I don’t know who discovered the spinach artichoke dip combo, but whoever you are, I salute you. It could have been carrot broccoli dip, or celery tomato dip. But no, its spinach artichoke amazingness dip. It’s also a calorie bomb. Calorific, as one of my clients likes to say (which I actually didn’t even know [...]

Oh kale salad…it’s been too long. I think a few months ago I was making/eating massaged kale salads at least once a day and dare I say it? I got burnt out. But kale is back! This time in a salad with farro, carrots, English peas, chickpeas and Mmm sauce. Ingredients: 1 bag pre-cut kale, [...]

For one of his MBA classes, Funk is doing a group project on the Teddy Peanut Butter company, which happens to be local to Boston. For part of his presentation, he thought it’d be fun to give out peanut-butter inspired snacks to his classmates, and I jumped right on board. I’ll do anything to help [...]

The thing with making banana bread is that you have to wait all week for those dang bananas to ripen before you can get cooking. But once those bananas are ready? It’s well worth it. Especially for this amazing vegan blueberry banana bread I spotted on the Daily Garnish blog. I love a recipe that [...]

This month’s Recipe ReDux theme is “The First Shoots of Spring,” and what better exemplifies a spring veggie than asparagus? We’re big fans of asparagus over here. I love it because, well, I pretty much love every vegetable, especially the green ones. Funk too, though we’re still working on brussels sprouts with him. If you [...]

  Last week I was talking with a client about Lo Mein. She loves it, and frequently orders takeout from a nearby Chinese restaurant. “Why not save some cash and calories and make your own?” I asked her. We did a quick search and found some healthy Lo Mein recipes online, including this one from [...]

A few weeks ago, breaking news (haha) reported that popcorn has more antioxidants than fruits and veggies. I did a little cheer, and then emailed the link to funk with a subject of: BEST. NEWS. EVER. We’re popcorn junkies around here. Popcorn contains concentrated levels of polyphenols. These disease fighting antioxidants, also found in green [...]

One of my favorite new (to me) blogs is My New Roots. Sarah is a vegetarian chef and her posts always have the most gorgeous photographs and delicious recipes. She also is great at explaining how to prepare her recipes, or why she does certain things (like soak nuts). I recently came across one of [...]

Out of nowhere, I woke up this morning with the body and skin aches, throbbing headache, and all around crumminess. But it’s Sunday and it’s Passover! I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make THE Passover breakfast: Matzo Brei. Fortunately it’s quick to make…even my delicious veganized version: Ingredients: 1/2 container silken tofu 2 Tbsp [...]

This may just be the least nutritious food you’ll ever see on the blog. Ever. (See exhibit A) But it’s all about balance, right? Especially for the holidays. Funk and I are having our own Passover seder for two tomorrow and I wanted to make a sweet treat. Most Passover foods are loaded with eggs, [...]