Being that it’s the Chinese New Year, I thought I’d make a soup to fit the theme. This Dumpling Soup takes zero prep time, 15 minutes of cook time and then all you have to do is slurp and enjoy it! Ingredients: 1 bag pre-shredded cabbage 8 cups vegetable broth 1 bag frozen dumplings – [...]

Yes, I said it. The *D* word: Detox. Gah! Let it be known that I’m totally against any form of trendy diet detox (restricting food, cleanses, liquid diets and other extreme measures). Our lungs, kidneys and liver are the body’s major detoxification system and work far better than any kooky crash diet. I believe if [...]

Happy New Year!!! While 2011 was incredibly good to me, I’m feeling especially excited for 2012. I have a feeling it’s going to be a huge year and can’t wait to see what’s to come in the next 12 months. I hope you and yours had a nice New Years, however you decided to ring [...]

Happy Hanukah / Hanukkah / Chanukah / Chanukkah / Hannukkah! However you spell it, if you celebrate, I hope your 8 days are warm and bright. *Up until this year, I had never made real Hanukah latkes from scratch. One year I made Eating Well’s muffin tin latkes, but baked latkes just aren’t the same. [...]

Tis the season for last-minute-shopping-and-avoiding-the-mall! Actually, I braved the mall over the weekend, along with eight-gazilliion other people. Shopping during the holiday season isn’t stressful for me one bit, since I bought everyone’s gifts weeks ago and we really don’t go crazy with the gift giving. But Funk and I needed a few things, so [...]

Looking for a sweet treat to bring to holiday gatherings? Look no further. Guest blogger Jackie Clark’s Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups will no doubt be a big hit. I started as a vegetarian 15 years ago. Giving up meat was not hard for me at all. My beliefs in the fair treatment of animals [...]

I recently shot a video with Insiders Health on Healthy Holiday eating, just in time for your Thanksgiving festivities! To view, click here: Healthy Holiday Eating with Janel Funk Or watch here: What are some of your stay-healthy habits during the holidays? Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

I thought I’d squeeze one last ice cream recipe in before the weather turns to winter and we go from having frozen desserts to frozen sidewalks. I’m an ice-cream-in-the-summer-only gal, and usually only crave it between Memorial and Labor Days, but ever since I’ve perfected my coconut milk ice cream, I seem to have extended [...]

Usually it takes me weeks to finish a big bag of apples from an apple picking trip. I’m an apple-a-day kind of girl nearly year round, but when apples are busting at the seams of my refrigerator, it’s a little overwhelming! I was trying to come up with a savory dinner dish that would help [...]

I’m not Mexican in any way, but I wanted to do a celebratory dinner for Cinco de Mayo. And what better food to celebrate with than nachos? If I were stranded on a desert island and only allowed 5 foods, they would be (in no particular order): McIntosh apples Kale Pretzels Those red gummy hearts [...]