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Healthier Favorites

An overhead shot of a bowl of Instant Pot turkey chili with a spoon next to two pieces of cornbread for serving

Instant Pot Turkey Chili

An overhead shot of assembled tempeh tacos featuring tomatoes, cilantro, a spicy non-dairy yogurt drizzle, roasted corn, onions, cabbage, and more.

Tempeh Tacos

Cinnamon sugar pita chips in a ceramic bowl next to a dish towel

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips

An overhead shot of kale caesar salad in a bowl with a fork

Greek Yogurt Kale Caesar Salad

An overhead shot of quinoa turkey taco salad in a bowl with the toppings arranged in strips on top of the lettuce

Quinoa Turkey Taco Salad

A chili lime salmon fillet served on a bed of sauteed spinach over rice

Baked Chili Lime Salmon

Healthy cilantro lime ranch dressing in a glass jar with a spoon

Healthy Cilantro Lime Ranch Dressing

Five honey BBQ chicken meatballs open-face on a sub roll with melted cheese and lettuce

Baked Honey BBQ Chicken Meatballs

7 Ingredients or Less

Cinnamon sugar pita chips in a ceramic bowl next to a dish towel

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips

A small glass jar of strawberry syrup with glasses of iced tea in the background

Homemade Strawberry Syrup with Honey

Baked croutons on a metal baking sheet

How to Make Croutons

A fresh strawberry ginger margarita in a glass with a salted rim and a strawberry and a lime wedge for garnish

Fresh Strawberry Ginger Margarita

Buffalo chicken grilled cheese sandwich

Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese

Applesauce in a jar with a spoon heaping full of applesauce resting on top.

Instant Pot Applesauce

Learn how to toast coconut in the oven or on the stovetop with these easy methods. Toasted coconut elevates any coconut dessert with only a few minutes of work!

How to Toast Coconut

Maple bacon roasted brussels sprouts are made all in one pan for a delicious side dish that cuts down on dishes. This roasted brussels sprouts recipe features easy kitchen staples and pairs well with chicken, pork, and more!

One Pan Maple Bacon Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Seasonal

A glass of cooked eggnog on a wooden board garnished with a cinnamon stick

The BEST Completely Cooked Eggnog

Breakfast

BLT Avocado Toast

Pistachio muffins on a marble serving board. One muffin has the paper peeled back with a bite taken out of it

Pistachio Muffins

Whole wheat waffles on a plate served with a maple syrup drizzle and fresh blueberries

Best Ever Whole Wheat Waffles

A pumpkin muffin on a marble board with a bite taken out of it

Whole Wheat Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

An overhead shot of a lemon ricotta muffin with a bite taken out of it on a small wooden serving board

Lemon Ricotta Muffins with Almond Glaze

This prosciutto and asparagus quiche recipe features an all-butter flaky pie crust and a creamy and light filling including Gruyère cheese. Enjoy this homemade quiche for breakfast, dinner, or any meal in between!

Prosciutto and Asparagus Quiche

Healthy baked oatmeal bars are naturally-sweetened and maple flavored for a delicious and filling breakfast recipe. Easy to customize with fresh or dried fruit and nuts, these bars are great for snacks, too!

Healthy Baked Oatmeal Bars

These are the best blueberry crumb muffins! They're tender, bursting with fresh blueberries, and feature an easy crumb topping that takes this baked good favorite over the top.

Blueberry Crumb Muffins

Breads

Pistachio muffins on a marble serving board. One muffin has the paper peeled back with a bite taken out of it

Pistachio Muffins

Baked croutons on a metal baking sheet

How to Make Croutons

Naturally sweetened pumpkin bread is made with maple syrup for a wonderfully flavored and not-too-sweet quick bread recipe. This moist pumpkin bread is easy to make, flavored with a warm blend of spices, and made without refined sugars.

Naturally Sweetened Pumpkin Bread

Garlic and herb pumpkin dinner rolls are perfectly flaky and fluffy, and make the best addition to a fall dinner. These pull-apart, yeast-based rolls are flavored with garlic and fresh herbs are easy to make.

Garlic and Herb Pumpkin Dinner Rolls

These are the best blueberry crumb muffins! They're tender, bursting with fresh blueberries, and feature an easy crumb topping that takes this baked good favorite over the top.

Blueberry Crumb Muffins

Homemade Old Bay buns are chewy and springy, making an extra flavorful bun for burgers or sandwiches. Simple kitchen staple ingredients are all you need to make these easy buns. They're also great as dinner side dish rolls!

Homemade Old Bay Buns

Chocolate malted banana bread is moist with rich chocolate and roasty malted flavor. This more decadent take on banana bread isn't overly sweet, but would make a wonderful sweet snack or dessert.

Chocolate Malted Banana Bread

These chocolate pudding muffins are insanely moist and feature chocolate chips with a rich chocolate banana flavor. Adding pudding mix to the batter helps ensure these chocolate banana muffins stay moist for days.

