dinner recipes

Fried Cauliflower Florets

I’ve been on my cauliflower kick for quite some time now, especially after seeing Chef Alyssa’s Asian BBQ Cauliflower Tacos. I’m a big fan of eating healthy and clean foods, but every so often I do get a craving for fried foods. Instead of going out to indulge in a bucket of fried chicken, I decided to be healthy and make fried cauliflower. I grew up with this dish as a child and absolutely love the light taste the fried cauliflower brings. I took my dad’s original recipe that calls for olive oil and swapped that out for coconut oil. […]

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Light Lemon Chicken and Salad

It’s the holidays! Get ready to break your diets and eat a ton of comfort foods and sweets! Here is a lighter recipe that has only a little bit of guilt involved, make sure to pan fry in coconut oil to cut down on that guilt. Plus, this lemon chicken is super easy to make and only uses 4 ingredients! The less ingredients, the better! My favorite way to serve this chicken is over a Mediterranean style salad and you can add or take out whatever you want in the salad to make it your own. I made this recipe […]

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Teriyaki Grilled Eggplant with Cashew Coconut Rice

Just this last Wednesday I was invited to have some dinner with some friends so we decided to meet up and then cook and eat together. My friend is a vegetarian so instead of grilling up some burgers we decided to grill up some teriyaki eggplant and make cashew coconut rice to go with it. As a meat lover myself I was not sure I would particularly enjoy this meal, but I can safely say this is a meal that everyone will love. Here’s what you need (serves 4): teriyaki sauce:1/3 cup balsamic vinegar1/4 cup agave nectarsplash of tamari2 tsp grated […]

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