Recipes — The Renata Collective

Cabbage is a great veggie – so versatile in that it can be eaten raw, shredded in a salad, have it as the main ingredient in a slaw, added to savory stir fry’s, pasta dishes, soups… and baked as in this and other recipes! This recipe blends a roasted cabbage round with the deliciousness of marinara sauce and cheeses for a fabulous vegetarian dinner! Leftovers are great cold or reheated so great for meal prep. Serve with a side of rice and you have a fully balanced meal of protein, carbs and fat. So good!

No-Bake Date & Nut Bars

These bars are a delicious and nutritious treat. Made in only a few minutes, with minimal ingredients, they are great to have in the fridge for when you need a little something sweet. Cut into squares, triangles, bars with a sharp knife or into hearts for a Valentine’s themed indulgence.

Sun-Dried Tomato and Spinach Soup with Peas and Pasta

This savory soup is nutritious, delicious, hearty but not heavy, and best of all, it’s ready in less than a half hour. Don’t let the list of ingredients deter you from making the soup – most are herbs and pantry items you have!

Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Oat Squares (GF/DF)

I was inspired to make these squares as I had a jar of delicious hazelnut butter in the cupboard and thought it would be a nice change from peanut butter in baking. It looks like a lot of ingredients but it comes together quickly and the results are delicious. Don’t be tempted to bake them until they are really browned – they will be too crumbly that way. Enjoy these for breakfast, a energy boost snack or for dessert.

Golden Milk Smoothie

This Golden Milk Smoothie recipe is delicious and has the added benefit of protein and calcium in the cottage cheese and yogurt. If you want to keep this smoothie dairy free, use a coconut yogurt and swap the cottage cheese for a cup of white beans (cannellini or pinto), both provide plant-based protein and the beans also provide fiber, a wealth of B vitamins, including B12, iron, potassium, zinc, and other essential minerals.

Stone Fruit Crisp

My gluten and dairy free Stone Fruit Crisp is a medley of ground almonds, oats, warming spices, natural sweetener, nuts and coconut. Combine that goodness to top slices of ripe nectarines, peaches, plums or pitted cherries and bake to create a delicious and nutritious juicy fruit-bottomed, crispy-topping dessert. Leftovers are wonderful for breakfast the next morning!

Zucchini, Green Onion and Cheddar Loaf (GF)

A one-bowl, quick to make, delicious, nutritious, savory gluten free loaf that is the perfect taste balance of zucchini, onion and cheddar. Serve slices plain or toasted (toasted is so yum!) with soup, stew, top with avocado and tomato, melt extra cheese on top or make a tuna melt! This loaf recipe will be on repeat in our home!

Cashew Milk -(Plain and Chocolate)

Making your own plant-based milk with cashews is so easy. The cashews are soft and blend smoothly so there is no need to have to strain the pulp out as you have to do with other nut milks. Cashews are rich in fiber, iron, high in magnesium and the unsaturated fat in cashews is predominantly a healthy oleic acid (the same as in olive oil). Plain cashew milk is delicious to use in coffee or tea, over cereal, in baking, or to drink on its own. Adding cocoa makes chocolate cashew milk which is heavenly!

Muffin In A Mug

A single serve muffin in a mug – ready in under 5 minutes! I love making overnight oats, but when I haven’t made them the night before, or if I want a warmer breakfast and a treat at the same time, I make this breakfast muffin in a mug! Make one for each person as no one will want to share!

Almond Butter Oatmeal Coffee Cake

A quick-made gluten free coffee cake made with almond butter and other healthy ingredients. It’s a perfect treat with a cup of coffee or tea and looks so pretty to present or to have on your counter. To be fancy, serve with a dollop of maple syrup sweetened yogurt!

Raspberry Mango Lime Sorbet

Here is a simple 4 ingredient recipe for the most refreshing, delicious and healthy sorbet crafted to cool you down on the hottest day. It’s perfect for a light dessert and certain to impress and delight friends and family. Made with frozen fruit and a lime, this sorbet is made quickly in your food processor and is ready to eat right away with a soft-serve consistency. You can also freeze it to have it more scoopable for a cone or cup.

Grace’s Quick Treat Bars aka PB Cookie Dough Bars

These bars (or squares) are a healthy treat with 4 nutrient dense ingredients in the base, 2 in the top and extra for any toppings you wish to add. They take 5 minutes to put together and then they pop into the fridge for an hour to set. So so good.

Saskatoon Berry Pancakes

Saskatoon Berries are a superfood, packed with antioxidants and high in plant-based fiber, they look like blueberries and have a similar taste but they are not related. Saskatoon berries are more in the apple family – interesting! They have 7x the amount of calcium and twice the amount of manganese of blueberries. They are SO delicious!

One Pot 20 Minute Pesto Pasta - featuring Boursin

This is a dream of a recipe for a quick, delicious healthy dinner. It takes as long to make as for your pasta to boil and cook! It’s made in one pot for easy clean up. Leftovers are fabulous eaten cold so this is a perfect meal prep recipe too.

Simple One Pan Make and Bake Oats

This is a great recipe for a fast, made in one baking pan, baked oats recipe for a nutritious breakfast. Like many of my recipes it takes minutes to put together and 20 minutes in the oven and then you have a delicious warm, cozy breakfast that is good year-round. I love oatmeal any time of year!