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Among the ever-growing collection of healthy slow cooker recipes on my site, these crockpot stuffed peppers have remained a constant favorite. They’re easy, healthy, and taste as phenomenal leftover as they do the day you make them. With the constant influx of new blog recipes invading our refrigerator (you’re welcome anytime, Jerk Chicken Tacos!), dinners are rarely repeats, but this crockpot stuffed pepper recipe is a notable exception. Ben and I both love them; our friends and neighbors love them, and any slow cooker stuffed peppers that aren’t eaten right away, I’ll rewarm for fast lunches and dinners throughout the week....

This simple green smoothie recipe is creamy, fruity, and made with only a few simple ingredients. Perhaps best (if counterintuitively) of all: you can’t taste the greens! This is a go-to green smoothie that is great for beginners and smoothie pros alike. I have made dozens (hundreds?) of green smoothies over the years and have developed a few tricks to ensure your smoothie is refreshing, filling, healthy, and legitimately delicious....

Classic orange chicken is an Americanized Chinese fast food classic that consists of cubed pieces of chicken breasts that are breaded and deep fried, then coated in a sweet, sticky orange sauce. While orange has its diehard fans (including my husband), it can be cloyingly sweet. The fast food variety certainly isn’t winning any nutritional awards. But if you place a plate of today’s healthy orange chicken recipe near me?...

Enchiladas are a recipe I could make every week. In addition to being a member of the illustrious Tex-Mex genre—a food family that I never grow wearing of cooking or eating (Instant Pot Enchilada Casserole, Taco Pasta, Mexican Stuffed Peppers, Instant Pot Refried Beans, Crockpot Stuffed Peppers, and Mexican Shrimp being but a few late examples)—enchiladas are easy to make, taste fantastic leftover, and can be made healthy with a few simple swaps that don’t sacrifice their flavor....

On the summer side, I never want to put away my flip flops. I’m still savoring fresh tomatoes, and I might just cry when the last juicy peach leaves the produce shelves. At the same time, however, I’d be fibbing if I didn’t admit that these Vegan Pumpkin Muffins and this Pumpkin Granola have me craving warm fall flavors. About This Pumpkin Milkshake Every year, I feel guilty rushing fall, because summer feels so short....

My fall baking list always includes something with pumpkin. Make that somethings While I’m a huge fan of Healthy Pumpkin Bread and Pumpkin Sheet Cake, there’s just something extra special about these delightful little cookies. Chewy at the edges, soft in the center, and filled with warm layers of spice, these healthy pumpkin oatmeal cookies are a fall-flavored dreamboat. They’re the right amount of sweet, aren’t too cakey (one of my biggest pet peeves with most pumpkin cookie recipes), and are made with healthy ingredients....

This tasty butter chicken is the crockpot version of my Instant Pot Butter Chicken, which is one of the most popular, highest-rated recipes on my website. It has an authentic Indian flavor, but you can find all of the ingredients at an average grocery store, and you’ll need no more than 15 minutes to prep it. If you’ve never had authentic Indian butter chicken (or Indian food in general!), this Slow Cooker Butter Chicken is a recipe to try....

Rules I break on the regular: The speed limit (I set my cruise to 4 mph over. Wild, I know!)Samples at the grocery store (the sign usually says “Take One” buuuuuuut)Happy hour (“I can still squeeze my order in at 6:01 p.m., right?). And the biggest one of all: don’t try a new recipe for the first time the night you are hosting a dinner party. Unless that recipe is this slow cooker risotto with butternut squash and goat cheese....

My most recent cooking-themed conversation was with my hairstylist. Mid-cut, she asked if I ever found myself cooking the same thing over and over again. (Apparently she was having an interlude with all things sesame/ginger and was curious if I’d gone through similar phases.) Guess which recipe I couldn’t wait to tell her about… SOY GINGER SALMON! Salmon is my answer whenever anyone asks about my go-to weeknight meals. (This extensive list of healthy salmon recipes on my site is proof....

Growing up, we always had a box of fruity-flavored oatmeal packets stuffed under the bottom shelf of our pantry. They were sugary (that part I didn’t mind) and microwaved up into a kind of slop that would change tints depending upon what flavor of fruit it was supposed to imitate. Strawberry was a dull, sad pink; blueberry was gray; peach was…well, we never did figure out what to call that color....

