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30 Minute Meals Dumpling Soup Prep 10 minutes Cook 20 minutes Yield 2 -3 🥟 Cozy up with a bowl of this quick dumpling soup! Fragrant lemongrass, ginger, and garlic infuse the broth while tender dumplings and fresh veggies make it a complete meal. Ready in under 30 minutes – the perfect cold-weather comfort food! It is soup season ! Is there anything more comforting than dumpling soup? Across the globe, cultures have perfected their own versions of this soul-warming dish – from delicate Chinese wonton soup to hearty Korean mandu-guk, elegant Italian tortellini in brodo to comforting German Grießklößchensuppe....

Main Dishes Easy Leftover Chicken Casserole with Stuffing Prep 10 minutes Cook 45 minutes Yield 6 -8 This easy Chicken Casserole with Stuffing uses leftover veggies, chicken (or turkey) and stuffing from your holiday dinner to make an easy dinner to use up your leftovers. This Chicken Casserole with Stuffing is the perfect meal with leftover chicken (or turkey). It’s a great recipe to have on hand with the holiday season approaching because you can use up any leftover meat, veggies, and stuffing to make a delicious and nutritious second dinner when you’re tired of cooking during the holiday season....

Greek Recipes Greek Roasted Leg of Lamb with Lemon Potatoes Prep 15 minutes Cook 3 hours 45 minutes Yield 6 -8 This delicious roasted Leg of Lamb with lemon potatoes is Greek-inspired and the perfect meal for Easter dinner. This delicious Leg of Lamb recipe is the perfect meal for an easy (and impressive) Easter dinner. This recipe is Greek-inspired, with the herby lemon sauce and the potatoes. In Greek households (or at least ours), it’s common to have lamb for Easter, and it’s one of my fav parts of an Easter meal....

Greek Recipes Greek Style Homemade Chicken Nuggets Prep 10 minutes Cook 20 minutes Yield 2 - 4 These Homemade Chicken Nuggets are a healthier (and Greek) spin to every kids favorite food. Even the adults will love these! There is something that is just so comforting about chicken nuggets. Almost everyone grew up eating them, and even as an adult, on occasion, I just crave them. These Homemade Chicken Nuggets are a healthy alternative to fast, processed food....

Main Dishes Lentil Stew Prep 10 minutes Cook 25 minutes Yield 3 -4 This comforting lentil stew is protein-packed and will only take you 35 minutes to whip up. Nothing screams “comfort food” more than a big bowl of warming stew on a cold winter day. This lentil stew is a great vegetarian option that is hearty, protein-filled, and absolutely delicious. It’s a great meal when you have a busy schedule and don’t have time to spend hours in the kitchen to make something healthy and satisfying for dinner....

Holidays Mushroom Gravy Prep 5 minutes Cook 35 minutes Yield 8 🍄 Master the ultimate mushroom gravy in just 30 minutes! Rich, savory, and incredibly versatile, this recipe works beautifully with everything from mashed potatoes to steaks and roasted veggies. Vegan-adaptable and packed with umami goodness! Gravy is such a beautiful sauce. It can be used on so many different things and adds so much flavor and creaminess to a recipe....

Salads Pickled Red Onions (Quick, Tangy, 10-Minute Method!) 🧅 Prep 5 minutes Cook 0 minutes Yield 12 These Pickled Red Onions are vegan-friendly and perfect to add to any recipe. Eat them on their own, and on top of your favorite salad. I can’t wait to teach you how to pickle onions in this recipe! Pickled Red Onions are so incredibly amazing to toss on your favorite Greek salad or to eat up on their own....

Smoothies & Drinks Plant-Based Maqui Berry Juice Prep 10 minutes Cook 0 minutes Yield 1 This vibrant Plant‑Based Maqui Berry Juice features lime, celery, ginger, honeydew melon, basil (or mint), and antioxidant-rich maqui berry powder blended, strained, and served chilled for a refreshing, functional drink powered by Sunfoods ingredients. ‘Tis the season where the sun is shining and you’re constantly looking for something refreshing to drink that isn’t always just boring water....

Soups Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup with Coconut Milk 🥣 Prep 10 minutes Cook 3 hours 30 minutes Yield 4 This Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup is a delicious and comforting recipe perfect for fall. Throw it all in the slow cooker and have a hearty soup ready to enjoy in no time. It’s soup season, and to me, that’s one of the best parts about fall and winter! Nothing is more comforting than a big bowl of steaming, delicious soup....

30 Minute Meals Taramosalata (Greek Fish Roe Dip) Prep 15 minutes Yield 4 -6 This heart-healthy Greek dip, known as Taramosalata is made with fish roe. It’s delicious and easy-to-make in only 15-minutes. Taramosalata is a traditional meze made from tarama, which is fish roe (or caviar, if you’re fancy). Taramosalata turns the fish roe into this delicious, creamy dip made with a few simple ingredients like olive oil, lemon juice, and bread....

