Heather Nauta

Since we are in Italy, and since pizza is one of Phil and my favorite meals, we decided to go on a 2-day pizza-tasting extravaganza. In a lunch-dinner-lunch marathon, we enjoyed two Italian pizzas and a homemade vegan pizza recipe. It may be super delicious, but that doesn't mean healthy vegan recipes can't include pizza.

This healthy apple crisp recipe is quick, simple, low in sugar, oil free and almost fat free. The only fat comes from the oats and the walnuts, which are healthy fats.

This vegetarian savory oatmeal recipe was borne out of a desire for whole grains, the backbone of many healthy vegetarian recipes. After spending a week in Olympos where our dinners were made for us, I had to think of something to make that would make up for all of the white rice we'd eaten.

This red lentils recipe is a great example of healthy vegan recipes that can be bursting with flavor and yet be so simple to put together. If you can find flaxseed oil in your grocery store, this is a great opportunity to try it in a dressing.

This dish uses yellow split peas and yellow zucchini, but is totally versatile so go for green/green if that's what you find in the store.

This red lentil soup recipe is a simple way to incorporate a lot of nutrition into one meal. I also go a bit beyond just healthy vegan recipes in this video and show you the basics behind the technique of making soup, so that you can make your own soups based on what you have available in the kitchen.

This raw sushi recipe uses mashed avocado in place of rice, bringing together fresh green vegetables and seaweed for a truly delicious roll.

These low fat oatmeal cookies are oil free, and can actually easily be made virtually fat free as well by leaving out the coconut.

Baked kale chips (whether made in a dehydrator or oven) are a great snack to make that get some healthy kale into you and also give you a much better option than potato chips.

In this vegetarian Shepherd's Pie recipe (also vegan), I've replaced the lamb with lentils in this healthy vegetarian recipe version of Shepherd's Pie.