BEST THAI CRUNCH PEANUT NOODLES

Makes 6 Mini Stuffed Pumpkins

283 Calories Per Stuffed Pumpkin

We've entered Thanksgiving week, and I'm super excited about it.. Because of our world is upside down and we're living unusual days/months, doesn't mean our holidays are going to be the same way.. I think everyone agrees, holidays feel even more festive & special this year, and I'm ready to put extra effort for making it unforgettable in every way.. Here I'm with another quick, easy, festive, delicious holiday appetizer or side that everyone asks for constantly.. First, I would like to talk about black garlic briefly.. Have you ever heard or used of black garlic before ? If not I strongly recommend using this.. Black garlic is fresh raw garlic that slowly fermented at low/warming temperature about 20 to 60 days.. Fermentation process changes garlic's texture, flavor and color -it turns into dark black, soft, sweet flesh - Black garlic doesn't just give amazing umami taste into 

Makes 6 Pot pies

557 Calories Per Pot Pie

Are you still holding tight ? Or you're panicking inside as we're getting closer to the strange big feast day or worrying about what's happening outside of the world, how virus is surging scary badly.. No matter what's going on inside or outside, at the end we all need to eat.. Not just eat, eat really good food to keep us going through to the vaccine.. So just sit calmly, and plan a wonderful Thanksgiving menu for yourself.. You need it, you deserve it.. Make this Thanksgiving extra special with health conscious yet delicious food.. Like this meatless version of classic pot pies that are easy to put together with

Makes 6 Servings

236 Calories Per Serving With Toppings

Here is a simple, nutritious, delicious, immune booster, soul warming cold weather soup that you can make pretty much with any mixture of root vegetables you have on hand.. This soup is made with sweet parsnip, earthy celeriac, sunchoke, sweet potato and leek; but carrots, rutabaga, turnip, regular potato will work too.. Ohh, toppings.. It takes this soup in an another level of taste, I topped creamy soup with maple cinnamon roasted butternut squash cubes, roasted pecan, pepitas, and served with sourdough grilled cheese sticks.. It's uber delish either plain or loaded.. It's

Makes 4 Servings

433 Calories Per Serving

No doubt about this year Thanksgiving is going to be strange, weird, virtual, unusual one in every way - you know we have to do this for one time, if we want to celebrate many Thanksgiving's to come -, but doesn't mean food has to be "less healthy"or "heavy", at least we can control what we eat.. If you're looking for less starch but more vegetables on your table, then let's plan together healthier Thanksgiving table side than any others.. Forget about passing the big bowl of old fashion plain mashed potatoes around the table, instead you can make the most luxuriously creamy, satisfying puree with sweet parsnip, earthy cauliflower, whole head of black garlic or roasted garlic, and tasty spices, then serve this amazing puree with homemade mix greens pesto - of course we need to get/squeeze our greens in every possible way -, spice+balsamic roasted carrots,

Makes 11 Pies

334 Calories Per Pie

As we're getting closer and closer to the Thanksgiving, I feel obligated to share all kind of pie recipes with you !! Rustic, flaky, tart, spicy, cinnamon-y.. The most iconic of American tradition.. Who doesn't like delicious hand pies that made with addictively flaky homemade pie crust and crazy delicious, juicy, jammy fruit filling ? This year, I'm planning to serve individual hand pies rather than one big traditional pie.. I can give many reasons to convince you; first of all, they are conveniently easy grab and go dessert, secondly you can easily play with them, they allow you to use variety fillings 

Makes 4 Servings

514 Calories Per Serving

I'm taking the classic lasagna into another level, and making it - plant based, low carb, gluten free, and vegetarian - with healthy vegetarian lentil bolognese stuffed spaghetti squash  boats.. Lentil bolognese loaded with all the goodies you really need; such as good fiber source flavorful black lentil, black bean, purple carrot, leek, kale, poblano peppers, whole head of roasted garlic, all the heart warming 

