Spicy Avocado Cream Sauce and Buffalo Turkey Balls

If you love all things spicy, this is the meal for you! I threw this on top of some zoodles, but it would go awesome with any type of pasta, gluten free pasta or any type of veggie noodles really!

serving size: 15-18 turkey balls and I'd say about a cupish of sauce!

What you need (turkey balls):

• 1 pound ground turkey
• 1/4 cup flour (I used almond)
• 1 egg
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 cup minced celery
• 1/4 cup minced carrot
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup hot sauce 
• 1 green onion, chopped

What you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Prepare a large baking tray
3. In a large bowl, add all ingredients together
4. Mix well, until everything is combined (easiest to use your hands!)
5. Form mixture into meatballs! I got 17 medium sized ones
6. Place on baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes (longer the bigger the balls are)
7. Turn oven to broil and broil those suckers for 1 minute
8. Remove and coat in hot sauce and green onion
9. Enjoy!

What you need (avocado sauce):

• 1 large, ripe avocado
• 1/4 cup unsweetened milk (I used coconut since I had some open)
• half of a large jalapeno, seeded
• 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon dehydrated onion (or onion powder)
• 1 teaspoon dried dill
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley

What you need to do:

1. Add all ingredients into food processor and process until smooth
2. Top on any and everything! pasta..fish..taco. seriously, anything!

Vegan Pizza with Homemade Cheese Sauce and Garlicky Spinach

My homemade cheese sauce was the bees knees so I had some Caulipower plain crusts so my brain was like, hmmm, let's make a vegan white pizza! And it was amazing!

serving size: one pizza

What you need:

• Crust (any kind will do, I used cauliflower crust)
• Vegan cheese sauce (recipe posted a couple back)
• 2 cups spinach
• 1.5 teaspoons avocado/olive oil
• 1/2 tablespoon dehydrated minced onion
• 1-2 teaspoons minced garlic
• little bit of olive oil to spread on the crust
• Optional toppings* hunks of vegan cheese, basil, parsley, oregano..

What you need to do:

1. Make that vegan cheese sauce if you haven't already!
2. Preheat oven based on crust choice
3. Spread some olive oil across your crust
4. Heat your oil and dehydrated onions in a small pan
5. Once you hear them crackling, add in your spinach
6. Dump your minced garlic on now and cook spinach til wilted, about 1-2 minutes
7. Remove spinach from heat
8. Add your cheese sauce to the crust
9. Top with spinach mixture
10. I added some fresh parsley and basil from my garden before serving!
11. YUM, YOUUU DONE

Vegan Buffalo "Chicken" Sandwich

Just a disclaimer, I am NOT a vegan! But, I do on occasion (okay, a lot) like to experiment with ways to make foods I love, vegan! It's fun to see what I can come up with and I love any and all veggies so, why not! That being said, this is an awesome recipe to make a ton of it and have leftovers for work lunch throughout the week! And I mean, who doesn't like buffalo any and everything?!?!

serving size: 6 sandwiches

What you need:

• 1 can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 stalk of celery, diced
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• 1/2 bell pepper, diced
• 1-2 green onions, diced
• 1/4 cup of hummus
• 1/4 cup of hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon sriracha
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 onion powder
• sprinkle of smoked paprika
• bread! I used an organic, multi grain seed bread from Giant
• Optional* topped mine with some hemp seeds of course!

What you need to do:

1. Mash up your chickpeas.
2. Add in all the diced veggies, then stir in the sauces and hummus.
3. Mix well then add in your spices!
4. Place about a cup on your toasted bread slices.
5. EATTTTTT

Mini Apple Spiced Muffins with a Crumbly Streusel On Top

Perfect size for a grab and go breakfast or have a couple after dinner for dessert! My batter was a little sticky so I kinda kept adding in coconut milk and I wasn't measuring so do what works best for you! I also used Fuji apples but feel free to experiment with whatever!

serving size: 24 mini muffins

What you need:

Muffins -

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1/4 teaspoon cardamom 
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon sticky sweetener of choice (I used a "syrup" made from erythritol I believe from a brand called Good Good)
• 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
• about 1 cup coconut milk, separated
• 3 small apples, diced

What you need:

Streusel - 

• 1/2 cup of oats
• 1-2 teaspoons cinnamon
• melted coconut oil
• 1-2 teaspoons honey
• pinch of sea salt

What you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Grease a muffin tin
3. Add all dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
4. In a smaller bowl, add all liquids together and yogurt and 1/2 cup of the coconut milk and mix well.
5. Add wet into dry and stir well.
6. Fold in apple chunks and mix well.
7. Mix all your streusel ingredients together and top muffins.
8. Bake in oven for about 15 minutes
9. Done, yum! 

