For the last week, I’ve been hopping planes and carting around more than one painfully expensive suitcase with all my life packed up in it. And by all my life, I mean 23 T-shirts, 10 flip flops, and 2 pairs of shorts because appropriate, well-fitting shorts are insanely hard to find. Which could have something to do with this. Maybe.
While I’m trying to figure my new Filipino life out, I’m going to be introducing you to My Top 5 Healthy Food Blogs. I’m super excited to share these peeps with you, because honestly, they (and their healthy blogs) are amazing.
Check out their sites, follow them on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, and be happy about eating their fresh, healthy recipes! I will be sweating myself silly and eating fistfuls of leftover M&M’s in between battles with my suitcase that has affectionately been named “The Big Kahuna”. But you’ll be comfortable and healthy and that’ll be really good.
1. Eat Live Run
- What I like: Jenna for her down-to-earth blog personality and heart of faith, pretty food photos, and lots of yummy vegetarian and vegan recipes in between posts about meat and dessert. This girl knows healthy balance.
- Best recipes: Quinoa with Roasted Tomatoes, Walnuts, and Olives, Goat Cheese, Fig, and Bacon Flatbreads, Shrimp Enchiladas Verde
- What I like: Emily, even though she left me shaking in my Minnesota boots for sunshine and avocados in California, a section called “Build it Better” with ideas for healthifying your favorite foods, and specific tips for what to eat when training for a marathon. Which I’m not doing. But still.
- Best recipes: Date, Corn, and Goat Cheese Salad, Artichoke, Spinach, and White Bean Sandwich, Baba Ghanoush
- What I like: Erin (yes, Erin, not Ella) for being smart about veggies, tons of healthy vegetarian recipes that don’t feel vegetarian, and simply gorgeous photography that makes me want to live on a farm.
- Best recipes: Snap Peas and Soba Noodles with Honey Soy Dressing, Chipotle Sweet Potato, Black Bean, and Guac Tacos, Pumpkin Oat Bread (pictured)
- What I like: Nicole for being a registered dietician – get it – RD?, an amazing recipe index that you could lose yourself in for hours, and a positive and balanced philosophy about food.
- Best recipes: Honey Lime Enchiladas, Coconut Shrimp Curry, Baked Potato Skin Veggie Pizzas
- What I like: Alex and Sonja for their love of the farmer’s market, the garden, and international humanitarian organizations, simple and healthy recipes that use real food, and stunning photography.
- Best recipes: Simple Vegetable Paella, Balsamic Strawberries with Greek Yogurt
I cannot end this post without giving you Alex and Sonja’s recipe for Balsamic Strawberries with Greek Yogurt because it’s pure healthy genius. It sounds weird, I know it sounds weird, but it’s to die for.
When they made it for us last summer, I privately panicked. I’m more of a sugar and butter and flour girl. But then something amazing happened: I legitimately felt like I was eating dessert.
But it’s yogurt and fruit. But it’s dessert.
Miracle.
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Balsamic Strawberries with Greek Yogurt
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
Balsamic Strawberries with Greek Yogurt – a favorite recipe of one of my favorite healthy food blogs, A Couple Cooks. A great healthy dessert!
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries (1 pint)
- 2 tablespoons real maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons aged balsamic vinegar
- 15 ounces Greek yogurt
- 2 tablespoons honey
- A few mint leaves
- Fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- For the berries: Wash the strawberries and slice them. In a small bowl, mix the berries with 2 tablespoons maple syrup and 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar. Let sit (macerate!) for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Prior to serving, add a few grinds of fresh pepper.
- In a small bowl, combine Greek yogurt and about 2 tablespoons honey, or more or less to taste.
- Chiffonade a bit of fresh mint.
- To serve, place a dollop of the yogurt in a bowl. Top with berries and mint.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Snack
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: strawberries with yogurt, greek yogurt snack, balsamic strawberries
Follow, tweet, like, and make all their yummy food because they’re awesome! All 5 of ’em!
