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    Healthy Spring Recipes

    Here are recipes to welcome Spring. For those warm, breezy days, there is the refreshing sparkly pineapple mocktail, picnic-friendly mango avocado salad, or the fun plantain veggie rice bowl with cilantro parsley chimichurri sauce.

    But sometimes, a chill is still in the air. For those colder spring days, you might need the warming, healthy, no-cream asparagus soup or comforting savory veggie cakes with leeks. Enjoy!

    Delicious Salads

    • Two wooden spoons resting in a large plate filled with a healthy chicken salad with olive oil.
      Easy And Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe (No Mayo)
    • A meatball salad bowl with fresh cucumber slices, lettuce, greens, mini tomatoes, cheese and dressing.
      Italian Meatball Salad With A Simple Dressing
    • A large wooden bowl filled with fresh and creamy mango avocado salad, onions, cilantro, sunflower seeds and red bell peppers.
      The Best Mango Avocado Salad (Healthy & Nourishing)
    • A fresh healthy cucumber salad in a serving bowl.
      Cilantro Cucumber Salad With Avocado & Pickles

    Warming Soups & Stews

    • Two bowls of asparagus soup topped with avocado, half of a cooked egg and head of an asparagus.
      Healthy Creamy Asparagus Soup (no cream)
    • A spoon resting in a red tomato based vegetable soup topped with parmesan cheese.
      Homemade Vegetable Soup (Hearty, Healthy, Easy)
    • Two black bowls filled with green pea soup, topped with fresh Parsley leaves next to two wooden spoons and more fresh Parsley.
      Green Pea Soup (Vegetarian)
    • Two plates of bock choy soup with pork and noodles and garnished with chili peppers, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.
      Easy Ginger Bok Choy Noodle Soup With Pork

    Comforting Dishes

    • Bowls filled with cooked rice, small tomatoes, avocado slices, fried edamame beans, fried plantains, and topped with chimichurri sauce.
      Avocado Plantain Rice Bowl Recipe with Edamame Beans
    • A closeup of a large skillet filled with sauteed shrimp and leeks.
      Easy and Healthy Garlic Shrimp with Leeks
    • A garlic spinach pasta recipe with peas in a large Dutch pan topped with Parmesan Cheese.
      Easy Spinach Garlic Pasta With Peas
    • Shrimp with Shirataki noodles tossed in a green pesto sauce and presented in a large skillet.
      Low Carb Noodles with Shrimp & Garlicky Cashew Pesto

    Seriously Delicious Sides

    • Jars filled with rhubarb compote.
      How To Make A Simple Rhubarb Compote
    • Cilantro parsley chimichurri sauce in a glass container.
      Cilantro parsley chimichurri
    • ROASTED ASPARAGUS WITH BUTTERED SHALLOTS & GARLIC SCAPES
      Roasted Asparagus with Buttered Shallots and Garlic Scapes
    • Oven-baked Potatoes with Jamaican Curry and Caraway Fruits with Rosemary for Garnish
      Oven-baked Potatoes with Jamaican Curry and Caraway Fruits

    Nourishing Breakfasts

    • A cup filled with kiwi chia pudding topped with a slice of fresh kiwi fruit and shaved chocolate.
      Breakfast Kiwi Chia Pudding With Matcha
    • Plantain waffles next to a small bowl with maple syrup and a small bowl with nut butter.
      Easy 5-Ingredient Plantain Waffles Recipe
    • A strawberry smoothie bowl topped with toasted oats, nuts, and fresh strawberries.
      The Best Easy Strawberry Smoothie Bowl
    • An opened cooked platano filled with eggs and seeds next to a green fruit salad.
      Healthy Plantain Breakfast

    Must-Make Desserts And Drinks

    • A piece lifted and taken out of a large ricotta pie.
      Easy Honey Ricotta Pie (No-Roll Gluten-Free Pie Crust)
    • Two mini cups with blended chocolate chia mousse and topped with blackberries and coconut shreds.
      Smooth Blended Chocolate Chia Mousse
    • A large spoon in a sparkling pineapple mocktail drink with mint in a tall glass.
      Sparkling Pineapple Mojito Mocktail
    • A child's hand taking a pina colada mocktail off a tray.
      A Refreshing Piña Colada Mocktail
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    “Cooking may be as much a means of self-expression as any of the arts.”

    –Fannie Farmer

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    Must-Make Chia Puddings


    • Coffee chia seed pudding in mini cups, topped with walnuts, chopped banana, and coconut flakes.
      Coffee Chia Seed Pudding For Breakfast
    • A cup filled with kiwi chia pudding topped with a slice of fresh kiwi fruit and shaved chocolate.
      Breakfast Kiwi Chia Pudding With Matcha
    • A chocolate chia pudding in a mason jar topped with coconut flakes, walnuts, and dark chocolate bits.
      Chocolate Coconut Chia Pudding Recipe
    • Two cups filled with lemon chia pudding topped with blueberries.
      Zesty Lemon Chia Pudding With Creamy Coconut Milk
    • A cup full of banana chia pudding topped with fresh banana slices and shaved chocolate.
      Creamy Banana Chia Pudding Recipe
    • Two mini cups with blended chocolate chia mousse and topped with blackberries and coconut shreds.
      Smooth Blended Chocolate Chia Mousse

    Delicious Avocado Recipes

    • Two small bowls with pineapple avocado ice cream and topped with fresh mint leaves.
      Pineapple Avocado Ice Cream (Nice Cream) 
    • Avocado leek soup served in small bowls topped with seeds and coconut cream.
      Creamy Avocado Leek Soup
    • Two wooden spoons resting in a large plate filled with a healthy chicken salad with olive oil.
      Easy And Healthy Chicken Salad Recipe (No Mayo)
    • A large wooden bowl filled with fresh and creamy mango avocado salad, onions, cilantro, sunflower seeds and red bell peppers.
      The Best Mango Avocado Salad (Healthy & Nourishing)
    • Green apple avocado smoothies garnished with chocolate bits.
      Cleansing Avocado Green Apple Smoothie
    • Bowls filled with cooked rice, small tomatoes, avocado slices, fried edamame beans, fried plantains, and topped with chimichurri sauce.
      Avocado Plantain Rice Bowl Recipe with Edamame Beans

    “Cooking can cure almost anything.”

    –Michelle Dockery

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