Spicy Jambalaya

If you need an easy weeknight meal, I got chuuuu. This was very flavorful and you can definitely make this in a slow cooker or InstantPot to make your life easier. I also had to add in some extra water to this for the leftovers, just an FYI. The rice soaks up a lot of the sauce.

serving size: a lot. I filled almost 2 quart sized Tupperware's with leftovers!

What you need:

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 pieces of chicken sausage, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 3 celery stalks, diced
• 1 jalapemo, diced (can use less if you don't like it really spicy)
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes in oil
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups rice (I used Jasmine)
• 4 cups unsalted chicken stock
• 1/2 cup tomatoe and pepper stock (Pacific Foods makes a great one)
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce
• salt and pepper
• chopped cilantro

What you need to do:

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot or pan over medium high heat.
2. Add in chicken sausage and onions and cook for 5 ish minutes.
3. Add in garlic, celery and diced jalapeno and cook for 5 more minutes.
4. Add in your can of tomatoes and sun dried tomatoes and cook 2 minutes
5. Throw the stocks in and along with the rice and then add in all the rest of the ingedients minus the cilantro.
6. Bring to a boil then reduce heat, cover and simmer for around 20 minutes or until your rice is cooked.
7. Once done, add in your chopped cilantro and stir.
8. All done! Let's eat

Easy, Vegan Cheese Sauce

Took my first crack at making a vegan cheese sauce and it turned out really well! Husband approved too so I know it was tasty. Here's the easy recipe

serving size: around 2 cups!

What you need:

• 2 cups unsalted veggie stock
• 3/4 cup almond milk
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 3/4 cup vegan cheese (I grated up Field Roast's slice, about 5 or 6 of them)
• 1 tablespoon vegan cream cheese (I used Kite Hill's Chive cream cheese)
• 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast
• pinch of salt
• pinch of pepper

What you need to do:

1. Bring stock and milk to a boil.
2. SLOWLY whisk in the flour, stirring continuously and lower the heat til your mixture is simmering.
3. Add in your nutritional yeast, whisking away.
4. Add in the cheese and simmer for 10-15 minutes, whisking and watching until the sauce thickens up.
5. Done! Enjoy

Miso Tempeh Bowl with Veggies and Quinoa

This was so good! I've been incorporating miso into everything from eggs, to my veggies so of course I made a quick sauce using it for my tempeh marinade!

What you need:

• 1 package tempeh
• 1/4 cup liquid aminos
• 3 tablespoons avocado oil
• 3 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon grated ginger
• 1 tablespoon miso paste
• 1 tablespoon chili garlic paste
• 1 cup uncooked quinoa
• any veggies of choice!
• optional* green onions, sesame seeds, shallots, sriracha

What you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 400
2. Cook quinoa according to package directions and set aside
3. Slice your tempeh into cubes
4. While quinoa is cooking, make your marinade by whisking all the ingredients above together and add in sliced tempeh
5. Marinade for as long as it takes you to dice your veggies up!
6. Toss your veggies in avocado oil and some crushed red pepper, salt and pepper
7. Add veggies and tempeh to greased tray and roast for 15 minutes
8.  Assemble your bowl and drizzle with sriracha!

Quick, Spicy Chicken Ramen over Buckwheat Noodles and Zoodles

I had every intention to follow a recipe similar to this that I found in the new Cooking Light magazine..but that didn't happen at all as per the usssssssual. So, here I give you my take on an insanely easy, spicy ramen bowl. Like, really easy guys. Protein can be swapped out for literally any other..the recipe called for ground pork so experiment!

What you need:

• 8 ounces of noodles (I used Buckwheat noodles, also threw some leftover zoodles in my bowl)
• 1/2 tablespoon cocout oil
• 1/2 a white onion
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 package mushrooms
• 1 pound ground chicken
• 4 cups stock (I used chicken)
• 2 tablespoons chili garlic sauce
• 2 tablespoons liquid aminos
• 4 tablespoons white miso
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 2-3 scallions, chopped
• *optional: sesame seeds, sriracha, green onions...

What you need to do:

1. Cook your ground chicken, onions and mushrooms in the coconut oil, about 10 minutes until the chicken is no longer pink.
2. Meanwhole, boil water and cook noodles according to package directions.
3. Drain and divide into bowls
4. Next, add in your stock, chili garlic, liquid aminos, miso, garlic and carrots.
5. Bring to a boil, then turn heat down and cook for another 5 minutes
6. Pour over noodles and top with your toppings!
7. Eat!!!!