How to Create Natural Food Colorings Using Superfoods
Pink frosted cupcakes. Bright green smoothies. Bubbly blue cocktails. Who doesn’t love the lure of vividly-colored foods? Using colors to enhance the visual appeal of our foods is nothing new, but that’s not to say all of our modern applications have been exactly what you’d call a smooth process. Though natural, plant-based dyes have been […]
Many Greens Soup (Because Really, Can You Ever Have Too Many?)
In case there was any doubt, writing a cookbook is an abundant time in the kitchen. There’s ideas to be explored, recipes to created, foods to shoot photos of, and retests to make for Guinea pigs (aka friends and family, of course!). My experience with my last cookbook, Superfood Soups, was certainly no different: we […]
Beauty Secrets of Superfoods
The beauty boost you’ve been looking for comes straight from the kitchen! Add these 5 extraordinary foods to your diet for the healthiest (and most delicious!) beauty upgrade ever…
Refueling with Smoothies
Post-workout nutrition is of premium importance: not just because you’re hungry after being active, but because any kind of activity essentially breaks down the body, so that it can rebuild itself even stronger. Superfood smoothies are among the most efficient ways to stockpile nutrients after a workout…
Japanese Pumpkin Pie
Conventional pumpkins continually overshadow a vast, deliciously endowed, and diverse spectrum of beautiful winter squash, time and time again in recipes. But not this year…
Double Chocolate Hazelnut Candies
Needless to say, these candies are an all-around “yes.” The exterior chocolate coating will remain solid at room temperature, and the inside pocket is a soft, sweet blend of cacao and hazelnuts.
Homemade Energy Bars
I look at energy bars with an opportunistic attitude: how much goodness can I pack into a great tasting treat? Make that energy bar live up to its name! Here’s how to make a truly natural bar…
Perfect Kale Crisps
By this point in time, I have more recipes for kale crisps then I care to admit. There really is no one right formula to make them, but there are a few tricks in getting them to cook properly. Here are a few suggestions . . .
The great egg substitute
One of my favorite baking facelifts is replacing eggs with “superseeds” like flax or chia, which are full of omega fats, fiber, protein and minerals. I swear: your muffins can’t tell the difference. Here’s the formula…
Out with the cane, in with the palm sugar (with video)
When I need a sweet boost in recipes I’ll always turn to fruit or stevia first (whole natural foods = yay!), but when those foods simply can’t pull the weight, it’s palm sugar comes to the rescue. I teamed up with superfoods company Navitas Naturals a couple weeks ago — who offers organic palm sugar — and shot this fun Navitas-style video for their “Chef’s Notes” video series.