Homemade red kombucha in two glasses on a cutting board.

The Best Time to Drink Kombucha

Kombucha is a tasty treat for any time of day, but getting the most of its beneficial effects requires specific timing. Find out the best time to drink kombucha for you.

Healthy Mediterranean Brown Rice Recipe.

21 Healthy Brown Rice Recipes

If you don’t cook brown rice dishes often, now is the time to start: the grain is versatile, nutritious, and easy to work with. Check out these healthy brown rice recipes including sides, main dishes, and desserts.

Purple Dead Nettle.

Purple Dead Nettle Uses, Benefits, and Recipes

Purple dead nettle may be a weed, but it has more health benefits than many veggies in your garden. Keep reading to see purple dead nettle uses, benefits, and some great medicinal and culinary recipes.

A large fermentation jar filled with kombucha along with two finished bottles of kombucha.

How to Make Kombucha at Home

Kombucha is a popular beverage that’s made by fermenting sweet tea with a culture of yeast and bacteria. It’s an ancient drink that, until fairly recently, had only been shared

Healthy mashed sweet potato with rosemary in a cast iron saucepan on a table.

34 Healthy Sweet Potato Recipes

Sweet potatoes are one of the most adaptable ingredients you can cook with. Follow along on this list and see just how many ways you can transform the basic vegetable.

Couscous salad with fresh vegetables and herbs in a bowl on a gray concrete background.

Is Couscous Healthy?

Couscous is a versatile choice for many healthful diets, especially whole wheat couscous, which is a good source of fiber, naturally low in fat, and is a great source of selenium.

Healthy Potato Casserole

22 Healthy Potato Recipes

Forget the stigma around potatoes being unhealthy. This list of healthy potato recipes is here to show you just how good they can be good for you. 

Curtido in Mason Jars

Fermented Curtido (Salvadoran Cabbage Relish)

This recipe for Curtido (aka cortido, or Salvadoran cabbage relish/slaw/sauerkraut) is a variation of the traditional fermented food that hails from El Salvador. It is typically served in that country alongside a dish called pupusas.

How to Make and Store Dried Tomatoes

With the growing season quickly coming to a close, I’ve got a glut of San Marzano tomatoes right now. Seems like the perfect time to try sun-drying them. After reading

Homemade Pear Liqueur

If you really want to get into the fall spirit(s), try this simple homemade pear liqueur recipe. The hardest part is the wait!

pumpkin protein waffles

Pumpkin Protein Waffles

Hey, pumpkin loving people! I’m back with a new recipe for protein waffles made with pumpkin tastiness for you. It’s only been 2 years since my last recipe here at Healthy Green

Greek Chicken & Rice Bowl

I was eating a Greek-inspired rice bowl with chicken in it for dinner tonight and I recalled that I had a similar recipe here on the blog from way back

Soft Oatmeal Bread

September, 2019 Update: Oh hey there! So I was THIS CLOSE to taking my blog down after years of inactivity BUT I changed my mind. Instead I decided to start

Grilled Pesto Chicken Pizza with Fontina

Disclosure: I recieved a lovely care package of products from Colavita, plus I am being compensated for my participation in the Italian Summer Grilling campaign; all opinions are 100% my

Strawberry Date Silk Smoothie

We recently hosted a big brunch for family and friends who came from out of town for my daughter Maddie’s Bat Mitzvah. After the brunch, I was left with a

Quinoa Salad with Beets + Oranges

Maria Speck‘s award-winning first cookbook Ancient Grains for Modern Meals is one of my favorites, so I was extremely pleased when I heard Maria was writing a follow up. Her

Steel-Cut Oats with Coconut and Pomegranate

Pacific Foods makes a variety of non-dairy beverages and they recently sent me some of their new organic coconut milks. I’ve only ever purchased coconut milk in cans before, and

Sara’s Roasted Asparagus Bowl

There is so much to love about Sara Forte’s recently published book: The Sprouted Kitchen Bowl and Spoon: Simple and Inspired Whole Foods Recipes to Savor and Share. Like her