Makes 8 Pancakes

620 Calories Per Pancake

These super flakey, crispy outside chewy inside pancakes are one of our favorite weekend treat for breakfast.. Traditionally Chinese scallion pancakes are made with pork fat and scallion; of course I skipped the fat part, wanted to be on the healthy side, and used three different fillings for variety taste and flavor, such as feta + garlic chives, grated cheddar and slightly sweet tahini mixture.. Let me try to explain the whole process; it may sound complicated, but really it's not if you pay attention on couple details.. First, you need to mix really sticky but not wet dough by resisting to adding more

Makes 6 Servings

366 Calories Per Serving

This is not the traditional caesar salad that you all know; super tender antioxidant loaded kale leaves, bitter-y radicchio Verona, crunchy shredded carrots, purple radish, purple turnip, creamy avocados, sweet juicy pears, spicy crunchy chick peas, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet addictive cornbread croutons and finally "not so traditional " yet sooooo delicious - no mayo, almost no oil - tahini dressing make this salad not just utterly delicious; much lighter, healthier and nutritious than traditional one as well.. So many flavors, so many textures.. Something raw something roasted, something soft something crunchy, 

Makes 8 Servings

320 Calories Per Serving Of Shepherd's Pie, 210 Calories Per Cornbread

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, even though this year we will not accept any guest for holiday season, still it will be a nice celebration table just for us.. I'm sure many of you already have a rough idea of what you 're going to prepare, but if not here is a delicious side meal for your holiday table.. Layers and layers of nutritious veggies - acorn squash, Brussels sprout, potato, broccoli, peppers, fresh corn, kale -, soul warming spices, herbs and protein loaded hearty black lentil 

Makes 36 Meatballs

47 Calories Per Meatball With Sauce And Dressing

Forget everything you know about hot wings; because I'm replacing them with much more healthier, cleaner and just as delicious alternative.. I would like to introduce you to new favorite game night appetizer; vegan buffalo meatballs.. I love making and eating delicious food if that just happens to be healthy.. Taste and health are really important factors for finding the perfect balance and as well as joy in your own health journey.. These meatless meatballs made using wholesome fresh ingredients -such as carrot, celery stalk, white bean, mushroom, walnut, brown rice-, and still loaded with addictive buffalo flavor and amazing taste.. Vegan meatballs are also easy to make; first, gather all the ingredients into

Makes 19 Icing Covered Donuts And Makes 9 Chocolate Covered Donuts

214 Calories Per Icing Donut, 179 Calories Per Chocolate Donut

As we get closer to the Halloween, many kids and moms are wondering how are we going to celebrate the day in face of pandemic ? Just like everything else in this year, trick or treating willI need to look a bit different than usual.. We're still debating the possibilities of safe way to treat sharing; strong one is preparing individual " grab and go " bags spreading safely on outside table along with hand sanitizer etc. if anyone needs.. Sorry kids, there won't any home baked goodies this year.. Besides all the new arrangements, I feel pressure on my shoulder to bake something for us; healthy-ish but still can satisfy our "not too sweet tooth " as well.. These two ways oven baked sweet potato donuts - yeast leavened ones have cup of cooked/mashed potatoes in the dough, other ones have raw minced whole sweet potato in the batter, they also are gluten free and

Makes 10 Waffles

139 Calories Per Waffle, 179 Calories With Garnish

Ahh, autumn; my favorite season of the year; colorful leaves, all the orange, purple and deep red color flowers, crisp calm mornings, irresistible warm spice kitchen scents, and of course big part of the reason is all about the food.. I can lose myself at the farmers market with all kind of fall squashes, pumpkins, Brussel sprouts, colorful cauliflowers, cabbages, and hearth warming delightful spices.. I love pumpkin so much that I've already posted four pumpkin recipes, but sit tight and hold on, I'm not done yet.. Still I have a long list of pumpkin/fall recipes that are waiting to be developed, tested in the kitchen, photographed, and published.. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pasta, pumpkin soup, pumpkin salad, YES anything with pumpkin.. When the "pumpkin extravaganza" starts in my kitchen, you know what that means; 

