comment icon 57 more comments Like, tofu with a spice crust. (YES! THANK YOU!) Tofu that feels worthy of building a meal around. Tofu that you can eat off the pan as a snack. This is sheet pan BBQ Tofu, and it is an end-of-summer, healthy eating lifesaver. BBQ Tofu is awesome because: It’s stupidly easy. It’s hands-off (SHEET PAN FTW). It’s a good source of protein. It’s vegan! It’s goes with… kind of everything....

The past 6 months I’ve been going gangbusters with coconut oil in breads, muffins, and cookies. The flavor it imparts is subtle, yet it lends such a soft and moist texture to everything it touches. For this bread, I paired coconut oil with rich, creamy coconut milk and am thrilled with the results. It’s adapted from Soft and Fluffy Sandwich Bread (vegan), which has been very popular with readers and is my husband’s all-time favorite bread....

comment icon 314 more comments She is my favorite bowl to date – this coming from a serial bowl-recipe addict – and she is loaded with good things like rice noodles, sweet garlic lime sauce, peanuts, rainbow veggies, and mint / basil / cilantro, and she’s here to say HI FRIENDS I LOVE YOUUUU She is the SPRING ROLL BOWL, making her appearance just in time for SPRING as in the time of year when weather is supposed to get warm and sunny and happy-fresh....

comment icon 74 more comments It’s a nutritional powerhouse with roasty potatoes, fresh green beans, summery tomatoes, herbs upon herbs, soft scrambled eggs with goat cheese, and of course, a nice hefty pile of those tiny black lentils. Sprinkle with seeds or nuts. Squeeze a little lemon juice over top, maybe drizzle with a little homemade garlic-and-olive-oil Italian dressing. Hit with some salt and pepper. Oh my gosh, NEED. Need, need, need....

Copycat Tagalongs Recipe I think that Girl Scout Tagalong Cookies live in the shadows of Samoas and Thin Mints. But since I’ve already recreated fast, easy, DIY versions of both Samoas and Thin Mints, it’s time to bring Tagalongs into the limelight. After all, who can resist a buttery soft shortbread base, topped with creamy peanut butter, and finished with a satisfying layer of chocolate? Rather than making individual cookies, which would include rolling and cutting out shortbread and then dipping each cookie individually in chocolate, I took the flavors in classic Girl Scout Tagalongs and made bars....

We have such harsh winters here, haven’t you heard? The best parts of my week include: Updating my blog from this screenshot yesterday to what it looks like now. The major changes include header changed, font type and size changed, search and subscribe via email boxes tweaked, color scheme changed from black/teal to gray/coral. In time, I will change the url over from loveggiesandyoga.com to averiecooks.com but for now, it remains LV&Y....

The BEST Broccoli Salad with Grapes I’ve never shared a recipe for broccoli grape salad because I thought it may be a regional thing confined only to potlucks and picnics in the Midwest where I grew up. But a month or so ago I was at an event in northern California, and low and behold broccoli salad was one of the sides. I was in cruciferous heaven. My Mom’s easy recipe for broccoli salad includes broccoli, bacon, celery, green onions, red grapes, raisins, and sunflower seeds all tossed in a tart-and-tangy dressing made with mayo, sugar, and apple cider vinegar....

Here’s the thing – I do love chili. But here’s the other thing – I’m kind of picky about chili. I like chili that is: comment icon 289 more comments Thick! Mega thick. Chunky, but small, even chunks – no huge pieces of tomato, please. Spicy, but not like fire-in-your-mouth spicy. Just the cozy, warming, winter afternoon kind of spicy. Beany in moderation. I want to know that the beans are there, but not be thinking about beans with every bite....

comment icon 40 more comments I mean, in a very real way… yes. After I posted the original two huge chocolate chip cookies recipe, someone sent me a DM on Instagram and said, can you do a recipe for this same thing but for your chocolate cookies recipe? (Which happens to be one of my favorite cookies of all time, and also happens to be an extremely large-batch recipe.) So one night, in my pajamas, after I had put the girls to bed, I got out my cocoa powder and my butter and my sugar and I answered the call....

I love easy Valentine’s recipes! Try my Sugar Cookie Bars, Valentine’s Cupcakes, or Chocolate Covered Strawberries! I’m a bit of a cookie snob, and these Valentine’s Day cookies fit the bill for my ideal cookie; slight crisp to the outside, but is really soft and chewy. Top with a Reese’s peanut butter heart candy and I can’t think of any better cookies to make on Valentine’s day. They are fantastic!...

