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All you need for these fuss free, gluten-free cheesecake cupcakes are a few simple ingredients including light cream cheese, an egg, sugar, lemon zest, oats, and walnuts. Cheesecake Cupcakes with Oat & Walnut Crust are a hand held and better-for-you mini treat that you can top with Greek yogurt, fresh berries, and mint. They look oh-so fancy, but they're surprisingly easy to make. Cheesecake has a reputation for being really rich, and I've never been a big fan. But my ...
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A Tasty Twist on Sushi: Beefy Cali Roll “Beefshi”
Every now and then I love to shake up our regular snack and mealtime routine, and this recipe for Beefy Cali Roll helps me to do just that. Beef sushi (AKA Beefshi) is my latest cooking obsession. It's an innovate ...
Reduce Your Kitchen Carbon Footprint: 19 Tips & Recipes to Help You Re-Purpose Leftover Ingredients and Food Scraps to Slash Food Waste
Happy Earth Day. Here in my kitchen, we celebrate Earth Day all year long! Since January, I've been sharing a monthly action to reduce your kitchen carbon footprint, and this month I'm challenging everyone to re-purpose leftover ingredients and food ...
30 Better Baking Tips and Recipes from Registered Dietitians
Do you find yourself baking more now that you're confined to your home? Have you turned to fancy cakes and pies? Yeast breads? Or are you like me and prefer easier-to-assemble muffins, quick breads, and cookies that require less finesse ...
Enchilada Casserole with Frozen Spinach and a Can of Bean Chili | Quick Pantry Meal
As a growing number of people in the U.S. and around the world shelter in place due to the coronavirus, hearty family meals that call for convenient and healthy ingredients from the pantry, fridge and freezer are more important than ...
Reduce Your Kitchen Carbon Footprint: Organize Your Kitchen and Start Meal Planning
Getting into the habit of organizing your kitchen and adopting a weekly routine of meal planning go hand in hand, and they can both help to reduce your kitchen carbon footprint. How? Well, when you know what you already have ...
Pantry Peanut Butter & Chickpea Soup
This vegan, gluten-free recipe for Pantry Peanut Butter & Chickpea Soup relies on nutritious staples that you probably have in your kitchen right now. This bubbly brew is made with canned chickpeas, canned tomato sauce, all-natural vegetable broth, peanut butter, ...
40 Homemade Delivery Dinners from Registered Dietitians: How a well-stocked quarantine kitchen yields nourishing meals
As I write this blog post, I'm hunkered down at home due to concerns about the Coronavirus. My pantry is well stocked, and I find myself in the kitchen more often than usual. I'm busy preparing three meals a day ...
Moroccan Forbidden Rice Salad
Antioxidant-rich black rice, also known as forbidden rice, forms the foundation for this vegan Moroccan Forbidden Rice Salad. If you're craving something lemony and delicious, this forbidden rice salad has you covered. Besides the black rice — which, has a ...
I’m Liz Weiss, a registered dietitian nutritionist, mom of two, and cookbook author.
I’m passionate about making healthy family food that’s fun for everyone, so I welcome you to explore my blog for recipes, nutrition insights, and mealtime inspiration.