Makes 4 Servings

443 Calories Per Serving

The most important thing when preparing any salad is all about keeping the balance.. Balancing flavors and textures are so crucial as well as combining four main taste elements in a harmony; acid, bitter, sweet and salt.. You have to have little bit of everything in one bowl and in every bite; like this one.. Naturally sweet balsamic vinegar roasted honey butternut squash + rainbow heirloom carrots, honey spiced roasted walnut + pepitas, sweet juicy apples, peppery bitter yet super crunchy, tasty radicchio of Treviso, baby arugula, savory lemony lambs quarter, purple daikon, watermelon radish, salty blue cheese crumbles, pan roasted concord grapes joined in the party together for creating out-of-this-world deliciously salad, and finally

Makes 6 Servings 

563 Calories Per Serving With 5 Raviolis

If you're following my blog long enough, then you know how much I love making my own pasta at home.. It's been more than a decade now, we're not buying any pasta from grocery store; if we crave for pasta, then we have to plan this and make it from scratch.. Of course, making homemade pasta definitely more work than pulling out package of dried pasta from pantry; but if you think about kneading + resting the dough, rolling the long silky leather-y sheets of pasta and shaping into heavenly parcels are kind of therapy or meditation for your mind, plus you're doing the best thing for your body with endless filling possibilities with health conscious, fresh, organic ingredients.. As I always say; create time for your health, make a ravioli day in, make it fun for whole family, open the bottle of wine, and enjoy delicious labor of love at the end.. This is the recipe that will bring lots of joy in your kitchen, guaranteed !! So shall we talk about this addictively delicious plate, now ? If this meal is not screaming fall 

Makes 8 Pretzels

395 Calories Per Pretzel

September 22nd was the autumnal equinox, the first day of fall.. Big marker of harvest season, as well as welcoming sign for the season of colorful leaves, crisp mornings & nights, cozy blankets and sweaters.. And guess what else ? Hearty soups, stews, warm drinks and homemade bake goods.. Autumn is perfect time for baking, especially with pumpkin right now.. I'm opening the new season with my all time favorite, absolutely irresistible, soft, chewy pretzels with rich, creamy pesto cheese filling ! Simple, yet crazy delicious, and loaded with all the fall flavors you're craving for.. These are definitely not your grannies nor shopping mall food court pretzels - by the way

Makes 4 Servings

606 Calories Per Serving

Ohh, boy !! We're just in October and having early Thanksgiving on the table right now with this amazing delicious yet nutritious meal.. There are a lot of things going on in this one, one recipe will bring many possibilities, ideas to you.. All the fall veggies harmoniously came together for creating amazing "die for "taste.. Luxuriously creamy, smooth cauliflower potato puree mixed with sauteed garlic-y turnip greens for earthy tones, and sat next to grilled Italian heirloom radicchio de Verona ( bitter flavor of crispy radicchio tends to mellow down when grilled or braised ) to created beautiful bed for the rest; then topped with oven baked crispy butternut and delicata squash fries, homemade radish and turnip greens pesto, steamed chioggia beets and super delicately cooked Chilean sea bass.. Finished whole meal with 

Makes 14 Inches One Pizza, 8 Slices

189 Calories Per Slice

Finally we can have pizza whenever we feel the cravings without all the carbs and guilt.. Much more healthier version low carb pizza as delicious as traditional one if not more.. Perfect for using left over zucchini bits and pieces and also great way to sneak in your veggies for the kids.. Simple ingredients serves delicious slices in no time for dinner; crust is made up of shredded zucchini, eggs, flour and feta crumbles.. Make sure you remove all liquid from the zucchini before mixing with the rest.. YES, you need to squeeze your shredded zucchini for removing the excess 

Makes 4 Servings

658 Calories Per Serving

If you're tired of cooking for long hours but you need healthy and easy food on the table for dinner; then you'll need a good bowl recipe ! Bowls are so popular in last decade, because it's one of the easiest way to turn random ingredients into a uber healthy lunch or dinner.. But you can't just trow anything into a bowl; you need certain balance in between taste, texture and color, also each component of the bowl needs to be well seasoned and flavored.. Bowl's got to have enough protein to keep you full and satisfied, and delicious sauce to bring it all together beautifully.. These are the simple rules to create complex flavors bowls.. I have so many " bowl recipes " to choose from roasted veggies to pureed ones, grains to non-grain version, plant based to fish poke bowls.. You can mix and match the ingredients in each, but don't forget