Chickpea Shawarma Burgers with Maple-Chili Roasted Butternut Squash

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Chickpea shawarma burgers topped with maple-chili roasted butternut squash and a tahini sauce drizzle. These will be your new go-to veggie burger!
Chickpea Shawarma Burgers with Maple-Chili Roasted Butternut Squash

Did you overshop for ingredients on Thanksgiving?

I’ve personally had a surplus of butternuts loitering on my kitchen floor since August. I mean, that exact squash hasn’t been there since then, but basically I bought too much one time and it’s been a vicious cycle ever since.

This is an every year problem, you guys. One day I’m going to learn how to grocery shop with my mind instead of my pumpkin-loving heart.

One day.

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Homemade Salted Caramel Oreos

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Homemade salted caramel oreos are the perfect sandwich cookie to kick off the holiday season!
Homemade Salted Caramel Oreos

There may be things in life better than homemade oreos but honestly, I haven’t found them.

It’s hard to explain what’s so amazing about them. It’s like, they taste exactly like storebought oreos but also a gazillion times better.

More buttery, more sweet, more salty.

Like a truer version of themselves, if that makes sense.

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 11.25.17

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Anyone else feeling a little bit softer around the middle post-Thanksgiving food coma?

Actually one of my patients this past week pointed to my stomach asked me if that was my only kid. I mean, he was delirious at the time, but still! I didn’t hold it against him, but it was definitely a wake up call that I probably shouldn’t eat dessert every day of the week. And should eat more salads. It’s just so hard when I get home from a long stressful day and all I want is to reward myself for not strangling someone. Maybe I need to think of some non-food rewards, though. Hmmm.

After a big holiday like Thanksgiving, I don’t like to wallow in the leftovers (unless they’re pie), but strongly prefer to reset by stocking my fridge with a bunch of healthy meals. If you’re like me then you will LOVE this week’s meal plan! There are two main dish salads and three curries (one soup, one chili, one actual curry), so it’s a good one. Enjoy and happy eating!

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Butter-Roasted Maple Apple Baked Brie

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Give your baked brie the fancy treatment this year by baking it with an apple butter topping and making butter-roasted, maple-smothered apples to serve alongside!
Butter-Roasted Maple Apple Baked Brie

Sorry for the radio silence, but we’ve had drippy noses and clingy teething toddlers around here since Saturday, and momma is TIRED.

Just so I know, do they lace the organic milk with rhinovirus at daycare?

Asking for a friend.

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Healthy Vegetarian Meal Plan – 11.18.17

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I’m so mixed up about my feelings for this weekend.

On the one hand, IT’S THE WEEKEND!!!! Cue all the smiley emojis.

On the other hand, it’s the weekend, which means I’m two days closer to being back on inpatient medicine after two glorious weeks in outpatient clinic.

So, late nights, one-day weekends, no Thanksgiving, blah blah blah. So much to look forward to!!

I’m definitely feeling loads of voyeuristic jealousy over all the pies I’ve been seeing because I won’t have time to bake any this year. Not even one! Maybe the weekend after I’ll have to bake myself my favorite coconut cream pie and eat it all myself since Mike doesn’t like coconut. A girl can dream.

Anyways, I hope you guys have fewer mixed feelings about the weekend and can enjoy this last calm before the storm that is the holiday season sets in. Happy eating!

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Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake with Maple Cinnamon Apple Compote

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This brown sugar cheesecake is studded with caramelized brown butter apples and topped with a maple cinnamon apple compote.
Brown Sugar Apple Cheesecake with Maple Cinnamon Apple Compote

You guys, I’m realizing I gave birth to a COMPLETE STRANGER.

Like, I thought I had a kid who was utterly devoted to me, didn’t want anyone else if I was around, cried whenever I left the room even when it was just to have five seconds of bathroom privacy (heck, ESPECIALLY when I wanted to have five seconds of bathroom privacy).

Apparently, I have been misled.

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