Italian Vegetable Soup

Italian Vegetable Soup

This soup is easy to make and extremely versatile. Feel free to substitute any vegetables that you have on hand, though the tomatoes are a must. Packed with vitamins, full of flavor, and very filling, it’s the perfect meal on a cold day. I prefer to assemble this soup in the slow cooker either on [...]

Vegan & Gluten Free Cashew Pumpkin Pie Recipe

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Appears courtesy of Little Girl Big Eyes. At last, the pumpkin, cinnamon, baked apple spice goodness of the September Through November months begins to come to a close – not so fast! This hype has earned enough glory to stay put well into December (or even longer). Dare we drink a steaming hot spiced apple [...]

Middle Eastern Lettuce Wraps

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Have you ever been to an Asian restaurant (PF Changs) where the menu showcases a lettuce wrap?  This usually has a crisp pile of bib lettuce leafs along with chicken and what I believe to be fried rice noodles.  Served with a variety of sauces. I have been wanting to do something along those lines [...]

Super Fast Vegan Burger Recipe

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A Vegan burger recipe can be found everywhere but I love to cook.  Spending hours in the kitchen is not a problem for me.  Dicing, chopping, sauteeing…..these are all words that make music in my mind but I also know that not everybody is like me.  People want to get into the kitchen and get [...]

Trick AND Treat Corn Muffins

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The following recipe appears courtesy of Linday Cotter of Cotter Crunch Trick AND Treat Corn Muffins Yes, I said trick AND treat, not OR treat. WHY? Because these muffins trick you with a hidden vegetable yet treat you with Nutella and Marshmallows. YUM!           (pic above- batter before oven baked) Ingredients: 1 cup cornmeal [...]

Spiced Butternut Squash from The Naughty Gourmet Traffic School

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Appears courtesy of Juliana Gallin, coauthor (with Robin Donovan) of The Lazy Gourmet: Magnificent Meals Made Easy. Hello Fitblogger readers! As coauthor (with Robin Donovan) of The Lazy Gourmet: Magnificent Meals Made Easy, I love to cook dishes that are simple to prepare, yet possess that special something that makes them as impressive as they [...]

What’s for Breakfast: Peanut Butter & Banana Pancakes

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Appears courtesy of My Food ‘N’ Fitness Diaries. If any of you know me well, you know that I LOVE this little combo. Or if you just know what’s good in life, you should know that the combination of peanut butter and banana is simply perfect.  By itself… on toast… in oatmeal… and my discovery [...]

Sweet Potato To The Rescue

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Recently MattyO of Stay Strong and Positive was having a twitter conversation regarding Sweet Potatoes and I had to chime in with my recipe for sweet potato-amole or sweet potatamole. What is that you are asking yourself aren’t you?  It is essentially a smashed sweet potato that has avocado mixed into it.  In my attempt to [...]

Vegetarian Paella

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When I lived in New York one of my buddies would call me approximately every 2 months and without saying hello would say:  Paella Time.  This was code for I’m making it this weekend so stop eating and be sure to bring your hunger.  He made one of the best paella’s I ever ate, and [...]

Vegetarian Tex-Mex

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Appears courtesy of Aimee of I Tri To Be Me Vegetarian Tex-Mex (Fajitas and Edamole) Fajitas: Although these require some marinating time, once that’s done, these cook up super fast and are super yummy!  Another great thing about this recipe, is you can basically use whatever veggies you have on hand.  It’s the spices that [...]

Buffalo Tempeh and Tacos

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Since football season here in the United States is about to kick off I wanted to get back in the habit of making chicken wings for Sunday afternoons.  Well, since I am now a vegetarian that would seem almost impossible.  That is until I looked at my recipe books and found Buffalo Tempeh in Appetite [...]

Chocolate Cherry Chia Granola

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Appears courtesy of Aimee of I Tri To Be Me. I have been craving chocolate like crazy!!  Chocolate chip cookies?  Yes, please!  Thin mint frozen yogurt?  Yes, please!  Spoonfulls of peanut butter covered in chocolate chips?  Yes, please!  While I haven’t been going crazy with this chocolate stuff, I have let myself indulge a couple [...]

