Persimmon Pomegranate Salad and Pink Grapefruit Avocado Salad are delightful winter salads. Salads are a nice addition to any holiday meal, served as a starter or a light side dish. Whether you’re entertaining or being entertained, why not make either a Persimmon Pomegranate Salad or Pink Grapefruit Avocado Salad. Both salads have fresh fruit, making…
Healthy Vegan Recipes
Pomegranate Poached Pear Recipe
Pomegranate Poached Pear is an elegant, healthy dessert for the holidays. I have been wanting to try my hand at red wine poached pears, an elegant and beautiful dessert. However, many recipes call for a substantial amount of sugar and an entire bottle of red wine. Fortuitously, as I was grocery shopping one day, I…
Chai Spiced Quinoa Porridge Recipe
Chai Spiced Quinoa Porridge is warm and fragrant, perfect for a cool morning breakfast. Scented with whole cinnamon, cloves, cardamon, ginger and black peppercorns, this porridge is pure comfort food. The weather is turning cool and there’s nothing like a hot bowl of whole grain porridge to start the day off right. Whole grains take…
8 Ways To Add Fiber to Your Diet – A Smoky Black Bean Dip Recipe
Many of you have heard by now that eating foods high in fiber is good for your health. But why? While eating a diet high in fiber is typically associated with relieving constipation, a high fiber diet can also help reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers.Fiber is found in plant based…
Korean Kim Chi Soup Recipe
Korean Kim Chi Soup, Perfect For A Cold Winter Day Last week, I made a batch of Vegetarian Dashi, so simple but so full of flavor. I had made miso soup with half of the dashi, and wanted to make something heartier and spicy this time. The weather has turned really cold the last few…
How To Make Dashi and Miso Soup
Miso Mushroom Soup Some people refer to miso soup as Japan’s chicken soup. Not only is miso soup pure comfort food, but it also contains lots of nutrients and is believed to have some cancer fighting properties. At its most basic, miso soup is made with dashi, a Japanese “mother” stock, miso, wakame seaweed, and…
Meg Wolff’s Glazed Brussels Sprouts Recipe
Cookbook Review and Recipe from A Life In Balance: Delicious, Plant-Based Recipes for Optimal Health by Meg Wolff. I first came across Meg Wolff at the Huffington Post where she writes regularly, featuring stories about the positive impact of a plant-based diet on health, as well as anticancer recipes. A Life In Balance is Meg…
Fresh Berry Salad and a Creamy Raspberry Dressing Recipe
This Fresh Berry Salad with Creamy Raspberry Dressing is bright, beautiful and so good for you. Salads are a great way to incorporate fruits, vegetables and nuts into a daily meal, especially berries, which are high in cancer-fighting phytochemicals such as anthocyanins, ellagic acid and pterostilbene. Recently, a friend invited me over for lunch and…
Chili Spiced Almonds Recipe
Chili Spiced Almonds, a quick and easy last minute snack If you’re looking for a last minute snack or appetizer recipe for Thanksgiving, here are a few quick and easy ideas, including a recipe for Chili Spiced Almonds. All of these snacks and appetizers are super quick and easy to make: Assorted Tartine from Jeanette’s…
Festive Clementine Avocado Salad Recipe
Festive Clementine Avocado Salad I came up with this Festive Clementine Avocado Salad recipe as I was thinking about healthy and beautiful side dishes for Thanksgiving. Each ingredient in this elegant salad contributes health benefits as well as flavor and texture. Oranges contain significant quantities of phytonutrients, which are believed to inhibit inflammation and interfere…
Curried Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup
This Curried Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup is naturally sweet and rich tasting, aromatic with kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass, and has the added bonus of a bright, beautiful orange color. Curried Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup This weekend I made Curried Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup, inspired by a Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup…
Soy Sauce Glazed Brussels Sprouts and Roasted Brussels Sprouts Winter Squash
Brussel Sprouts can conjure up bad memories of mushy, bitter vegetables. Once I learned how to roast brussel sprouts, however, brussel sprouts actually became one of my favorite vegetables. Roasting brussel sprouts brings out the sweetness in this vegetable, and watching the cooking time prevents overcooking so there’s no “mushy” factor. Brussel sprouts are cruciferous…
Foods That Fight Breast Cancer – Anti Cancer Recipes
Do you believe there are foods that fight breast cancer and other cancers? This collection of anti-cancer recipes are foods that I’ve cooked for friends with cancer. I hope you find this inspirational and helpful, whether you’re battling cancer, cooking for someone with cancer, or just trying to stay healthy. Today, Meg Wolff, a writer…
Fiery Red Bean Farro Chili Recipe
Fiery Red Bean Farro Chili is a vegetarian chili featuring the ancient whole grain farro, a good source of protein and fiber. Fiery Red Bean Farro Chili Recently, farro has been gaining popularity on restaurant menus in the form of risottos, salads and side dishes. You might think it’s a trendy new whole grain (it…
Red Lentil Vegetable Soup Recipe
Red Lentil Vegetable Soup is a hearty, healthy cold weather soup. Enjoy for lunch or dinner. It is cold and pouring out today, which makes me want to curl up on the couch with a warm blanket and a hot bowl of soup. A nice bowl of Red Lentil Soup chock full of vegetables would…
Steel Cut Oatmeal with Blueberry Compote Recipe
Steel Cut Oatmeal with Blueberry Compote is a healthy, nutritious, and delicious breakfast made with whole grain steel cut oats. I grew up eating regular oatmeal. I’m not even sure if we could buy steel cut oats back then. When I first tried steel cut oatmeal, I was intrigued by the chewy texture, and the shape…
Recipes for Roasted Cauliflower and Stir-Fry Broccoli {Guest Post by Lisa Corrado: Cruciferous Vegetables}
I am thrilled to present Lisa Corrado as my guest blogger today, who shares a similar interest in healthy living. Lisa, a registered nutritionist and chef, provides nutritional counseling and coaching, and supports corporate wellness initiatives. I really like Lisa’s approach that combines clinical nutrition with the practical side, which is cooking healthily. Not only…
Vegetarian Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe
Vegetarian Mushroom Barley Soup Today, I made a big pot of Vegetarian Mushroom Barley Soup for some friends with cancer. I tried to include a lot of different cancer-fighting ingredients as the American Institute for Cancer Research stresses the importance of eating a variety of plant foods to ensure the most protection against cancer development….
French Lentil Soup with Cilantro
This humble French Lentil Soup with Cilantro gets its rich flavor from deeply browned onions. As the weather gets cooler, I crave lentil soups. I’m always on the lookout for a good recipe for lentil soup, especially one with a twist of flavor. I came across several interesting lentil soups, but the one in Suvir…
Chimichurri Sauce Recipe
Chimichurri sauce is a versatile sauce that can dress up fish, chicken, steak or vegetables. When I first discovered chimichurri over seven years ago, I couldn’t believe I’d never had it before. My kids ordered skirt steak with chimichurri sauce at one of our favorite Cuban restaurants while on vacation in Sand Key, Florida. As…
How To Cook Beans
Dried Black Beans Beans are a great source of fiber and protein, and are naturally low in fat (1 cup of cooked black beans has 15 grams fiber, 15 grams protein, 2 grams fat, and 0 grams saturated fat). In addition, beans are considered antioxidant “superstars,” given their rich antioxidant level, which helps fight…