Warm Shrimp and Avocado Salad This healthy salad with shrimp and avocado brings all the flavors of Mexico to you. It’s easy, healthy, light and fresh, and ready in 10 minutes. There are so many amazing textures and Mexican-inspired flavors, including cumin-spiced tender shrimp, black beans, velvety avocado, crunchy cucumbers, and a bit of heat from a jalapeño pepper as well as an optional serrano chile pepper. Everything is coated in a lime and honey sauce that is so good you will want to slurp it up with a spoon....

Healthy Vegetable Soup Recipe How are those New Year’s resolutions going? This low-calorie soup will help anyone who’s fallen off the wagon, or who never got on the wagon, get back on. It may not be a magic bullet for weight loss, but it’s a good start. I’m not trying to lose weight but I use this vegetable soup as a way to incorporate many of the ingredients I’d put on a salad into soup form....

Easy White Texas Sheet Cake Recipe Everyone thinks of chocolate cake when it comes to a Texas sheet cake, but I decided to make a white version that’s studded with white chocolate chips. This is a fast and easy white cake recipe and you don’t even need to use a mixer. Just whisk everything together which is my idea of a perfect cake. The Texas sheet cake is soft, tender, fluffy, moist, and everything you want in a white cake....

I can never really make up my mind about spring. It’s sloshy and muddy and wet. The snow looks dirty. It’s never quite warm enough. It’s a sunny 50 degrees one day, and we’re preparing for a snow emergency the next day. But on the other hand… it’s not negative five hundred degrees anymore! That is a win. It’s warm enough to make you want to take off your mittens and a hat by the end of your walk....

In belated homage to what is clearly a day of national importance, here are a ten of my favorite smores or smores-related (heavy on the marshmallow, chocolate, or graham cracker) recipes: Deep Dish Double Chocolate Golden Grahams Smores Bars (Vegan & GF options) Peanut Butter Cocoa Krispies Smores Bars Double Chocolate Caramel Corn & Cocoa Rice Krispies Candy Bars (No-Bake with Vegan & GF options) 3 Musketeers Marshmallow Candy-Stuffed White Chocolate Cupcakes with Fluffy Vanilla Buttercream...

Overnight Caramel French Toast Casserole – EASY, soft, tender, and decadent French toast that’s coated in caramel sauce!! Assemble it the night before and wake up to an amazing breakfast or brunch that everyone will ADORE!! Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana-Stuffed French Toast – A decadent twist on peanut butter and banana sandwiches!! Great for lazy weekend mornings or holiday brunches! Cinnamon Sugar French Toast Sticks – Portable French toast that’s just begging to be dunked!...

Fast and Easy Cheesy Dip Recipes I love cheesy dips. There is nothing that compares to warm, melty cheese in my world. Other than maybe a warm chocolate chip cookie. From vegetarian to loaded with bacon, there’s a dip here for everyone. All of the dips are easy and most are ready in 20 to 30 minutes. They’re perfect for holiday parties, New Year’s Eve, Superbowl parties, game days, or your next Netflix night on the couch when you want to curl up with something warm and cozy....

It is absolutely possible to feed your family healthy dinners, that are simple to make and taste amazing. From protein-packed bowls, chicken, seafood and vegetarian recipes, each healthy dinner recipe is loaded with wholesome ingredients and bursting with flavor. If you want macro balanced recipes, I’ve got you covered there too! So put on your apron and let’s get cooking! Kung Pao Shrimp Made with all fresh ingredients and sautéed shrimp, this dish is done and ready to enjoy in just 20 minutes!...

Of course, there are days when we need a little something cute. Other times, we need something funny. And there are always those times when we need something cozy, cuddly, and adorable. And there are definitely times when I personally just need a dog. But this is not a post about getting a dog. I will not make this post about getting a dog. Because this is a post about when you need something simple, delicious, and fresh....

Easiest Honey Dijon Salmon Everywhere I turn, I read that salmon is so good for you and that you should try to eat more of it. That reminded me that I hadn’t made it in awhile and I don’t know why after tasting this incredibly flavorful and tender honey mustard glazed salmon that’s so fast and easy. The recipe is a spinoff of my recipes for Sheet Pan Honey Lemon Salmon and Sheet Pan Orange Chili Salmon....