How to Make a Smoothie (5 Mistakes to Avoid)
If your smoothies are generally lackluster and failing in the deliciousness department — I’ve got you covered. After years of learning the hard way, here’s what I’ve discovered in terms of building the perfect smoothie when it comes to flavor, nutrition, and satiety.
Savory Butternut Squash Soup
This simple + quick savory butternut squash soup with rosemary and thyme is a fall favorite — especially topped with crunchy pumpkin seeds. It’s rich in vitamins + minerals and when eaten as a light dinner is the perfect way to help your body reset during the holidays.
Creamy Carrot Cashew Ginger Soup (reFRESH Recipe)
Eating soup for dinner allows you to fill your belly with a warming, nutrient-dense, easy-to-digest meal without taxing your digestion or taking precious energy away from healing your cells overnight. This one is a client favorite — full of betacarotene rich carrots, immune + digestion boosting ginger, and mineral-rich cashews.
Laurel's Lentil Soup
If this quintessential one-pot meal wasn’t easy enough to make — all this recipe requires is chopping the ingredients and dumping them into a pot with filtered water. Bring to a boil, and done! You could even make it in the Instant pot or slow cooker to make it completely hands off.
Fudgy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Blondies
Blondies aren’t typically at the top of anyone’s “health food” list, but these peanut butter blondies with dark chocolate, flax, and almond flour are as good as they get.
Immune-Boosting Turmeric Ginger Chicken (or Chickpea) Soup
An immune boosting, inflammation fighting, gut healing chicken soup — loaded with turmeric and ginger for a superfood kick. Make it vegan by swapping the chicken for chickpeas.
Tapas-Style Bison Meatballs with Smoked Paprika and Carrots
Incorporating shredded veggies to meatballs is one of my favorite tricks for adding extra fiber, flavor, nutrients, and moisture. These also use grass-fed bison— a leaner alternative to ground beef.
Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bread
Perfectly-spiced, grain-free, refined sugar-free, fiber packed, paleo pumpkin bread. The perfect pre-Thanksgiving breakfast if you ask me.
Apple Oat Breakfast Cake
British style apple oat “flapjacks”. This breakfast cake is barely sweetened with coconut sugar and packed with fruit and sprouted oats for fiber.
Healthy, Grown-up Chicken Fingers
How to Make Healthy Chicken Tenders Adults and Kids Will Love
Herby Dijon French Potato Salad (Mayonnaise Free)
This healthy potato salad has been a favorite of mine for years. Perfect at BBQs, picnics, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day — you name it! It’s loaded with fresh herbs + a bright dijon dressing that’s mayonnaise free.
How to Make Delicious Roasted Shrimp in 15 Minutes
Why I always have a bag of frozen shrimp in my freezer. It means dinner on the table in no-time. I share my basic recipe + two flavor boosters (Cumin Lime + Rosemary Lemon). And you’ll learn what to look for when choosing them.
Grain-free Nut & Seed Bread Rolls
Chewy, nutty, hearty, filling, satisfying grain-free dinner rolls for dunking in soup and slathering with (vegan) butter.
Savory Roasted Root Vegetable Soup
Sweet potato, carrot, rutabaga, thyme, cumin, coriander.... but you could really use any combination of root veggies.
The Best Banana Bread Recipe (Paleo, Vegan)
This simple, delicious banana bread covers almost every dietary restriction — except keto. It’s grain-free, gluten-free, refined sugar free, vegan, and paleo. And leaves nothing for want with a delicate crumb and just sweet enough flavor. It’s the perfect breakfast or afternoon treat. And it freezes well too.
How to Make Socca (Chickpea Flatbread)
The ultimate gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, vegan flatbread. A traditional snack in southern France, I love serving socca as a fun party appetizer or as a simple, light lunch.
South End's "Not-Juiced" Kale Salad
My favorite juice — in salad form! Cucumber, kale and spicy peppers get massaged with lemon juice, olive oil and topped with creamy avocado. A favorite for meal prep, weekend brunch, and as a side to any protein.
Creamy Cheezy Broccoli Celeriac Soup
Eating your greens doesn’t have to mean having salad every day! This soup is packed to the brim with broccoli, spinach, parsley, and celery root for the creamiest AIP, vegan friendly soup.