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3 protein-rich dinner recipes for those long June days ☀️🥗 Herby H**p Tahini BowlA protein-packed grain bowl with caulif...
06/22/2026

3 protein-rich dinner recipes for those long June days ☀️

🥗 Herby H**p Tahini Bowl
A protein-packed grain bowl with cauliflower, farro, pistachios, pickled onions, dates, and a bright hemp-tahini dressing.

🍕 Pizza on Toast with Pesto-Braised Broccoli
Sweet, savory pesto-braised broccoli, sundried tomatoes, walnuts, and creamy cottage “cheez” on hearty toast.

🫛 Green Peas Masala Nourish Bowl
A cooling South Indian chaat-inspired bowl with green peas in a mint-cilantro gravy, layered over creamy Greek yogurt.

Weeknight Simple is my monthly recipe club featuring 3 protein-rich vegetarian dinners, bonus recipes, shopping lists, and an ever-growing recipe archive.

Comment SIMPLE for the link and vote for your favorite to be featured in my free newsletter next.

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06/12/2026

You’re in the right place if you’ve been vegetarian for years and suddenly find yourself wondering why the things that used to work... don’t seem to work quite as well anymore.

That was certainly my experience.

In my 30s, I was diagnosed with prediabetes despite being a lifelong vegetarian. Then came perimenopause, and with it another set of questions about energy, muscle, hormones, digestion, and how to nourish my body for this season of life.

The reality is that our needs change.

What got us here isn’t always what gets us where we want to go next.

If you’re looking for a practical, flavor-first approach to vegetarian eating and you’re tired of sorting through conflicting nutrition advice, you’re in the right place.
Around here, I share the lessons I’ve learned through my own health journey, years of recipe development, and my ongoing studies in Ayurvedic nutrition.

If you’re not sure where to start, I have plenty of options:

📖 My cookbook, The Vegetarian Reset, for flavorful vegetarian recipes that won’t spike your blood sugar.
🥗 Weeknight Simple, my Substack recipe club, for monthly meal plans, shopping lists, and fresh inspiration.
🎓 The Vegetarian Reset Lab, where I teach my complete system for building satisfying vegetarian meals.

Comment INFO and I’ll send you my favorite resources and some of my most-loved recipes to get you started.

And follow along for protein-forward vegetarian cooking, practical nutrition wisdom, and food that loves you back. 💚

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06/08/2026

Counterintuitive? Absolutely. But once you think about it, it makes a lot of sense.

I’ve learned the hard way that focusing only on what we eat can sometimes make us overlook how we eat. And digestion begins long before food reaches your stomach.
When you gulp down a smoothie packed with greens, protein powder, nut butter, and fruit, -( the works!!) two things happen.

First, you’re bypassing a lot of the chewing that helps activate digestive juices and signals to the body that food is coming.
Second, all those concentrated nutrients arrive at once, already pulverized, with no notice to the poor stomach - which understandably might get overwhelmed.

In Ayurveda, if the digestive system can’t properly process what we’ve eaten, the residue is called ama, or undigested material. Over time, the accumulation of ama is thought to contribute to imbalance and disease.

So here’s what I’d do:
First, leave a little texture in your smoothies instead of blending them completely silky smooth.

Then, chew each sip several times before swallowing.
And finally, do the same with your summer salads. Raw foods are naturally harder for the body to digest, so slow down and chew each bite until it’s almost liquid.

It costs nothing, and honestly? I wish I’d started paying attention to this sooner.

Try it for a week and see if you notice less bloating and better digestion.

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Summer is when I want food to feel lighter and fresher… but I still need meals that actually satisfy me.That’s always th...
06/01/2026

Summer is when I want food to feel lighter and fresher… but I still need meals that actually satisfy me.

That’s always the challenge with vegetarian eating, right? So many “healthy” summer meals leave you hungry an hour later.

These 3 recipes from my cookbook strike that balance beautifully: protein, fiber, texture, freshness, and enough flavor to keep things interesting even when it’s 90 degrees outside.
The Zucchini Bread has become one of my favorite meal prep staples because it freezes so well and turns into the most satisfying avocado toast situation.

The Cucumber Papdi Chaat is what happens when comfort food and summer produce collide. Creamy yogurt, spiced chickpeas, tangy chutneys, crunchy peanuts… every bite hits differently.

And the Avocado Pasta is my answer to “I cannot turn on the stove today.” Creamy, bright, herbaceous, packed with fiber, and shockingly satisfying for something that comes together this quickly.

If you don’t have my cookbook yet, comment COOKBOOK and I’ll send you the link 💚

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