Healthy Recipes

I was standing in the frozen foods aisle last Tuesday, staring at a box of pre-made chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs, when the smell hit … Read more

My sister claimed she hated eggs. For years. The smell alone, she said, made her queasy. She’d pick around them in fried rice, push them … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store, holding a gallon of paint that was definitely the wrong shade of blue, when the woman … Read more

Introduction The office holiday party was in forty-eight hours and I had completely forgotten to plan breakfast for the weekend. Everyone else was bringing elaborate, … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to drop off a birthday present for my nephew, and the faint scent of … Read more

There used to be a tiny health food store two blocks from my old apartment that made the most incredible peanut butter energy balls. When … Read more

It was a Tuesday, I think. I was standing in my kitchen, staring into the fridge, trying to will a decent breakfast into existence. I … Read more

The neighborhood pumpkin carving party was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring snacks. Everyone else would be showing up … Read more

A friend of mine asked why I couldn’t just bake apple slices instead of frying them. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in October, and I had a serious hankering for something that tasted like fall but wouldn’t leave … Read more