Wow your guests with this elegantly presented Moroccan-inspired cornish hen stuffed with aromatic and flavorful quinoa. When entertaining, serving buffet style is a pretty easy way to go and it offers lots of benefits. Your dining room stays cleaner as you avoid bowls and plates of food being passed around, guests can mingle as they walk around the buffet to…
This Passover, celebrate a traditional holiday with out-of-the-box gourmet Kosher for Passover food and wine. Thank you to the Royal Wine Corp. for sending me a generous box of wine to sample over the Passover holiday. And thanks to Jay Buchsbaum for taking the time to answer my questions below! The Jewish holiday of Passover starts tonight with the first of…
Juicy, savory, and flavorful roasted chicken with fennel, carrots, onions, and dried plums is easy enough for a weeknight meal and elegant enough for company. Also a great recipe for leftovers – if there are any! Most recipes I am inspired to make come from something I ate at a restaurant, a recipe featured in one of the magazines I…
Crispy Cauliflower Rice sauteéd with burnt onions, garlic, and cilantro is a vegetarian, grain-free, nutritious, and delicious way to cook the vegetable of the year! This post was updated February 2020 Cauliflower Everything Cauliflower is hot! No doubt it has been the most talked about vegetable over the past year. I love roasting cauliflower as a side dish, and my Golden…
Celebrate Heart Health Month and do your heart and taste buds a favor by savoring this hearty beef and vegetable stew! Pin the Recipe Beef gets an underserved bad rap when it comes to health, especially heart health. However, research shows that a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle that includes lean beef (like in this hearty beef and vegetable stew!) can…
Plant-based foods are good for the whole body! Get some from homemade almond butter and roasted beet hummus, both chock full of nutrients and easy to make! Today I have a guest post from my colleague and friend, Melissa Halas-Liang, MA, RDN, CDE. I was first acquainted with Melissa when I wrote and edited articles for her site SuperKids Nutrition. She…
Thai peanut chicken satay marries the heat of sriracha with the coolness of coconut milk and cilantro. Served as an appetizer or main dish, this recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Pin the Recipe Recipe ReDuxers are turning up the heat this month with recipes focused on smoke and spice! If you haven’t noticed, food blogs and restaurant menus have…
Change up burger night with these moist and flavorful Moroccan-Spiced Lamb Burgers. This month’s Recipe ReDux theme made me sit back and reflect. Over three years ago – 42 months to be exact – I joined The Recipe ReDux – an amazing group of registered dietitian nutritionists and food bloggers who focus on healthier food that tastes delicious. It was no doubt…
Warm up on cold nights this winter with a bowl (or two) of Vegan Corn Tortilla Soup – a quick, flavorful, and filling one pot meal! This page contains affiliate links. See below for full disclosure statement. I have many food memories from my childhood – Wacky Mac (for those of you who don’t know, this is the Kosher Kraft…
Roasted butternut squash and brussels sprouts tossed with creamy lemon-sage ricotta and a hint of maple syrup make this pasta dish nutritious and delicious, perfect for a cool fall night. October is…. National Pasta Month! Pin the Recipe {Disclosure: By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by the National Pasta Association and am eligible to win…
Make this one bowl Salmon Peach Quinoa Salad for an easy lunch or dinner. A perfect balanced meal for families short on time! Making my way through the backlog of magazines I have piling up, I came across a Quinoa Salmon Salad recipe in the August issue of Parents Magazine. It especially caught my eye since it was under…
