Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies with Date Sugar & Almond Flour

Almond flour, coconut flour and date sugar make a great combination in this gluten-free, grain free cookie recipe. Who knew indulgence could be this wholesome?

This recipe leaves out any gluten-free flour blends, or grain flours of any kind. The combination of almond flour, coconut flour and dates will create a lower glycemic load than traditional gluten free cookie recipes made with flours and refined sugars.

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Everything Soup

Chock full of vegetables, rich in protein, gives you a good serving of healthy fiber, has no added fats or oils, it's everything you need in one brothy bowl...

This recipe also naturally helps you maintain a healthy body weight and a happy digestive system, due to the naturally occurring resistant starch.

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To Bean Or Not To Bean? (plus an Easy Recipe for 16 Bean Soup)

Dried beans can be a budget friendly source of nutrients, fiber, complex carbohydrates and resistant starch.

That said - Some of us are just better off without beans and legumes in our menus. Humans do not “need” to eat beans to be healthy. You can find cultures all around the world where vibrant health prevails, without beans and legumes as a part of the traditional diet.

If you have unexplained allergy symptoms, IBS, or an autoimmune condition, you might be better off avoiding beans for an extended period of time to give your gut a break.

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Vegan Broccoli Cauliflower Soup

Quick, easy and healthy broccoli cauliflower soup, ready in 20 minutes. It’s vegan, paleo, and Whole 30 friendly, with no fats added. When I want a bowl of nourishing comfort, this is one of my go to’s.

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Tell Congress, PRIME Act is the best shot for small livestock farmers!

What we need right now are more small-scale slaughterhouses available to farmers who want to sell meat to their local communities. Only the PRIME Act addresses the lack of slaughterhouse capacity for small-scale farmers. And it not only provides the most immediate relief, it’s also a vital reform for the long-term. We need scale-appropriate regulations so that we can build many more small-scale processors to diversify our food system, empowering independent farmers to feed their local communities.

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Tzatziki Platter

Here’s an easy and quick tzatziki recipe. When I was in Crete years ago we had a few different varieties of tzatziki. One had grated carrots in addition to the cucumbers, another was flavored with red wine vinegar instead of lemon. All of them were delicious!

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Yellow Lentil & Spinach Dal

Ohh this dal. Simple, satisfying, so flavorful.

I served many iterations of this recipe at my own restaurant, DISH Bistro (which was beautifully reincarnated as the amazing @sweetbeetbistro), and it’s still is one of my personal chef client’s most frequent requests.

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Chili with Quesadillas

What to have on a chilly day for dinner? Chili - make it from whatever you have on hand! Paired with a simple quesadilla on a healthy tortilla (one without crappy ingredients) you’ve got a nutrient-rich meal and excellent leftovers for a recipe re-vamp later in the week.

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Poached Egg on German Bread with Spinach & Arugula

When I need some carbs to round out my meal, one of my favorite treats is what my family calls German Bread. My mom is German, born and raised in Mainz am Rhein, so I grew up on this dark, earthy rye bread. You can find it in natural food stores in a few different varieties. If you’re 100% gluten free this one’s not for you, but many people who don’t tolerate wheat bread find they do well with it.

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