I don’t know who discovered the spinach artichoke dip combo, but whoever you are, I salute you. It could have been carrot broccoli dip, or celery tomato dip. But no, its spinach artichoke amazingness dip. It’s also a calorie bomb. Calorific, as one of my clients likes to say (which I actually didn’t even know [...]

Oh kale salad…it’s been too long. I think a few months ago I was making/eating massaged kale salads at least once a day and dare I say it? I got burnt out. But kale is back! This time in a salad with farro, carrots, English peas, chickpeas and Mmm sauce. Ingredients: 1 bag pre-cut kale, [...]

One of my goals a while back was to “master cooking Indian food,” since I love it so much. While I can’t say I’m a master quite yet, I’d like to think I’m getting there. Sometimes all it takes is a dash of Garam Masala to kick up a meal, other times, it takes a [...]

  Last week I was talking with a client about Lo Mein. She loves it, and frequently orders takeout from a nearby Chinese restaurant. “Why not save some cash and calories and make your own?” I asked her. We did a quick search and found some healthy Lo Mein recipes online, including this one from [...]

When looking for some meals to make for the week, I kept pulling up curry recipes. I must be in an Indian food phase (works for me!) because I have two on the docket for the next few days. The first one I made is this Indian Spiced Eggplant and Cauliflower Stew from Eating Well. [...]

This is one of those dishes that I really wish I had someone to share that first bite with so we could high-five each other about how amazing it tastes. Two nights a week Funk is geeking out at MBA school, and on those nights I usually just make myself a massive salad, or a [...]

These are so easy! And delicious. I couldn’t stop patting myself on the back during dinner, giving compliments to the chef (um, that’s me) for this meal. Ingredients: Crunchy taco shells – I used Trader Joe’s 1 package tempeh, diced into small pieces a few teaspoons taco seasoning shredded cabbage olive oil salsa In a [...]

Remember when I went on that date dinner in December? Well I received some packages of pistachio and coconut rolled date “logs” when I was there and found the perfect recipe to use them: Vegetarian Times’ Date and Chickpea Tagine. Tagine (also spelled tajine) is a North African dish and this one has a perfect [...]

One of my biggest peeves as a dietitian is when naturally nutritious foods are made out to be the bad guys simply because of the way they’re prepared or what other ingredients they’re paired with. Case in point: potatoes. As is, they’re loaded with fiber, potassium, and vitamin C. If you drench and fry them [...]

I don’t have many words for this post except: make this dish. Immediately. It’s another absolutely perfect Eating Well recipe and you can click here for the preparation instructions. If you love butternut squash, dark leafy greens, smokey tofu, a little spice, and hearty pasta dishes, you’ll want to make this asap. Ingredients: 2 teaspoons [...]