Veggie Delight
For a while now there has been a running joke with my friends that I may be a closeted vegetarian because of just how many vegan and vegetarian recipes I make on a regular basis. And I admit it… YES I LIKE MY VEGETABLES…most of the time. Ha! But, this has been a gradual process not some overnight freak occurrence.
Pin It Brandy from Los Angeles wrote asking for a healthy party dish idea. It is hard to believe but, yes..the holiday season is quickly approaching which means parties, pot lucks, and family gatherings galore. I love the holidays like everyone else but, I know it is also the time of year we all dread […]
Pin It When we think about cleaning up our diets the first thing to go is generally dessert. WHY? Because dessert equals empty calories, excess sugar, and excess fat right? Wrong. Desserts can also be tasty and creamy as well as nutritious, also sweet without being just empty calories. How pray tell do I do […]
It has been a while since my last post, I know… but, I had a bit of summer-itis. It is FINALLY beautiful in New York. Fresh fruits and veggies are so abundant…all I wanted to do was eat fruits and cheese in the grass wearing garlands in my hair… Just kidding; well sort of kidding. I have snapped out of my cooking sabbatical and come back inside.
Over the long Fourth of July weekend, I realized it had been a month since my last post as I was sitting in Philly chatting with a friend’s lovely wife. We were chatting about my blog and the healthy cooking philosophy behind it when the conversation inevitably led to “Cleanses and Detox”. The conversation was a long and complex one. One, I believe is worthy of its own post. So here we go….
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Pin It Khalil from New Jersey loves the Miso Salmon with Sake Butter from Cheesecake Factory. What he doesn’t love is its obscenely high calorie count (1980 according to livestrong.com 2000 according to Eat this, Not That). He asked if I had a healthier version he can enjoy at home with the same restaurant flare. […]
The first time I had Yaki Soba, I was in London at a place called Wagamama’s. It wasn’t overly greasy but, it had enough carbs to send me into a food coma and plenty salt to boot. Which in a nutshell explains my Chinese fast food dilemma: It’s usually either super greasy, heavy on the carbs, dripping in MSG and oozing salt. All these things are huge issues when trying to eat healthier. But, am I really going to give up my cravings for Asian fast food: Not on your life. So, instead of giving it up as my nutritionist had hoped, I gave it a make over. Continue reading
Pin ItTo Juice or Not to Juice… If you asked me this time last year what I thought about “juicing”, the first thing to pop into my head would have been yet another pro-athlete accused of taking performance enhancing drugs. It most definitely would not have involved vegetables. But, now when I talk to family […]
Pin ItOOOH FIBER! I had an off-hand conversation with a friend from work that lasted 45 minutes about her confusion over fiber. It went something like: “why do I need fiber? Isn’t there more than one type of fiber? What kind of fiber do I need? Is one better than the other? Why does fiber […]
Pin It This past Easter Sunday I spent a beautiful afternoon with one of my favorite people and her friends. Easter couldn’t have been more fun or delicious. We had a pot luck brunch with a plethora of amazing food brought by guests. I added two delights to the party, one of which was a […]
Have you ever heard of Vitamin U? Don’t worry you’re not alone. I was walking around my favorite big box store a few weeks back and I saw an older man grabbing two giant bottles of Vitamin U supplements. What the hell is that I wondered. I have never heard of Vitamin U. Is this yet another fad in the health world? I needed to investigate. Dunt dunt dunnnn… Fingerlickinkitchen to the rescue.
Vitamin U was discovered by Dr. Garrett Cheney in 1952. He found that cabbage juice helped heal stomach ulcers. Which is how Vitamin U got it’s nickname from the Latin word Ulcus. Vitamin U, or S methylmethionine, is not actually a vitamin at all, but a derivative of methionine an essential amino acid (check out my Amino Acid blog entry)
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