A long time ago, my mom gave me some really good advice about healthy eating. She said if you're craving chocolate, don't eat a chocolate chip cookie or a chocolate donut, eat some chocolate! What she meant was, don't waste calories on the surrounding ingredients if you're really only in it for ...
Beef and Root Vegetable Stew
This, right here, is blizzard food at its best. Every time I make this beef and root vegetable stew, which is at least once each winter, I think why don't I do this more often? It's really pretty easy, it makes the whole house smell heavenly, and my entire family will eat it. ...
Easy Black Lentil Chili
A few years ago, before Owen was born, Alex and I took a trip to Chicago where we ate many, many delicious things. Surprisingly, despite the pizza, the pasta, and the Mexican food, what stands out the most was a dish of roasted cauliflower and black lentils that I had at Longman & ...
Healthy Slow Cooker Turkey Bolognese
Life's not fair. We can't all have Italian grandmas. But we can have this. ↓↓↓ When I was growing up, several of my friends were lucky enough to have Italian grandmas who cooked all day on Sunday and then had the whole family over for a feast of lasagna, baked ziti, and pasta with ragù, all ...
Cheesy Spinach and Artichoke Soup
Happy New Year! Is there room in your healthy eating resolution for cheese and chips? Because this soup is only 250 calories a bowl. For reals, guys. Let's celebrate. ??? Oh, January. It's a time when we all want to be healthier, but also watch a lot of football. And what would a football ...
Easy Baked Chicken Meatballs with Quinoa (Gluten-Free)
We have a family dinner winner! I'm ridiculously excited about these meatballs. We had them for dinner last week a million different ways (on top of pasta, on top of zucchini noodles, as a side with our Hanukkah latkes) and we never got tired of them, which is saying a lot because I'm one ...
Cinnamon Apple Turnip Soup
This soup is all about turnip deliciousness. Um, you guys? I'm embarrassed. I realized the other day that I didn't have a single recipe for turnips on my blog. Hello? It's my namesake vegetable. But even besides that, I love turnips. They have a really fresh, sweet, almost minty ...
Carrot Cheddar Soup with Kale
I know we just talked about soup recently. And I know that last winter I shared my all-time favorite recipe for carrot soup. So forgive me for bringing it up again. It's just that last week was unseasonably cold in New York, and pouring rain, and all I wanted to do was curl up with a bowl of pureed ...
