I spent last weekend in NYC and Nicole joined me for part of the visit. Naturally we spent half our time talking about food, and much of it was about quinoa, avocados, and coconut. Yep, we’re that cool, chatting about complete proteins and heart-healthy fats. All that chit-chat about quinoa and avocados inspired me to [...]

When the amazing award winning nutritionist, cookbook author and teacherRobyn Webb asked me to guest post on her Fabulous Food Finds blog, I was happy to contribute! In addition to being a culinary queen, Robyn is a fellow Syracuse University alumni (Go Orange!) and also gave me some valuable tips for when we traveled to Italy. I [...]

I’ve been reading The Wednesday Chef blog for as long as I have been reading food blogs, and this particular post for Francis Lam’s Let-My-Eggplant-Go-Free! Spaghetti caught my eye. The Wednesday Chef has a way with words, especially when those words are about food. I find my mouth watering every time I read a new [...]

People have been telling me I have the best luck lately. I don’t know why. I mean, I guess, considering I won us a trip to Italy and our wedding invitations in the same week, but given some recent injuries, I feel like the unluckiest person on earth. And then I won again and I’m [...]

The other night I had the ingredients on hand to make a simple stir fry. I followed an Eating Well recipe for Tofu & Broccoli Stir Fry and I didn’t plan on blogging about it, because you’ve seen simple stir frys here before. But about halfway through cooking, I realized: This stir fry is amazing! [...]

Last week I made a massive batch of my mom’s famous coleslaw for a health fair I was working. I used bags of shredded carrots and broccoli slaw as the base, and had one bag leftover of each that I never used. Since I was slaw’d out, I decided to use the pre-shredded veggies as [...]

Recently the people who make POMI tomatoes contacted me to see if I’d like to try their product. I jumped at the chance because lately I’ve been more and more concerned about some of my favorite canned products (tomatoes and beans) with their dangerous BPA lining in the cans. My friend Nicole wrote a great [...]

Last week I worked on a test recipe for an upcoming Healthy Eats post. I wanted to make a veggie burger that was hearty with some bite to it, and not just a bunch of cooked vegetables smooshed together into a patty shape. I took some inspiration from a few Vegetarian Times veggie burger recipes [...]

Things are starting to feel summery in Boston! With the warmer weather upon us, and some upcoming vacations I’ve been daydreaming about (Arizona! Italy!) I wanted to make a meal that had hints of a hot weathered getaway. This Hawaiian Rice with Pineapple did the trick.

Ingredients:
1 cup brown rice (makes about 2 cups)
1 pineapple, sliced [...]

Happy Cinco de Mayo! I’m so excited to announce the Think Outside the Guac contest winner who will be receiving a crate of Amazing Avocados.
Kelly whipped up this delish dish of Avocado Stuffed Cannelloni Pasta Salad. Every time I look at the picture of this dish, my mouth waters. Doesn’t it look amazing?! What a [...]