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Review of Supscription Meal Plans

A couple of years ago a friend turned me onto meal subscription plans—a service with illustrated recipe cards and all the necessary ingredients to turn you into a clever chef. We tried out a week of Sunbasket organic meals and here’s what I learned.

Do you resolve to cook more at home, to eat more plant-based meals, or just eat more consciously?

If you can’t seem to get motivated, you might want to try a make-it-yourself meal kit. For easy and inspired cooking, meal plan services rock! We’re talking easy-to-prepare almost-gourmet meals delivered to your doorstep every week.

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Turmeric Curry Carrot Soup (Instant Pot Pressure Cooker)

Here’s a creamy-smooth curried carrot soup loaded with vibrant flavors and health-giving ingredients. Already shining with turmeric and other curry spices, it gets a finishing sprinkle of toasted pumpkin seeds, cilantro leaves, and a pinch of chile. Make in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot and savor this vegetarian soup in less than 25 minutes!

over head shot of Turmeric Curry Carrot Soup 2 bowls with garnish ready to serve
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Lentil Tacos with Spicy Greens (vegan)

Lentil tacos with spicy greens–these vegan tacos take simple ingredients and spice them with just the right amount of heat. Sauce with a simple avocado lime crema for an incredible meatless meal!Spicy Greens and Lentil Tacos with Guacamole Sauce 4 on a plate with condiments in colorful bowls

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A Baker’s Dozen Healthy Holiday Cookies

It seems like sweets galore show up everywhere one goes this time of year. I say to myself that I’m going to stay away from food with a lot of sugar, but then I spy a plate of homemade cookies and my resolve flies right out the window. Does that happen to you? Thought so. Let’s put a screen on that window. Here’s a baker’s dozen roundup of healthy holiday cookies–treats with a healthier twist!

Healthy Holiday Cookies Roundup

“Healthier twist” is my very flexible description. It means if maple syrup or coconut sugar or honey is in the recipe, that’s healthier. Then again, if there’s a little cane sugar involved—well the cookie is probably gluten-free or vegan. We all have friends and family who would appreciate some tempting healthy holiday cookies that just happen to be one of those.

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Winter Greens with Pomegranate and Olives

As the parade of buffets, cookies, and cocktails comes our way, let’s make a healthy plan to fill our tummies with a daily salad. This salad of winter greens with pomegranate and olives is your new favorite antidote to holiday overindulgence!

Salad Bowl with Winter Greens with Pomegranate and Olives | Letty's Kitchen

This is one festive salad. The lacy green-edged frisée lettuce is a party already. Give it a confetti sprinke of tart fruity pomegranate seeds, salty olives, and toasted sunflower seeds and a bright dressing of lemon caper vinaigrette and you’ve got the perfect salad for your holiday gala.

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