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Whole grains and refined grains can be the foundation for all sorts of healthy and delicious bowl meals. They provide carbohydrate, fiber, protein, and important nutrients like B vitamins, and they bring subtle yet interesting flavors to every bowl. Start with your favorite grain -- farro, quinoa, freekeh, sorghum, spelt, wild rice, couscous -- and build your healthy grain bowl from there. These 30-plus healthy grain bowls (AKA power bowls, Buddha bowls, nourish bowls) are easy to make, versatile, and ...
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Wild Rice Grain Bowls with Roasted Radishes, Carrots, Hard Boiled Eggs, and Chickpea Mash
Whether you call them Grain Bowls, Nourish Bowls, Buddha Bowls, or Power Bowls, build-your-own bowl meals are a fun, easy, nutritious, and versatile way to get dinner on your family's table. The secret to bowl-meal success is to offer a ...
Tofu Lettuce Wraps
This vegan tofu recipe is the ultimate fast, easy, nutritious, and family-pleasing dinner. It's vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free, and it comes together quickly with crumbled tofu, hoisin sauce, lime juice, carrots, red cabbage, and adorable Bibb lettuce leaves for ...
Spring Panzanella with Artichokes, Asparagus, Peas, and Lemon Dill Vinaigrette
This vegan spring panzanella salad comes straight from the pages of Power Plates: 100 nutritionally balanced, one-dish vegan meals by Gena Hamshaw. It's made simply with asparagus, marinated artichoke hearts, green peas, chickpeas, and mesclun greens, and the lemony dill ...
Golden Banana Bread with Dark Chocolate Chips
Raise your hand if you have a few ripe bananas sitting on your kitchen counter right now. When faced with bananas that are past their prime, what do you do? Do you peel, slice, and freeze in Ziplock bags for ...
30 Meal Planning Tips for Busy Families
Maybe you’re that magical mom or dad who can walk into the kitchen at 5:30PM and create something marvelous from nothing without a plan and without stress every night. Or maybe you’re that other magical mom or dad who naturally ...
12 Ways to Get Your Teens to Eat Vegetables Happily … and Without Complaint
It's National Nutrition Month, so throughout the month of March I'm answering food and nutrition questions from readers including this one: "How do I make vegetables more appealing to my teenager?" Toddlers can be picky and so can teens, so ...
Very Vanilla Cinnamon & Pecan Overnight Oats
I partnered with BOOST® complete nutritional drinks to create this blog post. All ideas and opinions are my own. I'm a big fan of breakfast. A nourishing morning meal can power your day and help fill in the nutrient gaps. This recipe for ...
5 Healthy Habits for a Happy New Year
I partnered with BOOST® complete nutritional drinks to create this blog post. All ideas and opinions are my own. The new year is officially behind us, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to tweak your diet, exercise, and lifestyle behaviors ...
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.
