This vegan roasted beet hummus recipe is one of my favorite things to bring to a potluck as a colorful centerpiece for the table. On most days I wake up and can’t believe that people actually pay me to write and cook for a living. My ... Continue Reading about Vegan Roasted Beet Hummus
Rosh Hashanah
Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Kalamata Olives
When you cook as often as I do, you sometimes find yourself falling back on the same formulas. Maybe now that we are on week 7 of quarantine, you all are starting to feel me? When I'm wanting to be extra lazy without losing the wow factor, I reach ... Continue Reading about Mediterranean Baked Chicken with Kalamata Olives
Detox Red Beet Soup with Coconut and Lime
Anti-inflammatory beets are one of the best ingredients you can design a detox soup recipe around. This version is made ultra creamy thanks to coconut milk, and the delicious combination of fresh, cleansing lime juice can't be beat. I have a ... Continue Reading about Detox Red Beet Soup with Coconut and Lime
Sweet Potato Hummus with Tahini and Homemade Za-atar
As I’ve lamented before on the blog, Thanksgiving used to be our holiday. Meaning, it was the one holiday my small nuclear family, with my mother and I at the helm, would host in our home. Our glorious ten-year reign including one disaster ... Continue Reading about Sweet Potato Hummus with Tahini and Homemade Za-atar
Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Kugel with Spiralized Parsnips
Before we dig into this gluten-free sweet potato kugel recipe, a quick update from the book tour front. Perhaps I'm slightly biased from being raised by a Buckeye, but Midwesterners are just the best. Chicago, my first central stop on The Wellness ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Kugel with Spiralized Parsnips
Harissa Moroccan Chicken with Dates, Pistachios and Cauliflower Couscous
A few months ago, I taught a cooking class to a newly engaged couple in their home. For those of you who are new here, this is a big part of what I do professionally in the cooking world. Teaching private cooking classes is an odd food job ... Continue Reading about Harissa Moroccan Chicken with Dates, Pistachios and Cauliflower Couscous
Gluten-Free Buckwheat Blinis with All the Fixings
During my brief stint living in the burbs, I was the only kid on the block without a Christmas tree. The neighbors would go all out with illuminated sleighs affixed to their roofs, wreaths on every window, gutters dripping with pine trim, and, ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free Buckwheat Blinis with All the Fixings
Baked Moroccan Chicken Thighs with Carrots + The Big 3-0
Today I turn the big 3-0, which is equal parts exciting and terrifying. Though I don’t expect a Jessie Spano-style birthday meltdown, I still feel the impending doom of closing one door—in this case, a decade—and starting the next chapter. But the ... Continue Reading about Baked Moroccan Chicken Thighs with Carrots + The Big 3-0
Vegan Greek Kale Salad
As those of you who are familiar with the site know, aside from being gluten-free, I don’t really subscribe to any specific diet. My going philosophy is to eat a lot of good, with a little bad. Which ensures that my diet is equal parts French fries ... Continue Reading about Vegan Greek Kale Salad
Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Carrots, Chickpeas, and Kale
The first version I ever made of this Moroccan chicken tagine was for a stew cook-off. During my first year out of college, back when every dinner was an excuse to pack 20 people into my 4th floor walk-up, my friend Keith and I started going head to ... Continue Reading about Moroccan Chicken Tagine with Carrots, Chickpeas, and Kale
Healthy Banana Pudding with Maple-Rum Compote
Feed Me Phoebe turns 3 this week!! It’s always such a trip to look back over old posts and peer into my mindset from one year ago. My blog two's were certainly far from terrible, but they did include some quarter-life soul searching. Last April, I ... Continue Reading about Healthy Banana Pudding with Maple-Rum Compote
Savory Sabayon Sauce Recipe
Savory Sabayon Sauce with Olive Oil This savory sabayon sauce recipe with olive oil is dairy-free - a healthier take on a classic hollandaise sauce. It can be served atop nearly anything, including fish or vegetables! 1 cup dry white wine3 ... Continue Reading about Savory Sabayon Sauce Recipe
