil, or refined sugar (and you can’t tell!). They’re super chocolatey, easy to make, and loved by kids & adults!

Before you shy away from the idea of zucchini in brownies, remember carrot cake exists (and it is amazing!). After making an ultra-moist zucchini chocolate cake, I knew this veggie would be perfect to make ultra-chocolatey, fudgy, gooey brownies with hidden nutrients and heaps of moisture (no eggs needed!). Mission...

Learn how to make creamy avocado pesto in just 5 minutes. It’s perfect for pasta, veggie dip, or toast. Full of vibrant flavor and simple wholefood ingredients.

I eat a LOT of pesto and avocado (seriously, I could write an ode to avocado toast!)- so it’s wild that it’s taken me this long to combine the two. I’ve already shared recipes for avocado chocolate cake and avocado chocolate pudding, so this is way overdue. This creamy avocado pesto is rich, creamy, and co...