It has been awhile since I baked because I'm trying to stay away from sugar, but with today being Easter and all, I couldn't resist. Besides, after a long day of rainy outdoor outlet mall shopping yesterday, I needed to unwind. This recipe is adapted from Tal Ronnen's The Conscious Cook and was surprisingly easy to make. Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cake Ingredients 2-1/4 c spelt flour 1-1/2 … [Read more...]
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The “Miracle” of Elimination
You may be wondering why a photo of my toilet is headlining my blog today. Well, folks, whether we want to discuss it or not, proper, regular and complete elimination does go hand-in-hand with a healthy diet and lifestyle. The wooden contraption adorning the base of that fine piece of porcelain in the photo is a MiracleStep. I was enlightened to read in Kris Carr's book, Crazy Sexy Diet, that the … [Read more...]
How to Stop a Grazer in Her Tracks
In a previous lifetime, I was prone to grazing and while I've done a lot of work to overcome this tendency, inevitably, I relapse from time to time. Maybe it was yesterday's gloomy weather or the fact I was recovering from a minor eye procedure or maybe it was the lack of food in my apartment at the time, but I found myself getting my graze on. So, you may ask ... What's so wrong with … [Read more...]
Brazilian Blowout Health-ified
Photo courtesy of sambrocatosalon.com Now that I'm so concerned with what I put in my body, I've also become pretty obsessed with what I put on it. So when I read an article today in Well + Good about Mary Louise Parker's hair falling out from a Brazilian Blow-out, my first reaction was not one of surprise. Instead I related. Against my own better judgment, I had the popular hair-relaxing … [Read more...]
A Spring Fling with Raw Foods
Maybe I've got Spring Fever or maybe Kris Carr's book Crazy, Sex, Diet hit me way too hard but I've been on a raw food kick lately. No, I haven't become a full-force raw foodist, but I do happen to believe in the cleansing, healing and nourishing properties of raw foods especially when the weather is warmer or in warmer climates. Raw foods are heated below a certain temperature (somewhere around … [Read more...]
How to Assemble a Buddha Bowl
A Buddha Bowl is one of my favorite, filling, no-brainer meals, especially now that the weather is getting warmer and I am incorporating more raw and lightly cooked foods back into my diet. Watch this video to learn how to make one in no time! 1. Start with a whole grain base 2. Add a lightly steamed leafy green vegetable 3. Layer on raw veggies: Carrots, cucumbers, peppers, celery, leeks, … [Read more...]
NYC Vegetarian Food Festival
If the line that snaked down 18th Street and wrapped around the block forming a two-hour wait to get into yesterday's First Vegetarian Food Festival in NYC was any indication of the rising popularity of plant-based diets, then I'd say we've come a long way since I went veg back in 1993, almost 20 years ago! At the age of 13, I knew little about the benefits of a plant-based diet, which include: … [Read more...]
Friday Night Dinner
On any given Friday night, the Natural Gourmet Institute may be mistaken by some for a Jean Georges restaurant. Diners line up in droves to claim their seat -- which they have called ahead to reserve, sometimes far in advance -- at the cooking school's Friday Night Dinners. But you won't find trendy decor, or even tenderloin on the menu. The digs are a bit more rustic, the service casual and … [Read more...]
Well-oiled
Like a fine wine, there is also an art and a science that goes into creating a good-tasting olive oil. For a long time, olive oil has been a staple in my kitchen so I've always had that innate sense that not all olive oils are created equal, but I never fully investigated why. Luckily, I stumbled on a class at Eataly, Olive Oil Uncovered with Nicholas Coleman and I am now better versed on the … [Read more...]
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