Healthy Recipes

My younger brother asked me last Tuesday why I couldn’t just roast the butternut squash with the skin on. He was standing in my kitchen, … Read more

My brother-in-law, Mark, had claimed to hate oatmeal for as long as I’d known him. Fifteen years. The man would rather skip breakfast entirely than … Read more

There used to be a tiny farm-to-table spot in Durham, North Carolina, called The Gingered Fig that made a stuffed acorn squash that I still … Read more

Marta, who tends the community garden plot next to mine, watched me struggle with a too-heavy bag of sweet potatoes one Saturday morning. She didn’t … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I was hit with a craving for something chewy, sweet, and comforting. I didn’t have the … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just mash the banana right into the oats instead of slicing it on top. I started to explain why … Read more

There used to be a little café on the corner of Elm and 3rd in my old neighborhood—the kind of place with mismatched chairs and … Read more

My sister asked why I couldn’t just use turkey sausage instead of the regular stuff in my breakfast casserole. I started to explain why that … Read more

The office wellness challenge was in three days and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate smoothie bowls with acai swirls, homemade granola … Read more

I was standing in line at the hardware store last October, holding a new showerhead and feeling mildly annoyed about the wait, when the man … Read more