Simply Clean Food

Easy, quick, delicious, and healthy, these Peanut Sesame Soba Noodles take only 8 minutes to put together, making them a perfect lunch or quick dinner! I know the temptation well. You spent all day working hard. It’s now dinnertime, and you look at the clock. You have 10 minutes to make dinner before the next task looms large in front of you like some kind of imaginary boogeyman. You don’t have time to make anything healthy, so you reach for the first thing you […]

Easy and healthy, my Sweet Potato Fries with Dill and Feta Dip are the perfect, delicious way to enjoy a classic comfort food! Friends, as a health-conscious vegetarian, I feel almost obligated to love sweet potatoes. They are the put-together and productive cousin of the classic white potato, which despite its wild popularity, contains very little nutritional value. Meanwhile, sweet potatoes are just loaded with vitamin A, which is great for skin and eye health. They also contain good amounts of vitamins C and […]

Easy, satisfying, and delicious, my Chickpea Salad Wrap is vegan and healthy, making it the perfect lunch recipe for any day of the week! Friends, I don’t know if you know this, but I really like chickpeas. Like a lot. I add them willy nilly my puff pastry pot pies, my caprese salads, and my buffalo naan pizzas, just to name a few! I love chickpeas because they are versatile, packed with protein, and have some “heftiness” to them, which makes them a great […]

Loaded with buckwheat and applesauce, my Vegan Buckwheat Apple Pancakes are just as good for you as they taste without any eggs, dairy, or added sugar! Friends, my husband loves pancakes. Don’t get me wrong, pancakes aren’t on nearly as high of a pedestal as tomatoes are. Nonetheless, he does really enjoy them. So to say he had a lot of fun being the crowned taste tester of my Buckwheat Apple Pancakes this week is a bit of an understatement. Then again, who can […]

Packed with veggies and delicious flavor, my Butternut Squash Vegetarian Chili is easy to make in the slow cooker or on the stovetop! Ok guys, I am really excited about this one. I have always loved chili. Seriously. It’s one of those foods that just feels cozy and “homey.” It’s the perfect dish after a long day working or studying. When it is able to be cooked in the slow cooker, even better! I love coming home and immediately being hit with the warm, […]

Packed full of kale, celery, pineapple, and mango, this Detox Tropical Green Smoothie is a tasty way to get loads of nutrients! Friends, there is a reason the green smoothie is so popular. It promises to be the most delicious, easiest way to just load up your body with vitamins and nutrients. So…you know green smoothies are awesome! But how do you go about making a green smoothie tailored to fit your personal health goals? Good news! If you want a FREE Perfect Green […]

My Cozy Root Vegetable Roast is the perfect warm and cozy vegetable dish for winter. The rutabaga, parsnips, and turnips are a powerhouse of vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, folates, and fiber. They also contain a good amount of protein! Friends, you know that one dish that reminds you of your childhood? You know what I’m talking about. That recipe your parent or grandparent made that immediately pulls you back to your youth and memories of warm, happy times. For me, this was my mother’s […]

Easy, satisfying, and good for you, this Colorful Summer Veggie Bowl gets a flavorful kick from a spicy sriracha dressing. You know those foods that just make you feel good while you’re eating them? That make you feel “clean”? It’s almost like you can sense tiny workers cleansing your body from the inside out. You know, not to get too weird or anything… Friends, that is exactly what this Colorful Summer Veggie Bowl is. I don’t want to sound too much like Julie Andrews, […]

My Chickpea Caprese Salad with chickpeas, tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, red onion, and basil, is delicious, easy, satisfying, and packed with nutrition! Friends, during this whole COVID-19 outbreak, there have been two types of fresh produce my husband and I have never been without: tomatoes and basil. Tomatoes because my husband LIVES off of them. Seriously. There are many foods he can live without, but fresh tomatoes is not one of them. We don’t run to the grocery store until we run out of tomatoes. […]

Loaded with chickpeas, broccoli, and celery, this Buffalo Chickpea Naan Pizza is a guilt-free version of a classic comfort food. It contains 1.5 servings of vegetables, loads of fiber, and is a complete protein! Friends, it is time to take back comfort food. It is time to say it is ok for us to have a food craving. Because that craving doesn’t need to stop up your arteries. Really. We can have it all. We can crave buffalo sauce, cheese, and delicious carbs. And […]