I’ve been playing around with creamless creamy soups the past few weeks, including a creamless Creamy Mushroom Soup, Creamy Cauliflower Soup, and Thai Roasted Butternut Squash Soup. To add to this collection of creamless creamy soups, I tried a Cream of Carrot Soup. Carrots are usually relegated to the background in stocks, soups and stews,…
Healthy Vegetarian Recipes
Anti-Inflammatory Foods {A Healthy Healing Vegetable Soup}
Anti-Inflammatory Vegetables Make a Healthy Healing Soup I’ve been doing a lot of research lately, trying to figure out what is making my 8-year old sick, and how to heal his body. As I mentioned in an earlier post, he started suffering from severe abdominal pains several months ago, and it has been a frustrating,…
Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe
Two weeks ago, I taught the first in a series of soup classes to a group of seniors at our local community center. The Simple Lentil Soup I made was a huge hit with this group of seniors! They were surprised by how easy it was to make this lentil soup, and loved the red lentils…
Creamy Amaranth Porridge Recipe
Creamy Amaranth Porridge is a comforting whole grain breakfast that is naturally gluten-free. Amaranth is considered an ancient grain (although technically it’s a seed), cultivated for over 8000 years in Central and South America. Amaranth seeds come from a leafy plant (which is also edible), and are the size of poppy seeds. Amaranth is one of…
Tomato Quinoa Soup Recipe
Tomato Quinoa Soup Tomato pasta soup used to be one of my children’s favorites when they were young, especially when I used alphabet shaped pasta. Now that we’re trying to be healthier, I decided to upgrade this simple soup to a wholesome Tomato Quinoa Soup, substituting a healthy grain, quinoa, for the pasta bits. Quinoa…
Easy Lentil Vegetable Soup Recipe
This Lentil Vegetable Soup is so easy to make, it will become a staple in your house. This recipe includes many variations on at theme, so you can change things up with this lentil soup. While I was picking up groceries for today’s class, I overheard two elderly women talking about making lentil soup. It became apparent…
Creamless Cream of Cauliflower Soup
Creamless Cream of Cauliflower Soup This week, I posted a recipe for Creamless Cream of Mushroom Soup, a rich flavored and luscious soup made without any cream. As I was thinking of more comforting creamy soups, potato leek soup came to mind, but I wanted to make something more nutritious (I like nutrient dense foods…
Thai Curried Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Thai Curried Roasted Butternut Squash Soup is a silky smooth soup, with a hint of curry and ginger, made creamy with coconut milk. Thai Curried Roasted Butternut Squash Soup Soup has been on my mind a lot lately. I have the opportunity to teach a soup series to a group of seniors at our local…
Creamless Cream of Mushroom Soup
This Creamless Cream of Mushroom Soup is so rich and flavorful, no one will miss the cream. The Mushroom Salad Garnish adds texture, color and interest, making it fun to eat this soup. Creamless Cream of Mushroom Soup Creamy soups are pure comfort. Not only are creamy soups lusciously smooth, but they provide pure and…
A Healthy Way To Start Off The New Year
Start Off The New Year By Adding Eating More Fresh Produce I hope you had a wonderful New Year celebration and are ready for 2011! One of the things I like about the start of the New Year is that it offers the opportunity to hit the “restart” button. So, for anyone who feels a…
Spiced Apple Cider and Chai Tea Recipes
Chai Tea With a bit of a break between Christmas and New Years, it seemed like the perfect time for a warm cup of Spiced Apple Cider or Chai Tea. I love warm spiced beverages as they provide pure and simple comfort.What could be better than cozying up on the family room couch with a…
Persimmon Pomegranate Salad and Pink Grapefruit Avocado Salad
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…
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…
Coconut Spiced Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe
Coconut Spiced Sweet Potato Casserole is a tropical twist on traditional sweet potato casserole. One of my childhood favorites for Thanksgiving was sweet potato casserole topped with toasted mini marshmallows, so when I came across a recipe that used a meringue topping instead of marshmallows for a sweet potato casserole, I knew I had to…