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Raw Chocolate Banana Smoothie

This raw chocolate banana smoothie is so sweet, creamy, and rich that it’s almost hard to believe it’s good for you. This one is very different from the green smoothie

Gluten-Free Coffee Almond Cookies

This recipe for gluten-free coffee almond cookies is ridiculously easy, and the results are ridiculously good. These are made with no flour at all, so they don’t contain gluten (or

New Year’s Resolution Ochazuke

Happy New Year! I hope you had as nice and restful a week as I did. I don’t generally venture into resolution territory, but this year I decided I really

Happy Holidays and a Fennel Frittata Recipe

It’s Christmas and I’d like to wish everyone a very happy day! Though it is not my holiday religiously-speaking, I am really looking forward to spending time with my family

Roasted Vegetables with Cardamom

Thanksgiving has now come and gone. At my home, we enjoyed a great dinner; I hope that you did, too. I made these Roasted Vegetables with Cardamom as part of

Watermelon, Cucumber and Mint Salad

You’re probably thinking that I am really stretching the seasonality concept here…a watermelon salad in New York in October? Well, here’s the deal. I grew this cute little yellow watermelon

Sweet potato puree topped with pecan nuts in a bowl.

Spiced Sweet Potato Puree

This sweetly spiced sweet potato purée is a great dish for the fall. It doesn’t contain a lot of fat or added sugar, so it works just as well for a weekday dinner as on the holiday table.

Eggplant and Feta Salad

I absolutely adore eggplant. I like roasted eggplant, grilled eggplant, stuffed eggplant, and eggplant in ratatouille, but I think my favorite way to eat eggplant is when it’s fried in

Herbed Vegetable Frittata

Protein and veggie packed, with lots and lots of herbs so it smells just heavenly while baking, this herbed vegetable frittata makes a wonderful breakfast, lunch or light dinner. Though

Slow Roasted Tomatoes

When you’ve got lots and lots of tomatoes in the garden and you’re looking for new ways to cook ’em, here comes a slow roasted tomato recipe to the rescue.

Tahini Tempeh Vegetable Summer Rolls

These tahini tempeh summer rolls are gluten-free, quick to prepare, and bursting with so much summer goodness. Rice wrappers can be found in Asian markets or in the Asian section

Cantaloupe Salad

This cantaloupe salad with lemon balm and lemon cucumber is delicious and very simple to make. Lemon balm (Melissa officianalis) is an herb I am very fond of; I grow

Herb and Flower Salad

Here is a lovely salad inspired by an empty fridge and a garden that’s offering more for me to eat with each passing day. With the exception of the dried

Making Sauerkraut

Traditional sauerkraut is a lacto-fermented/cultured food made from cabbage that is absolutely fabulous for your health. A few of its many healthy attributes: it is high in probiotics that aid

Leek and Asparagus Pizza

Over the Memorial Day weekend, I spent lots of time in my kitchen cooking up some of my favorite Spring ingredients. One of the healthy recipes I made was this

Kabocha Squash Soup

It’s definitely Spring, but we’re still having some chilly days every now and then, and when we do, I always want to make soup. This is one of my favorite

Figs With Greek Yogurt and Raw Chocolate

The May 2009 issue of Martha Stewart Living had a small feature on dates that caught my eye;  I liked the healthy simplicity of her recipe for dates with strained

Berry Yogurt Smoothie

I recently came to the conclusion that I am a bit obsessed with smoothies! Smoothies are just so easy to make and so easy to pack with good nutrition– plus

Eggs and Greens With Ramps and Cilantro

For my first Healthy Green Kitchen recipe post, I figured it would be appropriate to write about “greens”. My kids are super busy in the evenings these days and it’s