There are few ways to improve on chocolate but adding hazelnut is one of them. Although Nutella spread is not

Stir fry has no bounds. If you keep highly processed sauces with added sugars to a minimum or omit them comple

Eggs make excellent binders, bringing together leftover bits and pieces and creating a whole new dish. Frittat

Cacao, a bean that comprises the base of chocolate, comes from a plant, but does that make it a health food? L

Many of the meat eaters I know are not really interested in replacing their animal proteins with plant protein

On cold frigid mornings there are few things I would rather eat than a nourishing bowl of oatmeal. They are ve

Fresh herbs are an integral part of my kitchen arsenal. They add lots of flavor and like larger leafy greens s

Fats play an important role in our mental and physical health. Low fat packaged goods bombard us in every sect

Traditional gnocchi is a brilliant Italian invention that is basically baby dumplings made with potatoes and f

Acorn squash is the perfect size to build off of. It can be cut into halves and used like bowls or cut into qu

As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter and gloomier it is natural for us to crave sweet, heavy an

From a nutritional point of view, bacon is not something you regularly want to center your meals around. Withi

Stuffed peppers are an easy way to use up leftovers and add in an extra vegetable. Any kind of rice dish or ch

Knowing what food to eat in what amounts can be pretty confusing on its own. Yet there is something else to co

Frittatas are a great way to use up any odd bits of vegetables and meats or cheeses laying around. They are al

Raw leafy greens are a super superfood. They are incredibly high in several vitamins, minerals and antioxidant

Pumpkin is arguably the number one food we associate with fall cuisine but there are so many other great ingre

Whole grains are good sources of several B vitamins and fiber. They are primarily composed of complex carbohyd

I confess I am not much of a breakfast person and never have been. Yet there is too much evidence that proves

I like when food makes its own bowl. Whether it be soup in a giant bread bowl, an ice cream cone (sort of a bo

Canning is a bit of a lost art in our world of convenience. My brother offered to just buy me some salsa if I

Fruit crisp is a really easy and fast dessert to make. It is not finicky at all, the ingredients and their rat

It's dark and wet outside and I'm curled up in blankets by the fireplace. This is my favorite kind of weather,

What I like best about golfing this time of year is the succulent blackberries that line the edges of some of

Unfortunately, carbohydrates have suffered a poor reputation in many circles over the past few decades. Yet th

My brother requested orange chicken and he seemed a little surprised when I thought it was a good idea. I late

I may have gone slightly overboard on the salmon to egg ratio in this frittata (I used 1 1/2 lbs of salmon), s

My mom recently commented that it is easier for celebrities to be fit and healthy because they have people to

Making a warm potato salad is much faster than roasted or baked potatoes but it still provides the same ground

One of the main factors working against good nutrition in our world is that it happens on a cellular level. It

Ceviche is basically some kind of raw seafood marinated in citrus juice (lime in this case). The marinade slig

There are very few foods that I associate with summer more than fish and chips. It's a bit messy but it was al

I like cooking with halibut because it is a really dense, heavy fish in texture but the flavor is so light tha

Raw sauerkraut is incredibly healthy for the probiotics it contains but I normally find it to be quite unpleas

Food doesn't always have to be perfectly healthy. Sometimes it is about remembering, sometimes it is about con

This is my all time favorite kind of food- messy, warm, nourishing and full of flavor. It is going to be bleak