Holidays Gourmet Cheese Ball Recipe with a Spicy Apple Margarita Prep 30 minutes Cook 10 minutes Yield 4 This cheese ball recipe looks beautiful on a serving dish and is a great recipe for holiday hosting. This is the perfect cheese ball recipe for holiday hosting this winter. BONUS! I’ve included a delicious pairing mocktail you can make alongside it – a spicy apple margarita. This will wow your friends and family at any gathering this year....

Greek Recipes Greek Potato Salad Prep 10 minutes Cook 30 minutes Yield 6 -8 This Greek Potato Salad is the perfect spin on a traditional potato salad that’s perfect for summer. For me, potato salad screams summer barbecues and potlucks, but everyone is used to using the same old, traditional potato salad recipe. I wanted to do things a little differently this time so I created my Greek spin on potato salad....

Soups Gut Friendly Thai Noodle Soup (Thai Inspired) Prep 10 minutes Cook 30 minutes Yield 4 A healthy, comforting Thai noodle soup is all you need on a cold winter day. Bonus points for it being gut-friendly! Want more gut support? Use discount code MARIA for 15% off ION* products. This Thai noodle soup recipe is bursting with delicious flavors, but it’s also really great for your gut health too! This recipe is comforting, and can be made in under 45 minutes for a hearty dish that’ll warm you up on a cold winter day....

Main Dishes Mocktail Recipes with Meal Pairings Prep 10 minutes Cook 15 minutes Yield 3 -4 A delicious creamy pasta recipe with a long list of fantastic mocktail recipes that go so well with amazing food. I have been on a major journey lately to really cut alcohol out of my life. Not only is it just healthier but it also makes me feel healthier. I’m finding I’m hearing about more and more people trying to drink less or not drink at all but that doesn’t mean that you still don’t enjoy the idea of a cocktail....

Main Dishes My Healthy Breakfast in Under 5-Minutes Prep 2 minutes Cook 5 minutes Yield 1 ⚡ Master the perfect low GI breakfast that powers your day - packed with protein, healthy fats, and steady energy. Ready in minutes and endlessly customizable! I know by this point breakfast talk may seem like you’re listening to a broken record, but I promise you this Easy Breakfast recipe is so worth your time!...

Desserts Nutty Dark Chocolate and Strawberry Chia Jam Cheesecake Prep 20 minutes Cook 3 hours Yield 1 This decadent, no-bake vegan cheesecake features a rich, nutty base of Medjool dates, raw almonds, and walnuts, layered with a silky cashew and dark chocolate filling, and topped with homemade strawberry chia jam. Holy Guacamole, did someone say Nutty Dark Chocolate + Strawberry Chia Jam Cheesecake? Yep, I did and this cake is entirely inspired by my childhood addiction....

Main Dishes Pesto Gnocchi Prep 10 minutes Cook 40 minutes Yield 4 servings This delicious Pesto Gnocchi is the perfect dish for summer. It gives the freshness from the pesto, and is so easy to make with just one pan. This Pesto Gnocchi is a delicious weeknight dinner idea that’s bursting with flavor and requires minimal cleanup. This recipe is your answer when you’re stuck on what to make for dinner this summer....

Greek Recipes Traditional Greek Pastitsio Recipe (Greek Lasagna) Prep 15 minutes Cook 1 hour 45 minutes Yield 8 -12 pieces This delicious dish has a meat sauce made with warming spices, layers of pasta, and creamy bechamel. This pastitsio recipe is so delicious. It’s essentially a Greek version of lasagna. Layers of pasta with a spiced red wine meat sauce that is so warming and comforting. The thick layer of bechamel just is the icing on the cake....

Main Dishes Turkish Pide: A Delicious Turkish Flatbread Prep 40 minutes Cook 30 minutes Yield 2 pide I LOVE Pide! This is a Turkish flat bread or pizza-like recipe that is so good for an appetizer, lunch, or dinner. Stuff it how you please, and enjoy! Pide is a savory, Turkish dish that is the Turkish form of pizza or flatbread and it’s so delicious! Pide is shaped like a long boat and comes with a variety of toppings....

Holidays Vegetarian Stuffing with Wild Rice, Mushrooms and Walnuts Prep 15 minutes Cook 1 hour Yield 4 This vegetarian stuffing is made with wild rice, mushrooms, and walnuts and makes a delicious dish for the holiday season. One of the best parts about any holiday meal is the stuffing. Seriously, as long as there is stuffing on the table I’m happy. The sad part is that is you’re sensitive to gluten, you have to miss out on this delicious side dish....

