♠ Enjoy the superfood powers of beans with this tasty summertime crostini recipe. Sponsored Content from Eden Foods Beans are a potent superfood, providing high protein, complex carbs, small amounts of healthy fat, B vitamins including folate, minerals like zinc, potassium, and magnesium, and essential fiber, along with...
Read More• • • Share the goodness of sesame with a delicious macrobiotic miso-tahini spread and dip recipe. ↵ Sesame seed, especially the organic sesame of Eden Tahini and Black Sesame Butter, is a superfood source of essential fatty acids (EFAs), exceptionally high-quality protein with methionine, lysine, and tryptophan...
Read More♠ Kamut, farro, spelt, quinoa, millet, barley, amaranth—this isn’t a magical incantation. Or maybe it is. The words are names for ancient grains, whole grains that have been around for centuries. For centuries, whole was how we ate grain, too. Then we discovered milling. Milling, or grinding,...
Read More◊ Indulge in these delicious Mediterranean flavors before the first freeze. At Frey Vineyards in Northern California, we love savoring the last of warm weather flavors for as long as we can. We still have tomatoes ripening on the vine and Japanese eggplants at our local farmers’ market, so...
Read MoreLooking for a satisfying and healthy treat? These delicious lemon berry muffins hit the sweet spot. They calm cravings and fuel energy with 7g of healthy protein, MCTs and tasty citrus berry flavors. Bake a batch so you can have a healthy breakfast or snack...
Read MoreKnobby, ribbed or smooth? Pale and muted or dark jewel colors? Winter squash come in so many visual varieties, they are a feast for the eyes every time you spot one. Each has an interior personality of its own, but tender, sweet flesh inside is...
Read MoreA vegan spin on a family recipe passed down from the author's grandmother. This is a vegan version of my grandmother’s recipe, which has been passed down through the generations. It’s one of the most memorable treats my dad would make while I was growing up,...
Read More↓ Bananas get a bad rap from a lot of fitness fans. Although sugary, this tropical fruit provides some seriously positive health benefits. Bananas are the most commonly purchased supermarket fruit, but their bad reputation for delivering a deluge of sugary carbs keeps them off the shopping...
Read More↓ Tired of the same old, same old? These two recipes provide the perfect new twist on holiday leftovers. ↓ Eleanor Ford, food writer, recipe developer, and food stylist, has traveled to 70 countries, seeking out the best food in each. But she has had a special passion for...
Read More↓ A decadent-tasting, sense-stimulating, and nutrient-rich recipe that elevates the humble cauliflower. ♥ Double-chocolate oat-free granola may sound decadent, but it’s a nutrient-dense way to start your day. Hemp hearts are a slightly nutty-tasting, plant-based protein that is easy to incorporate into your daily routine. The protein punch...
Read More↓ How does chocolate pudding beat the blues? ♠ Back to school season can give us the blues. While chocolate isn’t the answer to everything, it can be cooling, soothing antidote to summer’s impending end, and a sweet reminder of pleasures yet to come. How does chocolate pudding beat...
Read MoreTry this salad to boost your intake of anti-inflammatory foods. This has got to be one of the most flavorful dishes I make. Bursting with incredible colors inspired by Malaysian cuisine, it is a celebration of how the healthiest way of eating can be vibrant and exciting....
Read MoreExplore spirituality in the kitchen and try this recipe for vegan Samosa Pot Pie. In their book The Yoga Plate, Victoria and Tamal Dodge share that yoga "is about creating a spiritual life by transforming our daily activities into actions infused with a higher consciousness." An integral part...
Read More↓ With these healthy soups, your spoon becomes a powerful tool in your anti-aging arsenal. I adore summer, but I confess: as soon as the evening temperatures dip into sweater territory, I reach for my soup recipes. And relishing the approach of fall doesn’t mean you have...
Read MoreThese delicious gluten-free brownies also have the easiest no-fuss frosting. Makes 1 9×9 dish of brownies Brownie Ingredients: 2 1/2 c spelt flour, sifted3/4 c cocoa powder, sifted1/2 tsp sea salt1 1/2 tsp baking soda 3/4 c brown rice syrup1/4 c grade b maple syrup2 T apple cider vinegar6...
Read MoreA clear vegetable soup with the warmth of ginger and the brightness of lemon adds punch to fresh, purifying produce. It is June, yes, but it is not too late to enjoy the healing foods of spring—like this clear vegetable soup with the agni stirring warmth of ginger...
Read MoreTry these three recipes for better digestion. The holidays can overwhelm. Whether it is our schedule, our nerves, our physical reserves, this is the time when the surge of seasonal joy can threaten to inundate. ↓ But nature is here to support you. Specifically, Ayurveda sees this as...
Read More↓ Stay in balance this Autumn season. ↓ In the northern hemisphere, where it is Autumn, it is the season when Vatadominates. Vata means “wind, air,” or “to flow, to move, or to command.” ↓ Vata is the underlying force that governs all movement in the body including circulation, muscular movement,...
Read MoreINGREDIENTS Who doesn’t like chocolate and especially a rich chocolate cake? It is hard to believe, but a favorite treat can be done very healthy, as well as very quickly if you follow our recipe! A secret “base” ingredient in this dessert is a squash,...
Read More◊ The health benefits of balancing different tastes, plus a recipe for Coconut Almond Overnight Oats ◊ Nature’s evolutionary, self-regulating, generative intelligence is conveyed to us through her foods. Each flavor in the rainbow of nature’s abundance expresses a dazzling ray of this intelligence. Sweet gives us comfort, strength, and...
Read More↓ IF YOU HAVEN’T TRIED one of these recipes yet, it’s time to get down with your blender and one of the mind-blowing superfood ice creams we’ve been sharing from our friends at Addicitve Wellness. Each functional recipe is loaded with high-performance tonic herbs that left us energized and amazed after our kitchen...
Read More↓ Discover the medicine in your kitchen. Summertime is a joy when the warm weather beckons us outdoors. But hot weather can be depleting. Too much heat internalized can create inflammation, irritation, burning, and tissue deterioration. In Ayurveda, this internal heat is called Pitta. ↓ As the science that promotes...
Read More↓ Chocolate, roses, and a poem for Mother's Day What I Learned From My Mother I learned from my mother how to love the living, to have plenty of vases on hand in case you have to rush to the hospital with peonies cut from the lawn, black ants still stuck to...
Read MorePlus a recipe: Spring into Summer Salad with Berries, Peach and Rose ↓ Spring is giving way to summer. Pungent, astringent, bitter greens like arugula, dandelion, mustard, purslane, and pea are yielding to summer’s sweet, cooling foods like strawberries, stone fruits, melons, and squash. As the season turns, there...
Read MoreProtein can hold off hunger better than simple carbs like those you find in crackers and cookies. But can protein help you actually lose weight or is it all hype? When a friend hears that you want to lose weight, she might suggest that you start...
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