White Asparagus with Herby Sabayon Sauce
If I had gotten my act together sooner, this white asparagus recipe would have hit your small screens last week in time for Easter. But it’s taken me a few minutes to catch up on life after my solitary month at the writer’s colony. Sadly this ... Continue Reading about White Asparagus with Herby Sabayon Sauce
Moroccan Roasted Beet Salad with Almonds and Pomegranate Seeds
Since this month’s wellness challenge theme is all about natural ways to love the skin you’re in, I thought I’d dedicate February to dishes that will help you eat yourself pretty. Whenever I’m feeling rundown and in need of a detox (and don’t feel ... Continue Reading about Moroccan Roasted Beet Salad with Almonds and Pomegranate Seeds
Roasted Carrots with Honey and Thyme
This honey-thyme roasted carrots recipe is one of my favorite dishes for Spring holidays. Last month I was out in the Hamptons for a wedding and got to do a little farm stand hopping on my way back to town. I love visiting summer hot spots in ... Continue Reading about Roasted Carrots with Honey and Thyme
Japanese Miso Eggplant
Most kids reserve some right to pickiness when it comes to food. I was certainly no exception, if my latent adult fruit phobia is any indication. But I was never picky in the traditional white foods supreme kind of way that so many parents talk about ... Continue Reading about Japanese Miso Eggplant
Baked Chicken with Tomatoes, Capers, and Dates
A few months ago I came upon this video of Ira Glass talking about storytelling. It’s really about all artists, across crafts and mediums, and what gives someone the potential to be a good artist. Ira says it's all about being born with a certain ... Continue Reading about Baked Chicken with Tomatoes, Capers, and Dates
The Balanced Diet: Israeli Chickpea Salad with Mustard Greens
The summer after I graduated from college, I traveled around Israel for two weeks. I saw many sites, I learned many things, and I ate my weight in falafel. Now, fried balls of ground chickpeas are decidedly not the healthiest of lunches. But there ... Continue Reading about The Balanced Diet: Israeli Chickpea Salad with Mustard Greens
Holly’s Chocolate Chip Macaroons
Holly’s Chocolate Chip Macaroons Despite Holly’s joke about giving away her ancient Chinese (Jewish) secret, this recipe is literally as simple as opening a can, cutting open two bags, and mixing the ingredients together. So my style of ... Continue Reading about Holly’s Chocolate Chip Macaroons
Not-Your-Grandma’s Brisket
Not-Your-Grandma’s Brisket I'm not trying to pass any judgement on your grandmother's cooking. For all I know, her brisket is one of Jewish legend. But this one just might beat it. The key to this recipe - which hits all the right notes of ... Continue Reading about Not-Your-Grandma’s Brisket
Spiced Semi-Sweet Potato Mash with Caramelized Onions
Spiced Semi-Sweet Potato Mash with Caramelized Onions 2 lbs Yukon potatoes2 lbs sweet potatoes4 large sweet Vidalia onions (thinly sliced)½ tsp cumin¼ tsp paprika¼ tsp chili powder¼ tsp cayenne pepper (to taste)saltChicken ... Continue Reading about Spiced Semi-Sweet Potato Mash with Caramelized Onions
Israeli Salad
Israeli Salad 2 tomatoes (cored, seeded, and diced)1 seedless cucumber (diced)2 tablespoons chopped flat leaf parsley2 tablespoons lemon juice2 tablespoons olive oil1/4 teaspoon salt Combine all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl. ... Continue Reading about Israeli Salad
Gluten-Free Baked Falafel with Tahini Aioli
Tahini Aioli ¼ cup tahini¼ cup mayonnaiseJuice of 1 lemon1 garlic clove¼ teaspoon salt¼ cup water Combine all ingredients in a small food processor and blend until smooth. Aioli will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks in an airtight ... Continue Reading about Gluten-Free Baked Falafel with Tahini Aioli
Smoked Salmon Scramble
Smoked Salmon Scramble I don’t love the texture of smoked salmon once it is added to a pan and cooked—it somehow loses the delicate cured quality, and becomes more like regular old cooked salmon. BUT, I do love the combination with any type of ... Continue Reading about Smoked Salmon Scramble