This maple chai bubble tea tastes like heaven from a straw! Made with brewed cinnamon-spiced chai tea and almond milk and sweetened with maple syrup, it looks like a milky-tan iced latte with little dark brown bubbles floating in the bottom. The bubbles have a pleasant soft chewy texture–fun to roll around on your tongue! Here’s how to make healthy and vegan homemade bubble tea.

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Sautéed cauliflower and onions whisked into polenta and baked, served with salty tender-crisp asparagus and toasted hazelnuts, this polenta cauliflower torta is simple Italian comfort food turned elegant.

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Sautéed cauliflower florets and sweet onions give the rustic polenta a creamy lighter moistness and amazing flavor.  Spread the hot polenta and vegetable mixture in a cheesecake springform pan (affiliate link) and bake to a golden brown crisp-edged torta. While it’s baking, roast the asparagus and toast the hazelnuts.

Penne pasta with mixed greens, sun-dried tomatoes, and toasted walnuts–this pasta comes together in a jiffy. With a few pantry ingredients and a bunch or clamshell of leafy greens you’ve got the makings of a healthy vibrant one-dish meal.

Granted, leafy greens aren’t technically a pantry ingredient. But a variety of fresh green vegetables is pantry in the fridge. Read below to learn how to keep greens as fresh as possible.

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