Main Dishes Beef Wrapped Roasted Eggplant with Tomato Sauce Prep 20 minutes Cook 1 hour 5 minutes Yield 4 This delicious Roasted Eggplant recipe wraps eggplant with beef to make it a hearty, complete meal. Served with a tomato sauce and yogurt sauce, this dish is to die for and so comforting. Eggplant definitely is underrated in my opinion. It’s inexpensive and so delicious to cook with and add into recipes....

Stuffed Creamy Mushroom Pastry Bites Prep 30 minutes Cook 25 minutes Yield 32 🍄 These Creamy Mushroom Pastry Bites are crispy phyllo perfection! Flaky, savory, and guaranteed to make you look like a pro chef! These creamy mushroom pastry bites are flaky, crispy, and everything you want and need in a quick snack or appetizer recipe. I love to whip these up (in under 30 minutes) for when I’m having people over, or just when Andrew and I want a little something something mid-day or before dinner....

Desserts Easy Vegan Strawberry Crumble Bars Prep 15 minutes Cook 40 minutes Yield 9 Strawberries in the summertime are so damn good. They’re fresh, you can even go pick them yourself, and they taste totally different than what they taste like in the winter (at least where I’m from they do). These vegan Strawberry Crumble Bars can be made in under an hour and are loaded with my spin on the traditional shortbread goodness with the help of my kitchen staple, oats....

Greek Recipes Greek Panzanella Salad with Homemade Croutons (Grain Free) Prep 20 minutes Cook 40 minutes Yield 6 This easy and delicious panzanella salad with homemade croutons is grain-free and Greek-inspired. This Greek panzanella salad is made with tasty grain-free, homemade croutons that are easy-to-make and the perfect topping to this panzanella salad. A panzanella salad is a chopped salad that traditionally uses stale bread, onions, and tomatoes. It’s very popular in parts of Italy, and this is my Greek spin on this salad....

Greek Recipes Greek Spinach Pie (Spanakopita) Prep 15 minutes Cook 1 hour 20 minutes Yield 8 pieces Flaky, buttery phyllo packed with spinach, feta, green onions, and fresh herbs. Make classic Greek Spanakopita as a pie or triangles for a golden, savory treat. This Greek Spinach Pie (Spanakopita) is savory, cheesy, and so comforting. It is layered with flaky phyllo pastry and filled with a yummy (and healthy) mix of spinach, feta cheese, and herbs, then baked to perfection....

Stuffed Greek Stuffed Onions (Salantourmasi) Prep 20 minutes Cook 1 hour 30 minutes Yield 6 These Greek Stuffed Onions, known as Salantourmasi are whole onions that are filled with a delicious, and flavorful rice mixture. The mix combines fresh herbs, with garlic, and other seasoning to really make flavorful little onion bombs that are the perfect dish. I grew up with dishes like Salantourmasi in my Greek household and I absolutely love them....

Stuffed Greek Tiropita Recipe (Mini Cheese Pies) Prep 30 minutes Cook 20 minutes Yield 24 pieces This tiropita recipe is so delicious. It’s the perfect appetizer. They’re little pockets of cheesy goodness. Ohhhhh I promise you that you’re going to love this Greek Tiropita Recipe. Essentially these are little mini cheese pies. They’re made with layers of butter phyllo and filled with a cheese and egg mixture. It can be very similar to Spanikopita but it’s made with feta and a hard Greek cheese....

Main Dishes Harissa Honey Chicken Prep 15 minutes Cook 45 minutes Yield 4 bowls Sweet, smoky, and perfectly spicy harissa honey chicken with a sticky caramelized glaze. Ready in 45 minutes and perfect for bowls, meal prep, or easy weeknight dinners. Sweet meets spicy in the best way with this Harissa Honey Chicken. This is the kind of meal that makes your taste buds dance because the juicy chicken gets coated in a sticky honey-harissa glaze that’s bold, savory, and has a little spice to it....

Appetizers How to Make Guacamole Prep 10 minutes Yield 6 -8 Let me show you how to make guacamole in only 10-minutes. This recipe is fresh, easy & versatile. Holy guacamole! In this post, I’m going to show you how to make guacamole, everyone’s favorite avocado dip. Guacamole dates back to the Aztec Empire in Central America during the 1500s. Yep, that’s how old this delicious, Mexican dish is that we consume so much of even today....

Holidays Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling Prep 30 minutes Cook 14 minutes Yield 16 -18 🍪 OMG, red velvet cookies with a SECRET cream cheese center?! These gorgeous cookies are like finding treasure in every bite! Naturally red (no scary dyes here!), fluffy, and absolutely irresistible. Your cookie jar will never be the same! ✨ Watch out, world! We have taken the beloved flavors of red velvet cake with cream cheese icing and turned them into cookies....