This post contains affiliate links. I love sharing my favorite products with you! For the Everyday Cook: Tastes Better From Scratch Cookbook – This cookbook is what I’ve deemed, “The Best of The Best” of our Easy Family Recipes. It’s filled with my personal favorite recipes as well as fan favorites and several brand new recipes. Look no further for the perfect gift for families, newlyweds, and anyone that loves food!...

So Excited when I pulled this Rabbit Gingerbread Man out of my hat! Let the Sugarfest Begin! First we iced him. (I helped but followed her directions) Then, she put the buttons on. Note the left-handed button application. She did the whole man, using her left hand. With everything else she’s a righty, pens, forks, playing with my cell phone buttons, but my dad’s side, who she takes after, is full of lefties....

Easiest Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake Light pound cake. How’s that for an oxymoron? Since most of us can’t afford to eat a pound of butter and a pound of sugar, this is the next best thing. This is butter-less pound cake, for real. Instead of butter, I used I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!® Spread. It’s made with simple ingredients and has a fresh buttery taste. Not only that, I used their new Light version that’s sold in a tub....

Healthier Pita Pizza Recipe Imagine that your favorite juicy Greek gyro morphed into pizza made on lightly toasted pita bread. Yep, that’s what we have going on here. The pita pizzas are great as a light and healthy lunch or dinner, as an after school or post workout snack, or make them as an appetizer to serve at your next party. I appreciate how fresh they taste and that they aren’t dripping with greasy cheese and pepperoni or sausage like traditional pizza....

Looking for more Thai-Inspired recipes? Try Chickpea Curry, Pad Thai, or Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps. There is one thing that gets me about this recipe every time–the FLAVOR! These little Thai-Inspired Green Curry Meatballs are bursting with bold flavor! If you want to take them next level, to this homemade green curry paste from Hot Thai Kitchen. How to Make Green Curry Meatballs: Combine Meat Mixture: Add the oats, egg and milk to a large mixing bowl....

comment icon 79 more comments I think I might have mentioned it a bajillion times already but we just got back from a very warm, very sunny, very extra relaxing vacation to Arizona. I’m still grieving the loss of the vacation, but on the upside, I’m really excited to show you some pics of the trip highlights! Today’s post has half of the vacation photos because I am slow and sometimes I need two posts to get my act together....

There is just nothing better than chicken on the grill, especially when the weather is a bit warmer. I love Mexican-inspired flavors and this cilantro lime grilled guacamole chicken is perfect for when I’m craving something Mexican-inspired, but also lighter, cleaner, and fresher-tasting than a barbecue sauce or with as much sodium as other store-bought marinades have. You probably have everything in your fridge and pantry to make this cilantro lime chicken marinade because it’s as simple as olive oil, lime juice, honey, chili powder, salt, pepper, and optional cayenne pepper....

Everything from my high Raw Vegan Gingerbread Cookies And My Raw Vegan Gingerbread Cookie Dough Balls To My High Raw Vegan Sugar Cookie Dough Balls To making mention that I was Nominated for 3 Awards in the Best of Raw Awards! Sexiext Raw Vegan Woman of 2009: Averie from Love Veggies and Yoga 2. Favorite Raw Blog of 2009: Love Veggies and Yoga 3. Favorite Raw Vegan Website: Love Veggies and Yoga But without Further Ado, it’s time for me to turn the rest of today’s post over to my sweet, lovely, Almond-Butter-Eating friend, Heather....

Thank you to everyone who reads my blog, both the lurkers and my faithful commenters. Thank you to those who email me telling me that you are inspired by me, or that you really enjoy my blog or recipes. Thanks to those of you who try to Tweet with me. And yes, I’m still learning the difference between a retweet and a # sign. Thanks to everyone who I have met through blogging and whom I’ve become friends with and gotten to know....

comment icon 184 more comments Last month when Bjork was putting together the income report, I accused him of choosing all green photos for the cover image. People don’t want to see all that green on there, babe. This is starting to look like the Grass Eaters club or something. Except then he pointed out that he had no other choice because all my recipes from last month are, in fact, green....

