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Easy Pasta with Spinach Tomatoes and Parmesan Cheese Recipe

June 3, 2019 by Jeanette 26 Comments

Spinach Tomato Parmesan Pasta © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Pasta with Spinach Tomatoes and Parmesan Cheese takes just 20 minutes to prepare, and makes a great all in one dish, packed with spinach. This vegetarian-friendly meal is sure to please. Moms need a break from cooking once in a while. Like most moms, I rarely seem to get a break, no matter what time…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, Dinner, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, vegetarian Tagged With: easy, pasta, quick, spinach, tomatoes, vegetarian

Mixed Bag Kale Salad with Tomatoes and Cheese with Lemon Dressing Recipe

May 15, 2019 by Jeanette 11 Comments

"Mixed Bag" Kale Salad

This “Mixed Bag” Kale Salad is so simple to make, yet you’ll never tire of it. Be sure to use the freshest kale you can find and shaved gruyere or Parmesan cheese right off the block. So, we’ve been living out of a few hotels for nearly three weeks while home repairs were being done following…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Easter, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, side dishes, vegetarian Tagged With: Baldanza natural market, kale salad, organic

Japanese Carrot Ginger Salad Dressing Recipe

April 1, 2019 by Jeanette 32 Comments

Japanese Carrot Ginger Dressing

Japanese Carrot Ginger Salad Dressing is a healthy and delicious recipe similar to what you find in many Japanese restaurants. I went to my first Japanese restaurant when I was a graduate student in New York City. I fondly remember the simple green salad served with this sweet and tangy carrot ginger salad dressing. I’ve…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, dips and sauces, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, sauces, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: carrot ginger dressing, carrots, Japanese salad dressing

Kale Basil Pistachio Garlic Scape Pesto Recipe

July 4, 2018 by Jeanette 16 Comments

Kale Garlic Scape Basil Pesto © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Kale Basil Pistachio Garlic Scape Pesto is a great way to enjoy in-season farmer’s market produce. I remember the first time I tasted pesto many years ago. Just a spoonful of pesto packs a flavorful aromatic punch to any dish. Traditional pesto is made with basil and pine nuts, but I love adding leafy green…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, Dinner, dips and sauces, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, vegetarian Tagged With: csa, farmer's market, garlic scapes, kale pesto, pasta with pesto

Quinoa Kale Tomato Corn Salad Recipe {Video}

May 28, 2018 by Jeanette 54 Comments

Kale Quinoa Tomato Corn Salad © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Quinoa Kale Tomato Corn Salad is light, healthy, and delicious. I love salads that can be enjoyed as main course salads when I’m looking for a satisfying, but light lunch or dinner. Quinoa is a versatile grain (it’s actually a seed) that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It can be eaten in…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, Easter, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: corn, kale, quinoa, salad, tomato

Grilled Chili Garlic Shrimp with Pesto Pasta

May 23, 2018 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Easy Grilled Garlic Chili Shrimp with Pasta and Pesto © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Grilled Chili Garlic Shrimp with Pesto Pasta is quick and delicious, and it comes together in just 30 minutes. I love efficient meals. The key to an preparing an “efficient” meal is preparing and cooking ingredients in the most logical sequence. The trick to getting this Grilled Chili Garlic Shrimp with Pesto Pasta on the…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, Seafood, shellfish Tagged With: grilled shrimp, grilling, pesto, quick and easy dinner

Kale Basil Hazelnut Pesto Recipe

May 21, 2018 by Jeanette 6 Comments

Kale Basil Hazelnut Pesto © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Kale Basil Hazelnut Pesto is a healthy and delicious condiment that doubles as a way to get extra leafy green vegetables into everyday meals. Growing up in a Chinese American family, I did not get my first taste of pesto until I was an adult. But, once I tasted it, I was hooked. Although traditional…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, dairy-free, dips and sauces, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, Pureed Food Diet, sauces, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: basil, hazelnuts, kale, pesto, summer

Skinny Hot Spinach Dip Recipe

November 2, 2016 by Jeanette 32 Comments

Skinny Hot Spinach Dip - this healthy dip is high in protein and great for an after-school snack or party

