When I attend health and wellness conferences and trainings in Manhattan or in the greater New York area, I like to bring my lunch. Sure, I could eat out somewhere, but with 100 food sensitivities, I prefer having control over the food that I eat rather than suffer...
I’m not so much a lazy (though, sometimes, yes!) as I am a time-pressed cook. That’s why I love Delicata squash. You can eat it straight up...no peeling required. Winter squash, including Delicata, is an excellent source of antioxidants, B vitamins and plant-based,...
This time of year, cooked kale is easier on the digestive system—and on my low thyroid. And, by “cooked”, I mean “braised”. I favor lacinato kale—also known as Italian kale, Tuscan kale, Dinosaur kale and black kale—the refined cousin of the coarser, more fibrous...
I could prattle on about the many virtues of Kabocha squash, also known as Japanese pumpkin. In addition to sharing my kabocha squash fries recipe (see below), I’ll give you the cliff notes version on why kabocha is my favorite winter squash... Its flesh. Kabocha has...
I love pie. Some years ago, I even won a red ribbon at a local, upstate apple pie baking contest for both my filling and my pie crust. That was then. Since being diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2013, I have strictly adhered to wheat-free, gluten-free and...
Bigger is not better—at least not when it comes to Brussels sprouts. At farmers’ markets, I purposefully seek out the smaller-sized ones, which are more tender when cooked. The bigger ones tend to be older, tougher—and stinkier. Although I’m not a fan of the common...
Where can you find sweet comfort that’s actually good for you, versatile, deliciously satisfying—and portable to boot? In a sweet potato…that’s where! I grew up in a family of sweet potato lovers (my parents, especially, adored eating them plain). Not me. I studiously...
It was a little Italian osteria in my town that turned me onto how delicious a raw lacinato kale salad can be. I’ve eaten plenty of cooked kale. But raw kale had never appealed to me. I also knew several women who had embraced raw kale with such enthusiasm that that...
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