Maple Everything Bagel Roasted Butternut Squash makes a great vegetable dish for the fall, combining sweet and savory in a recipe you’ll want to make over and over again!

the perfect companion to your summer snacks

Roasted Apple Kale Salad is a hearty salad to makes it easy to eat your greens while getting some fall vibes. Have it on your table in 20 minutes flat!

This Summer Tomato Salad is a dish that comes together in just 10 minutes. Enjoy juicy and flavorful summery tomatoes before the season is gone!

Roasted Vegetables with Maple Pecans & Cranberries will be a star at your holiday meal. Looks fancy, but it is a breeze to whip up!

Pumpkin Hummus with Sage-Infused Oil is a great wholesome snack that melds together excellent autumn flavors!

Nom nom nom.

This Walnut Lentil Pâté is a hearty and earthy spread, perfect for spreading onto bread or dipping your favorite vegetables into. It makes for a perfect autumn snack! 

This Cherry Chia Jam is a wonderfully quick way to make a summery and nutritious fruit spread that you'll want to make (and eat!) all summer long. 

Cumin-Garlic Roasted Carrots make an incredible side dish for the spring! They make a wonderful addition to any Easter or Passover table. 

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If you follow YBC on Periscope (@yogabycandace), you know that the other day I celebrated my mom's birthday by picking peaches back home. I wasn't sure what to do with them but had a ton of leftover gelatin and figured I could set ol' Martha to work - oh sorry, I meant Lauren - making jam. Lauren's nickname at the office is Martha because she is a little Martha Stewart and seriously can make anything and make it look easy. Here's what she did:

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A few weeks ago I met up with a friend for a walk. We hit up our local Whole Foods for a light lunch, and they offered a healthy coleslaw option with a dressing of olive oil, AVC, and local honey. It was so delicious and it seemed pretty straightforward so I set out to recreate it the next day (it was that good). I've pretty much been making it twice a week ever since and it's the perfect, most refreshing and satisfying summer salad so I wanted to share with you.

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The other day, while at Whole Foods, I spotted chicken livers for sale. They're so inexpensive and I know they're really good for you (the GAPS diet is all about livers, woof!) but I've never found a way to cook them that I liked, so I asked my husband Greg to whip something up. He's sorta fearless in the kitchen and was down to help me out, so today he's sharing his liver pate-making experience. Hope you enjoy. xo

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I consider myself super lucky to have a husband that enjoys cooking. Well, maybe "enjoys" isn't quite the right word, but we are very different cooks. I cook, and while I think I do a good job, I am not exactly a clean-as-you-go type of person. No matter how hard I try, it always looks like a bomb went off afterwards. 

Stumped on whether or not to buy a high powered blender like a Blendtec? I feel you. I mean, it's a blender, you know?! It is really worth it to spend so much money?! So when Blendtec offered to let my try out their blender I decided to see if these expensive blenders could actually save us money in the long run. First, I made some tomato sauce.

Today, I'm focusing on ice cream. Because who doesn't love ice cream? It's a "healthy" ice cream - there's no added sugar - but don't let that fool you because the bananas offer up enough sweetness that you won't be feeling like you're eating a healthier ice cream.

We debated for what seems like ages on whether to go with a Vitamix or a Blentec because the promises of both were almost too good to be true. Soups! Salsas! Spreads! Almond milk! Peanut butter! Smoothies! I mean, what couldn't these things make?! 

So we got a Vitamix. And had a little love affair with it. But I'll be honest, the plunger thing was a pain, and when my arthritic issues were flaring up in my hands, it would be physically painful to use it. So when Blendtec offered to let me try one of their blenders, I was pumped because it meant that there'd no longer be any kind of pushing or stirring or jamming of the plunger. 

If you're looking for a way to kick up your meatball game (and I mean, who isn't? Just kidding, no one has a meatball game...do they? Anyway.), then you'll want to add these to your repertoire.

The first time I heard about ghee was during yoga teacher training when my teacher mentioned going to an Ayurveda institute where he joked that they believed ghee to be the cure for everything and he heard of people drinking a whole bunch of it in the name of health. Anyway, ever since then I've steered clear of it, haunted by images of boiling hot oil being poured down my throat, but in reading the GAPS book to learn more about the diet I'm following to heal my stomach, I realized it had a ton of benefits (though one should probably avoid drinking a ton of it- ha!).

Afternoon snacks in my household are mostly of the fruit variety - yogurt with berries, apples with almond butter, dried fruit and nuts, etc., so it's nice to switch it up for something a little heartier. This banana zucchini loaf was such a success I made it twice in one week and served the second loaf at a breakfast I hosted for a couple friends from work. It's moist, fluffy, and fantastic with a cup of coffee to combat the afternoon slump.