The unthinkable happened. My food processor is temporarily out of commission. But I’m happy to let you know that I tested these chocolate zucchini muffins without any electrical gadgets with great success. I grated the zucchini using my hand-held metal grater and mixed all the ingredients together in a bowl with a fork. It was that …
Zucchini Rollatini {dairy free}
Zucchini rollatini is great any time of year, but especially when zucchini is in season. And an added bonus here is that it’s dairy-free thanks to the cashew ricotta recipe included here. There’s 3 recipes all rolled into one here: a very quick, easy marina sauce, cashew ricotta cheese, and finally, the rollatini. You can …
Chocolate Zucchini Bread {almond flour}
Zucchini is one of those vegetables that grows like crazy in the summer. And it’s easy to grow. And chocolate is, well, wonderful any time of year. So why not combine the two for a tender, moist loaf of chocolate zucchini bread. Therefore, I’m thinking that you can’t have too many zucchini recipes. Here’s a …
Chow Mein {quick & easy}
Chow mein is a one pan (or wok) meal that’s quick and easy to make, and this one is loaded with veggies, so I’m happy! This version of chow mein uses carrot and zucchini as “noodles”, and you can use just about any vegetable that can be peeled or spiraled into noodles. I made this …
Sesame Noodles {grain free}
Cold sesame noodles are one of my favorite cold take-out style dishes. Here is my sesame noodles recipe, grain free, zucchini style. I’m forever in search of quick, easy tasty recipes. If you are too, join me for sesame noodles using peeled zucchini. And if you don’t care for zucchini, cucumber noodles go well with this …
Zucchini Pesto Noodles with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
I’ve been making lots of veggie noodle dishes lately. While it’s not necessary to own a closet full of kitchen gadgets to eat well, this gadget is fun and won’t break the bank. And if you want to get kids involved in cooking, this vegetable slicer (also known as a spiralizer) rivals a Play-Doh factory, in my humble …
Green Velvet Soup
It might be obvious that I’m a huge fan of cauliflower, since I use it in several recipes in my cookbooks, as well as recipes on my site. Did you know that cauliflower makes a great base for soup? Here’s a velvety green dream of a soup—a creamy, fresh-greens medley, infused with a few good seasonings. …
Chocolate Zucchini Bread {coconut flour}
How is your zucchini inventory at these days? Here’s my recipe for chocolate zucchini bread using coconut flour, which is in my Healthy Coconut Flour Cookbook. I don’t have a variety of pictures for this recipe because I tend to focus on getting one good photo that works well in a cookbook format, versus the myriad …
Zucchini Bread {almond flour}
I’m entering baking mode for recipe testing since it has cooled down in the Seattle area. I’m trying save the good stuff for the book, but since it’s raining zucchinis, this recipe for zucchini bread seems timely. Here’s a moist, subtly sweet bread recipe that will take some of those extra zucchinis sitting on your …
Zucchini Pancakes
Something you’ll discover as you modify your favorite recipes to suit your body’s needs, or just try to mix it up for nutritional reasons—you don’t always need AP flour (all-purpose flour) in a lot of recipes. And that’s what I’ve found with this zucchini pancake recipe. Because I focus on eating protein, vegetables and fruits, …
Pad Thai
If you’ve stopped eating noodle dishes in favor of more protein and vegetable-based meals, this dish really satisfies the hunger for a good noodle stir-fry. This recipe doesn’t use fish sauce, kits, or other processed components. Just some basic ingredients, stir-fryed. And the noodle of choice: Zucchini noodles. I’ve made these with zucchini so many …
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