This easy, gluten-free Kale Clementine Smoothie is loaded with calcium and a mega dose of vitamin C. It makes the perfect winter breakfast or snack! Happy New Year! Did you survive the holidays? It's freezing here in New York, so we have been snuggling up at home with piles of blankets…and ...
Chicken Quinoa Waldorf Salad with Kale
Brimming with sweet apples, juicy grapes, and crunchy nuts, Waldorf salad is always delicious. This easy, healthy version includes chicken, quinoa, kale, and creamy Greek yogurt dressing! I have a confession: more often than not, my work lunch is a sad desk peanut butter sandwich and an ...
Raspberry Kale Smoothie with Coconut Water
Coconut water makes this healthy vegan, gluten-free raspberry kale smoothie incredibly refreshing and super hydrating. I really, really want to like coconut water. It's low-calorie, super hydrating, and has tons of potassium. It's pretty much like nature's Gatorade, and seeing as how I run five ...
Stuffed Mushrooms with Hazelnuts, Kale and Gruyere
Pop quiz: what's the perfect bite with a glass of wine? The answer: these baby bella mushrooms stuffed with hazelnuts, kale, and a mountain of grated Gruyere. Pour me a big glass of pinot and I could seriously devour the entire tray myself. I'm not a huge fan of gut-busting appetizers that ...
Miso Soup with Vegetables
A few weeks ago a friend and former colleague sent me a review copy of the new cookbook The Homemade Kitchen by Alana Chernila. I immediately fell in love with it, because on her dedication page, Alana quotes "Simple Gifts," the Shaker song by Joseph Brackett. That song holds such a special place in ...
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 ...
Feta and Kale Dip
A few weeks ago, my boss showed up at work with an enormous bag of kale for me. Evidently, her CSA kept piling it on, shipment after shipment, and she was running out of things to do with it. Her freezer was full of kale pesto. She'd been eating kale salads most nights. She had even tried throwing ...
Ultimate Fall Salad with Cranberry-Orange Vinaigrette
What's your take on salad at Thanksgiving? We usually skip it. Most of my family members would rather save their stomach real estate for extra helpings of stuffing and pie. Plus, we've fasted all day in preparation for the feast, and no one wants their first bite to be...lettuce. But this year ...
