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Recipe for Easy Entertaining: Balsamic Rosemary Chicken
Any time a celebration or holiday rolls around, it's nice to have a simpler dish that is still nice enough to serve guests--or to just enjoy yourself on a weekend! To save time, this recipe uses skinless, boneless chicken thighs and canned tomatoes, leaving only a...
Recipe: Autumn Harvest Eggplant Salad
Late summer and early- to mid-autumn are the best times to buy eggplant, green beans and tomatoes since they are in season. Here's an easy recipe celebrating the best of the season, with just 4 ingredients and 2 simple steps. Step 1 Combine Salad Ingredients 2 cups...
Our Readers Ask: If I’m Vegetarian, What Foods Can I Eat for Protein?
A quick search on "vegetarian sources of protein" pulls up a number of listings ("Top 17," Top 26," etc.) And each of those listings identify a different and random assortment of protein sources--which can make it confusing to keep track of them and, more...
Diet Hopes Day 40, Barrier #7: Help! My Dinner Is Killing the Planet!
What if the food you eat to stay alive is killing the planet you live on? More and more, we're learning that many of the foods we eat are grown, manufactured, packaged and transported in ways that harm the very water, air and land we depend on for survival. The good...
Recipe: Chocolate Almond Macaroons
Note: This recipe is part of a series on making your good eating resolutions come true. A couple months ago, I resolved to make my own almond milk so I didn’t have to drink the additives in store-bought almond milk. While you can learn a lot about how to make...
Diet Hopes Day 35, Barrier #6: Backsliding
The Fine Line Between Realistic Goal Adjustments--and Plain Old Flaking Out What if I can't keep up? Is that fear lurking in the shadows whenever you get up the courage to try some new habit? "Will I just end up failing and kick myself for even trying?" These fears...
Diet Hopes Day 15, Barrier #5: Using Up Leftover Almond Meal: Banana Muffins and Healthy Brownies
Tasty Waste Not-Want Not Strategies + Where Is This Story Going? Two weeks into my almond milk experiment I came to an uncomfortable realization: Making my own nut milk was producing a lot of food waste! I want to tell you more about why this is a problem and how...
Recipe: Healthy Chocolate Almond Brownies (Gluten Free)
Note: This recipe is part of a series on making your good eating resolutions come true. A few months ago, I resolved to make my own almond milk so I didn’t have to drink the additives in store-bought almond milk. While you can learn a lot about how to make almond...
Recipe: Gluten Free, Almost Paleo Banana Bread
Note: This recipe is part of a series on making your good eating resolutions come true. A few months ago, I resolved to make my own almond milk so I didn't have to drink the additives in store-bought almond milk. While you can learn a lot about how to make almond...
Diet Hopes Day 10, Barrier #4: What If I Don’t Like My Healthier Almond Milk?
Hopeful news and tips for dealing with uncooperative taste buds The last two posts described how I successfully battled Recipe Frustration and Cooking Tedium. As I did so and, bit by bit, improved my milk-making process, I became ever more confident and comfortable...
Diet Hopes Day 8, Barrier #3: Dealing with Tedium
Smoothing Out the Aggravation Bumps on the Road to Good Eating Success The last post explained that key to making our diet dreams come true is planning so success if inevitable. In turn, the most critical part of inevitability planning is slowing down and adjusting...
Diet Hopes Day 2, Barrier #2: Recipe Frustration #)*+^#$%#!!
And the Solution: "Inevitability Planning" Feel stuck in a "5-Recipe Rut," making the same few things night after night? If so, it's not hard to understand why. Just think about the times you've been inspired to try a new recipe. Its picture looked great and you're...