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Simple 4 Ingredient Flax Seed Crackers (GF, Vegan)

April 21, 2020 By Holly 4 Comments

In my quest to clean up my nutrition during this crazy COVID era, I’ve been focusing on trying to choose better snacks. Because let’s face it – this pandemic life calls for snacks. I’m pretty good at keeping my meals full of veggies and overall, pretty nutritious. My downfall tends to be the snacks. I’m a total sucker for salty, crunchy, savory snacks which unfortunately are often highly processed and not so healthy. These easy, gluten-free (and vegan!) Simple 4 Ingredient Easy Flax Seed Crackers are my favorite new snack. They are ready in under 30 minutes and the perfect way to get that savory, crunchy fix without a bunch of unnecessary, processed ingredients.

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Maple Dijon Roasted Sweet Potatoes

March 3, 2020 By Holly Leave a Comment

Finding easy, nutritious side dishes that kids and adults will both enjoy sometimes seems like an impossible challenge. These super simple Maple Dijon Roasted Sweet Potatoes will impress even the pickiest eater at your table and can on your table in under an hour.

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Skillet Roasted Broccoli with Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette

February 18, 2020 By Holly 2 Comments

We all know that we should eat more vegetables. It’s great for our health and good for our planet. Let’s face it though, vegetables can sometimes be boring. Our new recipe for Skillet Roasted Broccoli with Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette is anything but boring. In fact, I think it just might be your new weekday favorite.

Pan Roasted Broccoli with Lemon Shallot Vinaigrette

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Broccoli is a go-to vegetable of mine for a lot of reasons. It’s inexpensive, readily available, and jam packed with nutrients like vitamin C, potassium, and even protein! It’s also a great source of dietary fiber. What more could you want? Oh yeah, something that tastes great, too.

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Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette

July 23, 2019 By Holly 2 Comments

I am a bit of a creature of habit and almost no where is that more evident than in my daily lunch choices when I’m home. I love to make big salads, full of whatever veggies I have in my fridge. The key to making salads really stand out is definitely the dressing. While I do love some store bought options (especially the ones by Salad Girl), I also love to make my own. Lately, I’ve had this Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette on repeat.

Making your own salad dressing really is just about one of the easiest things in the world. All you really need is good oil, an acid, some seasoning, and a jar. I came up with this simple Lemon Thyme Vinaigrette while up at Lane’s cabin this spring. We were testing a lentil dish (coming to the blog soon!) and the flavor I had in my head wasn’t really working out. We had an abundance of lemons and herbs that weekend, so I grabbed some mustard, a little thyme, a fresh lemon and got to work. About 2 minutes later, I had this delicious vinaigrette that was perfect with the lentils and has been on repeat all summer….

Sunshine Smoothie – Vegan and Dairy Free

April 9, 2019 By Lane 2 Comments

This Sunshine Smoothie is going to rock your world!

We’re all trying to get more fruits and veggies into our diets. Good news-it doesn’t have to be hard.

In fact it as easy as drinking this smoothie!

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Pineapple Mango Chia Pudding

January 8, 2019 By Holly 3 Comments

The New Year is here and with it, comes a whole lot of focus on health and wellness. If you’ve been following along on Instagram or Facebook (or even here on the blog!), you might have noticed that Lane is currently in the middle of her first Whole30 experience. She’s absolutely crushing it and has been making some amazing food to help her along the way. While I’m not doing this Whole30 with her, I’ve always tried to keep a good balance of fresh, unprocessed foods in my diet. Our Pineapple Mango Chia Pudding cups are easy, vegan, and (if you choose the right almond milk) Whole30 compliant! They are a great, make ahead option for a healthy breakfast that tastes great. …

Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad

August 28, 2018 By Holly 38 Comments

Hey friends! The end of summer has been a little crazy here at With Two Spoons so we are taking the week off from our kitchens and revisiting some of our favorite recipes of days past. I’ve been loving this Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad for easy, portable lunches these days. If you haven’t tried it before, read on and give it a try the next time you’re in the mood for a great, flavor packed lunch or side dish.

(Originally posted April 2017)

I’ve always been a voracious reader (and eater, truth be told) and when e-readers first came out, I swore up and down that nothing – nothing! – would ever replace a physical book in my mind. I loved the feel of them in my hand, the smell of the paper, and seeing them stacked up on my bookshelves. Well, fast forward a few short years later and my kindle is one of my very favorite things. I love having so many books at my fingertips and not having to carry so many heavy books when I travel. The one thing it hasn’t replaced? My cookbooks. I will confess that I probably have a bit of a cookbook addiction. I love them. I read them like novels, pouring over the beautiful photos and stuffing bits of colorful post-it notes onto the pages of recipes I want to try. Growing up, my grandmother had the most impressive collection of cookbooks I’ve ever seen and I’m fairly certain my love of cookbooks comes straight from her. Some of the best books her in collection? Small town church cookbooks. Those little gems are filled with home cooking treasures and I love to read them for inspiration from fellow home cooks. This week’s recipe for Curried Cauliflower Quinoa Salad was inspired by a recipe for curried cauliflower I found in just such a cookbook. …

Simple Pico de Gallo

July 3, 2018 By Holly 1 Comment

Pico de gallo is one of my all-time favorite summer recipes. Now, I use the word recipe pretty loosely because it’s definitely a simple combination of foods, tossed together, and endlessly customizable. That being said, traditional pico de gallo is a fresh salsa (and is also sometimes called salsa fresca) typically made with tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeño, lime, and salt. It is always coarsely chopped, never blended, and it’s uses are endless. …

Healthy Vegan Lettuce Wraps

June 12, 2018 By Lane 15 Comments

Looking for something for Meatless Monday? Looking to decrease the amount of meat you eat? Just looking for a really good (and easy) recipe? These Vegan Lettuce Wraps will check all of the boxes. With all of the flavors of the original PF Chang’s lettuce wraps, these have healthy written all over them. And who doesn’t want that?

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Instant Pot Coconut Curry Chickpeas

May 15, 2018 By Holly 6 Comments

Like so many others, I’ve become somewhat of an Instant Pot fanatic. When I first bought my Instant Pot, it sat in the box for about six months, coming out only to serve as a glorified rice maker. Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s a great rice maker, but I didn’t really appreciate just how great this kitchen instrument was until I started using it to fast track healthy dinners for my family. Over the past year, it’s become a go-to tool for soups, stews, roasts, and countless large batches of quinoa. I love that it allows me to produce meals that taste like I’ve been working on them all day, but in reality, came together in less than an hour. My latest IP favorite? This simple recipe for Instant Pot Coconut Curry Chickpeas.

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