Another one of my favorite Mediterranean style spreads for for a Mezze platter 🇬🇷🤩 Serve this along with eggplant dip, olive tapenade and cracker swaps for a nice appetizer spread or enjoy with your favorite meal, I love this with roasted fish, chicken, or lamb shanks! It’s also super yummy with cauliflower steaks, grilled veggiesContinue reading “Whipped Tahini Bell Pepper Spread 🌶”
Category Archives: Veggies
The Ultimate Jicama Fry 🍟
Jicama is a great prebiotic vegetable since they are a full of gut-healthy inulin and they taste super yummy too 😍 One way I enjoy these are as a crudités with guacamole or olive tapenade, but my favorite way to make these is as a baked “fry” swap 🍟 Jicama are small brownish round vegetables,Continue reading “The Ultimate Jicama Fry 🍟”
Bell Pepper Broccoli Artichoke Bake 🥦🫑
This is a delicious side that goes well with baked trout, air-fried shrimp or even a delicious roast beef or chicken 😍 and it’s very easy! Just throw everything into an oven safe casserole dish, season and bake low and slow! This method works well for a variety of vegetables but I really love theContinue reading “Bell Pepper Broccoli Artichoke Bake 🥦🫑”
Herbed Tahini Artichoke Bottoms 🌱
I really love artichokes but they are a pain to prepare for a small prize, so I was thrilled to discover canned artichoke bottoms at the grocery store! Since I’m on a tahini trip right now, my first impulse was to roast these in the oven and to drizzle them with my favorite pesto tahiniContinue reading “Herbed Tahini Artichoke Bottoms 🌱”
Savory Bell Pepper and Carrot Sauté 🧅🫑🥕
This is another classic dinner side we make at least once a week, often times with garlic herb king salmon 😋 It’s quickly made and packs a lot of flavor and phytonutrients 👏🏻 Like with all recipes, the portions and veggies can be modified to your liking, but in general for each person you need:Continue reading “Savory Bell Pepper and Carrot Sauté 🧅🫑🥕”
Pesto Tahini Cauliflower Steaks 🌱
Cauliflower is one of my favorite veggies, it’s do versatile and tastes good with anything in my opinion and is a great vehicle for my favorite fats: tahini, avocado, and butter/ghee 😍 I love it as a mashed potato alternative in my herbed buttery cauliflower mash 🥰 Today, I’m sharing a delicious way to enjoyContinue reading “Pesto Tahini Cauliflower Steaks 🌱”
Grilled Rainbow Veggies 🫑🌈
Whenever we throw on the grill to make our favorite brats, burgers or fish such as grilled branzino, I love to also grill up a sheet of colorful veggies that complement basically any dish 😍 Most vegetables work for this, you just have to adjust the time. Tougher vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower needContinue reading “Grilled Rainbow Veggies 🫑🌈”
Olive Tapenade 🫒
Olives are a wonderful source of health unsaturated fatty acids and are the base of this yummy spread that takes me right back to my favorite Mediterranean restaurant 🇬🇷 The sun dried tomatoes, capers and macadamia nuts help create a creamy texture and umami flavor which is enhanced by buttery extra virgin olive oil andContinue reading “Olive Tapenade 🫒”
Crispy Brussels Discs 😋
Brussels Sprouts (also called Rose Cabbage in German 🌹) are a member of the brassica family and contain important detoxification compounds including sulfuraphanes, antioxidants, and folate! They are also full of fiber which feed your gut flora and help you eliminate toxins! Although ALA isn’t the best way to get your omega 3 fatty acidsContinue reading “Crispy Brussels Discs 😋”
Quick Green Onion and Snap Pea Sauté 🧅
This is a quickly made side that is one of my dads favorites! It’s full of sulfuric compounds which are super important for detoxification (thanks to all the alliums), and also a good source of prebiotic and soluble fiber! The snap peas give it a fresh crunch, and make this a great side for almostContinue reading “Quick Green Onion and Snap Pea Sauté 🧅”