Topic: healthy recipes

Brunch-Off: Spiced Carrot Papaya Muffins & Pink Papaya Smoothie

Papayas seem like they are one of the lesser-loved tropical fruits. Mangoes are popular, bananas are ubiquitous and even guavas are more common than the papaya. Maybe it’s because they’re not as readily available in most areas of the US (and so are hard to find when fresh), people don’t quite know how to prepare them. But that’s why we’ve enlisted food bloggers Emma of Cayuga St. Kitchen and Kristy of Keepin’ It Kind: Their papaya recipes will inspire you to cook with this sweet, flowery fruit. Papayas are just coming into season now in April and will remain in season all summer. More »

How To Make Your Own Matcha Tea

In its potent, powdered form, green tea is known as matcha—a great sources of antioxidants and polyphenols. Here’s a video tutorial on how to make matcha at home. More »

Brunch-Off: Arugula Scramble & Sweet Potato Hash With Ham and Arugula

Arugula is awesome. This slightly spicy green is bursting into flavor in early spring and that’s only one of the reasons you should be cooking with it! (It’s also a great source of vitamin K and folate). To show you how you might enjoy arugula for a lazy Sunday brunch, we asked food bloggers Jeanine of Love & Lemons and Jennifer of The Chronicles Of Home to give us some simple, yet delicious, recipes. They totally delivered—and we feel sure these arugula recipes will find their way into your brunch rotation. More »

8 Great Recipes For DIY Easter Candy

It wouldn’t quite be Easter without Easter candy, would it? Eating whole, unprocessed food is important to me, but I also have a wicked sweet tooth. So on Easter, I want my chocolate bunny alongside my cage-free eggs, you know? If you’re like me, you’ll want to check out these eight great DIY Easter candy recipes. Have your sweets, but without all the weird chemicals and ingredients you can’t pronounce. More »

Smarter Than The Average Breakfast: 7 Healthy, Unique Ideas For Waffle Day

Today is Waffle Day, a fantastic tradition that involves — well, eating delicious waffles, of course! But you don’t need to stick around with frosty old Eggos or other store bought frozen circles; instead, we have compiled a whole list of what other sorts of waffles you can enjoy tonight, tomorrow or next weekend. More »

Brunch-Off: Artichoke, Ricotta And Pea Tart & Artichoke Benedict with Garlic Cashew Cream Hollandaise

Today is our eighth Brunch-Off, our column devoted to brunch recipes. Ah, the artichoke. Everyone loves these spiky, tasty spring veggies, but no one seems to know exactly how to prepare them, especially when they’re fresh. Sure, the spinach and artichoke dip at your local neighborhood haunt is delicious, but it’s certainly not the healthiest thing around. To give you a few more artichoke options, this week we’ve enlisted food bloggers Marissa of The Boot and Leandra of Tune Up Nutrition to show us some creative ways to cook artichokes for brunch. More »

Brunch-Off: Savory Ricotta & Scallion Scones And Poached Eggs With Roasted Spring Onion Salsa

Welcome to our seventh Brunch-Off, our column devoted to brunch recipes. This week’s seasonal ingredient, the spring onion, is often used as a garnish. But as food bloggers Stephanie of Girl Versus Dough and Nadia of Life Over Easy show us, there’s good reason to let these snappy little onions (in season right now, for early spring) take center stage in your recipes. See what they’ve done with spring scallions for brunch! More »

Brunch-Off: Creamy Bacon Cauliflower Soup & Cauliflower-Carrot Quick Bread

Welcome to our sixth Brunch-Off, the column devoted to brunch recipes. This week’s seasonal ingredient is cauliflower, one that often gets a bad rap for being colorless and tasteless. Luckily, these creative and delicious brunch recipes from Jennifer of Savory Simple and Alejandra of Always Order Dessert prove that cauliflower’s reputation as boring and bland is totally undeserved. More »

6 Hearty Polenta Recipes To Warm You Up While Winter’s Waning

I’ve recently become enamored of polenta. I’ve had it before, of course, but eating meatless for a few weeks made me bring it back into my diet and I’m so glad I did. This Italian cornmeal is versatile, delicious, gluten-free (!!!) and a great option to add to any meal, whether it’s meatless or not. Pick up a tube of prepared polenta at the grocery store if you don’t have a lot of time, or make a batch yourself if you want to get really authentic. Either way, any of these six polenta recipes would be a tasty, hearty addition to your table. More »

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Fermented Korean Dish Kimchi Earning Its Superfood Street Cred

Kimchi fans, take note: A new study suggets that eating the dish daily can bring you some serious health benefits. More »

Brunch-Off: Kale Salad Panzanella & Kale And Feta Crustless Quiche

This week’s Brunch-Off features every health food freak’s favorite green veggie: kale! Kale has become incredibly popular in the last few years, and rightfully so. It’s packed with nutrients, it’s versatile, it’s inexpensive and it’s pretty damn delicious, too. Food bloggers Autumn of Autumn Makes And Does and Brittany of Eating Bird Food show us some new ways to cook with this ubiquitous cold-weather green. More »

Brunch-Off: Mushroom & Leek Frittata And Sun Dried Tomato Leek Muffins

Welcome to the fourth edition of Brunch-Off, our column devoted to brunch recipes. Up this week for Brunch-Off is one of my personal favorite vegetables: the leek. This quintessential cold weather, early spring veggie is as versatile as it is delicious. We asked food bloggers Laura of Fork Knife Swoon and Gina of Running To The Kitchen to show us how they cook with leeks. We think you’ll like the easy, tasty brunch dishes they came up with. More »

Meatless Monday: 7 Healthy Pizza Recipes That Are All Vegetarian and Gluten-Free

Even when Super Bowl ads offend us, they’re annoyingly good at making us crave junk food. (I guess that’s why they spend the big bucks). Some are worth resisting entirely–that Oreo’s ad was funny, but please don’t go buy a pack of Double-Stufs–but some ad-inspired cravings are possible to quell by eating something relatively healthy. Case in point: pizza. Whether you’re eating vegetarian for Meatless Monday, going gluten-free, or even going grain-free for a paleo diet, it’s possible to find healthy pizza recipes that suits your needs–and is delicious. More »

Health Hack: 5 Takes On Vegan Cheese

There are a lot of different ways to make vegan cheese or give dishes a “cheesy” flavor without using dairy. For today’s #HealthHack, may I present you with five takes on vegan cheese, including recipes for making vegan cheese balls, baked almond “feta” and vegan queso dip. More »

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