Category: New Recipes

While I was still working in an office and had no idea what a healthy diet was supposed to look like, I would buy lunch from the pharmacy in the building. That included foods like Ramen noodles, salt & vinegar potato chips, chocolate covered pretzels, or some kind of microwavable Chef Boyardee or Campbell’s product. I didn’t know how to read a nutrition label or even think about looking at an ingredient list, and I’m positive not one thing was clean or macro friendly. Fast forward five years and now I have my own version of the classic canned SpaghettiOs. 

This recipe was a happy accident that happened when I needed to go grocery shopping, but didn’t feel like it so I used pretty much the only things I had in the house: gluten free noodles and tomato soup.

I had no idea what creation I was about to make, but I cooked the noodles according to the package directions (I used this) and added the noodles back to the pot after drained. Next, the tomato soup (this) is added to the pot with the noodles and heated until everything is warm. At this point the recipe could be done, or you can add some of your favorite spices to kick it up a notch. 

This is a great alternative to the canned version of SpaghettiOs, even if it isn’t technically ‘spaghetti’. You can use any type of pasta and any brand of tomato soup and have the same result. I use whatever I have on hand at the time and it always tastes the same. Just make sure to check your labels if you want your dish to be clean!

1 large broccoli crown

1 cup shredded carrots

4 Garlic cloves

Olive oil

7 oz Coconut milk

2 cups water

2 Vegetable bouillon cubes

Banza Chickpea elbow pasta

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Chop broccoli into bite sized pieces, coat in olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and roast in oven for 15 minutes.

Cook garlic in olive oil in a large pot. Add shredded carrots and roasted broccoli, stir. Add two cups water and one bouillon cube and let dissolve. Add coconut milk and other bouillon cube, stir and let dissolve. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add pasta and let cook 8-10 minutes or until soft but not falling apart.

Serve with gluten free crackers on top!

One of those days where I have no idea what we’ll have for dinner, but then it turns out pretty awesome! The original idea was everything stuffed into taco shells but I always stuff them way too much and it all falls apart so instead I put it all in a bowl and mixed it all together.

For cauliflower:                 1 head cauliflower

Frank’s Hot Buffalo Sauce*

Other Ingredients:          Rice

Re-fried Black Beans

Multi Colored Bell Peppers

Mann’s Kale Beet Blend

Black Bean & Corn Salsa

Blue Corn Taco Shells

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Chop cauliflower into bite sized pieces and put into a large bowl. Drizzle a generous amount of buffalo sauce on top and mix all together until every piece of cauliflower is covered completely. Add more sauce as needed. Roast cauliflower in single layer on baking sheet for 20-25 minutes or until easily pierced with fork and a little browned.

Cook the rice while cauliflower is roasting; I like to make extra rice so I have some for another meal the next day. Chop peppers into small pieces and cook in pan on stove. Add onion too if you want, I just didn’t have any on hand. I have a large cast iron skillet, so when the peppers were soft and slightly browned, I moved them to the side of the skillet and added the re-fried black beans to the other side just to warm them up.

Once everything was ready, I started with breaking some taco shells into a bowl, then I added rice, peppers, black beans, cauliflower, greens, and salsa, then more broken shells. This was really easy to prepare and came together quickly!

*If you don’t like spicy, use your favorite mild taco sauce.