Ultimate Guide Vegan Fried Banana Recipe + 5 Ways to Use Bananas Prep 1 minute Cook 5 minutes Yield 1 Bananas, b-a-n-a-n-a-s! No seriously though, this post is going to be bananas because it’s not just filled with my delicious vegan-friendly Fried Banana Recipe, but I’m also providing you with five of my favourite ways to use bananas, including additional recipes. Have bananas gone bad? Have too many in your house to handle?...

Soups Vegan Gnocchi Soup Prep 10 minutes Cook 30 minutes Yield 4 🧑‍🍳 Move over, Olive Garden! This vegan gnocchi soup features pillowy potato dumplings swimming in a silky, mushroom-packed broth that’s so buttery and creamy, you’ll never believe it’s completely plant-based – ready in just 40 minutes! Move over, Olive Garden. I’ve been inspired to put a vegan spin on a classic dish and created this creamy spinach and mushroom vegan gnocchi soup....

Salads Warm Couscous Salad Prep 10 minutes Cook 30 minutes Yield 6 There’s nothing like a warm salad – especially one made with couscous. And this warm couscous salad is easy to make with lemon for that added freshness. Whether I’m using it in salads or other dishes – couscous is one of those versatile ingredients I love to cook with. Plus, it’s healthy for you and packed with fiber so you don’t have to feel guilty when you eat way too much of it which you will want to go back to for seconds with this warm couscous salad....

Main Dishes Big Mac Tacos Prep 20 minutes Cook 1 hour Yield 10 -12 tacos This Big Mac Taco recipe is the perfect, family-friendly dish that replaces the drive-through burger with a delicious, easy taco recipe that everyone is going to love. This Big Mac Tacos recipe takes the classic flavors of the iconic fast-food burger and puts it into taco form. Using tortilla shells as the base, you’ll pile on your seasoned ground beef, and top it with a pickle slaw, a pickle pico de gallo and a signature smash burger sauce....

Soups Blue Zone Minestrone Soup 🥣 Prep 15 minutes Cook 50 minutes Yield 6 -8 This Blue Zone Minestrone Soup is a hearty, plant-forward bowl inspired by the simple, everyday meals of Sardinia and other longevity regions. Packed with beans, seasonal vegetables, and pearl barley, it’s a nourishing, comforting soup you’ll want to make again and again. This Blue Zone Minestrone Soup is the kind of soup you’ll find simmering daily in places like Sardinia, where meals are simple, seasonal, and meant to be shared....

Seafood Cheesy Cod Fish Balls Prep 30 minutes Cook 1 hour Yield 30 -32 small cod fish bals These cheesy Cod Fish Balls are so delicious and easy-to-make. Make them for appetizer, side dish, or even a main dish when served with some veggies and rice. You’ll find variations of Fish Balls in many places such as New England and Portugal. You’ll also find them in different shapes too like made into fritters or cakes....

Chocolate Tiramisu Cake (with Mascarpone Cream) Best Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies 🍪 Ingredients ½ cup vegan butter, softened (we find earth balance works the best) ⅔ cup brown sugar ⅓ cup white sugar 1 egg 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract 1 ½ cups Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1:1 Baking Flour ½ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp baking powder ¼ tsp salt 1 cup semi-sweet dairy free chocolate chips flaky sea salt for sprinkling Instructions In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt....

Greek Recipes Greek Chicken Gyros (Authentic Cooking Method) Prep 5 minutes Cook 1 hour Yield 4 Make authentic Greek Chicken Gyros 🌯 at home in your kitchen. Transport yourself to Greece with this easy, delicious recipe. When you think of Greek food you probably think of the delicious Greek Chicken Gyros. Vendors line the streets in all the Greek cities with their vertical rotisserie of meat (either pork or chicken) ready to make you the most life-changing wrap you’ll ever find....

Stuffed Greek Fried Bread Stuffed with Cheese Prep 10 minutes Cook 10 minutes Yield 8 pieces (2 medium fried breads) This Greek fried bread is stuffed with cheese and is delicious. It is a comfort food with me and so tasty dipped in tzatziki. You cannot go wrong with fried and bread in the same sentence. This fried bread with cheese (otherwise known as Tiganopsomo) is one of my favs. It’s delicious thin fried bread stuffed with cheese, oregano, and fresh herbs to give it a pop of freshness....

Soups Greek White Bean Soup (Fasolada) Prep 10 minutes Cook 40 minutes Yield 2 -3 This fasolada soup is a Greek white bean soup full of fiber and protein. It’s comforting and perfect for fall and winter. 🍂❄️ If you are looking for the best soup to make this fall, look no further. This white bean soup, otherwise known as Fasolada in my Greek kitchen is the ultimate comfort meal that you are going to want to make on a crisp fall night, or cold wintery day when you don’t want to leave your house....