I’ve been told this is the best smoothie I’ve ever made! This ended up being dinner for my 4 year old the other night. After making 3 different dinners trying to get him to eat something (I know they say not to do that but I kept thinking he had to be starving, and I [...]

I first made this about a year ago, just after I bought Laurie David’s The Family Dinner, Great Ways to Connect With Your Kids One Meal at a Time (which is now one of my favorite cookbooks!) This recipe is from the book, which I highly recommend because it offers so much more than recipes. [...]

It was one of those nights when I came home starving and without a plan for dinner.  The last thing I felt like doing was shopping, and I was too impatient to wait for take out.  I had some things in the fridge and really wanted to use them up.  So, I  made this without [...]

I love this recipe.  I just made it tonight.  I happened to have a bag of pre-shredded cabbage from Trader Joes and wanted to use it up.  In the past I’ve used whole cabbages and if you get a small one it takes no time to slice yourself if you have a good sharp knife.  [...]

I love quinoa! I love it so much that I hardly ever even do anything interesting to it, I love it the way it is, just plain cooked quinoa. For a while there I was really into it, eating it with almost every single meal. My favorite way was with steamed or sauteed kale, and [...]

I finally found a tofu recipe that everyone likes and that you can’t screw up! I found it in the Kripalu Cookbook. You don’t need to cook the tofu, so it’s quick and easy to make, and it tastes so good even my 6 year old likes it. The last time I made it it, [...]

Raw foods and/or greens do not have to be boring! How you “dress” your food is so important, it can make or break a dish. I love dressings on quinoa, veggies, greens, as a dip, or even a spread. There’s usually some oil in dressings, which provides some healthy fat, and you can even blend [...]