Healthy Recipes

Introduction Last Tuesday, I popped over to my neighbor’s for a quick chat, and before I even stepped inside, the sweet, tangy scent of strawberries … Read more

Introduction This was supposed to be a simple batch of oatmeal cookies. I grabbed the wrong kind of apples—those tart green ones instead of the … Read more

Introduction This was supposed to be a simple side dish—just a quick cucumber salad to accompany a hurried weeknight dinner. I grabbed the wrong peeler, … Read more

My roommate had insisted for years that energy bites were just trendy snacks with nothing special about them. Months of hearing her dismiss the whole … Read more

The summer I spent volunteering at a small community garden in downtown Charleston, I wasn’t expecting to pick up much more than a few gardening … Read more

The other afternoon, I was waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store when the faint scent of cinnamon and something warm hit me … Read more

Introduction This was supposed to be a simple tomato sauce experiment. I grabbed the wrong container — a jar of pine nuts instead of walnuts … Read more

Introduction “Last Thursday morning wasn’t supposed to be anything special. I had just popped in to grab a cookbook I’d lent my neighbor—and before I … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours and I still hadn’t decided what to bring. Everyone else was rolling in with homemade … Read more

There used to be a tiny, unassuming food truck parked near the waterfront in Portland that served the most incredible creamy zucchini noodle pad thai … Read more