Fall and Winter Fruit Salad
This Fall and Winter Fruit Salad makes a perfect easy dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. It’s also great as a simple healthy snack that you can add to just about anything. Made with juicy and sweet fruits available in late fall and winter, this recipe doesn’t include any added sweeteners.
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Easy Healthy Beet Recipes: Salads, Side Dishes, and More!
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Beets add a vibrant dash of color and a nutrition boost to any dish. In this blog post, you will find a list of my favorite healthy beet recipes as well as some ideas on how to make beets even more delicious. What are Beets? Beets, also known as beetroots or red beets, are round…
How to Cook Rutabaga: 3 Easy Recipes + Tips & Tricks

Learn how to cook rutabaga 3 different ways! Rutabaga is delicious, inexpensive, and very versatile. In this post, I am showing you how to make roasted, boiled, and mashed rutabaga. What is Rutabaga? Rutabaga is a cross between cabbage and turnip. It’s a large round root vegetable with yellow flesh. Rutabaga has been around for…
Peperonata (Italian Stewed Bell Peppers)
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This flavorful peperonata is made with a perfect blend of fresh ingredients. It’s a healthy and simple dish that you can serve in many different ways. What is Peperonata? Peperonata is a stew made with bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, olive oil, and garlic. It’s a popular Italian dish and has a few regional recipe variations….
Fall and Winter Baked Fruit (No Added Sugar!)
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This healthy, baked fruit dish is delicious and very easy to make. It fills your home with the wonderful aroma of cinnamon and baked apples and makes dealing with the grey, cold weather so much easier. This fruit bake is made without added sugar and is only lightly sweetened with raisins. If you love hot…
Raw Beet Salad (Shredded or Spiralized)

This raw beet salad is crunchy and satisfying. It’s also very filling, and you can even serve it as a side dish. It’s great for a meal-prep, and you can also make it on a weeknight. Can You Eat Raw Beets? Dishes prepared with cooked beets are definitely more popular, but don’t forget that you…
Easy Baked Persimmons
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These baked persimmons are first delicately spiced with warm aromatic winter spices and then caramelized to perfection in the oven. They taste great on their own, and you can also serve them as a dessert with ice cream or add them as a topping to yogurt or oatmeal. Plus, they will make your home smell…
Very Easy Sauteed Beets
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These sauteed beets are delicious and very easy to make. They are perfect as a side dish for meat, fish, and poultry, and you can also add them to grain and veggie bowls. The most popular way of cooking beets is to cook them whole and then use them to make salads and side dishes….
Instant Pot Mushroom Barley Soup

This Instant Pot Mushroom Barley Soup is full of umami flavor. It’s comforting and satisfying without being too heavy. This recipe is also very easy to make. This is a non-dairy vegan option of the popular classic plus a major kick of fresh thyme. I am so happy to share with you that I finally…