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    Easy, Nutritious Recipes + Tips from a Registered Dietitian

    Welcome to Carrots & Cookies! Here you will find easy recipes from a dietitian that even your teenagers will love! Whether it's main meals, snacks, side dishes, desserts, or my top tips for packing snacks for school lunch and travel, I'm here to help you feed your family with less stress!

    Tasty Summertime Recipes!

    Spend less time in the kitchen so you can spend more time outdoors! From an easy kale salad with a lemon garlic dressing and grilled lemon pepper chicken to smoothies and smoothie bowls, I've got you covered!

    • One margherita flatbread sliced. A pizza roller is to the right of the flatbread.
      10-Minute Flatbread Pizza (Margherita)
    • Five halves of hummus veggie wraps stacked together.
      5-Minute Hummus Veggie Wrap
    • Four stacked lemon yogurt muffins with pieces of lemon peel at the base.
      Best Lemon Yogurt Muffins
    • Top view of a pitaya smoothie in a glass jar topped with pieces of pitaya and a pink and white striped straw .
      Easy Pitaya Smoothie
    • A lettuce salad on a round white plate with a small white bowl of basil balsamic dressing.
      Basil Balsamic Dressing
    • One Pitaya Bowl with toppings.
      Easy Pitaya Bowl
    • A stack of chocolate chip cookie bars on a white plate.
      Chewy Chocolate Chip Pan Cookies
    • Cherry tomato sauce topped with two small basil leaves and a sprig of fresh oregano served in a white bowl with a white spoon.
      Easy Cherry Tomato Sauce for Pasta

    Trending Recipes

    These are my top kid-approved, tried and tested recipes! They are full of flavor and all kinds of nutritious ingredients. Plus, they are easy to make and ready in no time!

    • Three pieces of barbecue chicken with two ears of corn topped with pieces of cilantro and served on a white plate.
      15-Minute Air Fryer BBQ Chicken
    • Six pieces of caprese bruschetta drizzled with balsamic glaze on a white platter.
      Easy Caprese Bruschetta
    • One roasted beet on top of a piece of foil.
      Easy Roasted Beets in Foil
    • Pesto with tortellini, chicken, and broccoli in a large white serving bowl with a spoon.
      15-Minute Pesto with Tortellini
    • A stack of chocolate chip cookie bars on a white plate.
      Chewy Chocolate Chip Pan Cookies
    • Five cooked jerk lime boneless pork chops overlapping each other one a white plate with broccoli to the right.
      Best Oven Baked Boneless Pork Chops
    • Cherry tomato sauce topped with two small basil leaves and a sprig of fresh oregano served in a white bowl with a white spoon.
      Easy Cherry Tomato Sauce for Pasta
    • Sixteen different snacks, some packaged, and some in containers, on a white surface.
      Favorite Easy Travel Snacks

    Recent Recipes

    Here's what I've been cooking up most recently! Make the recipes, take a picture to post and then tag me on Instagram so I can see them!

    • Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing in a small glass bowl with a white serving spoon.
      Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing
    • Double chocolate chip banana cookies on a white plate.
      Banana Cocoa Cookies
    • Mini banana pancakes dusted with powdered sugar, topped with sliced banana and almond slices on a white plate.
      Mini Banana Pancakes
    • Nine deviled eggs on a white plate with a sprig of fresh parsley for garnish.
      Easy Deviled Eggs Without Mustard

    Favorite Dinner Recipes

    Your kids will love these simply seasoned, easy to make dinner recipes. Resist the temptation to be a 'short-order cook' by serving foods your whole family will enjoy!

    • Pesto with tortellini, chicken, and broccoli in a large white serving bowl with a spoon.
      15-Minute Pesto with Tortellini
    • One serving of lasagna on a white plate with a napkin in front of the plate.
      Easy Lasagna Recipe with Cottage Cheese
    • A pile of cooked marinated lemon pepper chicken on a white plate.
      Easy Lemon Pepper Chicken Marinade
    • Pieces of Italian chicken with orzo and broccoli to the side.
      Easy Italian Baked Chicken

    Quick & Easy Snacks

    Easy and delicious nutrient dense snack recipes that are ready in no time! Your kids will love them all!

