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, [...]

Have you been seeing green all weekend with St. Patty’s day right around the corner? Our veggie drawer has been stuffed to the brim with greens this week – I think Boston Organics was going with the holiday theme when they delivered us a cabbage, kale and collards. Wanting to do something nontraditional with our [...]

I have been stewing over some sweet potato recipe ideas for a few weeks now, to submit to a fun Sweet Potato Recipe Contest, but also because we recently received a half-dozen sweet potatoes in our Boston Organics box. I’ve done the sweet potato standards: sweet potato chili, sweet potato soup, roasted sweet potatoes with [...]

For the few months I lived with Toni, avocados were a staple in our fruit bowl. So when I saw a delicious looking avocado spread in Hallmark magazine, I ripped it out and stuck it to our fridge to remind us to recreate it. With our massive file of recipes we wanted to try, its [...]

I was in another bread-making mood, probably triggered by the huge sack of whole wheat flour I just bought at a fantastic price. I won’t typically endorse buying any food products at Ocean State Job Lot but have you seen their massive selection of Bob’s Red Mills flour, grain, dry bean, and gluten free ingredients!? [...]

We received a mammoth acorn squash in our Boston Organics box that waited patiently on our windowsill before I could figure out what to do with all that squash! I had filed away this recipe from Eating Well for Southwestern Pumpkin Burgers and thought substituting fresh acorn squash for canned pumpkin would be a very [...]

Welcome to November! I hope everyone had a happy Halloween and nobody is still stuck in a sugar coma. Funk and I hosted a Halloween and Housewarming party Friday night and I went with an orange and black food theme, which included black bean tortillas, sweet potato chips, orange-colored red pepper humus with carrots and [...]

Sticking with my apple theme, I wanted to find a recipe for a vegan apple cake. I landed on one from Vegan Verve that looked delicious, and timely too, since the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah is coming up and apples are a big part of the holiday’s menu. The cake was super simple to put [...]

This weekend I went to the most fantastic apple orchard/winery in Bolton, MA called Nashoba Vallery Winery. Along with 30 other Boston-based dietitians, I picked a heavy bag of McIntosh and Cortland apples. Apples are on my “favorite food” list and I always eat one a day, but my new collection of apples will last [...]

Fresh blueberries have been a staple in my cereal and yogurt this summer. The perfectly plump little berry also makes a great stand-alone dessert with a little cinnamon sprinkled on top. But when I saw this recipe for Blueberry-Oat Bars from one of my favorite blogs, fatfreevegankitchen.com, I knew I had to try it. This [...]