Chocolate Pudding Muffins with Bananas

Snacks

Cinnamon sugar pita chips in a ceramic bowl next to a dish towel

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips

Homemade roasted garlic hummus in a serving bowl garnished with olive oil, paprika, and toasted sesame seeds

Homemade Roasted Garlic Hummus

Applesauce in a jar with a spoon heaping full of applesauce resting on top.

Instant Pot Applesauce

Cherry chocolate chip granola bars are LOADED with nutritious and filling ingredients making them an awesome, healthy snack recipe. These chewy granola bars feature almond butter, honey, quinoa, dried cherries, oats, and almonds for a deliciously jam-packed snack.

Cherry Chocolate Chip Granola Bars

Taco Ranch Popcorn Snack Mix, with cheese crackers, tortilla strips, pumpkin seeds, pretzels, and Orville Redenbacher's popcorn, is an easy-to-make snack mix recipe. Perfect for Game Day!

Taco Ranch Popcorn Snack Mix

Spicy chipotle hummus is an easy homemade hummus recipe with a powerhouse ingredient: chipotle peppers in adobo. You can adjust the spice level on this healthy dip to right where you want it!

Spicy Chipotle Hummus

This DIY salsa bar is sure to impress your guests! Featuring four make-ahead homemade salsas, this salsa bar can be customized just to your liking.

DIY Salsa Bar for Easy Summer Entertaining

Chia trail mix bars combine all of your favorite trail mix flavors in a hearty and chewy snack bar. Customize these date-based bars with your favorite ingredients for a healthy snack your whole family will love.

Date and Chia Trail Mix Bars

Drinks

A cranberry moscow mule in a copper mug garnished with a lime wedge and fresh cranberries

Cranberry Moscow Mule

A glass of cooked eggnog on a wooden board garnished with a cinnamon stick

The BEST Completely Cooked Eggnog

A fresh strawberry ginger margarita in a glass with a salted rim and a strawberry and a lime wedge for garnish

Fresh Strawberry Ginger Margarita

This honey raspberry iced tea is an easy way to serve up a warm weather favorite to a crowd! Milo's Tea is combined with a honey-sweetened raspberry simple syrup to allow everyone to sweeten and flavor iced tea to their liking.

Easy Honey Raspberry Iced Tea

This chocolate cherry smoothie is extra filling thanks to the addition of oats, flaxseed, and avocado. Everything blends right up to form this dairy-free smoothie with great staying power. Great for breakfasts, snacks, or even as a healthy chocolate-flavored dessert.

Extra Filling Chocolate Cherry Smoothie

This easy cranberry apple margarita recipe is a crowd pleaser! Cranberry juice and apple cider join tequila and a splash of orange juice for a tart, extra fruity spin on a cocktail classic with a golden sugar rim.

Cranberry Apple Margarita

This creamy mocha hot chocolate features a secret ingredient that makes it luxuriously thick while being dairy-free! Freshly brewed espresso adds a delicious flavor that takes it over the top.

Thick and Creamy Mocha Hot Chocolate

This green kefir smoothie with granola is packed with nutrients like spinach, avocado, and flax for a hearty and filling breakfast or snack recipe.

Green Kefir Smoothie with Granola

Appetizers

Maple bacon roasted brussels sprouts are made all in one pan for a delicious side dish that cuts down on dishes. This roasted brussels sprouts recipe features easy kitchen staples and pairs well with chicken, pork, and more!

One Pan Maple Bacon Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Healthy buffalo chicken dip is a better-for-you version of a party favorite! Creamy and spicy, this easy warm dip features a stealthy secret ingredient that ups the protein and fiber.

Healthy Buffalo Chicken Dip

Slow cooker chipotle beef queso dip is a smoky, spicy dip perfect for Game Day - or whenever! This hearty queso is made with real cheese and features chipotle peppers for spice and a ton of flavor.

Slow Cooker Chipotle Beef Queso Dip

Spicy chipotle hummus is an easy homemade hummus recipe with a powerhouse ingredient: chipotle peppers in adobo. You can adjust the spice level on this healthy dip to right where you want it!

Spicy Chipotle Hummus

This DIY salsa bar is sure to impress your guests! Featuring four make-ahead homemade salsas, this salsa bar can be customized just to your liking.

DIY Salsa Bar for Easy Summer Entertaining

Italian baked turkey meatballs are juicy and healthy, made with lean ground turkey and baked instead of fried. This easy turkey meatball recipe is great on pasta, in meatball subs, and makes a great appetizer when served alongside marinara sauce.

Italian Baked Turkey Meatballs

Learn how to make leftover risotto cakes with leftover risotto using this easy recipe. These risotto cakes are stuffed with cheese and pan-fried for a quick appetizer or side dish using repurposed leftovers.

How to Make Leftover Risotto Cakes

Italian-seasoned breadcrumb and Parmesan crusted polenta slices are quickly pan-fried and topped with basil pesto for a delicious appetizer or side dish recipe.

