This past weekend, Elizabeth and I packed our (day) bags and headed out to visit Jess for a little Stay-cation day of R & R & Food. Obviously. What do 2 dietitians and 1 RD-to-be like to do for fun? Hit up Chili and Salsa festivals in New Hampshire, of course. We went to a hoppin’ [...]

While I’m eating my way through Italy with Funk, I have some great guest posts lined up for you. This one is from Ann Dunaway Teh, a fellow registered dietitian based out of Atlanta. My love affair with quinoa [keen-wah] started several years ago. I don’t even remember how we were first introduced. But I [...]

View Full Album This blog post is simple, just like the parsnip and carrot side dish I put together the other night. I love how such simple ingredients can come together to make a really lovely dish. In this case I used: 1 bag whole peeled carrots, cut into 1” pieces 1 bag parsnips, peeled, [...]

I was away with my girlfriends this weekend for a friend’s batchelorette trip, where we indulged on cupcakes, sweets, chips, and bubblegum vodka (yes it exists and it’s amazing). When I came home Sunday night, I scoured my recipe files for the most veggie-packed meal I could come up with, and this Eggplant Provencale recipe [...]

Ever since I got Funk hooked on a Maple Brussels Sprouts recipe from Zesty, I’ve been determined to get him to love the little green orbs in any form, not just a highly sweetened form. I knew this Brussels Sprouts with Walnuts and Dried Cranberries recipe would be a toss up for Funk but I [...]

Thanks to all the readers who have told me that it’s kabocha squash…not kombucha squash. I also thought it was funny that the squash and fermented beverage shared the same name, but I was wrong! From here on, you can just pretend I wrote kabocha…not kombucha. Whoops! Lately I’ve been seeing a squash trend on [...]

Happy 7th day of Hanukah! I don’t know why, but I just didn’t have it in me to make potato latkes from scratch this year. All that grating and frying and hair smelling like fried food for weeks (that smell does not go away) just didn’t pique my interest. So Trader Joe’s to the rescue…I [...]

Last week a coworker brought me a home-grown sugar pumpkin plucked from her garden. How cool is that?! I wish I could keep basil alive on my windowsill and she’s got a pumpkin patch in her backyard! I set out to use the squash for something superb and came up with these Meal Balls. Nope, [...]

My family had a BBQ over the weekend for my Dad’s birthday, and I offered to make some spreads to snack on. I always have a container of hummus or black bean spread in my fridge, but every once in a while its nice to blend your own spread with your favorite flavors, herbs, spices, [...]

It’s finally summer in Boston. Hot as heck, humid and muggy summer in Boston. Which is no problemo if you can bask in the coolness of your air conditioner. But since ours is still sitting in the basement, I’ve done no such thing. So, to stay cool, I have stayed far from my oven and [...]