Keeping it simple this week because healthy eating doesn't have to be complicated 🫶🏻 This week's food prep: • Bell peppers sliced • Cabbage & cucumber salad • Steamed lentils • Roasted red potatoes • Marinated tofu • Homemade parsley pesto • Homemade Thousand Island dressing • Falafel for the freezer • Raw date brownie bites —because balance 😆 A couple of hours in the kitchen today means I can throw together quick and easy nourishing meals all week without overthinking it 🫣 Food prep doesn't have to mean spending all day cooking or filling your fridge with dozens of containers. A handful of simple staples can make healthy eating so much easier when life gets busy. What's on your food prep list this week? 🌱

I've been dreaming about Skewers here in Spokane, and their vegan shawarma plate they offered back in February during "restaurant week". It was delicious. So delicious that I'm shocked it isn't on their regular menu. Tonight was the night that I had to try making my own. 😄 You guys... I honestly think this bowl is even better. 🤯 ✨ Crispy shawarma-spiced roasted chickpeas ✨ Lemony yellow "scrappy" mung beans ✨ Fluffy basmati rice ✨ Cucumber & juicy tomatoes ✨ Homemade quick-pickled red onions ✨ Creamy lemon tahini sauce made with my homemade aquafaba mayo Every bite had crunch, creaminess, tang, freshness, and just enough smoky spice. Andrew gave it two thumbs up, so I'll absolutely be making it again. This recipe just earned a permanent spot in the Rooted & Wild Kitchen recipe collection. 🌿 Would you order this at a restaurant...or better yet, make it at home? 👇💛

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One of my favorite classrooms is officially open: –> Your 2nd Pantry: Why the Freezer is My BFF Most people think of the freezer as the place where forgotten peas go to die. Mine? It's my secret weapon, my 2nd pantry, and my BFF ❄️🧊 Inside you'll find — 🥣 Why freezer cooking is a total game-changer 📦 Freezer Basics 101 ✅ My stocked freezer checklist 👩‍🍳 Freezer-friendly batch cooking 🌾 Grains & legumes 🍲 Sauces, soups & stews 🍓 Smoothie packs 🥨 Baked goods & doughs 🥕 Fruits & vegetables The best part? Just show up. Comment. Share your meals. Celebrate other members. Ask questions. Every bit of engagement helps you level up and unlock even more classrooms. 🌱 And we're just getting started! 👀 Next up is a classroom I've been ridiculously excited to build — 🧈 Tofu Techniques Everything from tofu basics to pressing, freezing, shredding, crumbling, marinating, baking, air frying, scrambling, turning it into "chicken," "tuna," ricotta, creamy sauces, and so much more. My goal is to build a library that makes eating whole-food, plant-based easier, cheaper, quicker, and way more delicious! Every level unlocks another little treasure chest. 🎁 What classroom are you hoping to see after Tofu Techniques? 🌿💚

What's your win this week? Drop it below — we celebrate ALL of it and ALL of you today. My win this week? I survived. Literally 😂🌿 And that's enough. We don't always need a dramatic transformation. Sometimes you just make it to Friday with your plants intact and your sanity mostly intact and you call that a W. 👊 I've also been working on a NEW classroom this week that will drop later today! You're SECOND pantry — Why my freezer is my BFF 🧊 Now drop YOUR win below — big, small, or just still standing. It all counts in here. 🏁👇