Meanwhile, I’ll be using my pocket dictionary to order 6 plates of mango peach pies from Jollibee (the Filipino equivalent to McDonald’s), cause that’s how they roll here. I’m think I’m going to get along just fine.
Um, the last thing I need is to add more blogs to my reader, but man, these look awesome, so into reader they go – and mango peach pies certainly sound like a fantastic coping mechanism!
Emotional eating? It’s happening. And oh well. 🙂
This is great blog.. Feel like making my blog http://www.slimmantra.com/2015/01/Palak-Recipes.html too to this level.. Good work friend!!
This salad is yummy I made this today, check my version of salad here I hope you like it https://urllinker.com/ikqdjn
You have excellent taste in blogs Lindsay, those are some of my favourites too!
I must say I completely agree with Kathryn on this. Most of these recipes are my personal favorites. This article has encouraged me to explore more of your excellent website. Thank you!, Lindsay
I am having so much fun reading about your adventure!
Lindsay, I am so very flattered to be one of your Top 5 Healthy Food Blog picks! Made my day! 🙂
Thanks for the great blog finds. I am always so inspired by all of the great food creativity out there, especially for healthy food.
I’m all about healthy food and you’ve chosen some great blogs. Thanks for sharing!
I started following A Couple Cooks after you mentioned them a couple months ago. They’re fantastic! Can’t wait to check out these blogs too, thanks! Hope you have a smooth transition over there!
They are awesome. I’m glad you’re following them!
It is always fun to check out new healthy food blogs. How inspiring!
These are great. I’m going to check out a couple I hadn’t heard of yet! Thanks! Glad to hear you’re getting along well 🙂
Oooh.. I haven’t read a few of those. Thanks for the suggestions!!
Aww, thank you so much, Linsday! I’m so glad we could make you a believer in fruit and yogurt counting as dessert 🙂 (Thanks for confessing your inner struggle too – hehe!)
We love hearing about each new day in Cebu — keep them coming! Thinking of you and praying for you too!
XO
Sonja
If anyone could do it, it was you guys. 🙂
I’m trying to eat healthier, so this list came at the perfect time! Can’t wait to check some of them out!
Mango peach pies? Yeah, I think you’ll be alright out there. 😉 Great blog picks!
Oh my gosh. They are SO GOOD.
I’m so proud to have made the list! Thank you Lindsay!
In the end, you ARE going to get along just fine, but it will be a whole different kind of fine and that is a good thing. I’ll be praying and sending happy food vibes towards Cebu as you find your new normal.
Love this list! I was only familiar what 2 of these blogs. THANK YOU! Pinned it.
These are fantastic blogs! And I’m intrigued by these mango peach pies you speak of!
Thanks for this great list! Emily (A Nutritionist Eats) is my go-to for healthy recipes but I always love to add new blogs to my reading list!
Great choices! I love all these blogs.
healthy and yummy at the same time, nothing can beat that! Still, I miss your recipes. Everytime I check Foodgawker, I keep hoping to see a new recipe post from you. 🙂 By the way, I think I saw you and your husband at Ayala last Sunday. If I wasn’t mistaken, you were in a blue top and denim pants wearing sunglasses?
Oh my gosh that is hilarious! Yes that was us! 🙂 Bahahah! Next time you should come introduce yourself!! Or we should meet up! I made your chicken adobo last night – yum yum! I need to make it again so I can share it on my blog!
Thank you for some awesome new links to check out! I follow Naturally Ella and A Couple Cooks, the other websites you have mentioned look great. As does yours 🙂
I agree completely. Love your blog
loking great i think indian food use more garlic and ginger and many spices that can be good for health if any one intreasted in indian food chek this website http://indianrecipeking.com
I agree with your comments about more garlic and ginger. Turmeric is another spice used abundantly in regular Indian cooking.
My goal is to try and eat healthier and stay as fit as I can, like most of us. Great info.
Thanks for sharing Lindsay! I will definitely check them.
Superb compilation of blogs. Thanks for sharing them Lindsay. I just stumbled on this by accident. What a wonderful blog you have.