Healthy Oatmeal Muffins Recipe These brown sugar muffins are a dump-everything-all-at-once-into-one-bowl-and-stir recipe — my favorite kind. The muffins are very soft, moist, and super springy. Plus, they have wonderful chewiness, and great texture thanks in part to the oats. But there’s no oil or butter, no dairy, and just 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar in the entire batch. Really. I used Silk Unsweetened Vanilla Almondmilk, and it’s tied with Silk’s newer Unsweetened Cashewmilk as my two favorite milks for baking....

Festive Seven Layer Cookie Bars I’ve made so many versions of Seven Layer Bars, but I had never made a holiday version until now. What was I waiting for because these are so good! They’re soft, ultra chewy, and are loaded with texture from the crust that I made with a new-to-me product called Softer Than Brittle. And there are chocolate chips, shredded coconut, and sprinkles. If you like desserts that you can sink your teeth into, you’ll love these Christmas-inspired Seven Layer Bars which are sometimes called Hello Dolly Bars or Magic Bars....

We’d always have to hide one or two cookies in a secret place because when the boys came home from school these cookies were gone! I have two recipes posted below. One is a truly homemade oreo cookie, and the other uses a cake mix. If you’re in a time crunch, the cake mix version have been a family favorite for years! Otherwise, you wont be sorry for making the Homemade Oreo Cookie recipe, courtesy of the fabulous Sally from Sally’s Baking Addiction!...

comment icon 183 more comments HOW TO MAKE OUR HUMMUS: Authentic hummus: love it, but that’s not exactly what I’m talking about here. This is the Lindsay-making-hummus-at-home-in-less-than-30-minutes hummus variety. Which actually is my favorite variety, because spending 30 minutes making something that lasts for lots of lunches is a time steal. In a good way. Know this. You need to peel the skins! Peel.the.skins. Peeeeel the skins. Unless you have some sort of amazing blender that can whoosh anything, everything, one hundred percent smooth and creamy – does that even exist?...

Okay, who among us hasn’t lugged one of these delicious juicy, red giants into our kitchens and then thought “Wow, where do I start?” It’s kinda nice to have a plan before you start wielding a knife around that rolly, wobbly, seriously-so-giant summer treat, you know? And there is so much possibility beyond your standard cube situation! We’re not saying you have to, like, carve a shark into it or anything (although please trust us, SOMEONE HAS DONE THIS), but you could go for snack-sticks, fun shapes, or our favorite: turning that big ol’ melon into your own little juice keg to the absolute marvel of all your party guests....

The mighty onion! Seems like you’re always going to find one of these little guys at the base of, like, every recipe. So much flavor! But what’s up with all this slicing, dicing, chopping, mincing, crying? Let’s take a look at all things onion, shall we? Also, hot tip alert. Please keep in mind that an onion already has some built-in slices for you so we’ll be using that to our advantage!...

I think they have their own personal Anthropologie store, and then some, at their studio. Check out the props. I hope they have a garage sale one day. I’ll be their best customer. The event was co-hosted by KitchenAid and who doesn’t love a 7-quart Red Classy Lady. Two stand mixers were raffled off to attendees, 3 food processors were given away, and one convection oven. I didn’t win anything but had one of the best days I’ve had in ages....

Double White Bean Stew Recipe With spring inching around the corner, yet temperatures still being chilly enough that you likely want something warm and comforting in your belly, this lemony stew is a great hearty lunch or casual dinner option. Not only is it naturally vegan and gluten-free, it’s easy to make and ready in just 30 minutes making it perfect for busy weeknights. The soup has a classic mirepoix of onions, carrots, and celery combined with both cannellinni and garbanzo beans to give it body and heft....

This week I’ve gotten a few things in the mail that I wanted to show you. I received these two books: 1. The 30 Minute Vegan’s Taste of the East 2. the Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook Both of these books were sent to me by Perseus Book Groups. That’s who publishes Ani Phyo’s Raw Food Essentials that I reviewed here. Thanks, Perseus, you guys are awesome! I love it so much!...

I have officially switched over to iced coffees for the season! (Also, iced coffees with this coffee cake which I’ll be sharing soon? YES TO THE YES.) I mean, if you want to get really specific about it, I still make hot coffee at home until about June at which point I start making cold brew in these cute little glass bottles. But my coffee shop order nowadays is a decaf iced soy latte with a half shot of vanilla, and it is the perfect springy sipper....