Tempeh Meatball Parmigiana

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In my days as a carnivore and living in New York there was nothing like that hole in the wall Italian joint that could make a meatball parmigiana hero that was just perfection.  If done right you could eat the meatball parm with a glass of wine even though it was just a sandwich.  The [...]

Teriyaki Chickpeas

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Oftentimes, simple is best. I am learning that the best recipes – and most successful Test Kitchen Tuesdays – are those that revolve around very simple ideas and flavor combinations. So, when I stumbled upon this idea for Teriyaki Chickpeas over at The Happy Herbivore, I had a good feeling it would go over well with 2Chili. [...]

Tabbouleh Salad Recipe

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Appears courtesy of Jessica Allen from Blonde Ponytail. I was ready to make a salad and though about Tabbouleh salad, so I went and got all the ingredients together. For those of you that don’t know what tabbouleh is allow me to explain. Tabbouleh is a salad that is traditionally made with bulgur, tomato, cucumber, finely chopped parsley and [...]

All Things Oats: “Meatballs”

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Up next in the All Things Oats series is Meatballs. When most people think of oat recipes, they think of breakfast or dessert foods. But guess what? Oats are a great addition to dinner recipes, too. They can add thickness and nutrition to some of your favorite dinner dishes. In this recipe, oats and nuts [...]

Make This, Don’t Buy That

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In the second installment of Make This Don’t Buy That I tried my hand at sushi.  Prior to becoming a vegetarian I could be seen eating sushi by the truckload and never getting sick of it.  When I moved to Dallas I was worried there would be no good sushi restaurants in the city since [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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The Athlete’s Plate is if here to feature a healthy menu for another awesome blogger but before I give accolades don’t forget that my very own athlete’s plate was featured last week in pictures.  To see what I typically eat click [HERE] and then come back to read this menu. This blogger is flat out [...]

Same Ingredients, Three Meals – Italian

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In the last post of Same Ingredients, Three Meals I used ingredients that amounted to making three meals with Mexican flair.  This time around I decided I wanted to travel and found my compass pointed toward Italy.  As you may know I am from New York and now live in Dallas and Italy may as [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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I am really excited about showcasing this healthy menu today because it is for a blogger who is a superb athlete who does not hide from sweating or eating. In all honesty the blog could be called Sweat, Eat, Sweat More, Keep Eating and it would hit the nail on the head. The times that [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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Today’s nominee is somebody that I have a lot of respect for. I have exchanged a number of emails with this person prior to the nomination so I was excited when Allison sent me the email. This blogger is fast, and I mean fast. He has qualified for Boston and I believe he can go [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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    Breakfast – White Rock Marathon Walnut Waffles Ingredients: l cup unbleached whole wheat flour, 2 teaspoons aluminum-free baking powder, 1/4 cup organic sugar, 1 cup honeymilk, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 Egg, , 1 tablespoon lukewarm water, 2 tablespoons canola oil, 1/4 cup sugar-free applesauce, 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts, 1/2 cup chopped dried [...]

Sweet Lemon Salad with Lemon Pepper Tempeh Croutons

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Appears courtesy of Leanne at Healthful Pursuit. I have a confession to make… I hate veggies. Wait, no… that’s a little too drastic. I just hate boring veggies. I’m not one to be seen snacking on a carrot unless it’s loaded with hummus. You’ll never have to worry about me stealing a slice of your [...]

Banana Drunk Macaroons

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Appears courtesy of Leanne at Healthful Pursuit. On with the eats… I’ve been running into so many macaroon recipes over the last couple of days. From strong vanilla flavored macaroons, chocolate macaroons, and sinfully sweet macaroons… each one of them making my craving for coconut that much stronger. Come yesterday my body was screaming COCONUT! [...]

The Athlete’s Plate

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Breakfast – Camping Cakes Ingredients: 3/4c Soy Flour, 3/4c Brown Rice Flour, 1 banana (smashed), 1/2c HoneyMilk (vanilla or honey flavored), 1 flax egg, 2tsp baking powder, 1tbs baking soda, 1/4c pecans (chopped), 1/4c dried cranberries Servings: 8 pancakes Combine flours, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl. In separate bowl combine milk, banana and [...]