You can substitute canned cannellini beans, lentils or black-eyed/field peas, too.

Hearty, flavorful, versatile and vegan. Serve it as a bisque with naan and salad or as a curry with basmati rice or quinoa.

So easy and ready in just 7 minutes with just a few ingredients. This recipe is great to get kids involved in cooking as they love playing with the electronics of the air fryer.

Beautiful, easy and delicious brunch potatoes will impress your guests at your next party or event. Make them in advance as they serve well at room temperature.

High fiber and delicious. Serve with pretzel chips and fresh fruit.

An easy side dish for your Thanksgiving or Christmas meals.

Rich and flavorful, this dressing is great as a vegetable dip, s salad dressing or a sauce for your felafal or bean cakes.

It’s easy to get caught up in the holiday season where food and drink are more available and abundant than during the other 10 months of the year.

I am all for roasting vegetables on a sheet pan but when it comes to big gourds like pumpkins and butternut squashes I would like for someone else to do the work. This is a fast and easy recipe for soup using canned pumpkin. It’s great for an easy weeknight meal for company when the temps drop a bit.

You may know these as the complex carbs (slow) and the refined carbs (fast). I call them “fast vs slow” due to the amount of time it takes them to elevate your blood glucose. Your stomach and intestines break these down at different rates depending on the amount of fiber they contain. Notice that all fruits are in the “slow” category and are considered green light foods.

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Your staples may be different depending on your tastes and cooking style.

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While doing IF, you delay your first bite in the morning until you feel real hunger coming on. The key word here is REAL hunger. It is not shaky hunger or angry hunger. It is real hunger that, on a scale of 1-10 (1 is starving and 10 is Thanksgiving) is around a 3 or 4.

This is a healthy, fiber-rich salad that is green, red and white for the holidays. Put on the dressing immediately before serving or offer it on the side.

Bowls are fantastic because they require assembling and not that much cooking.

This egg dish will keep you full for hours because of the protein in the eggs and the fiber in the colorful vegetables.

This 5-ingredient pesto sauce is light and versatile because you can use almost any kind of leafy green including basil, cilantro, spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, sweet potato leaves or arugula.

Put all the ingredients in an old jelly or mustard jar and shake up. It keeps in your refrigerator for months.