    • Strawberry banana smoothie in a glass jar, topped with a strawberry and served with a pink and white straw.
      Best Banana Strawberry Peanut Butter Smoothie
    • stack of banana carrot muffins with a carrot on the side and bananas in the background
      Banana Carrot Muffins with Raisins
    • Pieces of fresh fruit on toothpicks and bamboo skewers on a white plate with yogurt and granola in separate ramekins.
      Favorite Fruit on a Stick
    • Top view of one white bowl filled with bliss balls. A few bliss balls are to the right of the bowl.
      Best Bliss Balls (3 Ways!)
    Kristi Ruth eating a cookie. A white platter with tri-colored carrots is on the counter in front of her.

    Kristi Ruth RD, CNSC, LDN

    Welcome! I'm a Registered Dietitian and busy, working mom of three, here to help you understand what it means to feed your family well without going crazy!

    Learn more about me →

    Top Breakfast Recipes

    Start the day off right by serving your kids easy and delicious nutritious breakfasts so they will feel full longer (and won't be asking for a snack 30 minutes later, haha!).

    • Three brown hard-boiled eggs in white egg cups.
      How to Make Steamed Hard-Boiled Eggs
    • Three different smoothies in glass jars with striped straws.
      16 Ways to Increase Protein in Smoothies without Protein Powder
    • One Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Smoothie in a glass jar topped with oats and a mini chocolate chip, served with a straw.
      Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal Smoothie
    • Three images of fruit smoothies with straws.
      8 Fruit Smoothies Without Yogurt

    Recently Updated

    • Cold Asparagus Salad with strawberries in a white serving bowl with white and gold tongs next to the bowl.
      Easy Cold Asparagus Salad
    • Strawberry balsamic vinaigrette in a glass jar with a salad in the background.
      Easy Strawberry Balsamic Salad Dressing
    • One Greek yogurt parfait with fresh berries in a glass jar with the lid off and leaning on the side of the jar.
      Easy Greek Yogurt Parfait
    • Top view of roasted carrots and asparagus on a white serving platter.
      Easy Roasted Asparagus and Carrots
    Kristi Ruth RD wearing a green top with jeans and holding a white platter with tri-colored carrots.

    Welcome to Carrots & Cookies! I'm a busy working mom of three and can now say that I've been a dietitian for 20 years!! I'm on a mission to show you that eating well doesn't have to be complicated by providing you with easy recipes and practical nutrition tips! More about me...

    Popular Recipes

    • Cherry tomato sauce topped with two small basil leaves and a sprig of fresh oregano served in a white bowl with a white spoon.
      Easy Cherry Tomato Sauce for Pasta

    • Five cooked jerk lime boneless pork chops overlapping each other one a white plate with broccoli to the right.
      Best Oven Baked Boneless Pork Chops

    • Top view of a bowl of fresh fruit salad.
      15-Minute Fresh Fruit Salad

    • Three pieces of barbecue chicken with two ears of corn topped with pieces of cilantro and served on a white plate.
      15-Minute Air Fryer BBQ Chicken

    • One ripe pineapple with a still on held up over a pile of pineapples.
      How to Pick a Good Pineapple

    • Granola in a white ramekin with pieces of granola scattered around the base of the ramekin.
      Easy Granola Recipe (Low Sugar)

    Easy Recipes for Summer

    • A pile of cooked marinated lemon pepper chicken on a white plate.
      Easy Lemon Pepper Chicken Marinade

    • Chunks of fresh watermelon topped with Tajin and cinnamon.
      5-Minute Tajin and Watermelon

    • Kale salad in a yellow bowl with a set of tongs in the salad as to serve.
      Easy Kale (Tuscan) Salad

    • A chip being dipped into guacamole served in a white ramekin.
      4-Ingredient Guacamole Recipe

    • Pieces of fresh fruit on toothpicks and bamboo skewers on a white plate with yogurt and granola in separate ramekins.
      Favorite Fruit on a Stick

    • One Pitaya Bowl with toppings.
      Easy Pitaya Bowl

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