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Green Eggs and Ham

Perfectly done poached eggs with yolks oozing over spinach, slices of ham steak, and toasted bread. Topped with a slightly lemony and garlicky avocado cream sauce, this is a healthy twist to the classic Eggs Benedict breakfast.

I’ve been dreaming of Green Eggs and Ham for weeks now. Does that sound strange? What’s weirder, it’s not even my favorite Dr. Seuss book!

Technically, this is a “Spinach and Ham Eggs Benedict with an Avocado Cream Sauce,” or maybe “Avocado Hollandaise Sauce,” recipe, but Green Eggs and Ham might just be catchier. What do you think?

Crustless Spinach and Artichoke Quiche

A crustless (yes, crustless!) quiche packed with spinach, artichoke, garlic, and melted cheese. Both gluten-free and vegetarian, this deliciously creamy quiche is healthy and perfect for any meal.

I’ve wanted to make quiche for the longest time but never got around to doing so until now. Since it’s my first time making it, I thought that it was best to start with the basics: spinach and artichoke.

I love that combination, don’t you? Spinach and artichoke complement each other so well, and the flavors aren’t too overwhelming. I chose not to do a crust this time because my younger sister doesn’t like crusts (not on her quiche, her pies, or her pizzas!). But that’s also a good thing! One, it means that we don’t have to do those extra steps of making a crust. Two, you can splurge on more of the filling. Three, it’s gluten-free!

Fresh Tomato Spinach Garlic Pasta

Spicy and garlicky pasta cooked with spinach, sweet corn, sliced mushrooms, and grape tomatoes for a simple yet delicious meal for two. With just a few ingredients, this dish is healthy and refreshing, perfect for dinner after a long day at work or school.

Just like salads, pasta is such a versatile dish. Changing a few ingredients or the sauce will make it a completely different dish. Maybe that’s why I love pasta so much. It’s never the same, so I can never be tired of it, and pastas can be so refreshing and healthy depending on what you add to it.

Asian-inspired Spinach Tomato French Bread Pizza

An Asian inspired French bread pizza topped with spinach, grape tomatoes, and a hoisin coconut peanut sauce. Delicious and quick to make, this Asian fusion pizza is perfect as an appetizer.

Some of my favorite sauces, ones that I’m completely addicted to, include hoisin sauce and peanut sauce. It’s really hard to describe hoisin sauce if you haven’t tried before. It’s sweet, salty, and tangy. You’ll often find them as dipping sauces at Vietnamese and Thai restaurants. Hoisin sauce and peanut sauce, and occasionally a combination of both, are served with spring rolls at Vietnamese restaurants. In Thai cuisine, peanut sauce is a dipping sauce served with BBQ chicken skewers as well as a sauce for some of their entrees. They’re so delicious and creamy, and completely addictive. At least, to me.

So of course, I want to use them as much as possible.

Acai Banana Ice Cream

Frozen banana blended with acai puree and coconut water to create a deliciously creamy ice cream. Dairy free, gluten free, and vegan, this healthy, guilt-free ice cream is perfect for just about everyone.

Frozen bananas are a must have in my freezer, and hopefully yours too.

They’ve been around forever, obviously, but it’s my latest discovery, and newest obsession, which means I have to share it with you.

These frozen bananas are a must for this ice cream recipe. Creamy and thick once blended, frozen bananas give that “ice cream” consistency. The acai puree is just for flavor and color. Oh, and of course, the antioxidants and vitamins. One bite of this deliciously healthy ice cream and you’ll be hooked!

Loaded Chopped Salad

A refreshing and healthy salad filled with lettuce, baby spinach, radicchio, arugula, deshelled edamame, sweet corn, grape tomatoes, toasted walnuts, and dried cranberries. Tossed and chopped into fine pieces, this salad is amazingly delicious with so many flavors and texture that no dressing is needed.

Salads are one of my favorite meals. I can eat them all day long and never be sick of them because they’re so versatile.

What?! It’s just a bunch of raw vegetables. What’s so good about them?

Every salad I eat is different. Unless of course, it’s a Caesar salad, or a Cobb salad, or Southwestern salad, or a Garden salad, or well, you know what I mean. But even then, the quantity of each ingredient is different depending on who makes them, and that also changes the taste. If you added extra bleu cheese, wouldn’t your salad taste different? If you added extra corn or beans, doesn’t that make a difference?

Ham and Cheese Braised Eggs

Warm braised eggs topped with chopped ham and melted cheese for a delicious breakfast. Quick and easy, these amazing eggs with runny yolks will satisfy all your breakfast cravings.

It’s time for breakfast again, you guys!

I really hope you don’t mind.

If you can’t tell already, I love eggs, especially for breakfast. But for the longest time, I was embarrassingly terrible at cracking them.

Baked Cajun Fries

Baked skinny fries flavored with Cajun seasoning for a spicy kick. Delicious, simple to make, and healthier than the restaurant version, these crispy fries are so very addictive.

How do you like your fries?

There are so many variations out, and I love almost all of them. Just not the soggy ones. Because let’s be honest, soggy fries are not fries. At least, not in my eyes.

A family friend came over the other night and gave us a box full of potatoes because her family had so many they couldn’t finish them all. I knew I had to do something with these potatoes before they start growing roots. And since I’ve been craving fries…

Garden Vegetable Soup and Fiesta Friday

A warm delicious tomato based soup filled with cabbage, sweet corn, celery, carrots, onions, and mushrooms. This garden vegetable soup is simple to make with easy to find ingredients, perfect for the cooler autumn weather.

It’s already September. I’ve been in denial for almost two weeks now, but I think it’s time to admit that summer has come and gone. And now I’m just about ready to welcome in the fall. =)

Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread

Warm moist slices of bread filled with sweet sliced strawberries and swirls of cream cheese. This bread is so very tasty and super easy to make you’ll want the whole loaf to yourself!

Last month, I mentioned in my Peach Crumble post that I’m a monthly recipe contributor at Ask Anna. This month, I’m sharing a recipe for Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread over on her blog. If you love strawberries (which I do!) and cream cheese (how can I not when it makes cheesecakes!), this is the perfect recipe for you (and me!). It’s a great way to say farewell to summer and to welcome in fall!

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