This Skinny Hot Spinach Dip is a deliciously light dip that is packed with nutrition and protein. Great for an after-school snack, Game Day, or parties. I came up with this Skinny Hot Spinach Dip recipe four years ago as a healthy after-school snack for my youngest son.  I still remember him telling me it…

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Filed Under: appetizers, dips and sauces, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, Holiday Appetizers, vegetarian Tagged With: cottage cheese in dip, cream cheese substitute, Food Network Fall Fest, healthier football snacks, healthy dip, healthy spinach dip, hot spinach dip, skinny spinach dip

Copycat Mrs Green’s Hail To The Kale Salad Recipe

June 1, 2015 by Jeanette 27 Comments

Copycat Mrs Green's Hail To The Kale Salad - so addictively good! Make a big batch and eat it for lunch throughout the week

This copycat version of Mrs Green’s Hail To The Kale Salad is additively good – you’ll want to make a big batch and eat it for lunch throughout the week. A while back, I went to a church retreat called We Want More that was packed into a little over a day. It was an intense session…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, Easter, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, New Year, salads, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: copycat recipe, Hail To The Kale Salad, kale salad, Mrs Greens

Cashew Miso Kale Chips Recipe

May 25, 2015 by Jeanette 9 Comments

Cashew Miso Kale Chips - these crispy kale chips are packed with umami flavor and make a healthy snack

These Cashew Miso Kale Chips are packed with umami flavors and make a healthy snack. I remember the first time I tried kale chips. One of our friend’s sons was on a raw food diet and made kale chips in a dehydrator on a regular basis. They were addicting and no one could eat just…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, dairy-free, dehydrator, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, New Year, snacks, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: cashew nuts, dehydrator, kale chips, miso, nutritional yeast

Kale Edamame Zucchini Greek Salad Recipe

September 3, 2014 by Jeanette 11 Comments

Greek Style Kale Edamame Zucchini Salad Recipe - this healthy salad is packed with flavor and lots of fun textures - Jeanette's Healthy Living

Enjoy this Kale Edamame Zucchini Greek Salad for a lunch or dinner. Top with a poached egg or hard boiled egg for added protein. Dinners have been really quiet the past few days, with just our youngest son at home. We dropped our three older boys off at college in a span of a week. Although I’ve…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, Dinner, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, lunch, main courses, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: edamame, Greek Salad, kale, meatless, salad, soybeans, zucchini

Kale Salad with Feta, Garlic Panko Crumbs and Fried Slow Poached Egg Recipe

August 12, 2014 by Jeanette 25 Comments

Kale Salad with Feta and Garlic Panko Crumbs and Poached Egg © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Kale Salad with Feta, Garlic Panko Crumbs and Fried Slow Poached Egg is seriously addicting. Recently, I clicked on a link for Mei Mei’s food truck in Boston and discovered their Amazing Kale Salad menu item. I don’t even know how I ended up on their site, but that kale salad description intrigued me…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, Recipes For Foodies, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: feta cheese, garlic panko crumbs, kale salad, Mei Mei food truck, slow poached egg, sous vide poached egg

Garlic Roasted Kale Recipe

January 6, 2014 by Jeanette 17 Comments

Garlic Roasted Kale © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Have you all tried kale chips before? Well, today’s Garlic Roasted Kale is a side dish variety of this popular snack. Over the holidays, my brother-in-law introduced our family to this easy, kid-friendly preparation for kale. For as long as I can remember, my husband’s sister, and her family have spent Christmas with our family….

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Cooking Light, how to roast kale, roasted kale

Quinoa, Butternut Squash, Chickpea, Apple, Roasted Beet Salad Recipe

November 11, 2013 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Quinoa Butternut Squash Chickpea Salad

This Quinoa, Butternut Squash, Chickpea, Apple, Roasted Beet Salad is inspired by in-season Fall fruits and vegetables. Packed with nutrients, it makes the perfect one dish meal, whether for lunch or dinner. I made this salad for a celebratory dinner recently and it met with rave reviews. It was for a gathering of ~ 25…

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Filed Under: csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, lunch, salads, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: apples in salad, Fall salad, grains in salad, leafy green vegetables, quinoa salad, roasted beet salad, roasted butternut squash in salad

