Healthy Recipes

Introduction The neighborhood fall brunch was in less than two hours and I had zero prepared. Everyone else was bringing these fancy pastries that probably … Read more

Introduction The other day, I was waiting in line at a rather unexpected spot—the local hardware store—when the cashier, a quiet fellow named Greg, started … Read more

Introduction The summer I turned thirty, I was fumbling around my tiny kitchen trying to pack a healthy lunch that wasn’t just another sad sandwich. … Read more

“Why can’t we just mix the peanut butter and chocolate and skip the oven?” my friend asked one afternoon while I was fussing over baking … Read more

It was 11:17 PM on a quiet Tuesday, and honestly, I wasn’t expecting to be in the kitchen wrestling with what to pack for lunch … Read more

Introduction My roommate had flat-out refused to try anything with sourdough for years. “Too tangy,” she claimed, as if it were some kind of culinary … Read more

There used to be this little Japanese café tucked away in a nondescript corner of Seattle’s Pike Place Market that served the most unforgettable teriyaki … Read more

Introduction The other afternoon, I was standing in the grocery store checkout line when the faint scent of ripe bananas from the fruit stand caught … Read more

“I wasn’t planning on making snacks that afternoon,” my neighbor called out, tossing a handful of oats into a pan on her stove. I had … Read more

Introduction I was loading groceries into the car last Saturday when the faint scent of damp earth and freshly cut grass hit me — and … Read more