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No cook raw vegetable salad { plus a giveaway }

No cook raw vegetable salad { plus a giveaway } by Julianne Puckett

This no-cook raw vegetable salad is the perfect meal salad for hot summer nights or crowd-pleasing side at your next summer BBQ.You know The Ninj is all about healthy, real-food recipes that are easy to make, right? So what could be healthier and easier than a raw vegetable salad?Pretty much nothing, peeps. No cooking. Just chopping.…

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Wasabi pea chocolate bark

Wasabi pea chocolate bark by Julianne Puckett

Part salty, part sweet and part spicy: wasabi pea chocolate bark with nuts is a totally addictive snack treat that's easy to make.I think you're going to be pretty darned happy that I'm taking a break from all my summer salad posts today.(Seriously, peeps, it must be the heat. Every new recipe I'm coming up with is a meal salad!)Put…

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Pasta salad nicoise

Pasta salad nicoise by Julianne Puckett

Pasta salad nicoise: a modern take on the classic composed salad, portable and perfect for hot summer nights and busy weeknight meals.Even though National Salad Month is behind us, I just can't stop eating salads!I blame the hot weather we've been having. Jeez louise, it feels more like August than June out there on most days. Which…

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Healthy one pot Asian pasta

Healthy one pot Asian pasta by Julianne Puckett

Get a complete, good-for-you dinner on the table in 10 minutes with this one pot Asian pasta. Weeknight dinnertime just got easier -- and healthier!Have you tried my one pot tomato basil pasta? Somehow I bet you have, as it's the most popular recipe on this site. Seriously popular: 126,000-people's-eyeballs-looking-at-it popular.…

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Overnight oats and yogurt parfaits

Overnight oats and yogurt parfaits by Julianne Puckett

Juicy frozen fruit turns healthy overnight oats into a sweet breakfast parfait -- like eating a sundae for breakfast!I'm on a roll with new breakfast ideas. And I'm continuing with the easy / make-ahead / grab-and-go theme because ... well ... because I'm most decidedly not a morning person.And I'm continuing the whole-grain thing…

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Healthy 10 minute taco salad

Healthy 10 minute taco salad by Julianne Puckett

Healthy taco salad: loaded with veggies, lean beef and beans, it doesn't skimp on taste or crunch yet takes less than 10 minutes to prepare.National Salad Month may be behind us, but you'd never know it if you're eating dinner at Casa de Ninj.I think it's the change in the weather and the arrival of fresh produce (well, some) at the…

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Easy fruit and grain energy bars

Easy fruit and grain energy bars by Julianne Puckett

Fruit and grain energy bars are protein-rich, delicious and easy to prepare -- a perfect portable breakfast or afternoon snack.These easy, homemade fruit and grain energy bars have successfully gotten us out of our current breakfast rut at Casa de Ninj.Booyah.They are just the right amount of chewy and not too sweet -- perfect for a…

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Lightened Ukrainian mac and cheese

Lightened Ukrainian mac and cheese by Julianne Puckett

Ukrainian mac and cheese: a rich and cheesy comfort food pasta dish -- with bacon! -- that's lightened, guilt-free and easy enough for a busy weeknight.I'm not even going to get into, yet again, how much of a pasta addict I am. But I'm starting to wonder if I'm actually more of a comfort food addict -- and most of my favorite comfort…

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Carrot and turkey pasta

Carrot and turkey pasta by Julianne Puckett

Enjoy this easy, healthy pasta recipe that features lots of good-for-you carrots, lean ground turkey and dried plums.I'm pretty psyched about this carrot and turkey pasta, peeps. Read that sentence again and you'll know why. Carrots. As the main ingredient in a pasta dish.And -- wait for it -- it doesn't suck.So much so that it got…

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Easiest fruit and oatmeal breakfast smoothie

Easiest fruit and oatmeal breakfast smoothie by Julianne Puckett

This super-easy, four ingredient fruit and oatmeal smoothie is a fast, delicious and healthy breakfast ready in just minutes -- perfect for crazy hectic mornings.Still moving. (Note to self: Stop accumulating so much stuff!)Which means that quick-and-easy is still my number one mantra.While that's proven to be pretty easy for…

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