Parmesan Crusted Polenta with Pesto

Cookies

A pan of chocolate hazelnut brownies cut into squares with two brownies stacked on top of one another

Fudgy Chocolate Hazelnut Brownies

Pignoli cookies on a marble serving board

Pignoli Cookies

Glazed cucidati lined up next to one another on a serving plate

Cucidati (Italian Fig Cookies)

An orange ginger snickerdoodle cookie on a marble serving tray with a bite taken out of it

Orange Ginger Snickerdoodles

Iced and sprinkled Italian ricotta cookies on a wire rack

Italian Ricotta Cookies

Malted Brownie Cookies

Chocolate spritz cookies are fun and festive! These easily shaped cookies are made in a flash using a cookie press, and can be decorated any way you please. These cookies freeze well!

Chocolate Spritz Cookies

Vanilla chai macaroons feature warm chai-inspired flavors like cinnamon and cardamom in an easy, one bowl coconut cookie recipe. Great for pairing with a mug of tea!

Vanilla Chai Macaroons

Cake & Pie

Pound cake served on a marble board with a tea towel in the background

Vanilla Chai Pound Cake

This pound cake trifle features salted honey, vanilla pudding, homemade stabilized (!) whipped cream, gingersnaps, and white chocolate sauce for a uniquely-flavored layered dessert. This make-ahead trifle is perfect for serving a crowd!

Salted Honey and White Chocolate Pound Cake Trifle

This chocolate chip banana crumb cake is tender and moist, making a delicious brunch baked good or dessert. Covered in a rich and buttery crumb topping, this crumb cake recipe will be a family favorite.

Chocolate Chip Banana Crumb Cake

Mini Chocolate Orange Lava Cakes make a perfect date night dessert! This smaller-batch recipe makes four mini lava cakes using a muffin tin - perfect for individual servings or for sharing!

Mini Chocolate Orange Lava Cakes

Flourless Stout Chocolate Cake - a decadent, rich flourless chocolate cake recipe featuring stout beer and espresso powder.

Flourless Stout Chocolate Cake

This incredibly easy slow cooker apple pie has all the flavors of classic apple pie with a ton more hands-off time. Apple slices cook in the crock pot until spiced and tender, and are topped with quick baked cinnamon sugar pie crust lattice squares for a simple version of apple pie that tastes like its inspiration!

(Mostly) Slow Cooker Apple Pie

This rainbow cookie cake consists of three spongy, almond-flavored layers with chocolate raspberry frosting in between, and is topped with fluffy chocolate frosting. Each slice of this cake is like digging into one huge rainbow cookie - except with more chocolate!

Rainbow Cookie Cake

This no-bake ice cream pie with a cookie crust is an incredibly easy pie recipe without needing to turn on the oven. Oreo cookies form the crust and are topped with one or more of your favorite ice cream flavors. Top with sprinkles, whipped cream, etc. and you have dessert for a crowd!

No-Bake Ice Cream Pie with a Cookie Crust

Sweet Treats

Cinnamon sugar pita chips in a ceramic bowl next to a dish towel

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips

This pound cake trifle features salted honey, vanilla pudding, homemade stabilized (!) whipped cream, gingersnaps, and white chocolate sauce for a uniquely-flavored layered dessert. This make-ahead trifle is perfect for serving a crowd!

Salted Honey and White Chocolate Pound Cake Trifle

Easy homemade chocolate drizzled kettle corn is mixed with toasted almonds and topped with dark chocolate for a quick and crunchy chocolate popcorn dessert.

Chocolate Drizzled Kettle Corn with Almonds

Dairy-free fudgesicles are creamy and so easy to make at home! This chocolate fudge pop recipe is made using a mix of coconut milk and almond milk for a better-for-you dairy-free popsicle treat.

Homemade Dairy-Free Fudgesicles

This chocolate chip banana crumb cake is tender and moist, making a delicious brunch baked good or dessert. Covered in a rich and buttery crumb topping, this crumb cake recipe will be a family favorite.

How to Make Crumb Topping

Pineapple upside down cake frozen yogurt is a creamy homemade frozen yogurt recipe that isn't too 'frosty' thanks to a few tips. Vanilla wafers, pineapple chunks, and maraschino cherries are swirled throughout for a fun take on a dessert classic.

Pineapple Upside Down Cake Frozen Yogurt

Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles are a rich and flavorful no-bake dessert that couldn't be easier! This chocolate truffle recipe yields a small-batch for indulgence in moderation. Just six truffles!

Chocolate Irish Cream Truffles

Coconut pineapple turnovers are made SO easy with puff pastry. Just three ingredients form these simple pastries that are complemented beautifully with a drizzle of homemade salted caramel sauce.

Coconut Pineapple Turnovers with Caramel Sauce

Hi! I’m Alyssa and welcome to my food blog. Here you can find a variety of food and drink recipes, running the gamut from better-for-you main dishes to holiday fare, and from lighter bites to serious desserts. With the occasional cocktail recipe thrown in for good measure, too. ♥

HEALTHIER BITES

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Tempeh Tacos

Homemade Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips

Greek Yogurt Kale Caesar Salad

Quinoa Turkey Taco Salad

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