Roasted Asparagus and Cauliflower Soup

First recipe post of 2014 is a detox post--go figure. I, along with probably the majority of the world's population, made some sort of resolution, promise, or goal for the new year. I usually skip this tradition and just opt for making goals throughout the year. However, this holiday season (and last six months) have been especially fun and crazy busy. And, unless you are superman or woman, usually that means less time for eating well and exercising. In my case, that can be translated to occasionally eating a vegetable in the form of a potato and casually neglecting my gym membership for months at a time. Go me!

Roasted Vegetable Greek Salad

As soon as I wrote my Skinny Secrets post, I found myself surrounded by so many temptations. If I said I didn't go out and enjoy a few drinks and a humongous slice of pizza this weekend, my nose might grow a few inches. It's funny how sharing skinny tips and tricks is so much easier than sticking to them. Oh well...good thing bikini season is still a few months away!

Roasted Asparagus with Healthy Hollandaise Sauce

Asparagus is one of those vegetables that I love to eat, but I am not familiar with many different ways to prepare it. I usually steam asparagus and serve it with my entree. This is fine every once in a while, but not my idea of the perfect side dish. When I saw that asparagus was on sale at my local grocery store, I grabbed a pound and challenged myself to find a new way to cook this vegetable. I thought about maybe adding it to a salad, mixing it in with quinoa, or adding it to scrambled eggs with other vegetables. But none of those options seemed really appealing, so I kept putting off making the asparagus. While I was heating up some leftovers tonight, it dawned on me to roast the asparagus and serve it with a Hollandaise sauce. But there was one problem: Hollandaise sauce is a treat to your taste buds, but not to your waste line. So a little light bulb went off in my head to make a healthy Hollandaise sauce. And believe it or not, I think I like the healthy version better!