The Keys to Nutrition in the Kitchen

I hope these recipes inspire and bring you joy in the kitchen.

Courtney Smith, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES Courtney Smith, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES

Viral Tiktok Hot Honey Bowls with Tofu Sofritas

I wanted to recreate the viral hot honey beef bowls BUT make it plant based with tofu sofritas!

Have you had the tofu sofritas at Chipotle? That’s my inspiration here! Tofu is very plain (like all proteins initially, right?) and needs to be seasoned up!

This isn’t so much a recipe but a template! Scale up or down as you’d like. I’m solo but always scale up because multi-meals (planned leftovers) FTW.

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Cava Copycat Falafel Mediterranean Bowls

This is my version of a Cava (fast casual Mediterranean restaurant) or Meze Morada (R.I.P. local mediterranean joint formerly in Islamorada, Florida) bowl.

This is completely customizable and really just a loose template. I’m not putting a ton of detail into the amounts here. I make as much as my ingredients will go and eat it for DAYS. You can see the individual amounts I assembled in the photo. I will say after making this if I lived near a Cava I would definitely just go buy this…. I think the savings come when you spend the time making this for multiple people or when you make enough to plan to eat it for several days.

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