Avoid HFCS, Make Your Own Ketchup
My dad is on a mission to get people to eat less ketchup, but it’s not because of the tomatoes, or the ketchup. It’s 100% because of the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). He can’t stand the fact that...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Chopped Salad
My parents moved into the house next door to us a year ago, so instead of getting to eat my father’s cooking only a few times a year, we are now lucky to count ourselves as regular beneficiaries of my...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Grandma Rosie’s Chopped Eggplant
On this Mother’s Day 2019, here is my present to you: Grandma Rosie’s Chopped Eggplant. This recipe means so much more to me than simply the sum of its ingredients. We used to make it for special...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Grandma Rosie’s Rhubarb
Last week, I wrote about my Grandma Rosie’s chopped eggplant, and it was a huge hit! So now, this week, with the rhubarb starting to poke up in the garden, I thought I’d write about her rhubarb. But...
View ArticleThe Miracle that is Yogurt
There’s more to yogurt than meets the mouth, and you sell yourself short when you limit your yogurt consumption to the commercially manufactured dessert-like versions that fill the shelves in...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Judith’s Southwest Chopped Salad
It’s time for another recipe from Judith! This time I got her to share her Southwestern Chopped Salad recipe, which is going to make you so, so happy! You can throw this together and have it for dinner...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Peach Pie (vegan, grain-free)
It is peach season, and I couldn’t be happier. They seem to disappear just as quickly as they arrive in our kitchen! Here’s something truly inspirational for you to try with yours. A few years ago, a...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Watermelon Gazpacho
Once, when we were in Sedona, Arizona, my brother-in-law sent us to eat at a restaurant called ChocolaTree. It was like a dream come true. We entered and then made our way through to the back of the...
View ArticleThe Origin of “Granola”
It will probably surprise you to learn that the term granola was coined way back in the 1870s by one Dr. John Kellogg, late of Battle Creek, Michigan, where he ran a famous health sanitarium to which...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Pea Salad with Mint & Lemon
My family is growing like a garden of sweet peas! My own children have met their beloved partners, who have brought us to meet to their own extended families, and we could not be happier. So this past...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: ButterNutmeg Soup with Ginger
Chef Ira brought me a big bag of ginger, and I found something wonderful to make with it. The color of autumn, it’s made with butternut squash and nutmeg, which is why I decided to call it...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Fennel-Vegetable Soup
The people I work with are always coming up with the most sublimely delicious recipes, and this is one. If you’ve never eaten fennel, you are in for a delicious treat. When eaten raw, it’s crunchy and...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Stuffed Pumpkin & Braised Onions
My kitchen counter is once again covered with pumpkins and onions, so it must be getting close to November! Here are two unusual and extraordinary recipes to use up your pumpkins and onions. If you...
View ArticleLeaves, Buds, and Stems: Cruciferous Veggies
A few years ago a patient came into my office complaining of migraines. He said, “You might think I’m crazy, doc, but I only get these headaches when I eat certain vegetables.” Which ones? It was hard...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Autumn Sunrise Carrot Soup
These past two weeks my CSA boxes contained some very large bags of carrots, and so I decided to put them to good use before the first bag began to go bad. Because time is often of the essence in my...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Japanese Vegetable Miso Soup
Looking for something warm and nourishing to warm your insides, to help you recover, and to keep you on track on all the mornings, noons, and nights before, after, and in between the excitement and...
View ArticleOats: From Instant to Steel-Cut, and Everything In Between
Oats are a hardy grain that grows well even in poor soil in which many other crops cannot thrive. Scottish settlers brought oats to North America early in the 17th century. Like many other manufactured...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Lemon Asparagus
A really delicious recipe from my friend, Stacia, this is one of those dishes that is way more than the sum of its very simple parts. What you need to know is that the key to making this recipe go from...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: Great Northern Beans and Rice
This is the kind of recipe that you can often rustle up from items that you already have in the kitchen. In the neighborhood in which I grew up, my mom was famous for saying that if you have a can of...
View ArticleYOUR HEALTHY PLATE: My Recipe for Baked Beans
This recipe is 100% my own! It’s not super sweet like canned beans, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t sweet at all. You will find that the combination of molasses plus onion plus slow cooking gives these...
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