Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Chickpea Cookies

If you're craving some delicious, peanut-buttery, chocolate-chippy cookies, here's your solution! Made without flour, eggs, oil, or dairy products, these cookies fit in to all sorts of different diets. Using a chickpea base, I added in peanut butter, dates, coconut sugar, and other sweet ingredients to boost the flavor. One of my best cookie recipes yet!

Vegan Chocolate-Pumpkin Pancakes

The number of combinations you can create with pancakes is incredible. But one of the best combos is definitely chocolate and pumpkin. Especially during fall.
So here it is. The ultimate combination:
Chocolate. Pumpkin. United in a pancake.
So yum.
With the addition of chopped Cocoa Crunch Squarbar bites and gooey medjool date bits, this is undoubtably one of my favorite recipes to 'date' (Did you catch my pun?!). I hope you enjoy!

Roasted Butternut Squash, Nut, and Cranberry Quinoa Salad

Hey, all! So sorry for the huge gap between posts - I have been majorly busy with schoolwork this past month, so I haven't had much time to squeeze in new recipes; however, I would like to introduce to you a lovely fall-themed side dish containing some of my favorite fall ingredients (besides pumpkin) - squash and cranberries. This will make an excellent feature on your table this coming Thanksgiving (I know it will most certainly be making an appearance on mine)!

Caramel Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes

 I just can't seem to stop making pancake recipes! They're just too fun to make... and eat! Today I concocted this splendiferous pancake stack using some of the best fall flavors around: caramel and pumpkin. Together, caramel and pumpkin create an outstanding taste, especially in these here flapjacks. Added some more fabulous and healthy ingredients (including flax meal for good fats and oat flour for whole grains), sprinkled in some mini chocolate chips, and smothered with toppings to make the perfect Sunday morning breakfast. I hope you all enjoy these as much as I just did!

Edamame and Garlic Hummus

I'm all about making new hummus flavors this summer! Although I'm kinda running out of ideas… I'll have to have a brainstorm day soon! Anyway, this recipe features a combo of edamame and garlic, which I feel have a pretty good relationship together. I still used garbanzo beans because I feel that their texture provides a nice base for the consistency of the hummus.

Sweet Potato Pasta

Sometimes things don't work out the way you want them to, but… You just gotta push on and find the positives! That's kind of what I had to do with this meal. I really meant to make this a yummy, cheesy, healthy Mac n' Cheese, but it didn't turn out quite as creamy or cheesy as I'd anticipated. Despite this set back, it really was a tasty dish! Even though it didn't satisfy my Mac n' Cheese craving, I definitely liked it enough to make it again, which is why I'm choosing to share the recipe with you all!

Three Ingredient Falafels

Last year, my family and I took a trip to Washington, D.C. and stayed in a hotel in Bethesda, Maryland. While we were there, we found this amazing Greek restaurant called "Cava Mezze Grille." We became addicted to their food, and ended up eating there every night despite the fact that there were hundreds of other restaurants around us! Ever since then, I have been in love with falafels and pitas… They are so simple, yet so delicious and healthy. I hope you enjoy my very own recipe!

Fudgey Black Bean Protein Brownies

I'm always up for finding a healthier alternative to desserts! And it just so happens that gooey, fudgey brownies are one of my favorite desserts, so… I made a delicious batch this afternoon! I never really have much to do during the day on Mondays in the summer, so I dedicated today to baking and watching Margo. Both have kept me pretty busy (the latter being the most time-consuming, as expected!) Oh, and did I mention that they're vegan?!

Rainbow Bulgar Veggie Bowl

One of my favorite things to make for dinner, especially when I can't decide what I want, is to just mix together tons of my favorite ingredients! Tonight I made a yummy bulgar salad filled with all kinds of delicious and nutritious goodies. It sure did hit the spot! And it's super easy to make, so when you come home after a long day, you don't have to slave for an hour to make a healthy meal. This salad is finished in just 20-30 minutes. It sounds a little long, but there's lots of prep you can do while the bulgar is a'cookin'!

White Bean and Balsamic Hummus

Hummus is without a doubt one of my favorite things to put on sandwiches, plop in wraps, or dip veggies and pita bread in. Sometimes I can actually just lick it off a spoon; it almosts taste like mashed potatoes! Which leads me to believe that hummus is on the verge of becoming a new comfort food. 

Vegan Caramel-Banana Pancakes

Who can resist the gooey deliciousness of medjool dates? I sure can't. And I have absolutely no will power when it comes to banana pancakes. Give me a plate, and I will eat them, fork or not. It recently dawned on me that, oh my gosh, if I COMBINED these two wonderful things, both of which can be considered some of nature's candies because of their super intoxicating sweetness, I could create something totally, mind-blowingly brilliant. And that's what I thought of these pancakes.