Healthy Recipes

There used to be a little juice bar tucked inside a natural foods co-op on the corner of Elm and 4th that made the most … Read more

I was supposed to be making energy bars. Like, the fancy layered kind with a chocolate drizzle and a sprinkle of sea salt that you … Read more

I swore I hated overnight oats. For years. Every time someone would rave about their jar of cold, soggy oats in the breakroom, I’d just … Read more

I was at my car mechanic’s shop last November, waiting on an oil change that was taking way too long. The place smelled like grease … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of peanut butter cookies. I had the butter softening on the counter, the brown sugar measured out, and … Read more

I had a long-standing position on mac and cheese. For years, I swore it had to be the classic version—sharp cheddar, maybe a little Gruyère, … Read more

My neighbor, an older woman named Clara, watched me wrestle with a butternut squash on my front steps one chilly October afternoon. She didn’t say … Read more

This was supposed to be a batch of granola. I had the oats measured, the honey warming on the stove, and a mental picture of … Read more

My neighbor, a guy named Leo who mostly lives on protein shakes and hard-boiled eggs, asked why I couldn’t just mix the pumpkin puree into … Read more

There used to be a tiny bakery tucked inside an old laundromat on Hawthorne Street that made a pumpkin pie so good it ruined me … Read more