Category: Salads

  If a sweet caramelized onion + a perfectly crunchy, roasted brussel sprout had a baby, this is what it would taste like. If that sounds like the best thing ever, you need to make this recipe ASAP. If it sounds like punishment, today is not your kind of post. But then again, this wouldn’t be your […]

You know when you’d sit at the dinner table as a little kid and hear… Eat your vegetables. You have to eat your vegetables. Eat your vegetables… or else! No dessert. Like it’s some kind of punishment. It’s no wonder most of us have a terrible relationship to eating veggies. And that’s if you were […]

A few years ago, my family started this ridiculous tradition. And by “family”, I mean me. Dueling dishes. The old school vs the new school. Old school: processed food classics like green bean casserole, yams with marshmallows, pies with corn syrup, and stuffing with orowheat soft sandwich bread. Tradition. The definition of Thanksgiving food. Which […]

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One of the things that I love to tell people (for shock value alone sometimes), is to eat more butter. You know, the good quality, grass fed stuff. And use it on veggies instead of only reserving it for things that taste like nothing and give you nothing (sorry, pasta). If you use butter on your […]

Because I think mint is the most under-appreciated fresh herb. And with late summer mojitios or moscow mules happening, chances are, you’ll probably have some left over…or a garden full of it.  And a fridge that already has all of these other ingredients. So. Make this. And yes, this is a Simply Real Health Cookbook […]

Holy schnikes. Just in case you want to know my favorite recipe of the summer. It’s just that good. I’m not bragging, just stating a fact.   And I just needed to make a good dinner. Fast. To bring to some sweet friends who just had a baby. With 20 minutes on the clock to […]

Is there anyone else out there that hates the thought of fruit IN their salad? Separately, they are both great. But together, a total turn off? Like a bad couple. That always gets back together again. Seriously though. I’m no picky eater, but if I’m eating vegetables, I just don’t want it to be sweet. […]

The goal: to feel better, eat healthier, simplify + streamline the shopping and cooking process so you can free up your life. In other words…. The Spring Meal Plan is here!! Hooray hooray! It’s the best day. Why? Well, how does this sound: Go to the store 1x/week. Cook 3 hours [or less] per week. […]

There’s only one thing that pains my heart more than overhearing a beautiful, put-together woman on bad first date at a restaurant. It’s not that she’s on a bad date in the first place. It’s not that the conversation is strained or off-beat or even deeply awkward at times. Or that I personally would want […]

Yuuup. Back with Round 2. I blame it on the scary proximity to my house. Seriously. I have more of a problem restraining myself from a casual 3 block stroll to Trader Joe’s, than I do passing by the beautiful hand foraged doughnut shop, organic coffee + pastry shop, and brick fired oven pizza restaurant […]

[Scroll down to get the quick details or purchase here] [or check out the KINDLE/IPAD/E-TABLET Version here on Amazon] So. Halloween is next week, making it the official kickoff of the holiday season. And thus, PARTY SEASON. […insert freak out…] Can we talk about this for a minute? I want to help you catch this […]