Healthy Recipes

My friend Jenna asked me why I couldn’t just toss the citrus segments in with the greens instead of arranging them so carefully. I started … Read more

Thanksgiving was in 48 hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring a side dish. Not just any side dish — the sweet … Read more

This was supposed to be a quick, no-fuss smoothie. I mean, that was the plan. I had the bananas, the milk, the peanut butter all … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of steamable cauliflower florets, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t … Read more

There used to be a tiny Southern diner tucked off Highway 17 in coastal Georgia that made a sweet potato casserole so good it ruined … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my plumber, but there I was, standing in my muddy kitchen with a leaky pipe, listening to him describe … Read more

My neighbor, an eighty-year-old woman named Ruth who grows more vegetables in her tiny backyard than I could ever dream of, handed me a bowl … Read more

I was standing in the grocery store aisle last October, staring at a bag of baby carrots like it held the secrets to the universe, … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery in my neighborhood—Sweet Pea’s on Oak Street—that made the most incredible Halloween fruit tart. It wasn’t spooky or … Read more

My neighbor Marco asked me why I couldn’t just roast the pumpkin seeds with honey instead of going through the whole separate cinnamon-sugar toss after … Read more