Lentil Kale Whole Grain Beet Winter Squash Mushroom Salad

October 16, 2013 by Jeanette 24 Comments

Superfoods Salad

This Lentil Kale Whole Grain Beet Winter Squash Mushroom Salad is packed with nutrient-dense Superfoods. I made this Superfood Salad yesterday for my Women’s Bible Study group – it’s packed with seasonal, local, nutrient dense whole foods, free of pesticides, and rich in healthy fats. My CSA Box has been brimming with beets, butternut squash,…

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Filed Under: gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, main courses, salads, side dishes, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: beets, Black lentils, butternut squash, forbidden black rice, French green lentils, kale, nutrient dense foods, pomegranate arils, pomegranate seeds, roasted beets, superfoods, whole sorghum, winter squash

Kale Grape Ginger Lemon Juice Recipe

September 11, 2013 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Kale Grape Ginger JuiceKale Grape Ginger Juice © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Kale Grape Ginger Lemon Juice is a great beginner green juice combination. Grapes make this nice and sweet. Some of you know that I’ve experimented with green smoothies and green juices before, trying to get my kids and my husband to try them. There’s just something about the green color that turns my family…

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Filed Under: Cooking For Cancer, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, smoothies, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: grapes, green juice, juicing, kale juice, vegetable juice

Cool Noodles with Green Pesto and Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Dressing Recipe

July 15, 2013 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Cool Soba Noodles with Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Sauce © Jeanette's Healthy Living

When it’s hot out, I crave foods like these Cool Noodles with Green Pesto and Sweet Spicy Soy Sesame Dressing for lunch or dinner. Keep some cooked noodles, pesto, and soy sesame sauce in the refrigerator, and toss this noodle salad together whenever your heart desires. When the peak of summer heat hits, I crave…

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Filed Under: Asian, dairy-free, farmer's market, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, lunch, main courses, Pasta and Noodles, salads, vegetarian Tagged With: Asian noodle salad, cold noodle salad, cool noodle salad, kale pesto, soba noodle salad

Steamed Swiss Chard with Soy Sesame Sauce Recipe

July 2, 2013 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Swiss Chard Banchan © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Quick and easy, this Steamed Swiss Chard with Soy Sesame Sauce dish is nice served cold or at room temperature. Throughout the summer, Swiss chard makes a regular appearance in my CSA Box and at the local Farmer’s Market. So often, I hear people say that they have no idea what to do with Swiss…

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Filed Under: Asian, csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: banchan, csa, easy Swiss chard recipe, farmer's market

Massaged Kale and Mango Salad Recipe

June 12, 2013 by Jeanette 32 Comments

Massaged Kale Salad with Mango © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Kale is a Power Food that may seem passe to some, but it remains a powerhouse of nutrition regardless. I’ve made kale pesto, kale kimchi, kale chips, sauteed kale, tossed kale salads, used kale in soups and massaged kale salads. I have to admit that the first time I heard of massaged kale, I thought…

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Filed Under: csa, dairy-free, farmer's market, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, salads, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: healthy salad, kale salad, mango, massaged kale salad, summer salad

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Kale Artichoke Pumpkin Seed Pesto Recipe

March 6, 2013 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Kale Artichoke Pumpkin Seed Pesto © Jeanette's Healthy Living

I’m always trying to sneak in vegetables at snack time and meal time. Kale, being a power food, is one vegetable that I would like to incorporate into more of my kids’ meals. Although sauteed kale is not their favorite, I’ve found that they will eat it by the spoonfuls if I make pesto out…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, dips and sauces, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, lunch, snacks, vegetarian

Kale Spinach Lettuce Apple Green Juice Recipe

February 18, 2013 by Jeanette 27 Comments

Kale Spinach Lettuce Apple Green Juice © Jeanette's Healthy Living

Kale Spinach Lettuce Apple Green Juice is a nutritious start to your day. You might have some friends who’ve tried a juice fast or juice cleanse, especially after some indulgent eating. I’ve had friends who’ve paid a lot of money for cleansing plans. Maybe you’ve even tried it yourself. I’ve experimented with juicing the last…

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Filed Under: beverages, dairy-free, gluten-free, green leafy vegetables, healthy choices, New Year, Special Diets, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: Bella NutriPro Juicer, benefits of juicing, juicer, juicing, nutrition of vegetables and fruits in juices, product review

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