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Polenta Bruschetta and Meal Planning

April 7, 2013 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD29 Comments

Polenta Bruschetta | www.nutritiouseats.com

I hope you all had a great weekend! I know after my last post you are all waiting in suspense to find out the results of my foot's xray and I am happy to say that I do not have a fracture and am half way through my rest period! It was actually a good weekend to skip the long group run as it was chilly, rainy and the kids had early soccer games. I am so curious if I will feel ready to run at the end of this week. I guess we will see!? So the recipe for today- polenta bruschetta. I'll have to admit I am pretty indifferent about polenta. I have had it before where I loved it, but more times … [Read more...]

Filed under: Sides, Vegan Tagged with appetizer, bruschetta, garlic, polenta, side dish, tomatoes, vegan

Chipotle Roasted Sweet Potato and Cabbage Salad

March 6, 2013 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD11 Comments

Chipotle Roasted Sweet Potato & Cabbage Salad-1

I am so happy to be sharing this delicious Chipotle Roasted Sweet Potato and Cabbage Salad recipe today. I had envisioned making this all weekend and really meant to get a post up on Sunday but it was just one of those days that I literally ran out of time. We got home from mass around 11:30am, the weather was gorgeous- a warm 50 degrees with blue skies and the kids thought it was so warm that they decided to play with the water hose in their swim suits! No joke. My Texas born children now think 50 degrees is swim suit weather. I baked some breakfast cookies that I had hoped to post but … [Read more...]

Filed under: Gluten Free, Salads, Sides, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian Tagged with cabbage, cilantro, easy, gluten-free, homemade dressing, lime, lime dressing, paleo, roasted sweet potato, spicy, vegan

Tofu Lettuce Wraps with Peanut Sauce & Meal Planning

January 6, 2013 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD15 Comments

A couple days after I posted my last post about the weight loss challenge I am hosting, DietBet was featured on the Today show! What great timing! If you need to lose some weight, don't forget to join! The game starts in 8 days so if you need that extra push and motivation to start losing weight, don't hesitate! It will be fun! I just started cooking with tofu last year when I experimented eating vegan, otherwise it was never something I'd consider buying. Why would you buy and cook tofu when there are so many other flavorful foods I thought?! Although I still could live without it … [Read more...]

Filed under: Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged with meal planning, tofu, vegan, vegetarian

Introducing ZipList’s Online Recipe Box and a Recipe for Jalapeno-Ginger Butternut Squash Soup

October 28, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD8 Comments

If you missed my last post, make sure to check out my Apple Pie Baked Oatmeal and pretty please VOTE for my recipe. It literally takes a few seconds and you will be entered to win $1,000 gift card! Wouldn't that be perfect for the Holidays? If my recipe wins I will be featured in Quakers newsletter which would be pretty cool (maybe not as cool as $1,000 though!). You can vote up to 25 times to increase your chances of winning but it ends Monday night. Let's do it! Before I get to today's recipe I am excited to share a brand new feature on my blog. All my recipes will now have a blue "save … [Read more...]

Filed under: Meal Planning, Soups, Vegetarian Tagged with fall, meal planning, soup, vegan, vegetarian, ZipList

A Surprise From a Neighbor and Recipe for Spicy Gazpacho

September 23, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD5 Comments

I have wanted to make gazpacho all summer. It has been way to long since I made it last, but then fall arrived and I got over it. Then two things happened: we had a burst of lovely warm weather and our neighbors dropped off a gigantic basket full of vegetables from their garden (carrots, bell peppers, squash, cucumbers, tons of tomatoes, chili peppers). I was a bit in shock that neighbors who we really don't know that well would give us so much! It was very heart-warming and reminds you that there are kind people all around us. So after the shock wore off, I looked at the beautiful … [Read more...]

Filed under: Nutritious Eats Original, Soups Tagged with cold soup, end of summer, gazpacho, spicy, vegan, vegetarian

Winner of the Giveaway and French Bean & Buckwheat Groat Salad

August 2, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD1 Comment

Thank you to all who entered the Bob's Red Mill Giveaway. Congratulations to the winner Brittany B.! I am sitting here getting caught up on the Olympics, trying my hardest to get this recipe posted. Boy, the gymnastics is killing me! As a former gymnast cheerleader, it is one of my favorite events. I can hardly watch the girls on the balance beam though- so nerve-wracking! So looking down at my computer is actually a good break for me. I have been on a bean kick lately. Last week I didn't meal plan and as a result I had a bean recipe overload! I made my pinto beans, a corn, avocado … [Read more...]

Filed under: Gluten Free, Product Review, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged with beans, buckwheat, fiber, salad, vegan

Healthy Grains: Quinoa Tabouli

June 7, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD3 Comments

I can't remember the first time I tried tabouli, but I have been eating at Middle Eastern restaurants since I was a kid. If you haven't had it, it's a typical Arabic salad made of bulgur, parsley, mint, tomatoes, often seasoned with garlic, onions and a simple dressing of olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. There are slight variations of the salad: usually just varying amounts of the herbs and seasonings. Although I love it with the traditional bulgur, I don't always have it stocked in my pantry so I tried using quinoa once. It was a great substitute and you get the added benefit of … [Read more...]

Filed under: Gluten Free, Salads, Sides, Vegan Tagged with fiber, gluten-free, healthy sides, vegan, whole grain

The Best Vegetarian Chili

February 17, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD16 Comments

Before I talk about this recipe, I have to share some exciting news! Nutritious Eats is moving to Seattle, Washington!! We will be there in less than 3 months and will hopefully get settled into our new home right away. When it's time for a new job in the military it can often be a crapshoot- it could've been Qater, Egypt, New Jersey, Seattle. See what I mean? You never know what you're going to get! We got pretty darn lucky to move to such a great part of the U.S. I can't tell you how much positive feedback we've gotten on living there so how could we not be excited?! Ok, so back to the … [Read more...]

Filed under: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Weeknight Favorites Tagged with chili, vegan, vegetarian

Vegan Month Recap

February 6, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD3 Comments

Boy was the month of January a LONG one. Whether it was because it was the first month in a LONG time that we didn't have a birthday or Holiday to celebrate...or mabye it was because I was eating vegan. Either way, it was long. So I thought I'd recap how my experience went and curious to hear from anyone that did it with me or just ate more vegetarian dishes overall. I did lose 4 pounds in the month of January (*see additional info) while I was eating vegan. This was very exciting for me because I don't lose weight very fast. I am now 6 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight and my little … [Read more...]

Filed under: Miscellaneous Tagged with vegan

Black Bean, Corn & Poblano Tacos

January 30, 2012 by Melanie Flinn, MS, RD6 Comments

I'm a chicken taco kind of girl. Always have been. I don't think a recipe like this would have appealed to me as much if I wasn't eating vegan for the month, but I made it a couple weeks ago and it will definitely stick around in my meal rotation. This can be vegan or vegetarian depending on whether you want the cheese and sour cream. Either way, it's a great vegetarian taco recipe to have on hand. I made the salsa verde and corn tortillas (more on that later) from scratch and cooked a big pot of dried black beans a few days prior so used those. Of course canned beans work well too. It made … [Read more...]

Filed under: Mexican Dishes, Vegan, Vegetarian Tagged with mexican, tacos, vegan, vegetarian