A few weeks ago I was watching Oprah’s “Favorite Things” episode, and of course out of all the millions of dollars worth of prizes she gave away, the one that sparked my interest the most was the Baker’s Edge Lasagna Pan. Go figure I’d be more interested in that over sparkly jewelry or a new [...]

I recently started a subscription to Whole Living magazine and love the articles, tips, health facts, and recipes. I love everything about it! I have been tearing out recipes left and right from each issue, and decided to cook this one for Spaghetti with Sardines, Cauliflower, and Kale first. What? Sardines!? Now I know I [...]

This weekend I had big goals: I was going to try my hand at making my first ever vegan pumpkin pie. Scratch that – making my first ever pumpkin pie! I was so excited – I had my kitchen counter covered with a bunch of different recipes I was going to edit and piece together [...]

  Working alongside a talented vegan chef a few days a week has it’s perks. I have an instant resource when I need an ingredient question answered, or in this case, need a recipe idea for the eggplant that had been sitting in my kitchen unused for too long. The Chef suggested I make an [...]

While googling away for recipes the other day, I came across a few from Whole Foods that were enticing. This vegan, gluten free dish with mushrooms and quinoa caught my eye. When I read further and saw the ingredient list also included a pear, almonds, and spinach, I was sold. What delicious ingredients! We enjoyed [...]

I had never heard of Mee Goreng before reading the Ask the Experts: Bizarre (But Delicious) Food Combos post on the Food Network’s Healthy Eats Blog (see my bizarre combo halfway down!). But colleague and fellow Healthy Eats writer Dana Angelo White listed this dish as a favorite Malaysian noodle dish, and I was intrigued [...]

More times than I’d like to admit I’ve ordered Spring Rolls at an Asian restaurant, thinking I was ordering those thin rice paper noodle wrappers, and not the greasy fried appetizers I call “egg rolls.” I don’t know when I’ll learn that Spring Rolls = fried and Summer Rolls = light and healthy. Sigh. But [...]

It’s most certainly fall around here and one veggie I looooove when a chill hits the air is brussels sprouts. I didn’t eat a single brussels sprout growing up (in my defense, I was never served them either) and ever since I started experimenting with the little green globes a few years ago, I have [...]

I was working on a test recipe last night (to be published in a colleague’s upcoming cookbook!) and decided to make gnocchi the main part of the meal. I’ve never had a gnocchi dish I didn’t enjoy, have you? Store-bought, shelf-stable gnocchi are so easy to use and they’re both pillowy soft and dense all [...]

Recently I was contacted by someone from Lucini Italia Co. about reviewing a product called Cinque e’ Cinque. I read the description: “Cinque is a simple Tuscan chickpea flour baking mix that, when prepared with extra virgin olive oil and water, bakes into a mouthwatering frittata. It is high in fiber, contains 9 grams of [...]