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Christmas and Kwanzaa Foods: Safe or Scary?
Get ready for the imminent Christmas and Kwanzaa feasts, and all the rich, fatty goodness they provide. But is it all bad? Are you and your kids doomed to suffer an empty-calorie, end-of-year bloat?...
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Navajo Stew
This dish is no joke. My friend Barbara first cooked it for me, and I just made it myself for the first time. I served it over quinoa, and used the plain 0% Fage Greek yogurt with it. A warning: the...
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What Self-Respecting New York Woman Cooks?
Ten-hour days. Tiny kitchens. And I didn’t go to college to major in home economics, now did I? When I was in high school and college, I had zero interest in cooking. I was going to be a career woman,...
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Four Tips to Help You Lower Your Cholesterol
Cholesterol research is an ever-evolving thing: One day we’re told that eggs are an absolute no-no if we have high cholesterol, and the next we hear that it’s actually okay to eat eggs. Doctors have...
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A New Yorker Who Really Cooks
Jackie Gordon, a.k.a. The Singing Chef, came over for lunch a couple weeks back, and she’s done a post on her blog, “The Diva That Ate New York,” about my cooking. Part of her series called “New...
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Winging It in the Kitchen
Last night chef Kim Pistone came over and gave my husband and I a lesson in how to cook without using a recipe. Sounds simple, perhaps, but we are recipe slaves in my house. The thought of just...
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“But Healthy Food Is Too Expensive…”
Have you ever groused that you’d like to eat healthy, but that you just can’t afford to do so on a regular basis? Or has someone you know justified eating regularly at McDonald’s, because they can...
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Red Split Lentils with Cabbage
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a recipe; here’s one, for an Indian dish, that’s in very regular rotation in my house and which my kids particularly love. A couple of modifications: I use just 1/2...
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Mom’s Turkey Chili
This is simmering on my stove right now. A delicious comfort dish with minimal prep prior to actual cooking time: 2 tablespoons oil 1 medium-large onion, diced 1 red, yellow, or green pepper, diced 2...
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How to Eat an Anti-Inflammatory Diet
You’ve probably heard something in the past couple of years about “inflammation.” About how this mysterious force can somehow lead to such health problems as cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes,...
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Powerful Plant Protein
“I was determined to know beans.” – Henry David Thoreau, The Bean-Field How well do you know beans? Creamy cannellinis, meaty garbanzos, sweet adzuki, tender pintos, and so many more–beans are one of...
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How to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition that most people will develop at some point in their lives. It is dangerous as it increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, which are among...
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The Paleo Diet: Myths and Realities
The Paleo diet is based on the notion that we should eat the way our ancestors in the Paleolithic age did, before we started down the road of agriculture and industry, and before we were faced with an...
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How the “Umami” Taste Affects Appetite
Growing up, you may remember learning about the four tastes that our tongues can detect: sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. But it’s now generally recognized that there is a fifth taste, a taste that’s...
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The Foods I Eat
As a holistic nutrition counselor, I’m often asked, by my clients as well as my friends and acquaintances, what I myself eat every day. Do I do Paleo? Do I start my day with oatmeal or Greek yogurt? Do...
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Instead of Counting Calories…
Counting calories is a pretty reliable way to help you lose weight, no question. But most of us hate doing it. It’s unpleasant and tedious. And because it’s no fun doing math problems every time you...
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