Healthy Choices
"lighter" recipes without sacrificing flavor...
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The Best Mediterranean Glory Bowl
Mediterranean Glory Bowl combines health benefits with flavorful roasted zucchini, pomegranate, avocado, feta, chicken sausage, and lime juice. Halloooo. We are officially heading into the holidays!! WoOp wHoO!! I love them. Starting with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, happiest at ChristmasThyme, wrapping up with a New Year’s Celebration. Our Mediterranean Glory Bowl is a seasonal recipe; pomegranate season. I have a sentimental love for pomegranate and to a fault may include them in one too many recipes. Thanks for hanging in there with me.
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Rustic White Bean & Greens Heart Healthy Soup
While I made this Rustic White Bean & Greens Heart Healthy Soup two days after January 1st, you could easily serve this on the big day to encourage luck and good fortune! We, like many of you, enjoy Black-eyed peas or beans, collard greens cooked with ham, and golden cornbread on New Year’s Day. These are after-all good luck foods and lord knows we need all the luck we can get these days.
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Honey Crisp Holiday Salad with Maple Cider Vinaigrette
Honey Crisp Holiday Salad with Maple Cider Vinaigrette is the ideal salad to pair with a special meal or holiday feast. Deliciously sweet apples with cranberries and pecans give this salad wonderful crunch. Tangy feta cheese is the perfect balance. And let us not overlook the Maple Cider Vinaigrette! So simple to make, yet bursting with bright flavor!
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Festive Pear Pomegranate & Pecan Spinach Salad
Yesterday I jumped in with both feet and came up with three salads I think you’ll really enjoy! The first up is this festive Pear, Pomegranate & Pecan Spinach Salad with Pomegranate Maple Vinaigrette! You see, I was somewhere between planning our Family Thanksgiving menu and scheduling an upcoming Holiday Luncheon when I realized a serious void on Lemony Thyme. I’m really slacking in the festive salad category. That was then, this is now!
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Avgolemono {Greek Chicken & Rice Soup}
Greek Chicken & Rice Soup, also known as Avgolemono, is a wonderfully hearty soup with fresh bursts of lemon throughout. As we head squarely into soup season this creamy delicious pot of love deserves to be on rotation.
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From The Earth Salad with Sherry Vinaigrette
This From The Earth Salad with Sherry Vinaigrette is aptly named after our nearby brewery where it can be found on the menu. The ingredients in this salad are simple and colorful and fresh. Tangy feta, with blistered tomatoes and crisp corn pair perfectly with creamy avocado and fresh cucumber and greens. Then there’s the Sherry Vinaigrette. Just the right balance of vinegar to honey to aromatic shallot and garlic.
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Heart Healthy Turkey & Sweet Potato Southwest Chili
My motivation for this Heart Healthy Turkey & Sweet Potato Southwest Chili was to deliver a flavor packed hearty chili. You know the kind even your manly man will eat. But packed full of nutrients without extra calories. Because let’s face it, most of us don’t need empty calories and are perfectly happy as long as we’re satisfied. This chili is definitely satisfying.
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Juicy Jerk Turkey Burgers with Caribbean Coleslaw
Juicy Jerk Turkey Burgers with Caribbean Coleslaw scream summer! Big bold flavors. Bright cheerful colors. There’s nothing boring about these burgers.
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Fig & Walnut Arugula Salad with Chickpeas & Gorgonzola
The ingredients in this Fig & Walnut Arugula Salad with Chickpeas & Gorgonzola play so nicely together. Heaven on a plate! While I haven’t always loved arugula, I’m a fan now! It’s quickly becoming my go-to green! First off, it’s eats well. Do you know what I mean? You can stick your fork into an arugula salad and more often than not, you’ll have yourself a pretty perfect bite! You can’t say that about every salad.
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Fresh Fig & Mascarpone Sweet Potato Pizza {Gluten Free}
When I asked you all for fig recipe inspiration my sister-in-love immediately responded with “Fig & Mascarpone Pizza!” To which I replied “Sounds amazing! Recipe please.” So this Fresh Fig & Mascarpone Sweet Potato Pizza is my version of her recipe. She was 100% correct. The combination of fig, mascarpone, and honey is incredible! The sweet potato ‘pizza crust’ is like a match made in heaven!
