This is a refreshing and easy recipe that comes together so quickly and is packed with nutrients. Whole wheat noodles have additional fiber, vitamins, and minerals compared to regular noodles. Using broccoli slaw instead of traditional slaw adds some additional...
Quick and Easy
These quick and easy recipes take minimal time, and are great options to add to your mix for weekly meal plans no matter what your schedule is.
Chopped Strawberry Farro Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette
This refreshing summer salad includes strawberries, a whole grain, healthy fats and fresh spring greens for a balancing filling meal or side. To make this salad a bit heartier, add grilled chicken or salmon. We always recommend making your own salad dressing to cut...
Chocolate Fig Bites
These bites from Giada De Laurentiis are one of my go-to sweet treats as soon as figs come into season in late summer. At only 56 calories a piece, this dessert is perfectly chewy, decadent and sweet. In addition to being sweet and delicious, figs are a great source...
Grilled Lemon-Dill Shrimp Over Farro
This is one of our favorite summer grilling recipes! The simple marinade contains lemon juice, olive oil and fresh dill and adds a ton of flavor and nutrients. Lemon juice adds Vitamin C, Folate, and Potassium to this fresh dish. Shrimp are a great source of lean...
Sheet Pan Ratatouille
This sheet pan ratatouille is great way to use uo summer vegetables in a unique way. Roasting a bunch of veggies on a sheet-pan is one of the easiest and most delicious ways to enjoy a ton of good-for-you veggies! Roasting adds a unique flavor and is as simple as...
Napa Slaw
This dish is packed with vegetables including cabbage, snap peas, bell pepper, and green onion, which provide loads of fiber, vitamins and minerals. Cashews add a punch of heart healthy fats to this dish. This is a great make-ahead dish because cabbage is a hearty...
Mediterranean Bento
Bento boxes are great tools for helping to control portion sizes. The vegetable portion of the meal should always go in the largest portion of the bento container. We always strive to make half of our meal vegetables or fruit and working with a bento box makes this so...
Sweet Potato and Shrimp Noodle Bowl with Bang Bang Sauce
We love swapping sweet potato noodles for regular noodles on occasion because it's an easy swap that really maximizes the nutrient content of a dish. Sweet potatoes are a great source of beta carotene, a compound that gives sweet potatoes their orange hue and also...
Creamy Avocado Lime Sauce
Avocado is a great source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats as well as potassium and fiber. Replacing saturated fat with monounsaturated (avocados, nuts, olive oil, canola oil) and polyunsaturated fats (fish, sunflower seeds, chia seeds & walnuts) in your diet...
Bang Bang Sauce
Adding a flavorful sauce like this to vegetables is a great way to encourage eating more veggie servings, which means getting more vitamins and minerals. A lot of sauces you'll find in take out and restaurant foods are prepared with a whole lot of sugar and sodium....