None of your favorite foods are safe from being turned into balls. Be warned. Dates, toasted pecans, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt get blended up to form a sticky, crunchy caramel-like filling for these simple, nutrient-dense Keep Reading
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
Happy November! Time to bust out the pumpkin pie (smoothies!). Confession: I made this smoothie with butternut squash because we have an entire bushel of it that needs to be used up, and I’m not Keep Reading
Sunday Night Polenta
I could have titled this recipe Goat Cheese Polenta Bowls with Roasted Kabocha Squash and Spinach-Asiago Pesto, but then the beauty of this easy, use-up-whatever-you-have-in-the-fridge meal would be lost. By Sunday there’s always a few leftover Keep Reading
8 Ways To Eat More Peanut Butter
Alternately titled: invest stock in peanut butter now, Chelsea’s buying it all. If you’ve been following along with me here, or on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest for a while, you know I have a bit Keep Reading
13 Make-Ahead Breakfasts for Busy Mornings
Apparently there are still people out there who think they don’t have time to eat breakfast, or that drive-through breakfast is cheaper and easier than anything they could make at home. I get that mornings Keep Reading
No Bake Almond Butter Granola Bars
A mountain of toasted coconut, sunflower seeds, and oats are held together with almond butter and honey, making a thick, crunchy bar that is full of energy-sustaining nutrients. Granola bars, energy balls, and homemade snacks in Keep Reading
Single Serving Chocolate Cake
Sometimes you need cake RIGHT NOW. This recipe is for those times. It comes together in minutes thanks to the microwave, and tastes rich and decadent, despite its humble beginnings. I have a long, detailed Keep Reading
How To Make Dried Apples
Dried apples are a chewy, sweet treat great for packing in lunchboxes, trail mix, or mixing into oatmeal or yogurt for an easy breakfast on-the-go. Plus, they’re a great way to use up the outrageous Keep Reading
Chocolate Peanut Butter Freezer Fudge
This fudge is a distant cousin of the one I’m used to eating at Christmas. It’s still rich, creamy, and decadent in all the right ways, but is much easier to make, is made with Keep Reading
Cilantro Jalapeno Sauce
Say hello to my current obsession: Last week one of my coworkers was looking to get rid of several bunches of excess, past-it’s-prime cilantro before it became completely unusable; I quickly took her up on Keep Reading