I know. How did I get this job? In all seriousness, stuffing vegetables with all types of tasty fillings has become one of my favorite ways to use seasonal produce. It’s familiar territory worth visiting again and again. Why I Love This Taco Spaghetti Squash Stuffed vegetables are filling. This Taco Spaghetti Squash recipe offers a whopping 29 grams of protein and 6 grams of fiber per boat. I found about two-thirds of one stuffed spaghetti squash kept me full an entire afternoon, an impressive feat considering I am usually ready to eat an entire box of granola bars by 3 p....

I am smitten with this masala recipe (and Indian food in general) right now for several reasons. The obvious: it’s totally delish, healthy, makes for excellent leftovers, and even though this recipe is easy, it will leave you feeling ultra impressed with your culinary skills after you make it. The less obvious: Tofu tikka masala is comfort food that doesn’t leave me feeling like I need to rush into my sweatpants, curl up, and hibernate until April (or whenever it’s warm enough outside for salads to start sounding appetizing again)....

Fat, fluffy pancakes stacked tall and begging to be drenched in maple syrup, spooned with fruit compote, and/or slathered in nut butter, these healthy vegan pancakes are ultra low-maintenance, and their soft texture and pleasing taste will surprise you. Despite being made vegan pancakes without milk, without eggs, and even without butter, they pack a classic, homey flavor that stacks up (<—did you see what I did there?) to the more decadent competition....

I’ve sipped Watermelon Smoothies and I’ve eaten more slabs of cut watermelon than I can count. However, I didn’t taste my first watermelon feta salad until a few years ago on the Fourth of July. I’m so glad I did because it was love at first bite! I love a good watermelon salad for a few reasons: They’re light and healthy, while still being satisfying.With a few simple chops and a quick toss, watermelon salads are quick and easy to make....

St. Patrick’s Day is no time to be reserved! This tasty treat is neither timid nor demure. It’s boisterous, decadent, and baby is it boozy. As I shared last week, I’m Irish, and in addition to celebrating my heritage via this must-bake recipe for Whole Wheat Irish Soda Bread, I’ll be enjoying Irish whiskey in a multitude of forms (including this Irish Whiskey Brownie Pie). So, let’s celebrate in style starting with whiskey ice cream with a homemade salted caramel swirl for dessert....

Whenever someone asks me my desert island food, the answer is pizza (close second is ice cream, especially Banana Ice Cream). While the frozen stuff can hit the spot every now and then, absolutely nothing compares to pizza dough you make yourself from scratch. This healthy pizza dough recipe is made with whole wheat flour, is crisp at the edges and tender within, and will wow you, both with its ease and its more complex, fresh-baked flavor....

Store-bought puff pastry serves as a secret and completely acceptable shortcut to make these easy hand pies. Buttery and flaky on the outside, and irresistibly caramely and apple-pie like on the inside, the apple turnover is a fun, old-fashioned pastry to make and serve. Turnovers have had endless variants around the world for centuries, both sweet and savory, from empanadas in Spain, to calzones in Italy, to samosas in India....

Brussels sprouts are like my favorite pair of sweatpants. I count on them. Whether grilled, sautéed, roasted, or made in a crockpot (ahem, Crockpot Brussels Sprouts), simple Brussels sprouts recipes are a way of life in our house. Today, however, we’re changing out of our sweatpants and dressing up our Brussels sprouts for a date! With their warm, crispy, caramelized outsides and tender insides, these balsamic Brussels sprouts are a pleasing addition that will elevate any meal....

I owe this sweet little number to the bright, happy things in half-empty containers that littered my fridge: straggling berries at the brink of overripeness; a scrap of jam I was saving for a small piece of toast (or midnight graham cracker dunk); a half-empty can of coconut milk. I hate throwing food away, not only because I find it wasteful, but also because I feel that by doing so, I have given up on its potential....

Buttery, flakey biscuit dough wrapped around a gooey cinnamon sugar filling and topped with buttermilk glaze, these pinwheels of sweet breakfast bliss will brighten even the grayest of days. They’re the perfect treat for those times where you’re needing a moment of quiet reserve…and carbs. Some find comfort in One Bowl Brownies, others reach for Cinnamon Blondies. Personally, my carby comfort food vote will always be for biscuit cinnamon rolls (or Chocolate Chai Cinnamon Rolls if it’s been an especially long week)....